The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Apple's Vision Pro team reportedly refocusing on a cheaper headset, Meta launching a new "Wearables" organization, a new AI company startup from former OpenAI chief scientist, and a whole lot more tech news.
Further reading:

Apple’s new hands-free unlocking feature won’t work with existing smart locks

Apple’s fancy new CarPlay will only work wirelessly

Android’s AirTag competitors are off to a poor start.

This universal remote wants to control your smart home sans hub

The Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptops

The Beats Solo Buds have a great look and an even better price

Xreal’s new Beam Pro is an Android tablet designed to work with your AR glasses

Apple’s Vision Pro team is reportedly focused on building a cheaper headset

Meta forms new Wearables group and lays off some employees

OpenAI’s former chief scientist is starting a new AI company

Perplexity continues to piss off publishers.

An AI video tool just launched, and it’s already copying Disney’s IP

Anthropic has a fast new AI model — and a clever new way to interact with chatbots

AIs are coming for social networks

TikTok ads may soon contain AI avatars of your favorite creators

McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now

Nvidia overtakes Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company

US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel

Tech CEOs are hot now, so workers are hiring $500-an-hour fashion consultants


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