For most of the past two years, Silicon Valley has been selling a simple story about artificial intelligence. AI will create new industries, unlock creativity, and supercharge productivity. But behind the scenes, a quieter story is unfolding. And it may cost thousands of people their jobs. According to Reuters, Meta Platforms is planning a sweeping round of layoffs that could affect 20% or more of its workforce, as the company pours billions into artificial intelligence infrastructure and talent. The discussions are still internal and no timeline has been finalized, but senior executives have reportedly already been asked to begin planning how to trim…
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Meta Platforms is preparing to enter the smartwatch market with a device powered by built-in artificial intelligence and health tracking, according to industry reports. This marks a renewed push into wrist-worn tech by the social-media giant after shelving earlier smartwatch efforts. What’s Coming: Malibu 2 The new wearable, reportedly code-named Malibu 2, is expected to debut later this year with features focused on fitness monitoring and a dedicated Meta AI assistant baked into the software. Sources familiar with the plans say it will be the company’s first official wrist device, reviving a project that was originally explored several years ago but paused due…
Apple is accelerating work on a new generation of AI-powered wearables, according to reporting by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The devices span smart glasses, a camera-equipped pendant, and AirPods with visual sensors. Together, they signal a strategic shift by Apple as it looks to stay competitive in an AI landscape increasingly defined by context-aware assistants. This is not a single product push. It is a platform move. Smart Glasses: Apple’s Long Game At the center of the effort are smart glasses designed to bring AI into everyday life without a screen-first experience. The glasses are expected to include cameras, microphones, and…
So, get this. Microsoft just dropped one of the most legendary fantasy RPGs of the 2000s onto Xbox Game Pass, and they did it quietly. No massive showcase. No dramatic social media push. It just appeared like some rare loot spawn while you were scrolling. If you’ve got Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass on Xbox One, Series X, or PC, it’s there. Ready to download. And we’re talking about Diablo II: Resurrected. Yeah. That Diablo II. For anyone who lived through the early 2000s RPG era, this feels like finding a legendary item you forgot you owned. Diablo II…
D20 Battleground, Big Bang Shop and Solarpop celebrate a major MtG milestone D20 Battleground, Alberton and The Big Bang Shop, uMhlanga have officially achieved WPN Premium status, a sought-after accolade for stores that sell Magic: The Gathering trading cards and paraphernalia, and host events. Philip Galliford of Solarpop says: “We’re incredibly proud to congratulate D20 Battleground, Alberton and The Big Bang Shop, uMhlanga on officially achieving WPN Premium status – a milestone that represents the very highest standard within the Wizards Play Network.” Best in Class Experience To become a premium Wizards Play Network (WPN) store, retailers must go beyond…
The City of Cape Town will introduce up to four electric buses into the MyCiTi system as part of a formal pilot project. These are full-sized 12-metre buses, not demos built to look good in a press photo. They will run on real routes, carrying real people, dealing with real traffic, hills, heat, wind, and the daily stop-start grind that defines public transport in this city. What makes this trial worth paying attention to is that it is being treated as research, not a rollout. The City is working with the University of Cape Town to collect data on how electric buses perform under local conditions.…
Xcode 26.3 introduces support for agentic coding, a new way in Xcode for developers to build apps using coding agents such as Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex. With agentic coding, Xcode can work with greater autonomy toward a developer’s goals — from breaking down tasks to making decisions based on the project architecture and using built-in tools. Expanding on the intelligence features introduced in Xcode 26, which brought a brand-new coding assistant for writing and editing in Swift, this release gives coding agents access to even more of Xcode’s capabilities. Agents like Claude Agent and Codex can now collaborate…