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Meta Unveils New AI-Powered Smart Glasses, Continuing Metaverse Push
Meta showed off new smart glasses on Wednesday as it continued to bank on a lifestyle shift toward blending reality and virtual space despite the efforts inflicting heavy financial losses.
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Meta Connect 2025 Highlights: Oakley Meta Vanguard, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 Smart Glasses and New AI Features Unveiled
Meta Connect 2025: Meta showcased its latest tech, focusing on smart glasses and VR updates. Highlights include the Meta Ray-Ban Display with AR screen and Neural Band, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 with improved battery, audio, and camera, and Oakley Meta Vanguard for athletes with a rugged design and AI features. VR updates feature Hyperscape for real-world...
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Discord To Bitchat, How Gen Z Protesters Used Tech During Nepal Protests
Days before the protests, many had rushed to VPN services -- or virtual private networks -- to evade blocks on platforms.
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Meet Diella, World's 1st AI-Made 'Minister' Tasked With Curbing Corruption
Albania has become the world's first country to appoint an 'AI minister' -- not a person to oversee the growth and ethical use of artificial intelligence in the country, but a virtual member of government, made of pixels and code.
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8,000% Spike In VPN Sign-Ups In Nepal After Social Media Ban
Nepal's sudden social media blackout triggered an unprecedented rush for virtual private networks (VPN), with sign-ups from the country skyrocketing 6,000 per cent in three days.
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Putin, Xi Jinping To Take Part In Virtual BRICS Trade Summit, PM Modi To Skip
China has confirmed that President Xi Jinping will take part in a virtual BRICS summit convened by Brazil to discuss Donald Trump's trade policy.
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Explained: What Happens To Trump's Tariffs After US Court Knocked Them Down
US President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal appeals court has thrown a roadblock in his path.
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Protests Erupt In Sri Lankan Capital Over Ex-President Wickremesinghe's Arrest
More than 1000 supporters of Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe protested his arrest in Colombo on Tuesday ahead of a crucial hearing to decide whether to grant bail to the senior opposition politician accused of misusing public funds.
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Apple Plans AI Comeback With Tabletop Robots, Life-Like Version Of Siri
Apple Inc is plotting its artificial intelligence comeback with an ambitious slate of new devices, including robots, a lifelike version of Siri, a smart speaker with a display, and home-security cameras.
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"No Unilateral Ukraine Peace Deal In Alaska": Zelensky, EU Leaders To Trump
Tump not to strike a unilateral Ukraine peace deal with President Vladimir Putin during their upcoming meeting in Alaska, CNN reported.
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Ahead Of Putin Summit, Trump To Speak With Zelensky, European Leaders
Europe and Ukraine's leaders will speak to US President Donald Trump at a virtual meeting on Wednesday ahead of his summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin, as they try to drive home the perils of selling out Kyiv's interests in pursuit of a ceasefire.
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"I Said Yes": Woman Gets 'Engaged' To AI Chatbot After 'Dating' For 5 Months
Responding to critics, the woman claimed to be "fully aware" of what she's doing, adding she was not scamming people.
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"UK's First Virtual MP": British Politician Launches AI Version Of Himself To Interact With Constituents
Mark Sewards, a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds South West and Morley, collaborated with a startup AI firm, Neural Voice, to create a virtual representation of himself.
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How Tobacco Companies Are Using Gaming, Metaverse And NFTs To Target Young Smokers
A new report warns that tobacco and vape companies are exploiting the metaverse to target young people through digital tokens and game sponsorships.
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Microsoft To Build Digital Replica Of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral
Microsoft is teaming up with the French government to create a digital replica of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, France's most visited monument, the US tech company's president, Brad Smith, said on Monday.
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Meta Unveils New AI-Powered Smart Glasses, Continuing Metaverse Push
Meta showed off new smart glasses on Wednesday as it continued to bank on a lifestyle shift toward blending reality and virtual space despite the efforts inflicting heavy financial losses.
-
Meta Connect 2025 Highlights: Oakley Meta Vanguard, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 Smart Glasses and New AI Features Unveiled
Meta Connect 2025: Meta showcased its latest tech, focusing on smart glasses and VR updates. Highlights include the Meta Ray-Ban Display with AR screen and Neural Band, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 with improved battery, audio, and camera, and Oakley Meta Vanguard for athletes with a rugged design and AI features. VR updates feature Hyperscape for real-world...
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Discord To Bitchat, How Gen Z Protesters Used Tech During Nepal Protests
Days before the protests, many had rushed to VPN services -- or virtual private networks -- to evade blocks on platforms.
-
Meet Diella, World's 1st AI-Made 'Minister' Tasked With Curbing Corruption
Albania has become the world's first country to appoint an 'AI minister' -- not a person to oversee the growth and ethical use of artificial intelligence in the country, but a virtual member of government, made of pixels and code.
-
8,000% Spike In VPN Sign-Ups In Nepal After Social Media Ban
Nepal's sudden social media blackout triggered an unprecedented rush for virtual private networks (VPN), with sign-ups from the country skyrocketing 6,000 per cent in three days.
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Putin, Xi Jinping To Take Part In Virtual BRICS Trade Summit, PM Modi To Skip
China has confirmed that President Xi Jinping will take part in a virtual BRICS summit convened by Brazil to discuss Donald Trump's trade policy.
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Explained: What Happens To Trump's Tariffs After US Court Knocked Them Down
US President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal appeals court has thrown a roadblock in his path.
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Protests Erupt In Sri Lankan Capital Over Ex-President Wickremesinghe's Arrest
More than 1000 supporters of Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe protested his arrest in Colombo on Tuesday ahead of a crucial hearing to decide whether to grant bail to the senior opposition politician accused of misusing public funds.
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Apple Plans AI Comeback With Tabletop Robots, Life-Like Version Of Siri
Apple Inc is plotting its artificial intelligence comeback with an ambitious slate of new devices, including robots, a lifelike version of Siri, a smart speaker with a display, and home-security cameras.
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"No Unilateral Ukraine Peace Deal In Alaska": Zelensky, EU Leaders To Trump
Tump not to strike a unilateral Ukraine peace deal with President Vladimir Putin during their upcoming meeting in Alaska, CNN reported.
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Ahead Of Putin Summit, Trump To Speak With Zelensky, European Leaders
Europe and Ukraine's leaders will speak to US President Donald Trump at a virtual meeting on Wednesday ahead of his summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin, as they try to drive home the perils of selling out Kyiv's interests in pursuit of a ceasefire.
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"I Said Yes": Woman Gets 'Engaged' To AI Chatbot After 'Dating' For 5 Months
Responding to critics, the woman claimed to be "fully aware" of what she's doing, adding she was not scamming people.
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"UK's First Virtual MP": British Politician Launches AI Version Of Himself To Interact With Constituents
Mark Sewards, a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds South West and Morley, collaborated with a startup AI firm, Neural Voice, to create a virtual representation of himself.
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How Tobacco Companies Are Using Gaming, Metaverse And NFTs To Target Young Smokers
A new report warns that tobacco and vape companies are exploiting the metaverse to target young people through digital tokens and game sponsorships.
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Microsoft To Build Digital Replica Of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral
Microsoft is teaming up with the French government to create a digital replica of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, France's most visited monument, the US tech company's president, Brad Smith, said on Monday.
