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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Meta unveils the $1,499 Quest Pro headset, offering eye and face tracking and color passthrough video for mixed reality, shipping on October 25 in 22 countries — Meta has finally announced the Meta Quest Pro: a $1,499 virtual reality headset it's been teasing for the past year.
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YouTube - Meta Quest, CNBC, The Verge, South China Morning Post, CNN, Oculus Blog, meta.com, Auganix.org, TechSpot, Game Rant, hitconsultant.net, and Appuals.com
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Meta Quest Pro: feels like a sophisticated development kit with a thoughtful design, improved controllers, one to two hours of battery, and more — Meta's new high-end headset introduces eye tracking and mixed reality for $1,499 … The first thing I notice with the Meta Quest Pro is the fit.
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Gamereactor UK, Tom's Guide, Oculus Blog, Washington Post, Destructoid, dot.LA, Forbes, Road to VR, Bloomberg, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @reckless, @thedextriarchy, @simon_goldberg, @rjcc, @pcworld, @inafried, @starfire2258, and @pierce
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Meta partners with Microsoft to bring Teams, Office, Windows 365, and Xbox Cloud Gaming to Quest VR headsets in the coming months; Teams will use Meta's avatars — Microsoft and Meta looked like they were on a collision course last year, poised to compete heavily for the future of work in the metaverse.
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Oculus Blog, The Official Microsoft Blog, Oculus Blog, The Register, Auganix.org, ComputerWeekly.com, Android Central, BGR India, MSPoweruser, 9to5Mac, and Financial Times
Tweets: @lucasmtny, @tomwarren, @bigyahu, @blackamazon, @jessehawken, @nickstatt, @giuliano_mana, @_alastair, @whatleydude, @benwood, @harrymccracken, @kylebrussell, @libshipwreck, @joannastern, @nickstatt, @tomwarren, @nibellion, @benedictevans, @threddyrex, @jeffteper, @gabeaul, @grady_booch, @themetav3rse, @metaquestvr, @ballmatthew, @realitylabs, @benjisales, @metaquestvr, @alexjamesfitz, and @reckless
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Tweets: @ryanbarwick, @aagave, @readdanwrite, @powersurf, @anshelsag, @munster_gene, @jesskellynt, and @variety
| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
Mango Markets, a DeFi platform on Solana, says a hacker stole some of its funds “via an oracle price manipulation”; blockchain auditor OtterSec estimates $100M+ — Mango's MNGO token was down over 40% after suffering from the latest massive decentralized finance exploit.
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Tweets: @mangomarkets, @osec_io, @osec_io, @mangomarkets, @tier10k, @idrawcharts, @cryptogodjohn, @cokedupoptions, @0xfoobar, @nickatfp, and @chainlinkgod
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Intel is planning major job cuts, likely in the thousands, close to October 27; some divisions, including sales and marketing, could see ~20% cuts — Intel Corp. is planning a major reduction in headcount, likely numbering in the thousands, to cut costs and cope …
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Globes Online, Tech Monitor, The Verge, 9to5Mac, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, and Oregonian
Tweets: @markgurman, @scottlincicome, @iansherr, @tculpan, @iron_man_actual, and @jimcramer
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo predicts that, in the next three to five years, Apple may be able to supply the US market, or ~25% of global shipments, from assembly sites outside of China — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out today with some new predictions on how Apple can continue to reduce its reliance on China.
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Tweets: @mingchikuo, @mingchikuo, @mingchikuo, @mingchikuo, and @julianku
| BBC: |
TikTok plans to take prompt action against “exploitative begging” after an investigation found refugees in Syrian camps pleading for digital gifts on the app — BBC Global Disinformation Unit, BBC News Arabic and BBC Eye Investigations — Displaced families in Syrian camps …
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International Business Times. Tweets: @emily_wight, @tombateman, @nimsaw, @catalinagoanta, @catalinagoanta, @carnage4life, and @samahhadid
| Meta on YouTube: |
A video of Meta's Connect 2022 keynote, showcasing the Quest Pro mixed reality headset, plans for the metaverse, new partnerships, and more — See how we're building the future of the metaverse together, and catch the latest updates, announcements and key moments from Connect 2022.Pre-order Meta Que...
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Tweets: @stephentotilo, @boztank, @nickstatt, @fbbagholder, @joannastern, @thedextriarchy, @nickstatt, @susanlitv, @kentbye, @jetscott, @raywongy, @frontlinegamer, @thedextriarchy, @shiraovide, @thedextriarchy, @kylebrussell, @kimgrinfeder, @zsk, @shiringhaffary, @shiringhaffary, @nickstatt, @anshelsag, @marvelgames, @jank0, @thedextriarchy, @thedextriarchy, @id_aa_carmack, @nathievr, @oculus_dev, and @tha_rami
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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Tweets: @moomanibe, @rmac18, @mgsiegler, @shiraovide, @thedextriarchy, @karlbode, @jank0, @tina__nigro, @rmac18, @iansherr, @geoffreyfowler, @kylebrussell, @anshelsag, @anshelsag, @nickstatt, @azeem, @levynews, @geoffreyfowler, @rachelmetz, @kevincow, @kashhill, @joannastern, @bridgetcarey, @kylebrussell, @kevinmarks, @meathamski, and @seflless
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta announces Horizon Worlds avatars are getting legs using an AI model to predict the body's position, an avatar store, avatars are coming to Reels, and more — Meta's Horizon avatars will be getting legs. So far, the company's avatars have weirdly just hovered off the ground …
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Tweets: @meta, @metahorizon, @fred_delicious, @itsthebrandi, @_pem_pem, @parikpatelcfa, @dwdavison, @carnage4life, @danriffle, @qwongsj, @markgongloff, @inafried, @kurtwagner8, @naominixwrites, @nathievr, @yo, @dcseifert, @brianklaas, @reckless, @alexanderchee, @reillystyley, @triketora, @kevinroose, @joannastern, @chrismessina, @mattgertz, @lopezlinette, @kurtwagner8, @fbbagholder, @shiringhaffary, @danpfeiffer, @landwomble, @ballmatthew, and @jamesfrye
| Matt Robinson / Bloomberg: |
Source: the US SEC is investigating whether Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, violated securities laws by selling its NFTs and ApeCoins — The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Yuga Labs Inc., the creator of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club collection of NFTs …
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CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, The Block, Fortune, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, and NFT Evening
Tweets: @emilyjnicolle, @sxtvik, @loopifyyy, @pt, @noondlyt, @loopifyyy, @cooitimes, @jeffjohnroberts, @grindingpoet, @lookonchain, @pauly0x, @creamcurtis, and @farokh
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
A look inside Meta's Reality Labs, featuring demos of a neural input wristband, 3D audio, photorealistic avatars with Codec Avatars 2.0, and 3D object scanning — My visit to a future that isn't quite here yet: neural wristbands, ghostly 3D audio and lifelike avatars. Plus, the new Meta Quest Pro.
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Memeburn and UploadVR
Tweets: @jetscott, @techledes, @stevencmutter, @jank0, @gczawurdo, and @paul__walsh. Thanks:@stshank
| The Verge: |
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, mixed reality, the Microsoft partnership, metaverse plans, TikTok, BeReal, the Discovery Engine approach, and more — A year after rebranding Facebook to Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is still all in on building the metaverse
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The Verge on YouTube, Oculus Blog, CNBC, PhoneArena, Counterpoint Research, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @verge, @anshelsag, @benadamsondxb, @modestproposal1, @munster_gene, @reckless, @alexeheath, @iumerraja, @counternotions, @corbindavenport, @joannastern, @alexeheath, @verge, @alexeheath, @munster_gene, @mikeinberkeley, @siuying, @shiraovide, @antranaut, @blakedgross, @jonathanvanian, @alexeheath, and @samifathi_
| Jim Waterson / The Guardian: |
Netflix joins the British ratings agency, or BARB, as a full member, publishing independently audited viewing figures on individual shows for the first time — Streaming service's decision to sign up to independent ratings agency is world first and will give insight into its cultural power
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BetaNews, ExchangeWire.com, The Hollywood Reporter, BBC, Deadline, and Broadband TV News
Tweets: @scottygb, @scottygb, and @jimwaterson
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Brex, valued at $12.3B in January 2022, lays off 136, or 11% of its staff, as part of a restructuring, and its CFO departs to join HR software startup Rippling — The startup's CFO is departing to join Rippling, which recently entered the spend management space
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Brex. Tweets: @pedroh96, @dakacki, @cailen, @briannekimmel, @alex, @gergelyorosz, and @carnage4life
| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
In a rare speech, the UK's GCHQ head Jeremy Fleming warns China's tech ambitions, including a CBDC currency, are a security issue “that will define our future” — Confronting Beijing's technological ambitions is ‘the national security issue that will define our future,’ Jeremy Fleming says
Tweets: @dnvolz and @jchengwsj
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