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Google is prepping to reveal new features on Tuesday.

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. When Google opens its doors tomorrow for its annual developer conference, I/O, it will do so as a clear third place in the foundation model race. A year ago, at Google I/O…

Nobody’s arguing that there’s a real “talent problem” these days. Skill shortages are still a major issue, turnover is high in a lot of industries, and disengagement isn’t really improving. Trouble is, a lot of businesses are focusing on all that, while they ignore all the workforce performance measurement issues that make the situation worse. […]

Employee engagement is often discussed as a culture and wellbeing challenge. But the Meta mouse-tracking story shows it is also a trust and governance challenge, especially when workplace monitoring is framed as “productivity” while employees experience it as surveillance. Meta employees are organizing against corporate software that tracks keystrokes, mouse activity, and in some cases […]

The updates, which also include like counts and immersive headers, are designed to improve the experience for consumers.

The video platform has been gradually rolling out the feature to users since September as it takes proactive action against deepfakes.

Both games in the VR-exclusive Moss series are coming to flat screen platforms this summer in a unified package called Moss: The Forgotten Relic.

Five classic Virtual Boy games have been added to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, including one extremely rare title.

Hello all from Hangzhou, China! It’s been a busy day between work and meetings after a busy weekend when I’ve been stuffed with delicious Chinese food by some friends and their families! Last week I had a blast at VR AR Expo China, and I will keep writing on my blog some articles related to […]

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New science experiments are getting underway aboard the International Space Station after a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft delivered about 6,500 pounds of cargo on Sunday, May 17. The Expedition 74 crew spent Monday unloading the new supplies, kicking off new research, and gearing up for a spacewalk.

At 6:37 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the forward port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module, carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew. This is the 34th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the space station for NASA.

At approximately 6:38 a.m. EDT, Dragon will dock autonomously to the forward port of the space station’s Harmony module.

In the final week of the Musk v. Altman trial, lawyers traded blows over Elon Musk’s and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s credibility. Altman was grilled on his alleged history of lying and self-dealing involving companies that do business with OpenAI. But he fired back, painting Musk as a power-seeker who wanted to control the development…

Le Dino Labo, a mixed-reality dinosaur building experience, gets its second expansion today with the Cretaceous Predators and Prey DLC.

Synth Riders’ latest music pack, a collaboration with rhythm-based roguelike dungeon crawler Crypt of the Necrodancer, is out now.

At 6:05 p.m. EDT, nearly 6,500 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the company’s 34th commercial resupply services mission for NASA.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at 6:05 p.m. EDT aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon want to “nearly eliminate” dead zones in this country.