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This Bizarre Controller Would Make Drinking In VR Easier

VRScout

D on’t hold my beer… We’ve all been there. You’re in the middle of a great VR session and you’re feeling parched from all of the jumping, ducking, arm-swinging you’ve been doing. Or maybe you’re just chillin’ with some friends in AltSpaceVR having a wine social and it’s time to take a sip of that delicious Malbec. Unfortunately, drinking an IRL beverage in VR can be a little tricky.

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Samsung Galaxy Has A Hidden Menu You Can Only Open With A Secret Code

Slashgear

If you own a Samsung Galaxy, you're likely familiar with most of its settings and menus. You probably don't know about this secret menu, though.

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FCC flags Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky as a risk to national security

Mashable VR

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has deemed all products and services from the Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky an "unacceptable risk to national security." According to the FCC's release , the move comes in an effort to uphold 2019's Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act, which requires the agency to publish a list that details any communications equipment or services which may present a risk to national security.

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How To Connect A VPN To An Android Device

Slashgear

Whether you want to protect your privacy or simply get around streaming geoblocks, connecting to a VPN on Android is fast, simple, and effective.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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Apple Pay closes a loophole to end support for the Russian payment service, Mir

Mashable VR

The Russian payment card system called Mir will no longer be hosted on Apple Pay, adding to the existing restrictions against Russian economic activity enacted via Apple's contactless payment service. The Mir suspension took effect on on March 24, according to an announcement on Mir's website. Apple also alerted Russia's National Card Payment System (NSPK).

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The Batman's Matt Reeves Explains Joker's Influences and Scars

GizModo VR

Since The Dark Knight debuted Heath Ledger’s Joker, the Clown Prince’s scars have been played up to a greater degree in later interpretations. As played by Barry Keoghan, the Joker of The Batman’s has scars that are far more than just his chilling smile. Fans got a look at that earlier in the week when WB released a… Read more.

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Love it or hate it, Apple's camera bump is reportedly getting bigger on the iPhone 14 Pro

Mashable VR

iPhone camera bump haters, we have some bad news: It sounds like the upcoming (but unannounced) iPhone 14 Pro might be getting an even thicker camera bump on its backside. The original sleek profile rumor made waves back in September , after Apple leaker John Prosser shared purported product images showing the startling lack of a rear-mounted camera protrusion.

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Say Goodbye to Watching Crunchyroll for Free and With Ads

GizModo VR

For anime fans, it’s always exciting when a new season brings new anime courtesy of Crunchyroll. The anime streaming service, which became acquired by Funimation this past August, has widely touted itself as the prime place to watch anime for years. But in addition to the exciting new anime debuting with the spring… Read more.

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All the winners from the 2022 Oscars

Mashable VR

The time has finally come for the 2022 Oscars , when Hollywood's biggest names and brightest rising stars reunite at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate the year's best films. It's been an understated awards season, with two streamers going head to head for an historic Best Picture win at the 94th Academy Awards: Will it go to Netflix's suspenseful Western, The Power of the Dog , or will Apple TV+'s feel-good family flick CODA come out on top?

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

With a rapidly changing economy, Avangrid Renewables looked to virtual reality to develop a standardized form of immersive training in order to onboard and upskill technicians faster than ever before.

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Marvel's Nova is Coming, So Who Should Play Its Dick Rider?

GizModo VR

The month of March has been pretty good for Marvel fans. Last week saw the first trailer for this June’s Ms. Marvel , and in a few days, we’ll finally get to see Oscar Isaac step into the supernatural side of the MCU and become the Moon Knight. Just before the weekend, the news broke that another of Marvel’s heroes is… Read more.

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Chris Rock won't press charges against Will Smith for that Oscars slap

Mashable VR

Chris Rock reportedly won't be pressing charges against Will Smith after the King Richard star slapped him live on stage during the Oscars. Smith, who won the Best Actor statue later in the ceremony, became the undisputed centre of attention at the 94th Academy Awards last night after publicly confronting Rock during the presentation for Best Documentary Feature.

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The Pirates of Our Flag Means Death Talk About the Show's Surprising Romance

GizModo VR

HBO is no stranger to hit comedies like Barry or The Righteous Gemstones , and their new pirate series Our Flag Means Death is another addition to that great lineup. Created by David Jenkins, the series stars Rhys Darby as 18th century aristocrat Stede Bonnet, who decided to leave his life of luxury and become a pirate … Read more.

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Did Will Smith really hit Chris Rock at the Oscars?

Mashable VR

Welp, it looks like Will Smith just slapped Chris Rock in the face in defense of his wife at the Oscars. During Sunday's 2022 Oscars award ceremony, Chris Rock, who was announcing the winner for Best Original Documentary, made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith being in G.I. Jane because of her shaved head and green dress. Pinkett Smith is outspoken about her struggles with alopecia, an autoimmune disorder which causes bald spots and hair loss.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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And the 2022 Oscar Winners Are.

GizModo VR

After a very long, very weird lead up which included fan votes , important categories cut and so much more , it’s no surprise that the 9 4th Annual Academy Awards celebrating them were equally weird with a few examples being an alt version of “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” Will Smith literally smacking Chris Rock and lots… Read more.

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Will Smith wins Oscar for Best Actor after tense moment with Chris Rock

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Will Smith won the Oscar for Best Actor at the 94th Academy Awards , but his victory came after a tense moment with presenter Chris Rock. Tweet may have been deleted. As Smith accepted his reward for playing Richard Williams, father to tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams, he said that Denzel Washington had told him a few minutes before his win: "at your highest moment, be careful.

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On The Walking Dead, Money Talks. and Kills

GizModo VR

Two weeks ago, The Walking Dead offered an episode that was its version of a political thriller. Last week, there was a multiple murder mystery , beginning with a fatally wounded kid arriving at Hilltop’s door. But The Walking Dead still isn’t done messing around with genres, because tonight’s episode was a heist,… Read more.

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Troy Kotsur wins Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, makes history

Mashable VR

Troy Kotsur made history at the 94th Academy Awards as the first Deaf male actor to win an Oscar. He was honored for his performance in CODA , where he played protagonist Ruby's (Emilia Jones) supportive father. Kotsur is the second Deaf actor in the history of the Oscars to win an award. In 1986, Kotsur's CODA co-star Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity hits 23rd flight, can’t be stopped

Digital Trends

The tiny Mars helicopter Ingenuity continues to power through its flights, exceeding all expectations.

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'Wordle' word today: Here's the answer for March 28

Mashable VR

Morning Wordlers! It's a new day, which means it's time to turn our gaze back to those mysterious little squares and find out, one way or another, what today's Wordle answer is. If you're in a hurry to get to the main event, you'll find today's Wordle solution down the bottom of this post, so scroll scroll scroll. If you want to ease into it to try and get there yourself first, you'll find a few clues as well as general Wordle tips, strategies, and info as you make your way down.

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A brief history of Oscar campaigning

Digital Trends

Campaigning has always been part of the Academy Awards, both to the Oscar ceremony's ultimate benefit and detriment.

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Jessica Chastain wins Best Actress Oscar, spotlights LGBTQ rights in speech

Mashable VR

Jessica Chastain won Best Actress at the 2022 Oscars for her role as Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. This was her third nomination and first win. Chastain used her speech to thank the Tammy Faye team, including its Oscar-winning hair and makeup team and her costar Andrew Garfield. In the spirit of Tammy Faye, she used the remainder of her speech to advocate for LGBTQ youth and suicide prevention.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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Anycubic Photon M3 Review: A Beginner-Friendly SLA 3D Printer

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3D printing doesn't have to feel overwhelming, and Anycubic's latest SLA model packs in pro-friendly features despite a sub-$300 sticker price.

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Jane Campion becomes third woman to win Oscar for Best Director

Mashable VR

At the 94th Academy Awards , Jane Campion, director of The Power of the Dog , became the third woman to ever win the Oscar for Best Director. The award has previously been won in 2010 by Kathryn Bigelow, director of The Hurt Locker , and in 2021 by Chloé Zhao, director of Nomadland. This marks Campion's second nomination for Best Director — she is the only woman to have been nominated twice.

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Hubble captures an elegant spiral galaxy 60 million light-years away

Digital Trends

This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4571, located 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

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'The Queen of Basketball' director tells Biden 'bring Brittney Griner home' during Oscars speech

Mashable VR

When Ben Proudfoot won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short for directing The Queen of Basketball — a documentary about Lusia "Lucy" Harris' accomplishments in the sport — he gave a shout out to current WNBA player Brittney Griner. "If there is anyone out there that still doubts whether there is an audience for female athletes, let this academy award be the answer.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?