Month: June 2024
Ikea will pay 10 Roblox players to roleplay as employees in its virtual store
Corporate publicity stunts involving virtual reality are almost always bad, but Ikea’s new Roblox store feels especially silly. The company announced last week that it plans to pay 10 people £13.15 or €14.80 per hour to work in The Co-Worker Game, a virtual Ikea store in Roblox. The company is…
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Fresh WWDC 2024 rumors hint at Face ID app lock and home screen dark mode for iOS 18
We’re all set for the big Apple WWDC 2024 event happening tomorrow, June 10, and a couple of last-minute rumors have emerged around iOS 18 – hinting at a couple of the key upgrades that iPhone owners can look forward to. These leaks both come from sources speaking to MacRumors,…
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Keychron Q1 HE Review: Hall Effect Goes Mainstream
Keychron’s new keyboard brings Hall effect switches one step closer to the mainstream. Source
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5 Best Kids’ Bikes (2024): Balance, Pedal, Coaster
The WIRED Gear team has tested all types of kids’ bikes. Here are our top picks. Source
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How to watch Microsoft’s 2024 Xbox and Call of Duty showcase
Microsoft is back with another Xbox Games Showcase this year, and this time around, there’s a Call of Duty direct straight after the main show. This is Microsoft’s first Xbox Games Showcase to feature games from across Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda, and Xbox Game Studios, as well as third-party titles. I think…
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Apple needs to show us the other half of the iPad Pro
At last month’s iPad Pro M4 launch, Tim Cook said it was “the biggest day for iPad since its introduction.” That was pretty clearly not the case: it was a day of really nice incremental hardware updates to a tablet that already had more power than most people know what…
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