The rift with Oculus Rift revealed - why Facebook needs a reality check

 


The "good" and "evil" sides of the tech world clashed this week, with the clean-shaven, youthful and extremely popular makers of the Oculus Rift VR headset agreeing to be purchased by the evil, goatee-bearded, dark forces of the hated Facebook mega-empire.
Many toys were thrown out of prams and as we see every week, there's always one joke everyone furiously types out and thinks they're the first with.

The future of facial recognition: big brother or our new best friend?

 

For better or worse facial recognition has become the technological elephant in the room. It's there, but nobody really likes to think about or talk about too much.
Despite the continued advancements of software and algorithms that would elicit gasps of awe in some of the other tech sectors, the ever-improving ability for machines to put a name to human faces is considered, in most cases, unwelcome.

HTC One (M8): all you need to know

 


  The dust from the announcement of the new HTC One is yet to settle, but even though there's still much more left to be said about HTC's new flagship, we're ready to offer you a curated set of must-read content. If you have even the slightest interest in this new beast of a smartphone, then you should definitely take a look at the articles listed below.

THE ESSENTIALS

HTC’s new flagship smartphone features a number of hardware and software improvements. For example, there's the much-talked-about “Duo” camera (it sports two cameras on its back). It also comes with a 5" display, ann upgraded processor and a more intense metal finish.