Lauren Hockenson
The Next Web
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Want to get rid of VR sickness? A zap to the head may help
If you’ve experienced the thrill of playing around in VR, you also know that it comes with a significant bit of nausea. As the sights around you mimic motion and speed, your inner ear gets tricked into thinking you’re moving when you’re actually not. You try to push past it, but before long you’ve bought … → Read More
Leaked documents show the dark corners where the mega-rich hide their billions
It's an open secret that the mega-rich and powerful people in the world go to great lengths to keep their financial situations hidden from world governments (and tax collectors), but ... → Read More
Nintendo's 'Miitomo' is weirdly wonderful...just don't call it a game
I’ve opened up Nintendo’s first mobile app, ‘Miitomo,’ no less than five times today. But the thing is, I can’t tell you why. There’s something alchemical locked within the app that provides a soothing, addicting presence. To sum it up in a sentence, Miitomo is more ‘Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector’ than ‘Angry Birds.’ This is both … → Read More
Skype is giving devs tools to build their own bots
Following in the steps of competitors like Slack, Microsoft announced onstage at Build 2016 in San Francisco that it will be generously supporting bots on the Skype platform with a ... → Read More
Microsoft starts shipping HoloLens to devs today
Microsoft is taking another step in building its holographic technology, the HoloLens. Announced at Microsoft Build in San Francisco, Microsoft’s Alex Kipman announced that the dev model would be shipped today to devs. The dev kit, which was announced last month, currently costs a hefty $3,000. In addition to shipping the HoloLens, Microsoft is releasing its … → Read More
Instagram's newest update for iOS gives you your damn log out button back
Rejoice! We've found a way out! When an update to Instagram had iOS users scratching their heads about a suddenly missing log out button, mild anxiety and → Read More
Microsoft starts shipping HoloLens to devs today
Microsoft is taking another step in building its holographic technology, the HoloLens. Announced at Microsoft Build in San Francisco, Microsoft's Alex Kipman announced that the dev ... → Read More
You're not alone: Instagram for iOS has somehow ditched the log out button
The new Instagram update for iOS has some useful tools, particularly because it allows me to make longer videos up to one minute, so you can stuff more con → Read More
A tale of two #Gamergate panels at SXSW
While South by Southwest is a festival that examines a lot of things — new technology, up-and-coming trends and big questions about the future of film, music and technology — rarely do attendees get the opportunity to see a battle that was sparked and largely fought online play out in real life. Yet that very … → Read More
Smell a celebrity’s death with this scary morgue machine
What if you could travel back in time and experience the last four minutes of a famous person’s life? Well, you can, if you’re willing to lock yourself in a morgue cabinet in the dark, listen and deeply inhale the air around you. That’s the only mildly-scary premise behind the Famous Deaths project, created by Marcel van … → Read More
Google's self-driving car for purchase? Not until it's 'safer than a human'
Google has been hard at work on developing the driverless car for 8 years now, and more than ever there's promise that we will live in a future where drivi → Read More
Report: Google to bring Chromecast-like features to TVs
While many of us are pleased with the stick or disc-shaped media dongle hanging out of the back of our regular old dumb televisions -- the well-lived Chromecast -- it seems that Google ... → Read More
Twitch now replays with chat, so you can feel a part of the action
The cool thing about livestreaming platform Twitch is that, if you want, you can relive the action of a given stream on a broadcaster's channel. But in replaying a stream, there was ... → Read More
Pocket now works with a font to aid those with dyslexia
Dyslexia, a learning disability that can make it difficult for children and adults to read letters and sometimes numbers, affects one in 10 people globally → Read More
Postmates introduces Plus so you can easily find cheaper delivery
One of the biggest mysteries about on-demand delivery platform Postmates was narrowing down which restaurants abided by the company’s flat-fee delivery charge. When you were searching for a specific kind of food, you might find something you love only to be shocked by a fee that could rival how much the meal actually cost But no … → Read More
Digit to offer users a nifty way to save money from tax returns
Most people either love or loathe tax season. Unsurprising, as it is either the time of year where you have to pay a pretty penny to the government, or perhaps be on the correct side ... → Read More
Instagram officially rolls out support for multiple accounts
After months of testing, Instagram announced today that its latest update finally supports multiple accounts. Now, Instagram power users and brands will be → Read More
For the San Francisco tech scene, homelessness remains a sore spot
For all intents and purposes, San Francisco is a modern day business success story. Billions of capital flows through the corporations that have set up in the city and the greater Bay ... → Read More
On Dresses
The casual cruelty of children can so often crystallize the brutal nature of humanity, however frank and innocent it appears on the surface. For my niece M… → Read More
Can AI find you the best car insurance deal? Insurify thinks so
It's a known fact of adulthood that car insurance is a pain in the butt. Trying to balance coverage, premiums, and quotes from different companies that are offering different deals ... → Read More