Magic Leap developer units must be kept in locked safes

Magic Leap is known for its secrecy. The company kept its One headset under wraps for years, teasing out details with ambiguous conference speeches and restrictive press opportunities. It should come as no surprise, then, to hear that developer units are being shipped out with an unusual caveat: while not in use, they have to […]

2 days after raising $502 million, Magic Leap called the cops to say an employee had stolen $1 million (GOOG, MSFT)

Asa Mathat for Vox Media Magic Leap, the secretive Florida startup developing futuristic augmented reality glasses, raised a whopping $ 502 million in October. Two days later, it called the cops and told them an employee had stolen over $ 1 million over a period of 23 months.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW […]

A Magic Leap employee who allegedly stole $1 million is the latest sign of mayhem at the billion-dollar startup

Asa Mathat for Vox Media A police report filed by Magic Leap in October alleges that the company was falsely billed for more than $ 1 million. The report alleges that an outside recruiting firm, which worked with with Magic Leap’s Senior Manager for Talent Acquisition, collected fees for 39 hires it had no involvement […]

Chicago Fire Sneak Peek: Casey and Severide's Leap Leads to More Danger

Thursday’s Chicago Fire (NBC, 10/9c) reveals what happened after that explosive cliffhanger, and if you simply can’t wait to find out how Casey and Severide fared after jumping off that roof, you’re in luck — but one of the guys isn’t so fortunate. TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek picks up with the two firemen leaping into the […]

The Greatest Leap, part 5: Saving the crew of Apollo 13

Video shot by Joshua Ballinger, edited and produced by Jing Niu and David Minick. Click here for transcript. (video link) As Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise floated in the tunnel snaking between the Lunar Module and Command Module, he heard—and felt—a loud bang. Around him, the two vehicles began to contort. Then, the metal walls […]

Teaser: Next up on “The Greatest Leap,” Ars talks Apollo 13

Video shot by Joshua Ballinger, edited and produced by Jing Niu and David Minick. Click here for transcript. (video link) We have two parts left in “The Greatest Leap,” our celebration of 50 years of Apollo. Next Tuesday will bring us to one of the most important events in the history of human space flight: […]

The Greatest Leap, part 4: Catching Apollo fever as a new NASA employee

Our Apollo documentary is back, but you can catch up with parts 1, 2, and 3 quickly. Video shot by Joshua Ballinger, edited and produced by Jing Niu and David Minick. Click here for transcript. (video link) As inevitably happens in August, a sweltering heat with the tactility of dog’s breath had come over Houston […]

‘Night in the Woods’ makes the leap to Nintendo Switch February 1st

Quirky adventure game Night in the Woods is a finalist for three awards in the upcoming Independent Games Festival: the Seumas McNally grand prize, visual art and narrative categories. Now it’s coming to Nintendo’s Switch console this February 1st, a year after its initial release on Mac, Windows, Linux and PlayStation 4. The title is […]