Finnish startup Varjo launches new $3,990 mixed reality headset to take on Apple, Microsoft

Finnish tech startup Varjo launched its newest headset Monday, the XR-4. It'll compete with similar headsets from the likes of Microsoft, and Apple.

Finnish startup Varjo launches new $3,990 mixed reality headset to take on Apple, Microsoft

Finnish tech startup Varjo launched its newest headset Monday, the XR-4. It'll compete with similar headsets from the likes of Microsoft, and Apple.

Smartphones with ‘self-healing’ displays will arrive within five years, analysts predict

Analyst firm CCS Insight said it expects smartphone makers to begin producing phones with "self-healing" displays within five years.

SoftBank-backed startup Improbable outlines plan for metaverse to rival Microsoft, Meta

The company’s metaverse project called, MSquared, is more than a year in the making and would enable users to live, work and interact with each other virtually.

Apple’s entry into VR with its new headset is a ‘watershed moment,’ say top industry execs

Cher Wang, Taiwanese tech giant HTC's CEO, told CNBC that she sees Apple's move as a validation for the industry, calling it a "watershed moment."

‘We’re not at the moon yet’: Human-like A.I. is still some way off, early investor in Google’s DeepMind says

We are still some way off reaching human-level artificial intelligence despite rapid advances in the technology, an early investor in DeepMind told CNBC.

Microsoft is betting its future on cloud gaming — but that’s what tripped up the Activision deal

U.K. regulators fears that Microsoft could in future withhold its blockbuster Call of Duty, Warcraft and Diablo titles from other cloud gaming platforms.

Big Tech vs. Big Telco: Top EU official says there’s no ‘battle’ over network funding

European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton said there is not necessarily a "battle over fair share between Big Telco and Big Tech."

Motorola shows off a rollable smartphone with a screen that can extend vertically

The phone, which is being shown off at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, has a flexible five-inch display that extends to 6.5 inches when pushed upwards.

Nokia launches smartphone you can fix yourself, jumping on ‘right to repair’ trend

Smartphone companies are increasingly working to make phones last for longer amid pressure from regulators to make electronics devices more sustainable.