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What the Netflix/Warner Bros. Merger Could Mean for Streaming
Is HBO Max dead, and will you be able to watch ‘Game of Thrones’ on Netflix?
Reimagining ERP for the agentic AI era
The story of enterprise resource planning (ERP) is really a story of businesses learning to organize themselves around the latest, greatest technology of the times. In the 1960s through the ’80s, mainframes, material requirements planning (MRP), and manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) brought core business data from file cabinets to centralized systems. Client-server architectures defined…
The era of agentic chaos and how data will save us
AI agents are moving beyond coding assistants and customer service chatbots into the operational core of the enterprise. The ROI is promising, but autonomy without alignment is a recipe for chaos. Business leaders need to lay the essential foundations now. The agent explosion is coming Agents are independently handling end-to-end processes across lead generation, supply…
How Philips Hue cameras detect smoke alarm alerts
A few weeks ago, Philips Hue introduced a new feature for its Hue Secure cameras. They can now detect smoke alarm alerts and switch on the lights accordingly. In this article, I will explain exactly how this works and what details you need to bear in mind. These are the requirements for sound detection First…
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Crestron Brings AI to the Meeting Room With New Audio and Multi-Camera Systems
Crestron has announced two new products for meeting rooms worldwide: the DM NAX Intelligent Audio platform and the 1?Beyond i12D intelligent camera. The company says both are designed to make professional audio and video easier to deploy and manage in everyday spaces, from small huddle rooms to large boardrooms. “Hybrid meetings have made it painfully […]
Who’s Watching the Watchers? The Invisible AI Workforce That Nobody Can See
In the old world, if something in your business went off the rails, you could usually find it by following noise. A customer complained. A server alarmed. A manager noticed someone doing something odd. Now we’re rolling out autonomous AI agents that do real work at machine speed, across multiple systems, with no facial expression, […]
YouTube Updates Video Management Options on Mobile
The latest updates to YouTube’s mobile upload and management options.
Meta Looks to Establish Definitive Rules on Banning Public Figures
Meta’s called on its Oversight Board to help it establish clearer parameters and penalties.
Memoreum Director Tries Patreon & Sideloading To Distribute New Quest Game
Memoreum’s director is attempting Patreon and sideloading for an episodic Quest 3 project inspired by Starship Troopers.
Palmer Luckey: Meta Isn’t Abandoning VR, Studio Closures “A Good Thing”
Palmer Luckey thinks Meta closing its VR game studios is “a good thing for the long-term health of the industry”, and that the narrative of it “abandoning” VR is “obviously false”.
The XR Week Peek (2026.01.20): Meta performs layoffs in VR but doubles down on smartglasses, and more!
The past few days have been pretty complicated for our XR ecosystem. In this newsletter episode, of course, I’ll talk a lot about the negative situation at Meta, but I’ll also leave space to other pieces of news… and some of them are actually pretty positive. So here you are, the most interesting XR news […]
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Sleeper Hit ‘UG’ Has Become One of Quest’s Most Popular and Top Earning Games in Less Than 6 Months
While a flurry of VR studio cuts and closures in the last 12 months has painted a picture of a deeply struggling landscape for VR developers, modern Quest success stories have largely flown under the radar. The free-to-play title UG, for instance, has exploded in both popularity and earnings, matching top titles like Gorilla Tag and Beat Saber in […]
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VITURE Calls XREAL Lawsuit “patent-troll-style” in Escalating AR Glasses IP Battle
AR glasses maker XREAL is taking its competitor VITURE to court over a patent dispute, claiming that it’s selling and/or importing units into the US that infringe on its intellectual property. Viture claims however that Xreal is using the suit as a weapon to unfairly compete in the market rather than as a legitimate defense of […]
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This Samsung 2-in-1 Laptop and Tablet Combo Is $450 Off Right Now
This 16-inch 2-in-1 has a flexible tablet-to-laptop design.
?? OpenAI Talks Ads, Everyone Pays Attention
PLUS: Claude gets a coworker mode, Replit ships “prompt-to-app,” and the tool list this week is ?…
The Download: the US digital rights crackdown, and AI companionship
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. What it’s like to be banned from the US for fighting online hate Just before Christmas the Trump administration dramatically escalated its war on digital rights by banning five people from entering the…
Going beyond pilots with composable and sovereign AI
Today marks an inflection point for enterprise AI adoption. Despite billions invested in generative AI, only 5% of integrated pilots deliver measurable business value and nearly one in two companies abandons AI initiatives before reaching production. The bottleneck is not the models themselves. What’s holding enterprises back is the surrounding infrastructure: Limited data accessibility, rigid…
Could Apple’s OLED MacBook Pro Redefine the Work Laptop?
Apple is preparing a significant upgrade for professional laptops. The long-awaited transition to OLED displays for MacBook Pro models is reported to already be underway, suggesting the company’s next-generation laptop could arrive much sooner than previously expected. The new OLED panels are reportedly being produced on Samsung Display’s 8.6-generation line in South Korea. Unlike smartphone-focused […]
Microshifting: What You Need to Know About the Trend Rethinking the Corporate Workday
A new workplace trend is gaining momentum in 2026, offering a fresh perspective on how employees can structure their workdays. Called “microshifting,” this approach breaks the workday into smaller, non-continuous blocks scattered throughout the day, marking a significant departure from both traditional schedules and hybrid work models. The model allows employees to work when they […]
Supernatural’s Uncertain Future Leaves VR Fitness Users Looking For Options
Fitness with VR depends on habit, trust, and long-term commitment.
Options for Supernatural subscribers are plenty.
The Meta layoffs, the VR Winter, the XR outlook
I took some time after the recent news to reflect on what happened and what the consequences may be for all of us. This article is the result of this thought process, and I hope it may offer you some food for thought to reflect on the current situation. The news In case you lived […]
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Oculus Founder on Meta Cuts: “The ‘Meta abandoning VR narrative’ is obviously false”
In light of Reality Labs’ reorganization, which has seen recent internal studio closures and layoffs, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey calls the doomer narrative “obviously false.” The News Luckey literally kickstarted consumer VR more than a decade ago with the founding of Oculus, which in 2014 was acquired by Meta (ex-Facebook) for $2 billion. Having departed […]
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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod Taken Down Following Legal Complaint, But There May Still Be Hope
Luke Ross, the prolific VR modder, has been forced to remove his popular Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, citing legal concerns from CD PROJEKT. The News Ross released word via his Patreon on Saturday that Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt had issued a DMCA takedown notice for the removal of the game’s unofficial VR mod—just one […]
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