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☕️ Meta’s plans to beat Apple’s Vision Pro

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🕶️ Meta’s plans to beat Apple’s Vision Pro
💩 Elon Musk's X starts showing clickbait ads that can't be blocked or reported
🤖 AI creates a walking robot in under a minute
🔌 New tech may let you power your home with an electric car

🕶️ Meta’s plans to beat Apple’s Vision ProLINK

  • Meta is planning a follow-up to the Quest 3, possibly taking inspiration from Apple’s Vision Pro and focusing on mainstreaming its VR tech.
  • they aim to make the next headset more affordable and comfortable, possibly forgoing bundled controllers and using hand gestures or offering separate controllers.
  • Meta is repositioning its focus from the metaverse to more practical uses such as gaming and productivity, in response to Apple's pitch for the Vision Pro.
  • 💩 Elon Musk's X starts showing clickbait ads that can't be blocked or reportedLINK

  • Unspecified ads that redirect users to third-party sites have started appearing on X's "For You" feed on the mobile app, resembling the experience typically associated with low-quality clickbait sites.
  • Since Musk's takeover, X has seen a significant decrease in ad revenue, with a 55% year-on-year drop, leading to an overall decline and some of the biggest advertisers leaving or cutting their spending on the platform.
  • To supplement decreasing ad revenue, X plans to roll out three tiers of subscriptions for users, which will limit the number of ads shown and optimize revenue generation from subscribers.
  • 🤖 AI creates a walking robot in under a minuteLINK

  • An AI system at Northwestern University has successfully designed a miniature walking robot from scratch in just 26 seconds.
  • The AI-powered algorithm ran on a normal PC, rather than a data center, and was able to iteratively perfect the robot's design.
  • The quick and efficient process, referred to as 'instant evolution', resulted in a robot that can walk at a pace equivalent to the human stride.
  • 🔌 New tech may let you power your home with an electric carLINK

  • New technology allows electric vehicles to be used as a power source for homes, ideal during power outages or to save on electricity costs during peak hours.
  • This "vehicle to home" charging system could power a house for two days, and also used in "vehicle to load" method during camping or road trips.
  • Currently, only the Ford F150 Lightning and the Nissan Leaf utilize this bidirectional charging, but it's likely to be picked up by more manufacturers moving forward.
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