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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. How small businesses can leverage AI From accounting to design to market research and product development, there’s a staggering breadth of skills needed to run a business. Large companies can hire…

Back in mid-May, I was able to tell you that Philips Hue was working on two new products in the Play series and would likely release them in June: a 60-centimeter-tall Hue Play table lamp and a 135-centimeter-tall Hue Play floor lamp. The latter is labeled “Hue Play Floor Lamp Large” on the packaging. Now…

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UK businesses are pouring money into AI while failing to build the network infrastructure needed to support it, according to new research from IDC commissioned by managed Network-as-a-Service provider Expereo. The IDC InfoBrief, “Enterprise Horizons 2026: Where Innovation Meets Reality,” found that just 15 percent of UK organisations say their AI implementations have exceeded expectations, […]

Apple is preparing a major Siri overhaul in iOS 27 that has direct implications for enterprise mobility, collaboration workflows, and device governance. Apple plans a redesigned Siri experience that lives inside the Dynamic Island, introduces a new ‘Search or Ask’ interface, and adds deeper contextual capability that can draw on personal data and on-screen content. […]

A post about increasing visibility and artificial intelligence discovery on the platform provides clues about broader brand strategy concepts.

Jim Shepherd, who oversaw Snap’s celebrity relations and editorial strategy, will now help with Meta’s artificial intelligence device push, per The Hollywood Reporter.

June brings musical rhythm, narrative puzzles, and a platformer for the Gorilla Tag generation to Meta’s subscription games service for Quest.

Lightstorm Vision, James Cameron’s 3D production studio, has acquired STEREOTEC, a 3D camera maker that’s powered a number of films and multi-camera immersive concerts. Details of the deal are still under wraps, however Lightstorm Vision says the acquisition will help integrate Stereotec’s technology directly into its 3D production pipeline, enabling capture, processing, and delivery of […]

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Spatial, the parent company to Animal Company studio Wooster Games, announced it’s closing down its own Spatial Creator platform, ending free and pro subscription tiers and discontinuing 3D world hosting next month—effectively ending the platform’s metaverse ambitions. Spatial, which released its app at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2020, confirmed that Enterprise […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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