VR, dating, and privacy: 5 key announcements from Facebook's F8 event

Facebook just made a host of announcements at its annual F8 developer conference, reaching almost every corner of the Facebook empire: Oculus, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and several other apps have all been given updates. Here are the five most important stories to come out of the event so far.

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Category: Computers

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• Facebook
• Social Networking
• Virtual Reality

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Bluetooth device lets you use your smartphone as a dive computer

While there certainly are wristwatch-style dive computers, many divers prefer something with a larger full-color screen. Unfortunately, such devices can cost over $1,000. A group of South Korean entrepreneurs is out to change that, with an inexpensive device that converts existing smartphones into dive computers.

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Category: Outdoors

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• Smartphones

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Shape-shifting Aquanaut combines two types of underwater robot

When it comes to underwater robots, there are basically two kinds – sleek Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) that gather data while cruising along by themselves, and bulkier Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) that perform tasks while being controlled in real time. Texas-based Houston Mechatronics is combining the two, in the form of the Aquanaut.

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Category: Marine

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• Autonomous
• Remote Control
• Robotics
• Submarine
• Underwater

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Ford prototypes smart window that lets blind passengers "feel the view"

Taking in stunning views on a road trip can make the hours of travel well worth the effort. But if you're a blind or partially sighted passenger, such joys are not available to you. Ford Italia is hoping to change that with a prototype window gadget that allows blind passengers to experience views from a car window using touch.

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Category: Automotive

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• Ford
• Prototype
• Smart windows

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FedEx Express delivers the goods with fuel cell-powered truck

FedEx Express is currently operating the first fuel cell electric delivery van for on-road use in North America. The zero emission van is a collaboration between Workhorse Group and Plug Power and is based on Workhorse's electric delivery van, using Plug Power's hydrogen fuel cell to recharge.

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Category: Automotive

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3Doodler takes classroom creativity to another dimension

Letting your creative juices flow from pencil to paper is all well and good, but adding another dimension can help bring them to life. But as we discovered for ourselves during CES 2014, raising objects up from a flat surface is not as easy as seasoned 3Doodlers make it look. Clearly, the earlier you start, the better. Now WobbleWorks has launched educational creativity kits designed for use in schools.

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Category: 3D Printing

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• Drawing
• Education

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Atari's new console combines 4K visuals and arcade classics

Gaming relic Atari is dusting off its joysticks and jumping back into the console wars. The company has been drip-feeding us details about its new machine, the Atari VCS, for almost a year. Now, ahead of a full reveal at the end of the month, Atari has spilled some of the beans regarding games, specs and a release window.

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Category: Games

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• Retro
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