Meta Connect 2023: Everything you need to know about Quest 3 VR, smart glasses
Meta's annual Connect conference started today, and this means lots of new hardware and perhaps a Metaverse sighting.
Read moreMeta Quest 3 convinced me to love VR by downplaying the metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Meta Quest 3 VR headset on stage at Meta’s Connect event in California today, but I was lucky enough to get a chance to try it out last week in San Francisco. The Meta Quest 3 is similar to its two predecessors, and borrows a lot
Read moreRay-Ban’s new Meta smart glasses will be able to translate text
Meta just took the wraps off its latest smart glasses at today’s Connect event in Menlo Park. We were able to spend a bit of time with the new wearables and were impressed by what they can do — specifically livestreaming, the biggest missing feature from the last gen. Turns
Read moreMicrosoft rains AI all over Windows in latest update
Microsoft has released one of the biggest updates to Windows 11, version 22H2, which includes access to its AI-powered digital assistant, Copilot and a flurry of new AI upgrades to classic apps like Paint, Snipping Tool and Photos. The company announced the update, along with upgrades to Bing, Edge, and
Read moreResponsible AI headlines at ALL IN as Minister Champagne announces new AI code of conduct
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne this morning announced a new voluntary code of conduct that identifies measures pertaining to the responsible development and management of advanced generative AI systems. He made the announcement at ALL IN, a two-day conference in Montreal, organized by Scale AI, that is convening industry heavyweights from
Read moreSam Altman backs Slope’s $30M round to digitize, scale B2B payments
Slope's customer pipeline has evolved into mainly enterprise. As a result, both volume and company revenue have increased 17x since last year.
Read moreWas tech’s ‘bull run’ simply a temporary surge?
Several factors converged to help Instacart, Arm and Klaviyo to go public, but those trends have largely reversed — we may not see more IPOs for some time.
Read moreRussian zero-day seller offers $20M for hacking Android and iPhones
A company that acquires and sells zero-day exploits — flaws in software that are unknown to the affected developer — is now offering to pay researchers $20 million for hacking tools that would allow its customers to hack iPhones and Android devices. On Wednesday, Operation Zero announced on its Telegram
Read moreOpenAI is reportedly in talks with Jony Ive about a hardware project
OpenAI, not content with building large language models and art-generating AI, wants to get into hardware. That’s according The Information, which reported this week that storied former Apple product designer Jony Ive is in talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about an AI hardware project. The details are wanting. But
Read moreThe Dungeons & Dragons DLC for Minecraft includes dice rolls, magic missiles and more
Minecraft just dropped its newest DLC for Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) players to enjoy. In partnership with D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast and Everbloom Games, the DLC takes players on an adventure into the Forgotten Realms, letting them explore classic locations like Candlekeep, Icewind Dale, Revel’s End and more.
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