Facebook buys ‘Beat Saber’ creator Beat Games

We're excited to announce we're joining @oculus Studios as an independently operated studio in Prague! This is a big step for us and we can't wait to push VR even further together! https://t.co/WzWLjtnN7g— Beat Games (@BeatGamesStudio) November 26, 2019Beat Games will "continue to ship content and updates for Beat Saber at the same time across…

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Pringles built a ridiculous gaming headset that feeds you chips

Alright, fine: Maybe "enticing" isn't the right word. Pringles are insubstantial, vaguely potato flavored wisps of air crammed into a cardboard tube. Their snackability quotient is high, but is anyone ever really satisfied after eating these things? And as you might have already guessed, the Hunger Hammer is patently ridiculous as a solution to eating…

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The controversial sex toy that shook up CES 2019 is finally ready

Osé is a massager offering "blended orgasms," that stimulate a person inside and outside their body at the same time. Creator Lora Haddock said that after experiencing one for the first time, the former Navy officer quit pre-med to build a device that could make them. She also harnessed modern research on how women's pleasure…

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The Guy Behind Bloomberg2020.org: ‘We Know How to Do Logos’

As former New York City mayor and current billionaire Michael Bloomberg prepped a $30 million television ad buy to herald his official entrance into the presidential race, his spokesperson was fending off tweets about fake campaign signage making the rounds once again.Yes, Bloomberg is running for president. No, that viral logo isn’t his. Nor is…

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Cybertruck Swag Has Flooded Amazon and Etsy

Elon Musk says at least 200,000 Tesla fans have put down $100 refundable deposits to preorder the company’s outlandish new Cybertruck. That $20 million represents a much-needed cash boost for Tesla as it gears up for production on the truck and other car models it’s promised consumers. Musk isn’t the only one trying to make…

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Trump’s Ukraine Server Delusion Is Spreading

Look, we’ve written this before. So have a bunch of other outlets, for weeks on end, including today. Even Fox and Friends raised an eyebrow at the idea. But since Donald Trump persists, along with, now, his secretary of state, who should and one suspects does know better, we will write it once again: Ukraine…

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‘Shenmue III’ Defies All Expectations—in a Good Way, Mostly

Shenmue III is probably not what a lot of people were expecting. That, however, may not be the worst thing ever.The first two Shenmue games, both released for the Sega Dreamcast at the turn of the century, are by now the stuff of legend. Half revenge epic and half slice-of-life simulator, the games chronicle the…

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Photo Gallery: Wild Juxtapositions of Saudi Arabia Modern and Ancient

Few countries in history have experienced as sudden a transformation as Saudi Arabia. Until the founding of the modern state by the Saud family in the early 20th century, the vast Arabian Peninsula was inhabited mainly by nomadic groups living a traditional lifestyle that hadn’t changed much in thousands of years. The discovery and exploitation…

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AI Innovators Should Be Listening to Kids

From Greta Thunberg’s student-led climate strikes to the youth-driven protests in Hong Kong and Chile, the next generation is increasingly demanding a voice on pressing issues. Youth movements are reenergizing paralyzed debates among adults with fresh perspectives, inconvenient questions, and the rhetorical power of having to live with the long-term fallout of our short-term thinking.With…

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We’re All ‘P-Hacking’ Now

It’s got an entry in the Urban Dictionary, been discussed on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, scored a wink from Cards Against Humanity, and now it’s been featured in a clue on the TV game show Jeopardy. Metascience nerds rejoice! The term p-hacking has gone mainstream.Results from a study can be analyzed in a…

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