The $30 Google TV stick may be the budget Chromecast successor we've been waiting for

Walmart's next streaming device might be exactly what Chromecast fans have been longing for. Here's what's expected.

Health AI and the law: Could your chatbot doc testify against you?

In fact, Altman's comments to Von may have been prompted by OpenAI's very own legal troubles: Courts were demanding the AI ...
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The $70 billion delusion: Why Zuckerberg's metaverse was dead on arrival

Meta spent billions of dollars on a VR playground with the goal of becoming the new way people use the internet. But the ...

I spent two years testing wind power at home - here's why solar is still my preferred source

My years of hands-on testing show that while solar energy is straightforward, portable wind turbines require constant ...

transcosmos speaks at the Shizuoka Prefecture XR (Cross Reality) Endowed Lecture Series, co-hosted by Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology Group and Metaverse Japan

TOKYO, April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- transcosmos today announced that it highlighted key perspectives on creator education in the XR era, drawing on Roblox as an example platform, ...
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The metaverse myth: Why Meta's VR empire was doomed from day one

When Meta unveiled Horizon Worlds in 2021, it billed the platform as the future of the internet—a sprawling virtual playground where work, play, and social life would merge in VR. I saw it differently ...
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The Metaverse Myth: Why Meta's VR Empire Was Doomed From Day One

Despite billions spent and years of hype, Horizon Worlds never caught on—proving that money alone can't build a social platform. I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to source of ...
The Verge

Disney’s big bets on the metaverse and AI slop aren’t going so well

The studio’s $1 billion plans to collaborate with OpenAI and Epic Games seem to be falling apart. The studio’s $1 billion plans to collaborate with OpenAI and Epic Games seem to be falling apart. is ...
Seattle Times

Meta lays off hundreds amid AI spending, fizzled metaverse plans

Meta said its road to the metaverse ran through Seattle. Recent layoffs point to a dead end. Meta laid off hundreds of employees on Wednesday, about two months after a sweeping workforce reduction at ...
Khaleej Times

The long farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse adventure

Five years ago, Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed that the future of Facebook would be the metaverse. Based in virtual reality, it would be an immersive digital world where people could work, play and meet ...
Business Insider

You're laughing. The metaverse is dying, and you're laughing.

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Meta reverses course, will keep metaverse partially VR after all

Though still refocusing on its mobile app, Meta will now continue to support Horizon Worlds' existing VR games as well. Now it seems as though Meta has partially reversed its decision, with CTO Andrew ...