Asus sells the largest microLED monitor ever for a cool $200,000 — but it’s only 4K and a low refresh rate

Asus is pitching its massive 135-inch MicroLED professional-grade monitor to those in the creative industries, including post-production professionals and VFX artists – but its size may be offset by a couple of limitations. The ProArt Cinema PQ07 delivers near-infinite contrast ratios, just like OLED displays, but unlike the current mainstream display standard, it isn’t hampered … Read more

Plantiga Technologies’ AI-powered footwear sensor pod aims to reduce injury risks

Plantiga Technologies, a Vancouver-based movement analytics company, wants to help people improve rehabilitation and reduce injury risks through an artificial intelligence-powered monitoring sensor pod that can be embedded into shoes, orthotics or insoles to analyze users’ movement patterns.  Plantiga is participating in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, and while it’s been around for a … Read more

The world’s most famous magician invests in data storage startup that wants to send 100GB disks to the Moon for future humanoids

Legendary magician David Copperfield is throwing his weight behind efforts to scatter human knowledge across the breadth of the solar system for future generations to discover. The Arch Mission Foundation (AMF) has already planted a nickel-based nanofiche disk on the Moon’s surface, with such archives serving as a backup for the wealth of human knowledge.  … Read more

Snapchat now has over 5 million paying users for Snapchat+

Snapchat announced today its subscription service for power users, Snapchat+ has now topped 5 million subscribers — a figure that’s up from 4 million in late June and 3 million in mid-April. Now over a year old, the $3.99 per month subscription offering provides access to a sizable handful of exclusive features, including custom app … Read more

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3: everything we know so far about the budget laptop

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Microsoft’s big event in New York City is today, which we are closely following in in our Microsoft Surface Event liveblog, and the company just announced the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3, complete with 15 hours of battery life and a performance that’s 88% faster than the original. Speculations around the launch of new devices … Read more