Author: James Martin
Apple has launched a Vision Pro update that solves one of its most confounding issues at launch. Starting in visionOS 1.0.3, available Monday, headset owners who forgot their passcodes can reset their device and start over with a fresh install. Previously, owners who lost their passcodes had to visit an Apple Store — or ship the device to AppleCare customer support — to use their $3,500 device again. Today’s new software is the first visionOS update to arrive since the mixed reality headset has been available to customers. The first two came before its public launch when only reviewers and…
Meta is testing a new feature that will allow Threads users to see what kinds of conversations are trending on the platform. The app has begun testing “today’s top topics” in the United States, Mark Zuckerberg shared in on Threads. The feature will surface “timely topics that others are discussing” and will appear in search and interspersed between posts in the app’s For You feed, according to Meta. Specific trends will be “determined by our AI systems based on what people are engaging with right now on Threads,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri said. Interestingly, Threads will surface trends related to…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 16 mins: Most of Chelsea’s attacks are coming down their right. Gusto goes on the overlap once more but his cross is collected by Henderson with limited fuss. One Chelsea issue is that natural striker Jackson is on the left and Palmer down the middle. Palmer is less of a threat in the six-yard box, I would argue. 14 mins: Chelsea are trying to force the issue down their right-hand side but Mitchell copes well with Madueke. 12 mins: Hughes is too…
Government to spend $707m on jobs programs in central Australia Josh Butler The federal government has revealed plans to invest $707m into reforming jobs programs in central Australia as it gears up for today’s statement on Closing the Gap. The statement on Indigenous life outcomes will be tabled in parliament today. It is expected to again show disappointing results on key indicators. One statistic briefed out in advance by Indigenous Australians minister Linda Burney’s office was that a target to increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth in employment, education or training “is not on track”.…
If you plan on picking up an Apple product in the near future, a new deal at Target is worth a quick PSA. Through February 17, the retailer is throwing in a $10 Target credit for no extra cost when you buy a digital Apple gift card worth $100 or more. We’ve seen this deal several times before, but if you already need a Apple Thing and often shop at Target anyway, it’s hard to complain about what is essentially free money. Apple You can get $10 in bonus Target credit when you buy a $100 Apple gift card. $100…
When Anita Roddick sold The Body Shop in 2006, she left behind not just a thriving cosmetics and skincare empire but living proof that a business could follow strict ethical guidelines and still make healthy profits. But on Monday, the private equity-owned company filed the intention to appoint administrators. The process is likely to trigger dozens of shop closures, putting jobs at risk and threatening a crucial source of sales for a global network of small farmers and producers. Such a fate seemed impossible when L’Oréal agreed to pay £652m for the business, a deal in which Roddick – along…
Dell gaming laptops are up to $560 off right now via a large sale on Amazon. The deals apply to both Dell-branded computers and Alienware models. The laptops here range from budget-friendly releases to more luxe high-end models. First up, there’s the Dell G16 7630, which is on sale for $1,200 instead of $1,600. That’s a savings of $400 or 25 percent. The G16 is a sibling to our favourite budget laptop, the G15. This computer is plenty powerful, with an Intel Core i9 chip, a GeForce RTX 4070 GPU, 16GB of RAM and 1TB of solid-state storage. Dell There’s…
The men’s world marathon record holder, Kelvin Kiptum, has died in a road accident in Kenya at the age of 24. Kimptum won the London Marathon in April 2023 before setting a new world record in Chicago in October, becoming the first man to run the distance inside two hours and one minute. Kiptum made his marathon debut in 2022, recording the fastest debut time over the distance in Valencia. The Kenyan had recently announced plans to become the first athlete to run an official marathon in under two hours before Sunday’s tragic accident in which his coach, Gervais…
Emerging from captivity in Gaza after 129 days, Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har appeared thin and pale but with happiness and relief in their eyes. Their family said the two men are overjoyed at being reunited with their loved ones as they try to make sense of their four-month ordeal. Idan Begerano, Har’s son-in-law, said the family was shocked to be woken up at 3.30am by the Israeli authorities who urged them to make their way to Sheba Medical Centre in central Israel to greet the two men. Photographs show the family hugging as they were reunited. “We weren’t…
Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines is gearing up for an actual moonshot at the end of this month, when it’ll try to land a spacecraft named Odysseus on the lunar surface — ideally without it breaking in the process. The mission follows Astrobotic’s unsuccessful attempt in January; that company’s lander, Peregrine, never made it to the moon due to a propellant leak that cut its journey short. Peregrine’s failure means Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission could be the first ever commercial moon landing if it makes it there intact. Intuitive Machines is hoping to make its landing attempt on February 22,…