Meta Quest 3S drops, at lower price, during Meta Connect event

Meta Quest 3S drops, at lower price, during Meta Connect event

Meta debuted its new, cheaper headset during its Connect event on Wednesday. Dubbed the Meta Quest 3S, the company promised it has great performance despite the lower price. Mark Zuckerberg himself announced the Quest 3S at the Meta Connect event. It costs $299.99, which is a steep discount on the newly reduced-price $499.99 Meta Quest … Read more

Meta Connect 2024: Meta’s Orion AR glasses unveiled

Meta Connect 2024: Meta’s Orion AR glasses unveiled

At Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg introduced Orion, Meta’s cutting-edge AR glasses that the company hopes might reshape the future of computing. Unlike traditional AR headsets, the Orion glasses are purportedly lightweight at less than 100 grams, and feature a wide field-of-view holographic display. Orion lets users interact with virtual objects overlaid on the real world, … Read more

Roblox and Google partner on new game for kids

Roblox and Google partner on new game for kids

Google and Roblox are teaming up to combine the worlds of play and internet safety, as the companies announce a brand new gaming experience teaching young Roblox players how to better navigate the internet. Be Internet Awesome World, a new initiative of Google’s Be Internet Awesome program, invites young users into a colorful, magical world … Read more

AI scams, including ‘robot lawyer,’ target of new FTC crackdown

AI scams, including ‘robot lawyer,’ target of new FTC crackdown

The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday a new law enforcement effort called Operation AI Comply. As part of the sweep, it took action against multiple companies that used artificial intelligence to “supercharge” deceptive products and services. The cases involved AI-generated fake reviews, “the world’s first robot lawyer,” and online storefront schemes. The FTC said in … Read more

Peak XV has reaped $1.2B in the year since it split from Sequoia

Peak XV has reaped .2B in the year since it split from Sequoia

Peak XV Partners, the largest India-focused venture fund, has realized about $1.2 billion in exits since its separation with Sequoia last year, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.  The investor has sold stakes in nearly a dozen portfolio companies that went public in the past year, including food delivery group Zomato, cosmetics retailer … Read more

Everything announced at Meta Connect 2024

Everything announced at Meta Connect 2024

Meta’s big event, called Meta Connect, took place on Wednesday and with it came lots of news. While it might not draw the same excitement as an Apple Event, it certainly wasn’t without headlines and developments. Chief among them: the Meta Quest 3S and the Orion glasses. Mashable covered all the big news in detail. … Read more

WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources

WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources

WordPress drama went up another notch today after WordPress.org, the free-open source web content hosting software, banned web hosting provider WP Engine from accessing their resources. In a post on WordPress.org, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg wrote that, pending their legal claims, WP Engine doesn’t have access to the platform’s resources, such as themes and plug-ins. … Read more