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Bill Gates doesn’t shy away or pretend modesty when it comes to his stature in the climate world today. “Well, who’s the biggest funder of climate innovation companies?” he asked a handful of journalists at a media roundtable event last week. “If there’s someone else, I’ve never met them.” The former Microsoft CEO has spent…

The timing was eerie. On November 21, 1963, Richard Hofstadter delivered the annual Herbert Spencer Lecture at Oxford University. Hofstadter was a professor of American history at Columbia University who liked to use social psychology to explain political history, the better to defend liberalism from extremism on both sides. His new lecture was titled “The…

Virtualware has signed a €5 million agreement to deploy its VIROO platform across 66 Centers of Excellence for Vocational Training under Spain’s Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sport (MEFPD).  The six-year agreement places the XR enterprise platform VIROO at the center of Spain’s national strategy to integrate immersive learning tools into Vocational Education and […]

If there’s one thing Mark Zuckerberg has proven over the past five years, it’s that he’s not afraid to burn cash for a long-term bet. And right now, that future still looks a lot like a pair of glasses. At Meta Connect 2025, the CEO doubled down (again) on his vision that extended reality (XR) […]

Artificial intelligence is unlocking the full potential of extended reality (XR), turning immersive technologies from niche experiments into scalable solutions for enterprises and educators across Europe.   Lenovo and Italian XR provider Hevolus Innovation are at the forefront of this shift, working together to make XR more accessible, natural, and impactful.  The pair have partnered to […]

Trump officials had hoped to secure a TikTok sell-off agreement from this meeting.

The option will add another padlock to your personal WhatsApp chest of secrets.

More ways to manage your Threads engagement, though it could also help to hide critics.

The tool is built to help you expand upon your visual examples with spoken queries.

A Long Survive, a new co-op horde survival shooter, is out now on Quest.

Spaceship sandbox BuildPort Xumia released Core Siege, a fast-paced arcade mode that’s now live on Quest with today’s update.

Beat Saber is celebrating Halloween with a new Shock Drop for Spooky Scary Skeletons.

Apple is also working on an OLED iPad mini and iPad Air.

The WD Elements drive keeps backups simple with plug-and-play setup, fast USB 3.0 transfers, and a lightweight, travel-ready design.

Four years is a lifetime when it comes to artificial intelligence. Since the first edition of this study was published in 2021, AI’s capabilities have been advancing at speed, and the advances have not slowed since generative AI’s breakthrough. For example, multimodality— the ability to process information not only as text but also as audio,…

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. Just about all businesses these days seem to be pivoting to AI, even when they don’t seem to know exactly why they’re investing…

The new version of the Philips Hue app is already available in the Google Play Store and should be available in the Apple App Store shortly. Version 5.54 of Philips Hue brings some exciting new features, some of which can provide a whole new user experience. I’ve gathered all the details for you. As always,…

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