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Oculus Facebook account row prompts German competition probe 15th Dec 2020 | Source: BBC
The first-generation Oculus Quest lets existing users avoid a Facebook account - for now
Facebook is under investigation by German officials over its virtual reality headset, the Oculus Quest.
The Oculus Quest 2 requires a Facebook account to work, something widely criticised by reviewers and VR fans.
Germany s competition authority now says that requirement could be an abuse of Facebook s dominant market position. We intend to examine whether and to what extent this. arrangement will affect competition in both areas of activity, the agency said.
Facebook acquired VR company Oculus in 2014, and allowed users to log in with their Oculus accounts until the launch of the Quest 2 headset.
Tech in 2020: The gadgets that got us through a tough year
Tech in 2020: 12 months back, if I had told you that you might be reading this article from your bed, attending a meeting, while sipping coffee during office hours, you would have probably said: Naah, not possible. That s how unusual this year has been.
Manas Tiwari | December 15, 2020 | Updated 13:44 IST
In 2020, we saw an outburst of smartphones, gadgets, apps, and what not.
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Audio, smart home devices became popular.
Apple took the big leap with M1 chip.
Tech in 2020: 12 months back, if I had told you that you might be reading this article from your bed, attending a meeting, while sipping coffee during office hours, you would have probably said: Naah, not possible. That s how unusual this year has been. And, the only thing that probably got us through it is - technology. We saw an outburst of smartphones, gadgets, apps, and what not. Foldable smartphones became more mainstream, Apple went all out by la
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Launching In February, RTX 3060 In January 2021
Igor over at Igor s Lab has just leaked the date for NVIDIA s upcoming RTX 3080 Ti graphics card. This is the most anxiously anticipated card of NVIDIA s RTX 3000 lineup considering it has the full 20 GB vRAM buffer (unlike the 10GB buffer on the 3080) and is expected to be the true flagship considering the 3090 is basically a replacement for the Titan. While Igor has been rock solid in the past, please keep in mind that NVIDIA s launch schedules are vulnerable to Jensen changing his mind and other supply and demand factors - so take launch dates with a grain of salt.
Microsoft Flight Simulator Can Simulate Even a Solar Eclipse
Microsoft Flight Simulator Can Simulate Even a Solar Eclipse
Yesterday, part of South America was treated to a solar eclipse, so Twinfinite tried out an experiment in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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Yesterday, part of South America was treated to a solar eclipse, so I decided to try out an experiment in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
The game is known for a rather astonishing precision in simulating the world, including the specific dance of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky. Could it actually manage to simulate a solar eclipse?
Turns out that it can. I went to Los Pehuenches Airport in Lebu, Chile, which was one of the best places to see the eclipse yesterday (December 14) at around 4:00 pm GMT.