Zuckerberg blasphemes about Apple and Google declares war on home office

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Meta and Apple are competing on several levels – also in the field of AR headsets. Now it has become public what Meta-Boss Mark Zuckerberg thinks of Apple’s AR glasses Vision Pro, which are in direct competition with the in-house Quest 3. In a meeting with Meta employees, Zuckerberg said the Apple model would not present any major technological breakthroughs that Meta hadn’t “already explored.”

Zuckerberg also identified a “real philosophical difference.” While Quest 3 is about “people interacting in new ways,” he pointed out that he always sees one person alone on a couch in Apple’s demos. “That could be the vision for the future of computing, but it’s not the one I want,” he said.

Google is putting pressure on its employees to return to the office. The Wall Street Journal reports that attendance will even be taken into account in future performance reviews. Exactly what that will look like is not yet known. The aim of this measure is to improve cooperation, which was only possible to a limited extent during the corona pandemic.

Chief People Officer Fiona Cicconi is said to have explained in an internal memo: “Of course not everyone believes in magical hallway conversations, but there is no question that working together in the same room makes a positive difference.” to be worked in the office. There will only be complete home office work in exceptional cases. More and more big tech companies are currently significantly reducing their remote powers.

The “Lord of the Rings” prequel “Rings of Power” has a good chance of becoming the most expensive series of all time. It is said to cost Amazon over a billion dollars. The fantasy author Demetrious Polychron, who specializes in fan fiction, also wants a quarter of this. He sued Amazon for copyright infringement in April. The accusation: Amazon stole parts of the plot and characters for the series from a book from him.

But now he’s getting into trouble himself. The heirs of JRR Tolkien, who created the world behind The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, have filed a lawsuit against Polychron. They allege that Polychron wrote and marketed an unauthorized sequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

If you’re wondering why so many gamers are currently checking their heads for dents: there’s a serious reason for this. Such dents and indentations may come from wearing a headset excessively. Streamer Curtoss shaved his head during a charity stream benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and discovered a headphone-shaped indentation on his skull. This caused concern among numerous members of the gaming community.

But why do gamers’ skulls look so deformed? According to a study, the pressure of the headset does not have a direct effect on the skull bones, but it does on the fat and soft tissue above it. In most cases, however, such dents should disappear again with a little massage and a sufficient break from wearing the headphones.

Porsche has unveiled its spectacular electric hypercar called the Mission X. For Porsche’s CEO Oliver Blume, the hypercar is a “technology beacon for the sports car of the future” and provides “decisive impetus for the further development of future vehicle concepts”. As far as the wheelbase is concerned, the Mission X, at 2.73 meters, is based on the dimensions of the Carrera GT and 918 Spyder.

The next generation of powerful, permanently excited synchronous machines (PSM) is used as the electric motor. Seat shells made of carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic are used inside the vehicle – and the open-topped steering wheel with mode switches and rockers is intended to create a motorsport feeling. If the Mission X goes into series production, it should achieve downforce values ​​that are “significantly” above the level of the current 911 GT3 RS and also offer significantly improved charging performance.

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