Virtual Staging AI helps Realtors digitally furnish rooms within seconds

House staging is a significant part of the real estate industry, and while Realtors have traditionally staged houses physically before posting a listing, it’s an expensive and time-consuming process. A startup called Virtual Staging AI is making it possible for Realtors to virtually stage a house with the help of generative AI. Virtual Staging AI, … Read more

iOS 17.4 Beta 3: Your iPhone Could Get Virtual Card Numbers for Apple Cash

Apple released iOS 17.4 beta 3 to public beta testers on Wednesday, a day after the company released the beta to developers and about three weeks after the release of iOS 17.3. The latest iOS beta brings new features, including major changes for people in the European Union and new emoji, and bug fixes to … Read more

Apple’s Vision Pro virtual reality headset launches in U.S.

The first customer walks out of the Apple Store with his purchase of the Vision Pro headset in New York on February 2, 2024.  Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Apple’s Vision Pro virtual reality headset officially launched in the U.S. on Friday. Customers who preordered the headset will begin to receive it or … Read more

VPN FAQs: Learn What Virtual Private Networks Are and How They Work

Virtual private networks, or VPNs, may initially seem complicated. Terms like split tunneling and obfuscation might make you think you need a computer science degree to understand how one works. Essentially, a VPN masks your IP address, which, similar to your home address, can give away your physical location. So, if you want an app, … Read more

KISS reveals they’ll continue to perform as virtual avatars

Glam rock icons KISS have unveiled new digital avatars that will continue to rock and roll in the band’s stead. KISS held its final live performance in Madison Square Garden on Saturday, drawing an end to both its four-year End of the Road World Tour and its 50-year career. The group officially disbanded after the … Read more

MoviePass Enters the Future, Announces a Virtual Card

MoviePass app screenshotsScreenshot: App Store The evolution of MoviePass continues, with today’s announcement that the subscription movie theater service (which has quite the tumultuous past) will now offer a virtual card—hopefully making online ticket purchases easier, including at theaters offering increasingly popular premium formats like IMAX. Spoilers of the Week | June 10th CNET broke … Read more

TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts

Live matches, also known as player knockout or PK battles, have been a feature on TikTok since at least 2021, though TikTok does not mention the feature on its own webpage describing how livestreaming works. Despite the feature being available for more than two years, it is not very well known, and to the uninitiated, … Read more

The Las Vegas Sphere Makes Virtual Reality a Full-Body Experience

The best virtual reality experience I’ve had this year was not with the $500 Quest 3 or the $3,500 Apple VisionPro, and it didn’t even require a headset. Sure, it cost $2.3 billion. But it came with a live soundtrack from an iconic rock band. I am talking, of course, about last weekend’s U2 concert … Read more