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Sony Teases Shadow Banning System For PSVR In New Patent

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The new system would allow the company to shadow ban VR players based on their gestures and language. According to a patent submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month, Sony is working on a new system that would allow the company to shadow ban players on the PlayStation VR platform. Shadow banning, aka “stealth banning” or “ghost banning,” is a method used by developers to immediately and discretely ban players from online communities wit

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Seven things you didn’t know a smart lock could do

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More than your typical lock-and-key assembly, today's smart locks can do everything from automated locking to video monitoring. Read on for more lock secrets.

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NASA Admin Scolds China After Out-of-Control Rocket Lands in Indian Ocean

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After days of fretting over when and where an out-of-control Chinese rocket would land as it fell back to Earth, China announced early Sunday that the rocket had landed in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives. Although it was unclear whether the debris had caused any damage, NASA sharply scolded China for failing to be… Read more.

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‘Mars isn’t dead.’ There could be active volcanoes on the red planet

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New research shows Mars may be more active than previously thought, giving evidence that there could have been volcanoes erupting within the last 50,000 years.

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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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Colonial Pipeline, the Largest Fuel Pipeline in the U.S., Has Shut Down Over a Ransomware Attack

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If you live on the East Coast and see fuel prices go up soon, there’s a good chance it’s because of the cyberattack that forced the Colonial pipeline, the country’s largest refined products pipeline, to shut down. There is currently no indication of when it will start back up again. Read more.

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Dracula's BFF Renfield Joins Dark Universe in Solo Film for Universal

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Early on, Universal had difficulty establishing their Dark Universe , consisting of films about Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, and Jekyll/Hyde. They tried to get things popping in 2014 with Dracula Untold , but that was a financial and critical failure. Unfortunately, 2017's The Mummy … Read more.

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SpaceX sets record with the tenth flight of a Falcon 9 rocket

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For the first time, SpaceX has sent a Falcon 9 rocket booster on its tenth flight, marking an important milestone in rocket reusability.

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Clubhouse Launches Android Beta as iOS Downloads Nosedive

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Good news: The audio-based social network Clubhouse is finally bringing its app to Android after more than a year of iOS exclusivity, the company announced Sunday. Bad news: The beta is only available for U.S. users, and, just as with Clubhouse’s iOS version, it remains invite-only for now. So not just anyone can sign… Read more.

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Debris from Chinese Long March rocket falls into the Indian Ocean

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The world has been watching the skies as a Chinese rocket came tumbling back to Earth in an uncontrolled reentry. The debris landed in the Indian Ocean.

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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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Elon Musk on SNL: I Post Bad Tweets Because 'That's Just How My Brain Works'

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Elon Musk’s bad tweets have gotten him into plenty of trouble over the years, costing him his position as Tesla chairman and landing him in federal court on more than one occasion. But during the Tesla CEO’s much-discussed appearance on Saturday Night Live last night, he offered a truly compelling reason for his… Read more.

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Why the best device for Apple’s lossless music will be an Android phone

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Apple could be about to launch a hi-fi lossless tier on Apple Music. Here's why the company's own devices are less than ideal for wireless hi-fi audio.

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This Is the Elon Musk Dogecoin Moment the Fanboys Were Waiting For

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One of the most anticipated and hyped moments of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend was the possible, and highly probable , mention of Dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency the tech billionaire has helped inflate to record highs. Never one to disappoint his adoring fanboys, Musk… Read more.

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Parker Solar Probe detects a natural radio signal coming from Venus

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A NASA spacecraft intended to study the sun has been doing some bonus science, revealing new information about Venus as it passes by the planet.

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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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Star Wars Novel High Republic: The Rising Storm Excerpt Now Available

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StarWars.com has given fans all types of goodies this week. The site released an excerpt of Cavan Scott’s new novel, Star Wars: The High Republic: The Rising Storm , the next book in the Star Wars: The High Republic series. Read more.

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Indie developers are changing the definition of cinematic in video games

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The word cinematic has long been associated with big-budget video games. Indie developers are challenging that idea.

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Suicide Squad Director James Gunn Confirms Multiple Post-Credit Scenes

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Comic book movies are in the business of post-credit scenes, and according to James Gunn , his Suicide Squad film may have more than one. How do we know this? Well, this Tweet gives a pretty clear indication he has something up his sleeve. Read more.

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You might be able to see a NASA research rocket launch tonight

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Tonight, NASA will be launching a research rocket which people in parts of the U.S. and Bermuda may be able to see if they look to the skies at the right time.

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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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Michael B. Jordan Talks Wakanda Forever and Kilmonger's Possible Return

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The topic of Black Panther and its sequel is an emotional one. Its leading man, Chadwick Boseman , passed away last August from colon cancer. Understandably, the cast has mixed emotions about returning to the set without Boseman. Read more.

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Justice Department Quietly Seized Washington Post Reporters' Phone Records During Trump Era

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The Department of Justice quietly seized phone records and tried to obtain email records for three Washington Post reporters, ostensibly over their coverage of then-U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election, according to officials and government letters reviewed by the Post Read more.