A hands-on look at the Meta Quest 3 reveals a huge range of improvements to the Meta mixed reality headset, as detailed in Mark Gurman’s Switch newsletter for Bloomberg this morning. Gurman says the Quest 3, now codenamed Eureka, is “much lighter and thinner” than the original Quest 2, which bodes well for its comfort … Read more
Apple’s self-service repair program, designed to let customers repair their own iPhones and MacBooks, launches in Europe. The company announced today that genuine Apple parts, tools and manuals will be available for customers in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK to perform their own repairs. Spare parts are available through Apple’s … Read more
The 48-inch LG UltraGear 48GQ900 is on sale at Amazon for an incredible 43 percent off its regular price of $1,499.99 right now, bringing it to $852.14 before taxes for Amazon Prime members (or $896 .99 for those without Prime), for almost its lowest price ever. If you’d rather go to the source (or just … Read more
Kerty Levy of Techstars know a thing or two about where seed money is and where it goes in the Northeast. Speaking at MinRegion’s Early Stage in Boston last month, Levy took a brief look at the number of deals and valuations before delving deeper into what the obstacles to funding are right now and … Read more
The title of the video, for once on YouTube, is quite simple: “24 hours + pure black screen in HD!” Aside from the questions about the difference between standard and high definition pure black screens, the video does what it says on the tin. Press play and you get over 24 hours – 24 hours, … Read more
Maelle Gavet Contributor Maëlle Gavet is the CEO of Techstars and previously served as a senior executive at numerous major technology companies around the world. In these times of heightened tensions and global volatility, I believe start-ups can play a critical role in our defense, aerospace and national security ecosystem by bringing cutting-edge innovations to … Read more
The $50 million settlement over Apple’s poor butterfly keyboard design was finally approved by a California federal judge. Reuters reported yesterday. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila denied an attempt to change the agreement, writing in his ruling that 86,000 people had filed claims. That finally gives a figure on the number of affected people … Read more
Lawyers suing Colombian airline Avianca filed summary judgment with previous cases held to be just invented by ChatGPT, The New York Times reported today. After opposing counsel pointed out the non-existent cases, U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel affirmed, “Six of the cases filed appear to be false court decisions with false citations and false internal … Read more
Wwelcome to the MinRegion Exchange, a weekly newsletter for startups and markets. It is inspired by the daily MinRegion+ column from which it takes its name. Do you want it in your inbox every Saturday? Register here. From cybersecurity to SaaS for restaurants, the key to running a successful business is selling a product that … Read more
The 2023 edition of Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ), the annual week-long running marathon for charity, kicks off on Sunday and I can’t wait. For a week, SGDQ offers hit after hit from speedrunners beating video games extremely fast or breaking them in unfathomable ways, and it’s a delightful way to learn about some of … Read more