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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.

The company allocated $13 million to keep the independent policy group running, according to a report from Reuters.

Beat Saber adds three new free songs to celebrate its 8th anniversary.

Believe it or not, Beat Saber is turning eight years old, so to celebrate Meta has tossed out three new free tech-dance bass tracks. The update, which is already live on Quest and SteamVR headsets, includes three songs: ‘Phantom Fangs’, an original in-house track from Zakka G, ‘KILLSHOT’ from Boom Kitty x MDK’s, and Astral […]

The post ‘Beat Saber’ Turns 8, Bringing 3 New Free Tracks to VR’s Favorite Block-slashing Rhythm Game appeared first on Road to VR.

The Expedition 74 crew members primarily focused their science work on blood-clotting and immune function in microgravity to advance human health on Friday. Meanwhile, spacesuit maintenance continues aboard the International Space Station following a spacewalk on Wednesday.

Space physics, eye checks, and workout gear maintenance filled Thursday’s schedule for the Expedition 74 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. Three cosmonauts are also cleaning up and relaxing following a spacewalk on Wednesday.

Researchers say they’ve found a new way to extract lithium, a crucial metal used in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles and energy storage arrays. This new technique could be more environmentally friendly and cheaper than existing ones.  The research was published today in Science, and a startup called Rock Zero is working to…

In this interview, Mitel CTO Luiz Domingos discusses why frontline-first, voice-first communications are becoming essential operational infrastructure — and why organisations can no longer afford to connect their entire workforce with the same one-size-fits-all tools. The conversation covers how embedded, real-time communications enable faster decisions, safer work, and better outcomes; why voice is making a […]

Task management tools are built on a straightforward promise: less chaos, more clarity. Better visibility, greater accountability, and fewer missed deadlines. Yet in many enterprise organizations, the tool meant to simplify work ends up complicating it. Rather than reducing workload, the platform becomes the workload. According to Asana’s Anatomy of Work Global Index, employees spend […]

Paid options for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp will offer additional features, while AI-focused plans will offer more capacity.

Four new episodes feature interviews with musicians Bebe Rexha, Lykke Li, Malcolm Todd and Josh Groban, along with returning host Jack Coyne of Trackstar.

Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes added “heavily requested” smooth turning and a PC-only toggle for the hood vignette in its latest update.