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Siri is building on Google’s Gemini to bring a more powerful AI assistant to your iPhone, Mac, and other Apple devices.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why this year’s World Cup ball may not fly as far Much is new about this month’s FIFA World Cup tournament. It hosts more teams than ever before. It’s the first…

Much is new about this month’s upcoming FIFA World Cup tournament, which will be held in the US, Canada, and Mexico. It hosts more teams than ever before. It’s the first to occur in three different host countries. And, like predecessor cups for over half a century, it will employ a soccer ball with a…

Skills based hiring strategy is one of the most popular promises in recruitment transformation. Leaders build skills frameworks, buy skills intelligence, and announce a move beyond credentials. Then the first real candidate hits the pipeline, the hiring manager asks for “someone from a competitor,” the interview team improvises, and the process snaps back to CVs […]

UC Awards 2026 arrives at a moment when workplace technology feels structurally different… I’ve spent almost a decade watching this industry through the lens of the UC Awards. Every year reveals something about where the market is heading. New categories emerge. Buying priorities shift. Technologies move from experimentation to adoption.  Most years, those changes are incremental.  This year, they […]

Meta’s separate video editing app continues to roll out near-weekly updates for creators and social media marketers.

The platform will provide users with detailed data points on who posts are reaching, both in-network and out-of-network.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa joins Hitman World of Assassination as its latest limited-time Elusive Target mission.

Hello everyone from Silicon Valley! Today I had a very pleasant meeting with some VR folks here… I had a really nice time, with the exception of the moment when someone took some pineapple and put it on his pizza. I had to wash my eyes with bleach to unsee what I just saw.  Anyway, apart […]

The post The XR Week Peek (2026.06.07): Steam Frame releases this summer, Meta silently releases a facial recognition system, and more! appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

Meta announced that it is rolling out updated kiosks inside of Best Buy, the biggest electronics retailer in the US. The new 900 square-foot “store in a store” offers a place for customers to demo Meta’s AI glasses and VR headsets. The News Meta has a long-running relationship with Best Buy and is no stranger […]

The post Meta Plans New Best Buy Pop-ups to Unify Demos of AI Glasses and VR Headsets appeared first on Road to VR.

It’s been nearly a decade since Vertigo Games released Arizona Sunshine (2016) on PC VR headsets, serving up one of the industry’s first immersive zombie-shooting adventures. Now the Netherlands-based studio is bringing the franchise to PC and console as a “reimagined” flatscreen game. While names can be deceiving, the flatscreen version of Arizona Sunshine isn’t […]

The post Vertigo Games Announces Flatscreen Entry in Acclaimed ‘Arizona Sunshine’ VR Franchise appeared first on Road to VR.

Expedition 74 began the week bioprinting human cartilage tissue and harvesting alfalfa plants aboard the International Space Station to advance health and promote self-sustainable space crews. The orbital residents also retrieved materials exposed to the external space environment and conducted their own ultrasound vein scans to continuously learn how living in space affects physics and biology.

WWDC 2026 is going to be one for the books.

The ‘NameTag’ feature, if turned on, will use AI to store and match faceprints.

Inwigo, an upcoming co-op VR horror extraction game, is running free public playteststhis weekend.

The Zvezda service module’s transfer tunnel, known as the PrK, on the International Space Station has experienced cracks since 2019 that have resulted in small atmosphere leaks and prompted ongoing monitoring and repair efforts by Roscosmos. NASA and Roscosmos have worked together to identify the root cause while Roscosmos has been applying leak mitigation measures, including temporary and permanent sealants. 

‘The Odyssey’ offers a very different experience depending on the theater you choose.

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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos On Monday, reports emerged that attackers had used Meta’s AI customer support agent to steal Instagram accounts. Their approach was…