Apple Vision Pro users suffer black eyes, headaches, neck pain from $3,500 goggles

 Apple Vision Pro users are reporting that their high-priced goggles are giving them black eyes, headaches and neck pain.

Emily Olman, head of marketing at the California-based real estate photography firm Hopscotch International, told MarketWatch that she suffered two “superdark black eyes” after wearing the Vision Pro for the first time.

“I wasn’t able to use it very much the first few weeks because the fit was just off,” she said.

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Apple Vision Pro users are complaining about headaches, black eyes and neck pain caused by wearing the device.AFP via Getty Images

Olman lamented that the 22-ounce headset “clearly [placed] too much weight on my cheeks.”

Ian Beacraft, the CEO of consulting firm Signal, told the news site that wearing the device caused him pain at the base of his skull and upper back after a two-hour session.

The comments by Olman and Beacraft echo those of Reddit users who have reported various ailments as a result of wearing the goggles, which have a starting price of $3,500,.

“Since I started using it, i have constant headaches,” wrote one Redditor who said they bought the headset “on release day,” which was Feb. 2.

The Vision Pro user said that Apple personnel “swapped my light seal” — the fabric attached to the headset which conforms to users’ faces and blocks out stray light.

The Redditor also wrote that they tried “both solo and dual bands” but that “none of them seem to work.”

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The $3,500 device was unveiled to great fanfare by the iPhone maker in early February.Getty Images

“Today I decided not to use it for more than 24 hours and my headache is gone,” the Redditor wrote.

Other Reddit commenters offered up similar testimonials, including one who said that after the third day of using the device they were suffering from “headaches and eye strain.”

Another Redditor reported “extreme headaches” and “extreme discomfort” after wearing the headset for just 10 minutes — an experience they liken to “a torture session.”

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In the acclimation period, Apple recommends that users take a break after 20 to 30 minutes straight of wearing the device.Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock

“I feel like I’m about to have a heart attack,” they wrote.

The Post has sought comment from Apple.

While declining to comment to MarketWatch about specific user experiences, Apple noted that its official product guidelines recommend that headset wearers take a break every 20 to 30 minutes during the acclimation period.

Users who continue to experience eye strain, headaches or pain are encouraged to stop wearing the device altogether.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/business/apple-vision-pro-users-get-black-eyes-headaches-neck-pain/

Net neutrality push is yet another big-government power-grab by Biden

 In one more mindless “undo what Trump did” move, the Federal Communications Commission aims to reinstate “net neutrality” and give itself greater power over broadband Internet this week.

It’s only taken this long because it took forever for the Biden team to find and confirm another FCC nominee to give Democrats a majority on the commission.

But what’s the need here?

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said “broadband speeds in the U.S. have increased, prices are down” and “competition has intensified.”CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag

As Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr noted, since the Trumpies nuked net neutrality back in 2017, “broadband speeds in the U.S. have increased, prices are down” and “competition has intensified.”

So why move for “government control of the Internet?”

Because, argued FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel (a Democratic pick): “The pandemic made clear that broadband is an essential service,” which apparently automatically “requires oversight.”

Will big-government-lovers ever stop using the pandemic as an excuse to curb freedoms?

In fact, there was zero reason for it in the first place: President Barack Obama’s FCC even resisted it until the order came down from the White House in 2015 — after much lobbying from streaming services, including Netflix, which figured it was better for their bottom lines.

But the rationale is pure “social justice”: Treating the Internet as a utility, the line goes, protects the poor by stopping Internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking or slowing down access or charging more for certain content or services.

It’s pure coincidence, of course, that a year after after leaving the White House the Obamas signed a deal with Netflix at a rumored value of $50 million or more.

So when the Trump FCC overturned the Obama rules in 2017, the left screamed that it would create an Internet dystopia, with ISPs throttling competition and only the wealthy being able to access high-speed Internet and the most high-demand websites, while the poor were squeezed out of the information highway.

Didn’t happen: The number of Americans using the Internet rose 6%, average Internet speeds across the country increased and American broadband providers invested a record $102 billion in infrastructure in 2022 alone.

The average Internet user’s surfing experience improved.

In any case, the Biden FCC’s power play may not survive legal challenge.

The Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. EPA in 2021 that federal agencies can’t grab major new regulatory power without explicit authority from Congress.

So why is Joe continuing to push net neutrality?

Maybe he wants a Netflix deal for his family, too.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/opinion/net-neutrality-is-a-big-government-power-grab/

‘Delusional’ OJ showed signs of brain damage in Nev. prison, wake up unaware where he was: guard

O.J. Simpson would wake up in his Nevada prison cell wondering where he was — a possible sign of brain damage, a retired guard recalled.

“He’d wake up in the morning wondering what [his] tee time was for golf, and he’s in a prison,” Jeffrey Felix, who worked at Lovelock Correctional Facility during Simpson’s nine-year stint there, told The Post.

He theorized the former running back great suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy — a concussion-related brain disease that plagues many retired NFL players.

Simpson was “very forgetful,” Felix said, adding that Juice often spaced on taking his medication and dinner time in the clink, and regularly suffered from headaches.

“I think he had that CTE thing from…the tackles and the helmet collisions.”\During his nine seasons with the Buffalo Bills, Simpson claimed his team’s linebackers, who were “jealous” of the star, pummeled him during drills.

“In practice, they’d light him up,” Felix recalled.

“He took a lot of hits . . . he took more hits in practice than on the football field.”

Simpson’s confusion extended to his confessions about the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her pal Ron Goldman.

Jeffrey Felix, a former correction officer, said OJ Simpson was “very forgetful” and woke up while incarcerated thinking he was scheduled to play golf.REUTERS

While in his cell, the Juice shared with Felix “Only two people know who killed Nicole Brown Simpson: [me] and Al Cowlings.”

Cowlings was the longtime friend who infamously drove the white Ford Bronco with Simpson in a low-speed police chase across Los Angeles before he was charged with the killings.

But later, Simpson insisted to Felix that when free, he planned on looking for the “actual murderer.”

“OJ was delusional,” he said.

Norman Pardo, Simpson’s ex-manager, echoed concerns about the Juice’s bizarre behavior possibly linked to neurological damage, recounting his client’s unhinged rants while traveling together around the country. 

He theorized the former running back great suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy — a concussion-related brain disease that plagues many retired NFL players.AP

“OJ wasn’t right in the head,” Pardo said.

“He would talk to himself in the car and then he’d argue with himself in the car . . . sometimes he’d talk like he was talking in the third person.”

The football legend, who died from prostate cancer on Wednesday, told The Buffalo News in 2018 he was “concerned” he might have developed CTE from his time on the field, citing a pair of concussions.

“I do recognize that it probably affects you in short-term memory more than long-term,” he said.

“I know with me, I have days I can’t find words. . . . That gets a little scary.”

The degenerative brain disease manifests with symptoms including memory loss, mood swings, depression and aggression, according to Boston University’s CTE Center. 

A 2023 report by the Center found that out of 376 former NFL players’ brains, 345, or nearly 92%, showed signs of the disease.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/us-news/o-j-simpson-showed-possible-signs-of-cte-while-in-nv-prison/

‘Civil War’ review: A torturous, overrated movie without a point

 By Johnny Oleksinski

All director Alex Garland had to do was title his new movie “Civil War” for it to instantly be deemed Very Important by tastemakers.

Who cares that the script is lousy? Or that the acting is monotonous? Or that the story amounts to a series of gruesome killings that you’d rather not sit through?

Doesn’t matter. It’s essential!

The gnarly film is about a modern-day domestic war in America and is, therefore, a prescient warning to us all, we’ve already been told with conspicuous enthusiasm by lefty newspaper op-eds.

They insist: You, too, could soon be tied up at a roadside gas station and tortured by dudes with Southern drawls.

But really Garland’s movie is no more vital to the discourse than “The Purge,” and is about 1% as entertaining.

“Civil War’s” shtick is that it’s not specifically political.

For instance, as the US devolves into enemy groups of secessionist states, Texas and California have banded together to form the Western Forces. That such an alliance could ever occur is about as likely as Sweetgreen/Kentucky Fried Chicken combo restaurant.

Still, one deadly encounter with a soldier played by Jesse Plemons leaves no doubts about what actual party he is supposed to represent.

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Kirsten Dunst is a hardened photojournalist named Lee Smith.AP

The Western Forces are duking it out with the loyalist states who follow the president (Nick Offerman) — a fascist in an illegal third term — as well as the Florida Alliance and the New People’s Army.

Lest you arrive expecting cool battles, the fights are mostly just three or four guys shooting three or four other guys until a slightly bigger clash at the end. All we get are tiny tussles in a war supposedly affecting 350 million people.

Garland, with his incessant vagueness, is clearly aiming to keep the story universal rather than divisive. 

However, considering his movie is set in a land of folks who love to discuss and argue about the news, it’s odd that none of the characters ever give concrete details about what’s going on. How did this conflict start? What does anybody stand for? Who knows?

Avoiding the elephant (and donkey) in the room makes the whole shebang feel fake, with the help of some lethargic actors.

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Cailee Spaeny plays an aspiring war photographer in “Civil War.”AP

Our guides through this not-believable hellscape are a quartet of unlikable war journalists whose lives we barely learn about beyond their resumes. 

Kirsten Dunst plays Lee Smith, a hardened frontline photographer for Reuters who’s become numbed to violence and danger over the years.

Joel (Wagner Moura) is her reporter sidekick, who gets a thrill out of the battlefield … until he doesn’t. Moura’s performance, by the way, leads me to believe his numbskull journo couldn’t convince a telemarketer to talk to him.

Stephen McKinley Henderson is an aging New York Times writer named Sammy, who’s just about had enough. And Jessie (Cailee Spaeny) is a young, aspiring fotog who worships Smith and tags along for the ride. 

They embark on a road trip from New York City — which is being bombed — to Washington, DC, in an attempt to interview the press-hating president who is hiding out in the White House.

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Nick Offerman plays a fascist president who’s in his third term.AP

The plot plods along — they drive a bit, guy gets shot, they drive some more, guy gets shot — and the dialogue is bottom of the barrel.

At one point, Joel walks into a clothing store in an eerily calm small town and says, “Are you guys aware that there’s a pretty big civil war going on all across America?” 

This is what the New York Times called “a terrifying premonition of American collapse”!

Dunst is the best of the four performers, but a bitter, been-there-done-that reporter is such an old cliche. She adds nothing new to the archetype except her name.

A movie about a fictional second civil war isn’t a terrible idea, I’ll grant.

But how about instead of torturing viewers with a parade of point-blank executions, Garland tries making a well-executed film?

https://nypost.com/2024/04/12/entertainment/civil-war-review-a-torturous-overrated-movie-without-a-point/