Meta is laying off staff in its Reality Labs unit and shifting resources away from VR and the metaverse toward AI and smart glasses. This pivot is causing deep anxiety among developers who have depended on Meta’s ecosystem, raising fears of a prolonged “VR winter.”
AVEVA has named Khaled Salah as its new Vice President for Africa. The 37-year-old executive will lead a team of about 30 people spread across a dozen countries to expand the industrial software giant’s footprint.
Apple has finally updated its item tracker after nearly five years. The AirTag 2 brings a major range boost and a louder speaker, all for the same starting price of $29.
According to Reuters, recent PMI data from the UK and Germany shows a surprising trend: business output is rising while employment is falling. Economists see this as a potential sign that AI-driven productivity gains are going global, which could help central banks fight inflation but also threatens
The Royal Navy is using Oracle’s ruggedized edge cloud infrastructure to power an AI platform called Saga on its aircraft carrier. The goal is to turn mission data into actionable intelligence, but the real-world reliability of such systems is a major question.
A new smart home platform is tackling the hardest part of grid electrification: millions of homes with boilers, mini-splits, and hybrid systems. By making these “messy” loads controllable, it opens up a massive new resource for utilities. Here’s why it matters now.
A dataminer has uncovered Lenovo laptop listings that suggest a major shift. A Legion 7 gaming model is tagged with NVIDIA’s mysterious “N1X” label, pointing to a potential high-performance Windows on ARM machine. This could be the first real attempt to bring serious gaming to Qualcomm’s platform.
CICC, Hong Kong’s top IPO arranger, is shifting its strategy to prioritize only the most promising deals. The bank is advising some founders to wait for better market conditions rather than rush to list. This comes as regulators consider tighter rules for mainland firms listing offshore.
China is opening up 14 futures and options products, including nickel and lithium carbonate, to foreign investment. The move is a direct play for more influence over global commodity prices, which are currently set in London, Singapore, and New York.
The AI race is defined by massive compute investments from Google, OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Microsoft. But a growing movement argues the next frontier isn’t raw power, but building AI that truly collaborates with human judgment and ethics.
