Those crisp displays are deffo gonna be used for porn.Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) There’s a lot of issues with Facebook Portal, but one of them was the lack of apps and web browser at launch. Privacy concerns aside, you just couldn’t really make use of the smart display aside from its cool-yet-creepy video calls. Today,…

In the end, Imax’s VR experiences were not long for the real world.Photo: Getty Images After investing in virtual reality experiences, IMAX has officially decided to cut its losses. In an SEC filing yesterday, the company revealed it’ll shutter its remaining three VR theaters—including its flagship location in Los Angeles—in early 2019 and write off “certain…

Photo: Getty Year In ReviewWe look back at the best, worst, and most significant moments of the year, and look forward to next year.    The tech world told a lot of lies in 2018, and it was caught in those lies at what feels like an unprecedented rate. Some Silicon Valley players even began…

NASA’s InSight on the Martian surface. The odd teal color is not the actual color of the probe, but rather a visual artifact caused by reflected light. The dark splotch around the lander was caused by InSight’s retrorockets during its descent. Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona The precise location of NASA’s InSight lander within Elysium Planitia…