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GizModo VR
DECEMBER 9, 2021
The government of New Zealand is preparing to ban cigarette smoking forever by anyone born after 2008, according to a new report from the news outlet Stuff.
GizModo VR
MAY 27, 2022
Evidence from the tragic death of a 5-year-old boy in 2008 may finally settle the debate over a mysterious polio-like condition that’s been paralyzing children for years.
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GizModo VR
JANUARY 24, 2022
Just two years after covid-19 forced the International Olympic Committee to postpone the 2020 Olympics, another health hazard—this one indisputably humanmade—threatens to endanger athletes at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 30, 2021
John Paulson, the billionaire investor who accurately predicted (and bet against) the subprime mortgage crisis in 2007, has some kind words for cryptocurrency: mainly, that it is a vacuous financial bubble bound to eventually collapse. Read more.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 27, 2022
The former Alaska governor and disastrous presidential running mate is in the Big Apple to sue the New York Times for libel after it insinuated that her rhetoric was tied to the 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, which left six dead and Rep. Gabby Giffords with massive brain injuries.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 26, 2021
The November 2008 post was a series of photos of Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois politician who had recently been named President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff.
GizModo VR
MAY 10, 2022
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is trying to give the NSA and FBI a run for their money as leading purveyors of U.S. surveillance.
Slashgear
JUNE 12, 2022
Ferrari made a flying start to the 2022 season, but to have even a slight hope, the automaker will have to drop a strategy error that has haunted it since 2008.
Slashgear
JUNE 13, 2022
Ferrari's hopes of picking up its first world title since 2008 have taken a blow, as the team suffered the worst possible outcome at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Digital Trends
MAY 27, 2022
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GizModo VR
DECEMBER 21, 2021
President Joe Biden will deliver a big speech about covid-19 on Tuesday, including an announcement that his administration will mail out roughly 500 million free at-home tests for covid-19, according to a White House press statement early Tuesday.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 7, 2021
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mocked the idea of mailing out free covid-19 tests to every American household on Monday, in just the latest sign that President Joe Biden’s lack of imagination is making the pandemic worse. Read more.
Next Reality AR
JANUARY 2, 2020
This week, the publication ran an investigative story by reporter Brett Murphy that uncovered the details of a 2008 US military operation involving security contractor GS4 that resulted in dozens of civilian casualties.
Mashable VR
MAY 24, 2022
In 2008, tech entrepreneur Christopher Wilson came across an old cruise ship for sale on Craigslist that would change his life. Now, a decade and countless hours of renovations later, Wilson hopes The Aurora can make its way back to the public
VRScout
JULY 25, 2021
Similar to the 2008 action-adventure platformer Mirrors Edge , STRIDE has you physically traversing a variety of urban obstructions using unique locomotion mechanics, while at the same time fighting a never-ending wave of faceless enemies.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Scientists have released an analysis of a meteorite fragment gathered after a 2008 asteroid near-collision with Earth.
GizModo VR
JULY 27, 2021
Dropbox debuted in 2008, and the cloud storage and syncing service has added a slew of features since then. But because the app is usually running in the background of your device, you might not have noticed some of the new tools you can use. Here are a few of our favorites. Read more.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 12, 2021
When Charlie Jane Anders was still here at io9—she co-founded the site with Annalee Newitz back in 2008—she wrote several popular posts offering advice and inspiration to both aspiring and veteran authors of sci-fi and fantasy.
VRScout
JULY 27, 2020
An average of 11 firefighters have died every year since 2008 during training sessions; VR could help reduce those numbers.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
When Wall-E hit theaters in 2008, the roaming robot’s story was a warning viewers of the societal costs of unchecked waste and environmental degradation.
GizModo VR
MARCH 16, 2021
Spotify has been streaming music since 2008, and it’s changed a lot in that time. New features are constantly added to its apps and the platform as a whole.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
It seems silly now, but when the Peek debuted in 2008, it delivered something smartphones couldn’t. It sounds like a ludicrous idea. A mobile device capable of only email, released just a year after the game-changing first generation iPhone.
GizModo VR
MARCH 3, 2021
Even if you’ve been using Google Chrome since it first rolled out back in 2008, the browser is capable of some tricks you may have not discovered yet.
VRScout
APRIL 27, 2020
While the developer doesn’t make any official references in any of the descriptions, its obvious STRIDE takes heavy inspiration from the 2008 first-person action-adventure platformer Mirror’s Edge , at least in terms of visuals.
GizModo VR
APRIL 15, 2022
Meanwhile, prices at the pump have surpassed the (non-inflation adjusted) highs of 2008. Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and BP, four of the largest petroleum companies, are raking in record profits. If that dynamic seems fishy to you, you’re in good company. First, U.S.
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The first V/H/S movie came out in 2012, arriving at the tail end of the low-budget found-footage horror craze ( Paranormal Activity and REC came out in 2007; Cloverfield was 2008) and capturing the last moment in culture before VCRs became totally obsolete.
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 3, 2021
When True Blood first hit HBO in 2008, it came at just the right time. The adaptation of Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mysteries featured vampires and werewolves being sexy in Louisiana and was an extremely easy sell at the time.
GizModo VR
MARCH 29, 2021
The odds are good that you’re reading this right now in Google’s web browser, Chrome, which has become hugely popular since it made its debut in 2008.
ARPost
JANUARY 31, 2022
Finally, TV Free Burning Man presents the story of how TV executive producer and long-time burner, Justin Gunn, painstakingly covered the festival in groundbreaking ways between 2006 and 2008. Big Rock Creative, the outfit that brought Burning Man (i.e.
Road to VR
JANUARY 26, 2017
Having joined the company in 2008, in recent year’s HTC’s VP of Design, Claude Zellweger, played a key role in the design of the Vive headset, The Verge reports. The two of them initially joined HTC when their design company, One & Co, was acquired by the Taiwanese electronics maker in 2008, and their third partner in that venture was Claude Zellweger.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
The project has attracted some serious talent, which includes Jon Favreau, the filmmaker behind films such as Iron Man (2008) , The Lion King (2019) , and The Jungle Book (2016).
GizModo VR
MAY 6, 2021
In 2008, David DeVore recorded his then-seven-year-old son, David Jr., It seems like every internet meme is getting the NFT treatment these days. The latest is “David After Dentist,” one of YouTube’s earliest viral videos. babbling now-iconic lines like “Is this real life?”
Anand Tech
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
While ThinkStation might not have as much brand identity as the more recognizable ThinkPad, for the markets that require them Lenovo’s ThinkStation range has been at the front of high-performance under-the-desk offerings since 2008.
VRScout
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Originally released back in 2008 on consoles and PC, Dead Space is a masterclass in space horror. VR remakes are all the rage at the moment. Here’s our selection of classic video games we’d love to play in VR.
AR Insider
JULY 22, 2021
In fact, historical evidence tells us that in a similar time frame, we went from 2G brick phones circa 2000 to the iPhone 3G in 2008. B efore “Metaverse” was recently elevated as the latest overused XR buzzword, 5G was the reigning champ.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 24, 2022
It was way, way back in 2008 when he announced his intention to make a movie based on artist Gris Grimly’s illustrations… Read more.
Road to VR
AUGUST 6, 2020
The gameplay footage also shows Stride starting to lean away from the Mirror’s Edge (2008) inspired aesthetic and a bit into its own art-style.
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