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Forget the metaverse, AI is the money-spinner at Meta: Reality Labs lost $4.4 billion this quarter, but Mark Zuckerberg’s sharpened AI focus is delivering results – and there’s more to come with Llama 4 on the horizon
Meta posted strong financial results for the third quarter, indicating AI continues to be the company’s north star and driving significant revenue growth. The social media giant reported it generated $40.6 billion in sales, marking 19% year-on-year growth and outpaced analyst expectations that projected the company would only muster $40.19 billion in the quarter. Meta saw growth in user engagement,…
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Snapdragon 8 Elite Makes 8 Years of Android Updates a Reality; Can Qualcomm Deliver Though?
Your next flagship might get up to 8 years of Android update support with recently-launched Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. Qualcomm’s new top-end processor is bringing a lot more power, but also addressing some pain points that manufacturers have had to deal with for a while. One of them was the limitation of the processor to deliver longer software support for…
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How to Tell If a Real Estate Listing Is Based on Reality
Shopping for a home can be an overwhelming experience. More than four million homes were sold in 2023 alone; the number of houses for sale has tripled in recent years. The journey from a getting a pre-approval from a mortgage lender to actually buying a house can be a long and exhausting one, with some house hunters seeing dozens of…
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Augmented reality screens are a feature, not a product – Computerworld
Powered by the Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 chip, the Visor is designed primarily for productivity. It allows users to work with multiple virtual screens in both passthrough and fully virtual modes. That said, recent demos have shown issues with readability, heat management, and passthrough quality. The product gives users five HD screens on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Starting at $1,050…
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Meta layoffs hit staff at WhatsApp, Instagram, Reality Labs divisions
Meta is reportedly laying off workers across several divisions as part of a continued cost-cutting drive. First reported by The Verge, roles at WhatsApp, Instagram, and the Reality Labs units are among those in the firing line. The move from Meta appears to coincide with an ongoing reorganization scheme within specific teams. Some workers have taken to social media in…
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Apple is inventing a reality distortion field – Computerworld
Movies you can walk through Combine all these ingredients and, in theory, the breakthrough Apple might achieve could involve the creation of tech that can both understand images, and also add to them. After all, if you know that object A is in one position and object B in another, you can more easily deliver the illusion of walking between…
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HTC reveals $1,000 Vive Focus Vision — here’s what this mixed reality headset does
HTC has announced its next standalone mixed-reality headset called the Vive Focus Vision. The $1,000 headset seems to target a mix of buyers between businesses and consumers who want high-end mixed-reality hardware. It resembles a mix between the Vive Focus 3 and the Vive Elite XR headset. The Vive Focus Vision doesn’t reinvent MR headsets with any of its specs.…
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Qualcomm’s mixed reality project with Samsung and Google is… glasses
The partnership announced by Samsung, Qualcomm, and Google last year is developing a pair of mixed reality smart glasses that link to the wearer’s smartphone, according to Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon. “It’s going to be a new product,” Amon told CNBC in a recent interview. “What I really expect to come out of this partnership, I want everyone that has…
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How to watch ‘The Dark Side of Reality TV’ online — stream from anywhere
Reality TV is about to get a little too real. The genre gets the “Dark Side of” treatment in Vice TV’s latest docuseries, which promises “to bring you stories you’ve never heard before” from behind the scenes of the biggest shows on American television. “The Dark Side of Reality TV” airs on Vice TV in the U.S. every Tuesday —…
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