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Meta’s AR ambitions meet reality, and California gets serious about AI safety … again

This week on Equity, Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff unpack the biggest moves in AI, robotics, and regulation. Listen to the full episode to hear about: Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and all the casts. You…

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Meta CTO explains why the smart glasses demos failed at Meta Connect — and it wasn’t the Wi-Fi

Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth took to his Instagram to explain, in more technical detail, why multiple demos of Meta’s new smart glasses technology failed at Meta Connect, the company’s developer conference, this week. Meta on Wednesday introduced three new pairs of smart glasses, including an upgraded version of its existing Ray-Ban Meta, a…

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Dogecoin (DOGE), XRP Get ETFs. Crypto Traders Say ‘Meh:’ Crypto Daybook Americas

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The SEC, as market regulator, now couldn’t be more pro-crypto if it tried! On Thursday, a spot ETF tied to one of the least “serious” cryptocurrencies — dogecoin DOGE$0.2641 — debuted in the U.S. alongside payments-focused XRP. Unlike bitcoin BTC$115,583.79, ether (ETH) and stablecoins, which act…

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I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot

The BBC I joined on my first day of professional journalism – 40 years ago this week – is unrecognisable today. While, for most of its history, the corporation had largely defended the status quo, under the director general at the time, Alasdair Milne, its journalists were sometimes allowed to stick it to power. This,…

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