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The deal aligns with Snap’s push to compete with Meta and Apple in the artificial intelligence wearables market.

The app is expanding its user base and ad business in the region, and currently has more than 250 million monthly active users there.

Vertigo Games, the Netherlands-based VR veteran behind a host of popular titles, is closing its Amsterdam studio, citing continued challenges within the VR games market. The news was announced by CEO Richard Stitselaar in an open letter, noting “the VR market remains a challenging space,” which is resulting the in closure of Vertigo Studios Amsterdam. […]

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Snapchat parent Snap has acquired Illumix, an augmented reality software company behind Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery (2019), an AR adaptation of the popular horror franchise. The acquisition goes far beyond developing games for Snap’s upcoming AR glasses though. As first reported by Variety, Snap has acquired Bay Area-based Illumix for an unspecific […]

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3D bioprinting and stem cell research were the main research topics aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. The Expedition 74 crew members also photographed growing plants and lab windows for inspection while continuing to pack a U.S. cargo spacecraft.

Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts through stacks of documents written by people without a lawyer. Many of them can’t afford to hire a lawyer, and others have cases too weak or too small to interest one. She reads each one carefully, mindful of how daunting…

It’s truly remarkable how much effort Philips Hue is putting into developing the new Hue Bridge Pro. Since its launch in September, there has been at least one software update every month. June, which has just begun, is no exception, as Philips Hue is already rolling out a new software version today. And there’s also…

Der Beitrag New firmware update for the Hue Bridge and Hue Bridge Pro erschien zuerst auf Hueblog.com.

For years, enterprise communications strategy has been shaped almost entirely around the needs of desk-based knowledge workers.   Collaboration platforms, video conferencing tools, and messaging apps have proliferated at pace – yet the workers who operate at the sharp end of the business, on hospital wards, in manufacturing plants, in retail stores, in logistics depots, have largely been left behind.  A recent survey from Mitel confirms […]

Meta has long dominated digital advertising, but the company is now making its most serious push yet into enterprise software. The launch of Meta Business Agent this week signals a strategic shift – one that IT and communications leaders should pay close attention to. Announced at Meta’s Conversations conference in London on Wednesday, Meta Business […]

Despite Meta working to address a recent issue that enabled hackers to use its AI chatbot to gain access to Instagram profiles, reports suggest it is still possible.

The company is working to add new tools and options that will keep Search referrals flowing through to websites.

Last week, I wrote a post for you describing my first-hand impressions of Huawei AI Glasses. In the article, I describe some special features of the glasses, such as their being waterproof, but then I add that, of course, I couldn’t try them during a store demo. Well, in an expected turn of events, I […]

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Supernatural won’t be in ‘maintenance mode’ for long, because Meta announced it’s effectively spun out the VR fitness app into an independent company, Supernatural Health. The founders and coaches behind Supernatural are parting ways with Meta. Soon, users can look forward to more fresh content, which has notably been missing from the subscription-based VR fitness […]

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Wednesday’s science schedule aboard the International Space Station encompassed human research, microbial analysis, and 3D bioprinting to advance health on and off the Earth. The Expedition 74 crew members also worked on spacesuit maintenance and cargo spacecraft duties throughout the day rounding out their shift.

“TikTok Pro Events” is available exclusively to U.S. users.

Would you take a payment to ramp down your electricity use? Would it change anything if you were doing so to help power a local data center? Google just signed a new deal to help pay for a virtual power plant (VPP) in the largest power grid in the US. The agreement is with Voltus,…

Microsoft has spent the past two years positioning Copilot as the AI layer across its enterprise stack. At Build 2026 in San Francisco on June 2, however, it went further. A new set of products shifts the model from AI you prompt to AI that acts without being asked. The headline product is Scout. It […]

Workflow automation strategy has become a board-level priority because COOs are under pressure to produce measurable efficiency gains. But a pattern keeps repeating across digital workplaces: automation increases throughput, increases activity, and increases system complexity, while meaningful output barely moves. Leaders then conclude automation ‘doesn’t work’. In reality, automation worked exactly as designed. It scaled […]