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Meta is giving its metaverse avatars a glow-up
Photo by Jay Peters / The Verge Meta is overhauling its metaverse avatars, and you’ll be able to use them soon: the new look will be available on October 1st, the company announced at its Connect conference on Wednesday. The new avatars will be available on Meta Horizon OS (its VR operating system), as well…
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Finally, HP is adding AI to its printers
Image: HP HP has a groundbreaking announcement. No, it’s not making it easier to use cheaper, third-party ink, nor does it have a solution for frequent paper jams and irritating software issues. It’s bringing AI to printers. The new HP Print AI experience is rolling out today in an “exclusive” beta and comes with a…
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Mark Zuckerberg says there’s ‘no causal connection’ between social media and teen mental health
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back on the idea that social media directly harms teen mental health. During an interview with The Verge’s Alex Heath, Zuckerberg said that “the majority of the high-quality research out there suggests that there’s no causal connection at a broad scale…
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Why California is suing ExxonMobil for ‘perpetuating the lie’ of plastic recycling
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that his office had launched an investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries alleged role in causing a plastic pollution crisis on April 28th, 2022, in Playa Del Rey, California. | Photo: Getty Images California is going after ExxonMobil over what it calls a “campaign of deception” about…
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OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leaving
Screenshot: YouTube OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leaving the company, she announced on Wednesday. “I’m stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration,” she wrote in a post on X. “For now, my primary focus is doing everything in my power to ensure a smooth transition, maintaining…
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Meta’s VR app store is about to fill up with phone-style 2D apps
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Meta’s Quest headsets and app store have been around for a while, but with a software experience largely limited to 3D and AR apps and games. But now, the company says it’s opening things up — Horizon OS and Quest VP Mark Rabkin said during Meta Connect that…
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Why Mark Zuckerberg thinks AR glasses will replace your phone
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Meta’s CEO on his first pair of AR glasses, partnering with Ray-Ban, why he’s done with politics, and more. Continue reading…
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Hands-on with Orion, Meta’s first pair of AR glasses
Orion is an impressive demo of AR glasses, but can Mark Zuckerberg beat everyone else to the next big platform? Continue reading…
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Meta’s Ray-Bans will now ‘remember’ things for you
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses are already one of the best cracks at AI hardware to date. Now, Meta is pushing out a series of software updates, along with a new translucent Ray-Ban style, that bring the smart glasses closer to actually feeling smart. The company announced several updates…
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Mark Zuckerberg: creators and publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says there are complex copyright questions around scraping data to train AI models, but he suggests the individual work of most creators isn’t valuable enough for it to matter. In an interview with The Verge deputy editor Alex Heath, Zuckerberg said Meta will…