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Scientists have tested what life is like when using mixed reality goggles, and the technology's effects on a wearer. Turns out, even state-of-the-art headsets can cause some considerable issues.  Mixed reality could soon become mainstream following the release of Apple's Vision Pro this year, alongside existing tech such as Meta's Quest 3. These devices have a "passthrough" mode that shows wearers real-time video footage captured by front-facing cameras and augmented with a digital interface. It incorporates both virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) — essentially mixing the digital and physical worlds. Since Apple's Vision Pro launched, footage has emerged showing people walking around town or even driving while wearing the VR headset. It has led Apple to officially warn people against using it while operating vehicles, according to the company's user guide . Related: Ultrasonic headband induces lucid dreams using AI, its creators claim —...

BENGALURU: Around five million people globally have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market till date, of which 600,000 are from India, making it the worst affected country, according to one of the world's largest VPN service providers NordVPN. Bot markets are used by hackers to sell stolen data from victims' devices with bot malware. The study by NordVPN, of Lithuania's Nord Security, said the stolen data included user logins, cookies, digital fingerprints, screenshots and other information, with the average price for the digital identity of a person pegged at 490 Indian rupees($5.95). NordVPN tracked data for the past four years, ever since bot markets were launched in 2018. India has been dealing with cyber security concerns for a while. As recently as last month, multiple servers of the All India Institute of Medical Science s (AIIMS), a federal government hospital that caters to ministers, politicians and the general public, were infected on Nov. 23, ...

Researchers say the controversial “cry it out” method and other behavioral sleep interventions used to teach babies self-settling are safe and effective, after a study of more than 2000 families. Researchers followed 2090 families in the United States for 12 months last year and found more than 64 per cent of them used at least one of three behavioral sleep interventions to teach their babies how to self regulate. WATCH THE VIDEO: New study on sleeping patterns of babies is providing fresh insight for tired parents Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> The interventions included: the parental presence method - where a parent is physically present in the room where the baby sleeps and will tend to the child at scheduled intervals to help them settle; the controlled crying method - where a parent allows the baby to cry for some time before coming into the room at scheduled intervals to help them settle, and; the cry it out method - where a baby is left to cry befor...

Life is dwindling on the reefs that ring Australia with more than half of the most common species in population decline, new analysis shows. Scientists have collated data from three Australian reef monitoring programs that are among the longest-running in the world. The result is a sobering national picture of shrinking volumes of shallow-reef species under mounting pressures, including heatwaves driven by climate change. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The study found 57 per cent of the 1057 common species examined suffered population declines between 2008 and 2021. They included many species of tropical fish, as well as invertebrates on reefs that wrap around the southern half of the country. Population declines often followed heatwave years, when local water temperatures were up by more than half a degree. Southern Australia’s weedy sea dragon, for example, saw an alarming population decline of 59 per cent from 2011 to 2021. Scientists have...