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This iOS 26 change makes it possible to block ads in most iPhone apps.

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. China has approved the world’s first invasive brain-computer chip—here’s what’s next Sitting in the courtyard of his house in China’s Henan province last October, Dong Hui decided to try holding a…

One day last October, sitting in the courtyard of his house in China’s Henan province, Dong Hui decided to see if he could hold a pen to write.  Dong, 39, had sustained spinal cord injuries in a car accident six years earlier that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Slowly but determinedly, he wrote…

Zoom has announced the general availability of ZoomMate, an agentic AI work surface designed to close the gap between workplace conversations and the work they generate – connecting enterprise search, custom agents, and automated execution into a single experience. Available from today for online and direct customers in North America, ZoomMate is positioned as an […]

AI tools have long promised to free up employees’ time by automating routine communications. Yet, growing evidence suggests they are doing the opposite – flooding inboxes and communication platforms with machine-generated noise that nobody trusts, few people read, and everyone pretends to engage with. Across the modern enterprise, a familiar scene is playing out. Monday […]

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have historically disagreed about this, but rising AI expenses may result in costly new subscription options.

Creators can roll scripts across their screens when recording to avoid having to read notes or memorize lines while making videos.

I’m back in Italy… but just for one week. I have 6 days to eat the most pasta and gelato that I can before going to the US, both to have meetings and to attend AWE in Long Beach! My trip to China has been one of the most interesting I have ever had in […]

The post The XR Week Peek (2026.06.01): Apple wants to conquer the eyewear market, Meta plans to launch 4 smartglasses, and more! appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

According to an internal memo viewed by The Information, Meta is aiming to release up to four more smart glasses models this year. Meanwhile, the company is reportedly developing an AI pendant, with testing slated to start next year. The memo, which thus far hasn’t been confirmed by Meta, was reportedly authored by Meta Wearable […]

The post Meta Reportedly Plans 4 New Smart Glasses Models Amid Aggressive 10M Unit Push appeared first on Road to VR.

Acer unveiled two new XR glasses, marking nearly a seven-year absence from the XR space. The last we saw the ‘Acer’ brand emblazoned on an XR headset was its final Windows PC VR headset released in 2019, the OJO 500, which was mostly targeted at businesses. Since then, the company has been conspicuously absent from […]

The post Acer Re-enters XR with New AR & Smart Glasses appeared first on Road to VR.

The Expedition 74 crew kicked off June with a busy schedule of microgravity research harvesting stem cells, installing physics hardware, and watering plants aboard the International Space Station. Spacesuit work and life support maintenance rounded out the day for the orbital residents.

Just Hoops Nano, a mixed reality mini basketball game, is out now on Meta Quest.

Beginning May 27 and running until June 10, PlayStation VR2 will be sold at a $100 discount during Sony’s Days of Play.

Guest Article By Julian Reyes Julian Reyes is an award-winning XR producer, with more than two decades of experience spanning immersive media, storytelling, music culture, and technology. He is the Founder and Director of the Virtual Worlds Museum, where he leads efforts to preserve, explore, and showcase the history, culture, and future of virtual worlds. […]

The post As Virtual Worlds Close, Communities in ‘Rec Room’, Meta’s ‘Horizon Worlds’, and Others Create Ways to Survive appeared first on Road to VR.

The 65-inch Bravia 8 II offers a beautiful picture with hands-free Google Assistant, Google Cast, and Apple AirPlay.

Watch Apple unveil iOS 27 live.

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 a new extraction process could unlock the world’s lithium A new method for extracting lithium could cut costs and emissions from one of the world’s most important materials for EVs…

The alert was raised on May 5. Four health-care workers in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo had died from an unknown illness within four days. Rapid response teams were sent to investigate, and tests at a research center in Kinshasa revealed the culprit: the Bundibugyo virus, one of the viruses…

There’s another new update for the Philips Hue app available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Version 5.68.0 is available for free download for all users. In addition to the usual bug fixes, there’s also a new feature. “You can now edit a scene directly while previewing it from the Scene Gallery”,…

Der Beitrag Philips Hue 5.68.0: Update to Deliver New Scene Feature erschien zuerst auf Hueblog.com.

Meta has begun rolling out paid subscription plans across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, while also preparing AI-focused subscription tiers under a new umbrella called ‘Meta One’. The announcement looks like a consumer monetisation play at first glance. For enterprise communications and workplace leaders, it signals something more structural: mainstream messaging platforms are moving toward compute-priced intelligence […]

For the past three years, the dominant narrative in commercial real estate has been contraction. As remote work became entrenched, organizations aggressively slashed their corporate real estate footprint – shedding square footage in a bid to cut costs. However, according to the latest financial data from one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms, […]

The expansion of the company’s European shopping capabilities comes as it looks to increase its in-app revenue stream.