Meta continues to appoint Trump-aligned Republicans to senior leadership roles.
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TikTok Adds Channel Sales Experts to Marketing Partners Program
Some new options for TikTok campaign assistance.
Apple’s Open-Source On-Device AI Instantly Turns Images Into Volumetric Scenes
Apple’s open-source on-device AI model instantly turns images into scenes, and Vision Pro owners can try it out in the app Splat Studio.
The XR Week Peek (2026.01.12): A Special Edition with the best XR news from CES 2026!
This roundup of the week will be a bit different than the usual because it will mostly be about CES. I haven’t been there, but I have read the most important pieces of XR news coming from there, and I’m reporting them to you so you can stay up to date about what’s happened there. […]
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Google’s Leading AR Glasses Partner XREAL Raises $100M
XREAL, the Beijing-based AR glasses maker, announced it has raised $100 million in a recent funding round. The News Xreal co-founder and CEO Chi Xu broke the news on Bloomberg Television, noting the company secured funding from “supply chain partners” in addition to other backers, which Xu declined to disclose. According to Crunchbase data, the company has […]
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Steam Reveals Most Played PC VR Games of 2025
Steam has unveiled its mega list of the most played PC VR games of 2025. And it looks to be another year of ‘old reliables’, as the top 50 only features a single game released that year. Valve released its annual “best of” games list, again offering insight into what PC VR people are playing […]
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Fincke Hands Over Station Command, Crew Preps for Wednesday Departure
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke handed over command of the International Space Station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov at 2:35 p.m. EST today. The traditional Change of Command Ceremony precedes the targeted departure of Fincke with Zena Cardman of NASA, Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos aboard the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft.
Hue Weekly: SpatialAware in Las Vegas
To kick off the new year, Philips Hue took advantage of the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show to showcase some new products. As in previous years, the focus was on software features. After bringing the Hue Sync TV app to LG televisions last year, there is now a new feature for the Hue Bridge…
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VR Game Developers Shocked By Shifting Platform Prioritization
VR game developers face a new era in immersive hardware.
Change of Command of International Space Station to Occur
NASA will provide live coverage of the International Space Station change of command ceremony starting at 2:35 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 12. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. As Crew-11 prepares to depart from the space station, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke will hand command of Expedition 74 aboard the orbital complex to […]
Explore This Crowdsourced Archive of Vintage Cassette Recordings
Evocative sounds from the past, complete with hiss and warp.
The Five Weirdest AI Inventions I Saw at CES 2026
AI gadgets had to get weird to stand out at CES 2026.
NASA, SpaceX Set Target Date for Crew-11’s Return to Earth
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International Space Station, pending weather conditions.
Expedition 74 Preps for Crew Departure, Keeps Up Advanced Research
Four Expedition 74 crew members are preparing for their return to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft. Amid departure preparations, the International Space Station residents also conducted spacesuit maintenance, space biology research, and an artificial intelligence study.
How to Delete ‘Bloatware’ From Your Android (and Why You Should)
Delete or disable apps you don’t need.
The Download: the case for AI slop, and helping CRISPR fulfill its promise
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. How I learned to stop worrying and love AI slop —Caiwei Chen If I were to locate the moment AI slop broke through into popular consciousness, I’d pick the video of rabbits bouncing…
A new CRISPR startup is betting regulators will ease up on gene-editing
Here at MIT Technology Review we’ve been writing about the gene-editing technology CRISPR since 2013, calling it the biggest biotech breakthrough of the century. Yet so far, there’s been only one gene-editing drug approved. It’s been used commercially on only about 40 patients, all with sickle-cell disease. It’s becoming clear that the impact of CRISPR…
X Faces Bans in Several Regions Over Grok-Produced Images
Grok is reportedly producing over 6,500 sexualized images every day.
Assessing the Safety of AI Projects [Infographic]
A look at how each of the major AI projects stacks up on safety and risk management.
Hands-On: ArtQuest VR Explores What Makes A Good Museum
ArtQuest VR takes you up close with detailed artworks.
Meta Glasses Get ‘Conversation Focus’ Early Access
Meta is rolling out the Conversation Focus accessibility feature to the Early Access program of its smart glasses in the US & Canada.
Meta Waveguide Provider Claims “world’s first” 70° FoV Waveguide
Lumus, the company that developed the waveguide optic used in Meta’s Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, says it has achieved a 70° field-of-view in a new design revealed this week at CES 2026. This conveniently matches the 70° field-of-view that Meta achieved in its ‘Orion’ prototype, but only with the use of novel materials. The News […]
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Meta’s Language Learning App for Quest Combines Mixed Reality and AI
Meta released an open source language learning app for Quest 3 that combines mixed reality passthrough and AI-powered object recognition. The News Called Spatial Lingo: Language Practice, the app not only aims to help users practice their English or Spanish using objects in their own room, but also give developers a framework to make their […]
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