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Source: Venture Beat Looktech unveiled its new Looktech AI Glasses, a blend of artificial intelligence assistance and a design that looks like ordinary glasses. This wearable integrates a personalized AI assistant with voice-command functionality, providing a fully immersive, hands-free user experience designed to streamline daily tasks and capture memorable moments wi… Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge Since its release, I’ve mostly used Apple’s Vision Pro like a movie theater. The VR headset is an amazing way to watch Dune — but beyond that, it hasn’t really lived up to its potential as a general-purpose computing device. Today, that’s finally starting to change. With the update to visionOS 2.2,…
Source: Venture Beat Apple has announced the winners of its annual App Store Awards, including the best games and apps of 2024. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge A bunch of Meta apps are down right now. For many staffers at The Verge, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads aren’t loading right now and are showing error messages when you try to load them. Reports across Bluesky, X, and Reddit show that many people see the same thing. On Facebook, it simply…
Source: Venture Beat Open announced that its social commerce Open SuperApp is launching a partnership with actor and artist Will Smith. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge Smart home company Homey has added a new energy management tab to its app to track and monitor energy use from compatible smart devices such as plugs, appliances, thermostats, and EV chargers. This week, the company also announced the Homey Energy Dongle for Europe, which can connect directly to a smart meter…
Source: Venture Beat On the AI Impact Tour: Why an uncertain regulatory future for AI means that risk management will become the most critical strategy yet. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge Sony’s detachable disc drive for the PlayStation 5 has been hard to come by as of late, and it’s disappointing that the $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t include one. However, GameStop is now offering a rare window for GameStop Pro members to pick one up for its original MSRP of $79.99. GameStop’s loyalty…
Source: Venture Beat Is Sora worth it now at $20/$200 a month, or are other AI generators with similar or less-expensive pricing structures a better deal? Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge Warner Bros. Discovery has been very vocal about its desire to keep producing an untold number of stories based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s books in hopes of recreating the monumental success of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies. Even though it wasn’t a WBD production, The Rings of Power proved that Tolkien’s…
