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Apple explores headsets that turn your iPhone into a VR display Apple may not be nearly as enamored with virtual reality as Facebook, Google or Samsung, but that doesn't mean it's uninterested -- it's clearer than ever that Cupertino has been intrigued for years. [Read more...] The Big Picture: Rosetta gets up close and personal with a comet Thought the Rosetta probe's earlier comet snapshots were special? They don't have a patch on its latest photo session.[Read more...] The autonomous shuttle hoping to transform public transport A common criticism of self-driving vehicles is that many people, especially petrolheads, love getting behind the wheel and putting the pedal to the floor. [Read more...] Behold: a wristband that replaces your phone with a dumber phone The folks behind the giant and retro (but not quite useful) Neptune Pine smartwatch are back -- and this time they're aiming to flip technology paradigms. [Read more...] Any app that works with Android Wear now works on your Pebble It's been splashing around in beta for a little while, but now your Pebble can respond to notifications directly from that monochrome screen -- kind of like Android Wear, sans touchscreen. [Read more...] Sony's $840 augmented reality glasses are real, just not pretty Sony has toyed around with ideas like a clip-on headset to compete with Google Glass, but its initial entry into augmented reality wearables is this pair of glasses. [Read more...] The NSA hides surveillance software in hard drives It's been known for a while that the NSA will intercept and bug equipment to spy on its soon-to-be owners, but the intellgency agency's techniques are apparently more clever than first thought. [Read more...]