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I hope things are going great for you and that you had a wonderful Easter, if you celebrate it. Things in XR are going pretty badly, but at least I could eat a wonderful Easter cake with a lot of Pistachio cream, and that made me feel happy again… Top news of the week Rec Room […]
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NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 8:03 a.m. EDT Friday, April 10, for the next Cygnus XL and Falcon 9 launch opportunity to resupply the International Space Station. Teams adjusted the Wednesday, April 8, launch opportunity due to forecasted inclement weather at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Expedition 74 crew continues preparing for the next U.S. cargo mission due to visit the International Space Station. The orbital residents also serviced spacesuits, configured scientific hardware, and studied how microgravity affects blood pressure at the beginning of the week.
The company later clarified that was changing with a future update.
This bundle combines security, temperature control, and air quality monitoring for full smart home automation.
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Within Silicon Valley’s orbit, an AI-fueled jobs apocalypse is spoken about as a given. The mood is so grim that a societal impacts researcher at Anthropic, responding Wednesday to a call for…
For years Mike McClary sold the Guardian LTE Flashlight, a heavy-duty black model, online through his small outdoor brand. The product, designed for brightness and durability, became one of his most popular items ever. Even after he stopped offering it around 2017, customers kept sending him emails asking where they could buy it. When McClary…
AI productivity tools are everywhere in 2026. Nearly every major workplace platform now offers a copilot, an assistant, or some form of AI support inside meetings, chat, calling, and content. On paper, that sounds like progress. In practice, many CIOs and CTOs are still asking the same question: if copilots are meant to improve productivity, […]
Security researchers have warned of a new wave of sophisticated social engineering attacks linked to North Korea, exploiting fake Microsoft Teams domains to deliver malicious software. The campaign, tied to a threat group known as UNC1069, appears highly targeted and professional, focusing on individuals and organizations rather than random users. Researchers from the Security Alliance […]
There will be gaps in enforcement until there is a definitive solution to ensure that the same standards apply to all platforms.
The data contracting firm works with all the major AI providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta, and was hit by hackers last week, per Wired.
Riddlewood Manor, a spooky point-and-click VR adventure from the makers of Retropolis, is out now in Early Access on Quest.
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Beat Saber was once again the most downloaded PlayStation VR2 game in March, despite stopping updates and ending multiplayer.
Meta announced a swathe of features coming to its smart glasses, including nutrition tracking, WhatsApp summaries, display recording, more translation languages, and expanded navigation.
Spacesuit work and eye checks wrapped up the week for the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station. The orbital residents also focused on robotics, cargo transfers, and science hardware maintenance at the end of the week.
Plus: Anthropic Accidentally Leaked Claude Code’s Entire Source Code…
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. In January, Elon Musk’s SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission to launch up to one million data centers into Earth’s orbit. The…
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. Fuel prices are soaring. Plastic could be next. As the war in Iran continues, one of the most visible global economic ripple effects has been fossil-fuel prices. But looking ahead, further consequences could…
Unified communications is not “broken” because your platform forgot how to do meetings. Most of the time, UC performance breaks because the network is quietly struggling under real-time traffic. That is why network experience management has become a board-level sanity check for IT leaders who are tired of “Teams is down” messages. In practice, strong […]
HiBob has announced the global launch of In Good Company Chapters, a new initiative aimed at bringing HR professionals together through local, city-based communities. The program is designed to create spaces where HR leaders can meet in person, share ideas, and discuss how the role of people teams is evolving as AI reshapes the workplace. […]
The company hopes to offer its users the ability to “hold balances, receive funds and make payments within ?its app,” according to Reuters.
The feature will launch with “Coachella TV” in April and offer 24/7 streaming access to archival performances and 2026 festival highlights.
Dynasty, a new original course for Golf+, is available now.