Facebook unlocks tilt-viewing of your panoramas with “360 Photos”

No more frustrating zoom-in/zoom-out. Facebook finally made a modern way to view panoramas and VR photos with your phone. Its new feature “360 Photos” rolls out tomorrow on iOS, Android, web, and Gear VR, and it will democratize creation of 360 and VR content. You can see Mark Zuckerberg’s example here from the top of…

Tesla just started selling two cheaper Model S sedans

On Thursday morning, Tesla Motors announced that new, lower-cost versions of itsModel S sedan would be available to purchase immediately. The Model S 60 will cost $66,000 while the all-wheel drive Model S 60D will cost $71,000. According to Tesla, the Model S 60 will have a range of greater than 200 miles, can reach a top…

App Store guidelines reveal ‘macOS’ rebranding

Apple’s latest App Store guidelines again hint at the impending rebranding of OS X to “macOS.” The change is expected to become official at WWDC next week, but Apple has already updated its FAQ to remove all traces of the name. The potential rebranding of OS X has been in the rumor mill for many months,…

HTC is selling a ‘business edition’ of the Vive VR headset

HTC is announcing a business-focused version of its Vive virtual reality headset. The Vive Business Edition will offer the same hardware as the consumer version, but come with a dedicated support line and the option to buy the systems in bulk. In return, customers will be spending quite a bit more: the system will sell…

Twitter will slide into your DMs when London’s Tube stops working

Twitter has teamed up Transport for London (the organization that looks after the city’s tubes and buses) to create a new alert systems for disruptions on the London Underground. TfL has long provided travel alerts via Twitter accounts for different tube lines, but now, users that follow these accounts will get DMs when there are…

Magic Leap headset design revealed? Not so fast, company says

Yesterday, a design patent from Magic Leap hit the internet and sparked rumors that this could be the company’s highly-anticipated augmented reality headset. But the secretive startup was quick to deny those claims noting that its final product won’t look anything like these science fiction-inspired sketches. Magic Leap’s PR chief said that this design is…

These are Elon Musk’s favorite video games

It should come as no surprise to anyone that one of the biggest names in the tech world is also a pretty big video game nerd. Aside from the fact that he just tweeted his love for “Overwatch,” a new and ridiculously addictive multiplayer shooter, Elon Musk previously expressed his love for other video games,…