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• Facebook invents a new unit of time: the flick (frame-tick)

  

  23 January 2018, 14:11

  One flick is exactly 1/705600000 of a second. It was devised for content creators.

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• Quarterly VR headset sales surpass 1 million units

  

  28 November 2017, 11:31

  Sony PSVR took nearly half of the sales. Price cuts ignited Oculus sales, says Canalys.

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• Facebook Messenger payments roll out for the UK

  

  7 November 2017, 11:31

  UK is the first region outside of the US to get the Messenger payments service.

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• Humans still reign supreme in StarCraft gaming

  

  2 November 2017, 12:31

  But DeepMind AlphaGo tech will turn the tide for AI, say experts.

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• Microsoft makes quantum computer system breakthrough

  

  26 September 2017, 12:31

  And Microsoft, Facebook and Telxius complete a 4,000-mile-long 160Tb transatlantic cable.

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• Facebook closes down 470 inauthentic 'Russian' accounts

  

  7 September 2017, 13:01

  The users spent $100k on FB ads to agitate on immigration, gun rights, LGBTQ and race topics.

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• Oculus Rift gains ground in the wake of its Summer Sale

  

  5 September 2017, 13:01

  Increased market share by over 8 per cent this month according to the Steam hardware survey.

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• HTC Vive gets substantial price cut from $799 to $599 (£599)

  

  21 August 2017, 11:31

  A summer sale event has the Oculus Rift + Touch at $399, but it will be back at $499 soon.

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• Self contained Wireless Oculus VR headset to cost just US$200

  

  14 July 2017, 12:01

  Qualcomm Snapdragon device, codenamed 'Pacific', coming in 2018 says Bloomberg.

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• VR and AR headset sales to top 100 million a year by 2021: IDC

  

  20 June 2017, 11:15

  Fewer than 10 million units were sold in 2016.

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