Meta Platforms is sharing its Quest headset's operating system with rival device makers, including Microsoft, for the first time, it said on Monday, as it works to extend its influence over the emerging virtual and mixed reality industry. The move will allow partner companies to build their headsets using Meta Horizon OS, a rebranded operating system that brings capabilities like gesture recognition, passthrough, scene understanding and spatial anchors to the devices that run on it, the company...
The Village of Lombard is asking the public to avoid the area near the popular suburban mall as police work to investigate reports of a "suspicious person."
Berlin restores ties with UN agency after review says Israel has provided no evidence of terrorist linksMiddle East crisis – live updatesGermany has said it will restore cooperation and funding to Unrwa operations in the Gaza Strip after an independent review said Israel had not provided evidence to back up claims that hundreds of employees of the UN agency for Palestinians were members of terrorist organisations.Berlin’s foreign and development ministries said in a joint statement on Wednesday...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday said European Union (EU) leaders are planning to provide Ukraine with seven additional Patriot air-defense systems, according to Bloomberg.Scholz's comments come as Russia continues to bombard Ukraine with missile and drone strikes, many of which striking residential areas and energy infrastructure.The U.S.-made Patriot is considered among the most effective air-defense systems in the world and has been credited with intercepting Russia's supposedly...
A fire is spewing smoke into the air north of Dulles Airport in Loudoun County. Photos on social media show black smoke near Dulles Airport Monday afternoon. Dulles posted on X that the smoke is coming from north of the airport, and Dulles is open and operating normally. This story is developing. Stay with FOX 5 DC for updates.
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania Lottery announced a lucky player was sold a winning ticket worth $400,000 in Luzerne County. A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket sold for the Friday drawing matched all five balls drawn, 3-6-21-28-32, to win $400,000. Hazle Mini Mart in Hazle Township will earn a $500 bonus []
An issue with the system that calculates weight and balance of Alaska Airlines planes, causing all of its flights to be halted on Wednesday morning, has been resolved and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) canceled a ground stop. The ground stop, which halted all Alaska Airlines departures as well as for Horizon Air, a regional carrier owned by Alaska Air Group, was instituted at approximately 7:50 am PT (1450 GMT), the airline said. "This morning we experienced an issue while...
Facebook parent company Meta today announced the upcoming expansion of Meta Horizon OS, a virtual and augmented reality operating system that will be available to third-party hardware manufacturers that want to design their own headsets. Right now, Meta sells the Quest line of headsets, but the company wants to provide the software for third-party VR and AR products in the future, much like Microsoft offers Windows for all manner of third-party PCs. Meta Horizon OS is the mixed reality...
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is laying off about 1,000
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The date of the 2024 Leaving Cert results was also announced today as Friday 23 August.
For almost 90 years the UK’s electricity grid has served us well. So well, in fact, that it is easy to take for granted. We put the kettle on and