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Why Black Friday Is a Bad Day to Impulse Buy Electronics
Or: How to avoid misleading Black Friday “deals.”
Why I Own a Mini Chainsaw (and Maybe You Should Too)
It’s an incredibly useful tool, even if you never cut your own firewood.
The Meta Quest 3S VR Headset Just Dropped To Its Lowest Price Ever On Amazon
This high-quality budget VR headset is perfect for holiday gifting.
?? Tutorial: How To Stand Out At Your 9-5 Job In The AI Era
PLUS: 6 Prompts you can use today at the end of the tutorial…
Networking for AI: Building the foundation for real-time intelligence
The Ryder Cup is an almost-century-old tournament pitting Europe against the United States in an elite showcase of golf skill and strategy. At the 2025 event, nearly a quarter of a million spectators gathered to watch three days of fierce competition on the fairways. From a technology and logistics perspective, pulling off an event of…
Realizing value with AI inference at scale and in production
Training an AI model to predict equipment failures is an engineering achievement. But it’s not until prediction meets action—the moment that model successfully flags a malfunctioning machine—that true business transformation occurs. One technical milestone lives in a proof-of-concept deck; the other meaningfully contributes to the bottom line. Craig Partridge, senior director worldwide of Digital Next…
Google’s new Gemini 3 “vibe-codes” responses and comes with its own agent
Google today unveiled Gemini 3, a major upgrade to its flagship multimodal model. The firm says the new model is better at reasoning, has more fluid multimodal capabilities (the ability to work across voice, text or images), and will work like an agent. The previous model, Gemini 2.5, supports multimodal input. Users can feed it…
The Download: AI-powered warfare, and how embryo care is changing
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 State of AI: How war will be changed forever —Helen Warrell & James O’Donnell It is July 2027, and China is on the brink of invading Taiwan. Autonomous drones with AI targeting…
Hue Secure Video Doorbell activates LED ring when motion is detected
I noticed this “negative” aspect particularly on Halloween night: in the dim light, many visitors did not press the bell button on the Philips Hue Secure Video Doorbell, but instead pressed the camera lens. This is, of course, more than inconvenient. Now Philips Hue has responded, as Hueblog reader Marcel noted in our community. I…
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YouTube Improves Timestamp Controls, Expands Reply Suggestions
The latest updates from the YouTube team.
WhatsApp’s Usernames Option Will Help Limit Data Exposure
WhatsApp’s shift to usernames will help to address data scraping concerns.
Meta Announces that ‘Core’ 2Africa Undersea Cable Project is Complete
The report has been repeatedly delayed due to attacks in the Red Sea.
Snapchat Adds Public ‘Topic Chats’ to Expand its Use Case
Public group chats could be another way to engage Snap users.
Mixed Reality Roguelite Healer Launches Next Month On Quest 3
Healer is a mixed reality roguelite where you save the universe one encounter at a time, coming to Quest 3 and 3S next month.
EA Sports Will Skip F1 26, Confirms ‘Reimagined’ Game To Follow In 2027
EA Sports will release a paid 2026 season expansion to F1 25 instead of a new title, with a “reimagined” game to follow in 2027.
PlayStation VR2 Will Be $300 On Black Friday
PlayStation VR2 will be just $300 on Black Friday, $100 off, in a sale that will last for an unspecified “limited time”.
Free Tool Adds Eye-Tracked Foveated Rendering To Many SteamVR Games
A free tool for Windows PCs with modern Nvidia GPUs adds eye-tracked foveated rendering to a huge number of SteamVR games.
Rokid launches stylish glasses in collaboration with Bolon (but only in China for now)
There’s a piece of news the major XR magazines didn’t report last week, and I think it’s quite relevant to our space: Rokid has launched its new pair of smartglasses in China, built in collaboration with eyewear brand Bolon. Rokid X Bolon Rokid is one of the leading manufacturers of AR glasses and smart glasses. […]
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Steam Frame ‘Ergonomic Kit’ and Modular Design Enables a Wide Range of Comfort Options
Last week Valve revealed Steam Frame, the company’s new VR headset. Somewhat lost in the deluge of information is the existence of an ‘ergonomic kit’ which will improve comfort with the addition of a top strap and knuckles-style controller straps. Additionally, the headset’s modular design means the entire headstrap, facepad, and battery can be replaced […]
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The State of AI: How war will be changed forever
Welcome back to The State of AI, a new collaboration between the Financial Times and MIT Technology Review. Every Monday, writers from both publications debate one aspect of the generative AI revolution reshaping global power. In this conversation, Helen Warrell, FT investigations reporter and former defense and security editor, and James O’Donnell, MIT Technology Review’s…