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Meta plans to bring Avatars to Reels and video chat

Meta plans to bring its Horizon social VR avatars to Reels and to video chats in Messenger and WhatsApp.
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VR fitness gets less sweaty with Meta Quest 2 Active Pack and Fitness API

Meta has new tools coming to help you work out. Meta announced the Meta Quest 2 Active Pack and Fitness API today during Meta Connect. 
Meta Quest Pro is held by Mark Zuckerberg.

The Quest Pro officially lands, ready to power the office of the metaverse

Meta Quest Pro is a VR headset meant for professionals packing big upgrades compared to previous model. But is it enough to inspire you to work in VR?
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Meta brings Horizon Worlds to the web, expanding beyond VR

Meta plans to bring Horizon Worlds to the web as part of its focus on building it as the next social platform.
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Meta Connect 2022: Quest Pro, avatars with legs, and more

A year since Facebook became Meta, the company is back to launch the Quest Pro and continue its pursuit of the metaverse.
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Can’t get the Windows 11 22H2 update? There could be a good reason why

If you notice one of your computers got the Windows 11 22H2 update and the other didn't, it might be because Microsoft is protecting you from a sign-in problem.
AMD Radeon RX 6900 graphics card hovers over an AMD red and black background.

AMD’s best GPU is up to $1,000 cheaper than it was a few months ago

The prices of AMD GPUs are dropping rapidly. The Radeon RX 6900 XT is now at the lowest price it's ever been.
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Gaming Chromebooks with up to 144Hz panels have arrived, but they’re not what you think

Acer, Asus, and Lenovo have each announced cloud-gaming Chromebooks with displays up to 144Hz.
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This dangerous new hacker tool makes phishing worryingly easy

Setting up phishing campaigns for Microsoft 365 has become a relatively straightforward process due to a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named Caffeine.
Meta CTO Brian Bosworth wears a prototype VR headset similar to the leaked Quest Pro.

How to watch Meta’s Quest Pro launch today (and what to expect)

Here's how to watch Meta Connect today, an exciting event that will show off Meta's new Quest Pro VR headset and give a look at future AR and metaverse plans.
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YouTube to overhaul channel names with @ handles for all

YouTube is launching 'handles' to make it easier for creators to engage with fans and newcomers on the video-sharing platform.
The Twitter app on the Sony XPeria 5 II.

Twitter experiments with a major change to hashtags

Twitter is apparently exploring a change-up to how hashtags work on the platform.
An Intel Alder Lake Core i5-12600K CPU and its packaging.

Intel Alder Lake BIOS source code was leaked — should you be worried?

Intel has confirmed that the source code for the Alder Lake BIOS was leaked. What will the consequences be?
Meta shows Quest Pro's color passthrough camera.

Meta accidentally shows Quest Pro‘s impressive color passthrough camera

Meta just leaked screenshots of the Quest Pro ahead of the Meta Connect event, revealing a greatly improved view from the color passthrough camera.
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Over 1M credit cards just leaked to criminals on the dark web

Over 1.2 million credit cards have been distributed via the dark web through a recently launched underground marketplace.
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Intel and CLX somehow stuffed two PCs inside a single case

Intel just teamed up with CLX in order to create a proof-of-concept gaming PC that bundles two desktops into one.
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Why you may need an outrageous power supply for the RTX 4090 after all

Nvidia's board partners are also releasing their own versions of the RTX 4090. Some of these GPUs are calling for enormous power supply units.
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Meta found over 400 mobile apps ‘designed to steal’ Facebook logins

Meta has published a report detailing its discovery of over 400 mobile apps that were created to steal Facebook users' login information.
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New Mountain keyboard accessory adds a display to each key

Mountain's new keypads can streamline your workflow with fully programmable RGB mechanical keys and an infinite number of virtual display keys.
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The Acer Swift Edge is only a half-inch thick, but still includes an HDMI port

Acer announced today the Acer Swift Edge, the world's lightest 16-inch OLED professional laptop. 
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Apple’s mini-LED external display may be delayed until early 2023

The latest rumors about Apple's miniLED external display suggest it might be announced early next year after several delays.
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Microsoft says disabling these two Windows 11 features will boost gaming performance

Microsoft has just announced that some of the settings in Windows 11 can slow down gaming performance. Here's how to disable them.
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TikTok pivots to photos while its competitors are still chasing its viral videos

While TikTok's competitors are pivoting to video, TikTok's newest feature seems to be a pivot towards its competitors' roots: friendship and photos.
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Google Chrome tops this list of most vulnerable browsers

Google Chrome suffered more vulnerabilities than any other browser in 2022 -- and it wasn't even close -- while a little-known browser had zero.
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Hackers have found a way to hack you that you’d never expect

A security flaw has allowed a ransomware gang to effectively prevent antivirus programs from running properly on a system.
An inside view of the Quest 2 and its foam facial interface.

The Meta Quest 3 may be twice as powerful as Quest 2

The Quest 3 will be twice as powerful as the Quest 2 if leaks are to be believed. Here's everything we know about Qualcomm and Meta's latest VR headset.
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A new phishing scam pretends to be your boss sending you an email

A business email compromise campaign deceives a company employee into thinking their boss is authorizing a payment, but it's actually a bad actor.
A smartphone with the Facebook app icon on it all on a white marble background.

Facebook’s new controls offer more customization of your Feed

Facebook is working on new Feed customization options, but it still plans to keep recommending posts to you.
Someone gaming on a Surface Laptop Studio.

Windows 11 adoption among PC gamers almost hits 25%

The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is suggesting that an increasing number of Steam gamers are using Windows 11.
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Leaked benchmarks show the real performance of the Nvidia RTX 4090

Leaked Geekbench scores for the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 GPU just dropped, and the results look impressive.
Intel head of Graphics Raja Koduri explains Arc driver troubles

Arc GPU drivers are getting better, but Intel says it’s challenging

Ahead of the Arc Alchemist 770 and 750 launches, Intel's head of graphics shared some insights into how challenging it is to make GPU drivers.
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New phishing method looks just like the real thing, but it steals your passwords

This new phishing method could make it possible for hackers to steal important data by cloning a trustworthy website or app in Application Mode.
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The Windows 11 2022 Update could slow down file transfers by 40%

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue regarding computers running the Windows 11 2022 Update (or version 22H2).
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Get ready: there could be more ads in Instagram’s future

Meta is apparently experimenting with adding new types of ads on Instagram.