Virginia Tech professor Doug Bowman was recently awarded a grant by Microsoft for the HoloLens research project.Out of all the big tech companies—Microsoft, Facebook, Google, just to name a few—Apple is the only one that hasn't publicly announced an interest in virtual or augmented reality technology. All the others listed above are known to be currently working on AR and VR tech.Read Full Story

Raytheon, the giant military contractor, claims the armor could save lives by reducing the military's need for fuel convoys.Raytheon, one of the world's-largest military contractors, says it has developed a new type of vehicle armor that also doubles as a battery.Read Full Story

But both say first large-scale commercial version will be built overseasThe Hyperloop might be the brainchild of billionaire inventor Elon Musk, but if it is to become a reality it will be one of two other companies that first brings the futuristic transportation system to the world, reports the Wall Street Journal.Read Full Story

Are your references selling your best attributes—or selling you out? Here's how to make them more effective for you.You're going for a new job, so you've dusted off your resume, written a great cover letter, and pulled out your list of references. But before you send your prospective new employer to your go-to list of cheerleaders, ask yourself one question: Am I sure my references are helping me?Read Full Story

What happened this week? Here's our quiz for January 22, 2016.Did you follow the news this week? Research says that one of the best ways to solidify new information is to be tested on it. Here's a chance to bolster your knowledge of current events—and earn a special emoji badge. Read Full Story

The electronics giant is hoping to inspire the creation of more and better independent VR content.Samsung today crowned the first set of winners in its ongoing virtual reality content competition.Read Full Story

You will have to pry the word "stock" from my cold, dead hands.Eating food is a critical part of every man's self-care routine, but did you know there are so many other things you can do with food besides put it in your lower facehole? You can read about it, you can talk about it, you can watch people make and/or consume it on TV. You can argue about it, read about other people arguing about it, and watch people argue and/or compete over it on TV! Rumor has it that you can even make food yourself, but this seems unsanitary and probably dangerous. Today, bringing us a sampling of tabs about the wide world of food activities that are not actually eating is Helen Rosner, from the sarcastically named website Eater.Read Full Story

Soon after the New Yorker's Jane Mayer published an exposé, the Kochs assembled a team of operatives to target her, she claims.The Koch brothers, who control the second-largest privately held company in the United States, hired former NYPD commissioner Howard Safir to dig up dirt on journalist Jane Mayer, she claims in a new book.Read Full Story

A Udacity course by Google will teach engineers and data scientists the basics of deep learning, which informs much of Google's tech.Techies who have some background in machine learning may want to tune into Google's new course on deep learning. Available through Udacity—home to a host of open online courses—the class is expected to run about three months, assuming people put in about six hours of work per week.Read Full Story

Many investors are nervous about reports that iPhone 6s sales are softening.Next Tuesday Apple is likely to report solid numbers for its December-ending quarter, but company execs and investors may be anxious over possible weakness in sales of the iPhone.Read Full Story