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Threads expands trending topic summaries to more regions
Topic summaries are determined by artificial intelligence, with the app’s team providing oversight to avoid violating community guidelines.
The XR Week Peek (2026.04.05): Valve launches the Steam Controller, the Samsung glasses have been leaked, and more!
May the Force be with you! Today is an exciting day for the XR community because it’s the day when the first Steam Hardware piece is being launched. It’s good to have such excitement because it’s not a positive period overall for immersive technology, with negative news coming every week. And this week, unfortunately, has […]
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XPANCEO is Hoping to Solve AR Contact Lens Challenge with Ultra Tiny Solid-State Batteries
If augmented reality glasses are the future, AR contact lenses are probably a bit farther away. Still, smart contact lens startup XPANCEO says it’s hoping to address at least one of the technology’s main issues with the inclusion of miniature solid-state batteries. In partnership with France-based solid-state battery startup ITEN, XPANCEO announced it’s developing a proof of concept […]
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Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Two of the most powerful people in AI—Sam Altman and Elon Musk—began their face-off in court in Oakland, California, last week. Musk is suing OpenAI, alleging that the millions he spent to…
Tailoring AI solutions for health care needs
The AI market is full of big promises of grand transformation. Health care is a prime target for those promises, beset as it is by financial pressures, labor shortages, and the growing burden of caring for an aging population. AI developers are targeting functions that vary widely, from curing cancer and performing surgery to streamlining…
Workhuman Launches AI Tool to Identify Future Leaders Within Workforce
Workhuman has unveiled a new AI-powered solution aimed at reshaping how organizations identify and develop future leaders. The offering, Future Leaders, is designed to help enterprises move beyond traditional succession planning by using data to surface high-potential employees years before they are formally considered for senior roles. “Now companies can know who their next generation […]
Your Collaboration Stack Isn’t Driving Productivity – It’s Institutionalising Distraction
There is a particular kind of exhaustion spreading through corporate offices that has nothing to do with overwork and everything to do with the tools meant to prevent it. Employees end the day having attended six meetings, answered hundreds of messages, and cleared a cascade of notifications – and yet the project that was supposed […]
Meta acquires humanoid robot developer Assured Robot Intelligence
It’s the latest move in a race to add artificial intelligence to consumer-facing home technology, with xAI and Amazon also competing for future category dominance.
YouTube experiments with new music generation and moderation tools
The platform will allow creators to replace copyrighted songs with royalty-free instrumental clips, while also using conversation context to filter video comments.
May The Fourth Sale Offers Huge Discounts For Every Star Wars VR Experience
As part of May The Fourth, catch these Star Wars VR experiences on deep discount right now.
VR Veteran Behind ‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ & ‘Creed: Rise to Glory’ Reportedly Shutting Down
Survios, one of VR’s most senior game studios and developer behind Alien: Rogue Incursion (2024), is reportedly shutting down, as a majority of staff have been laid off. While Survios hasn’t publicly announced the shutdown at the time of this writing, the reduction in headcount appears to be drastic enough to all but confirm that […]
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Crew Works Advanced Radio Frequency, Quantum Physics, and Health Tech
The Expedition 74 crew kicked off the week setting up advanced radio frequency technology, configuring quantum physics hardware, and conducting ultrasound vein scans aboard the International Space Station. The crewmates also prepared for the arrival of the next U.S. cargo mission, unpacked the latest Roscosmos resupply ship, and checked out a spacesuit.
Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models
In the first week of the landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI, Musk took the stand in a crisp black suit and tie and argued that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman had deceived him into bankrolling the company. Along the way, he warned that AI could destroy us all and sat through…
VR Extraction Dungeon Crawler ‘Reave’ Has Been Cancelled After Months in Open Beta
Reave was an upcoming VR extraction dungeon crawler from Alta, the studio behind Township Tale. The company announced that the game has been cancelled despite the game being in a mature enough state for months of open playtesting. Following the successful launch of Township Tale on Quest in 2021, studio Alta announced it had raised more than $12 […]
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This LG 4K Portable Projector Is $200 Off Right Now
This portable projector from LG has 4K laser projection and auto setup.
This Waterproof JBL Portable Speaker Is on Sale for $40 Right Now
It’s a pocket-sized Bluetooth speaker with great battery life.
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Cyber-Insecurity in the AI Era
Cybersecurity was already under strain before AI entered the stack. Now, as AI expands the attack surface and adds new complexity, the limits of legacy approaches are becoming harder to ignore. This session from MIT Technology Review’s EmTech AI conference explores why security must be rethought with AI at its core, not layered on after…
Operationalizing AI for Scale and Sovereignty
Companies are taking control of their own data to tailor AI for their needs. The challenge lies in balancing ownership with the safe, trusted flow of high?quality data needed to power reliable insights. This conversation from MIT Technology Review’s EmTech AI conference examines how AI factories unlock new levels of scale, sustainability, and governance—positioning data…
NHS Losing Millions of Hours to Employee Experience Friction, Apogee Finds
A new report from Apogee reveals that routine workplace friction in NHS organizations is silently eroding frontline capacity, with the system losing the equivalent of more than 35 million staff hours each year. Drawn from Freedom of Information responses across NHS trusts in the UK, the report states that those lost hours translate into over […]
Your HCM Platform Isn’t Managing Talent — It’s Scaling Hiring Mistakes Across the Business
Most organisations blame their enterprise talent management systems when workforce quality slips, performance stalls, or retention problems refuse to die. But the platform is often not the original problem. It is the amplifier. If weak hiring criteria, rushed recruitment, and inconsistent evaluation methods feed your HCM stack, the system does not magically improve them. It […]
TikTok adds Campus Hub feature for US college students
The new display allows verified attendees at more than 6,000 universities to connect to dedicated group chats and content feeds.