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The machine that could change the world will be housed in a room that looks like a data center crossed with an ice cream factory. Inside will be some 100 stainless-steel cabinets, each about six feet tall and connected to a supply of liquid helium that keeps them only a few degrees above absolute zero.…

When some Hue users discovered in June that their Hue Bridge Pro had stopped working after an update, it caused quite a stir. Philips Hue identified the issue relatively quickly and, according to its own statements, determined that fewer than 100 devices worldwide were affected. So the damage was limited, even though the situation was,…

Der Beitrag Philips Hue Fixes Hue Bridge Pro Update Bug erschien zuerst auf Hueblog.com.

The move will help people see more updates from profiles they follow, although the tweak seems like it shouldn’t have been needed.

The updated development includes an investment of more than $50 billion in the region and assurances of support for local schools and businesses.

Golf+ kicks off its first VR Open this week with a grand prize of a trip to St. Andrews for 2027’s Open Championship for the winner.

Golf fans with a Quest headset will be able to compete for a pretty temping grand prize starting July 16th in GOLF+’s next big VR Open. Golf+ announced it’s partnered with The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A) to bring an official VR Open experience, which is set to let players from […]

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At 1:52 p.m. EDT, the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station’s Prichal module. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina launched earlier at 10:47 a.m. (7:47 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft is on track to automatically dock with the International Space Station’s Prichal module at about 1:56 p.m. EDT today.

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This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Anthropic—currently the world’s most valuable AI company, with a nearly $1 trillion valuation—has a reputation for publishing strange and heady research. It’s looking into whether AI models can feel pain, for example,…

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. Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group Ties van der Meer doesn’t know how many siblings he has. The 47-year-old was conceived at a private fertility clinic using sperm…

It’s been nearly 14 years since Philips Hue first saw the light of day. The vast majority of the bulbs sold back then with the first starter kits are still working today. It’s an impressive success story, now summarized once again in a detailed video podcast from The Verge. The video, which runs over an…

Der Beitrag A one-hour video podcast on the history of Philips Hue erschien zuerst auf Hueblog.com.

In a weekly Q&A, Chief Adam Mosseri said artificial intelligence models “are very expensive to run,” forcing the company to “either throttle people or ask them to pay.”

The app created a guide for spotting artificial intelligence usage and is about to introduce a learning hub designed to teach practical detection skills.

Tactical Assault VR’s partners dissolve their relationships with the game following the news of one of its lead developers’ arrest in 2020. CONTENT WARNING for the full article.

In this VR winter, every day we keep reading news about layoffs of people working in AR/VR. Today I inform you about a new one: Lenovo has recently laid off its XR business unit in the US. Layoffs at Lenovo I’ve been informed about this news by a trusted source. Lenovo laid off the people […]

The post Lenovo laid off its XR business unit to focus on AI and wearables appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

Palmer Luckey, the founder of military tech startup Anduril (also the founder of Oculus), quietly teased a pair of unannounced AR glasses that are presumably in development at Anduril. Despite their incredibly compact appearance, Luckey says they are not merely smart glasses, but are indeed built for full AR capability. Just days after Snap Inc […]

The post Anduril Founder Quietly Teases Remarkably Compact AR Glasses appeared first on Road to VR.

Lenovo has reportedly closed its XR business unit in the US, according to a report by Skarred Ghost. Citing people familiar with the matter, the report maintains Lenovo has shuttered its business-oriented XR unit in the US. As per the report, most of the affected employees were let go, while a minority have been offered […]

The post Lenovo Reportedly Shutters US-based XR Business Unit Amid Shift to AI Wearables appeared first on Road to VR.

Expedition 74 is poised to welcome three new crew members to the International Space Station who are counting down to their launch aboard a Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft.

It’s a hot summer here in Italy. But this is not stopping me from providing you with my usual roundup of the most important XR news of the week… Top news of the week Meta teases VR announcements for Connect During one of its usual AMAs on Instagram, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth answered the question “Did you […]

The post The XR Week Peek (2026.07.12): Meta teases VR announcements at Connect, Steam features “Great On Frame” section, and more! appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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