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Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) has been given the “go” to launch at 2:31 a.m. EDT on Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. The four Ax-4 private astronauts will ride the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft to low Earth orbit and dock to the orbital outpost’s space-facing port on the Harmony module at 7 a.m. on Thursday for a two-week research mission.

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 2:31 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 25, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4.

A pharmaceutical study, Earth observations, and vision checks kicked off Monday’s research schedule aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 73 crew also worked on housekeeping tasks and recorded training videos for future crews.

This week, following a surge in interest in AR smart glasses, the International Data Corporation (IDC) detailed a “strong rebound” in headset purchases in its Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker.   Ramon T. Llamas, Research Director with IDC’s AR/VR team, noted that “the worldwide AR/VR headset market is reaching a critical tipping […]

Conversational AI is changing search, but is Google really at risk?

Elon says that Grok is currently too politically correct in its responses.

Another means to help Snap users arrange real-life meet-ups.

FunFitLand is a fitness app on Quest 2, 3/3S, and Pro that supports hand tracking and mixed reality.

These are my last hours in the US! I’m starting to write this newsletter that literally in an hour, I’m going to the airport to return back to Europe. But I’m not returning to Italy, but I’m going to Berlin (Germany) to be a mentor at the XRCC hackathon. If you’re headed there, see you […]

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Could we be entering a new stage of biometric tracking?

Meta’s latest AI glasses come in a different style, and include a few technical tweaks.

Some insight into what’s driving discussion on Reddit.

YouTube’s shared a range of data notes to celebrate its 20th birthday. 

The merging of X and xAI seemed like a good way to secure X’s future, but that may not be the case.

TikTok will remain available, despite another deadline for its U.S. sell-off passing by.