Meta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR ‘for the Foreseeable Future’
…Tuesday saying it would end Horizon Worlds in VR on June 15 but keep the platform afloat on mobile. The move came after Meta’s announcement in February that it is shifting…
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The Comedy Club at the End of the Metaverse
…content on the platform—no more new worlds or seasonal updates, except on mobile. “Soapstone is a world built by a third-party creator and is currently available as both a mobile…
Google’s Newest Entry-Level Fitness Tracker Is the Screenless Fitbit Air
…interchangeable inputs for a singular health platform. The new Google Health app rolls out May 19 for Android and iOS. The Fitbit Air is available for preorder today and launches on May…
The 19 Best EVs Coming in 2026
…The all-new iX3 arrives as more than just an electric SUV—it’s the first of six cars based on BMW’s much-trailed new modular “Neue Klasse” EV platform. On…
Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
…The EPIC report notes that abusive individuals have for decades used commercially available data and technology to locate, harass, and assault their targets, with women, women of color, and LGBTQ+ people bearing…
The Fight to Hold AI Companies Accountable for Children’s Deaths
…Initially, many cases, including a plaintiff she represented in their lawsuit against Grindr in 2017, were dismissed because “judges couldn’t conceive that online platforms were products—and not services.” Now, she…
Get Ready for More Brain-Scanning Consumer Gadgets
…Even Apple filed a patent for EEG-sensing AirPods, though they're not yet available. Damien Coyle, director at the Bath Institute for the Augmented Human at the University of Bath, says…
My Blissful, Unbothered Life as a ‘Do Not Disturb’ Maximalist
…a desire to set boundaries around availability. The first time one of my friends switched their phone to Do Not Disturb and left it there all day, I was shocked. How taboo…
It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
…You might think banning a $20 billion black market for scammers from your platform would be a no-brainer. But not if you’re Telegram. A WIRED investigation found that the messaging…
Nick Clegg Doesn’t Want to Talk About Superintelligence
…Where I am disappointed is that I had hoped when I helped set it up that you’d have other platforms buying into it by this stage. You hoped that other platforms…