This retina implant lets people with vision loss do a crossword puzzle

Science Corporation—a competitor to Neuralink founded by the former president of Elon Musk’s brain-interface venture—has leapfrogged its rival after acquiring, at a fire-sale price, a vision implant that’s in advanced testing,. The implant produces a form of “artificial vision” that lets some patients read text and do crosswords, according to a report published in the…

AI could predict who will have a heart attack

For all the modern marvels of cardiology, we struggle to predict who will have a heart attack. Many people never get screened at all. Now, startups like Bunkerhill Health, Nanox.AI, and HeartLung Technologies are applying AI algorithms to screen millions of CT scans for early signs of heart disease. This technology could be a breakthrough…

Facebook Wants to Help You Find Photos to Share from Your Camera Roll

Could get more people sharing, could just freak people out.

Pinterest Shares Tips to Help Maximize Your Holiday Sales

Some pointers for your holiday marketing approach. 

YouTube Shares New Report on the Growth of In-App Shopping

YouTube is driving more shopping activity, providing expanded opportunities for creators and brands.

Instagram’s Updated UI Is Coming — Whether You Like It or Not

Instagram is looking to put more focus on Reels and DMs. 

GORN 2 Celebrates Halloween With Fight Of The Living Dead Update

VR arena battler GORN 2 celebrates Halloween with new weapons, a new boss, and more in the free Fight of the Living Dead update.

Meta Glasses Drive More Than A Third Of EssilorLuxottica’s Growth

Smart glasses drove more than a third of Ray-Ban and Oakley owner EssilorLuxottica’s growth in Q3, and it’s accelerating plans to scale up production.

Of Lies And Rain Gets Full Release Date Sooner Than Expected

Post-apocalyptic adventure Of Lies and Rain gets its full release sooner than expected next month on Quest, PC VR, and PS VR2.

Stranger Things: Catalyst Is Out Now At Sandbox VR

Stranger Things: Catalyst, a new location-based experience adapting the hit Netflix series, is out now at Sandbox VR.

‘Reach’ VR Review – Platforming Perfected, Better Pacing Preferred

Reach is a VR action-platformer from nDreams that aims to let players run, jump, and slide in a way that most VR games intentionally avoid. Does the game’s movement gel well with combat and puzzles? Read our full review to find out. Reach Details: Developer: nDreams Available On: Quest 3 & 3S, PC VR, PlayStation VR 2 […]

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Hue weekly: Why always Govee?!

Yesterday evening, I was browsing Reddit again and read a few posts in the Hue community. Among other things, I came across a post about poor quarterly figures, the new CEO, and the future of the consumer division. There, I read several comments like the following: We all buy Hue because we think it’s the…

Der Beitrag Hue weekly: Why always Govee?! erschien zuerst auf Hueblog.com.

Shiftall Announces MeganeX Mark II & Index-Like SteamVR Controllers

Shiftall announced and opened preorders for an upgraded MeganeX Mark II, as well as Index-like GripVR controllers.

Meta’s Upcoming AI Parental Controls Are Too Little, Too Late

Meta has lost any goodwill with regards to child safety on its platforms.

The Best Fitness Watches for Every Kind of Runner

Including the best overall, the best budget watch, and the best kept secret.

Here’s What’s New With Veo 3.1, Google’s Latest AI Video Model

Even more ways to make AI-generated videos.

How to Make Your Own ‘Celebrity Elevator Selfie’

Please don’t bother real celebrities on elevators.

?? Tutorial: 6 ChatGPT Prompts to Replace Your HR Recruiter

PLUS: Master prompt at the end…

?? Google Launches Veo 3.1 – Smarter, Sharper, and More Realistic

PLUS: Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 4.5…

?? Tutorial: How to Run a One?Person Business With AI in Just 1 Hour a Day

PLUS: The exact prompts, workflows, and tools to market, deliver, and automate like a team of five -> without burning out.

?? Sam Altman Says the Real AI Era Starts Now

PLUS: You can now connect your Spotify account to ChatGPT…

The Download: the rehabilitation of AI art, and the scary truth about antimicrobial resistance

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. From slop to Sotheby’s? AI art enters a new phase In this era of AI slop, the idea that generative AI tools like Midjourney and Runway could be used to make art can…

From slop to Sotheby’s? AI art enters a new phase

In this era of AI slop, the idea that generative AI tools like Midjourney and Runway could be used to make art can seem absurd: What possible artistic value is there to be found in the likes of Shrimp Jesus and Ballerina Cappuccina? But amid all the muck, there are people using AI tools with…

This startup thinks slime mold can help us design better cities

It is a yellow blob with no brain, yet some researchers believe a curious organism known as slime mold could help us build more resilient cities. Humans have been building cities for 6,000 years, but slime mold has been around for 600 million. The team behind a new startup called Mireta wants to translate the…

Take our quiz: How much do you know about antimicrobial resistance?

This week we had some terrifying news from the World Health Organization: Antibiotics are failing us. A growing number of bacterial infections aren’t responding to these medicines—including common ones that affect the blood, gut, and urinary tract. Get infected with one of these bugs, and there’s a fair chance antibiotics won’t help.  The scary truth…