Tech & Science

(Gizmodo) Earlier today, the New York Times reported that a couple from the U.S. got married in the metaverse. Yep. According to the Times, the couple wed on Labor Day weekend (September 6). Their digital avatars, which were dressed like them, had their own ceremony thanks to a company called Virbela. Virbela’s bread and butter is building virtual environments for work, … [Read more...] about This Couple Got Married in the Metaverse and the Internet Wants Them To Stay There

(The New York Times) Not long after buying a Tesla Model 3 this summer, Vince Patton saw a YouTube clip highlighting a feature that took him by surprise: three video games that can be played on the large touch screen mounted in front of the dashboard — while driving down the road. “I thought surely that can’t be right,” Mr. Patton, a retiree in Lake Oswego, Ore. But in a … [Read more...] about Tesla Drivers Can Now Play Video Games in Their Moving Cars

(Business Insider) Elon Musk has said that Neuralink, his brain-interface technology company, hopes to start implanting its microchips in human beings next year. Neuralink, cofounded by Musk in 2016, is developing a chip that would be implanted in people's brains to simultaneously record and stimulate brain activity. It is intended to have medical applications such as … [Read more...] about Elon Musk Said Neuralink Hopes To Start Implanting Its Brain Chips in Humans in 2022, Later Than He Anticipated

(The New York Times) If it’s been a year or more since you traveled, particularly internationally, you may notice something different at airports in the United States: More steps — from checking a bag to clearing customs — are being automated using biometrics. Biometrics are unique individual traits, such as fingerprints, that can be used to automate and verify … [Read more...] about Your Face Is, or Will Be, Your Boarding Pass

(Yahoo News) Switzerland has just legalized a new way to die by assisted suicide. The country’s medical review board has just given authorization for use of the Sarco Suicide Pod, which is a 3-D-printed portable coffin-like capsule with windows that can be transported to a tranquil place for a person’s final moments of life.  Conventional assisted-suicide methods have … [Read more...] about Switzerland Approves Assisted ‘Suicide Capsule’