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Meta Horizon+ now includes more than 50 Xbox Game Pass titles at no extra cost, a free upgrade for subscribers and another reason for Quest owners to consider the service. Play time is limited, but the combined subscription still offers compelling value.

Claude Opus 5 appears to have leaked through Anthropic's own fallback system after a Fable 5 safeguard routed a conversation to "Opus 5 High," according to a screenshot circulating on X and in AI developer circles. The screenshot shows a Claude conversati

Remember the first time you put on a VR headset and realised you could turn your head and simply look around? Or the first time a motion controller made a virtual gun vaguely tangible in your hand? Perhaps it was your first encounter with mixed reality, a

Xreal's $299 a01+ AR glasses launch in the U.S. today, bringing a 147-inch virtual screen, 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10 Micro-OLED displays, and a lightweight 62-gram design to Xreal's new lower-cost X By Xreal brand. The post Xreal's new $299 AR glasses bri

Chinese AI models are gaining real usage among U.S. companies, and the reason is simple: price. CNBC reports that Chinese models from companies such as DeepSeek and Z.ai have accounted for more than 30% of OpenRouter traffic every week since February 8. A

pxpipe is an open-source local proxy that tries to make Claude Code cheaper by turning large blocks of text into PNG images before the request reaches Claude. The idea sounds ridiculous until you look at how image pricing works. Anthropic bills Claude ima

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is still betting that large language models will keep improving with more scale, and he thinks many AI researchers underestimated the idea for too long. Speaking at Stanford, Altman pushed back against critics who argue that LLMs are

Even Realities has already hit a $1 billion valuation, but the more interesting part is where its smart glasses are finding traction. The Shenzhen-based company is backed largely by Chinese-origin investors, yet more than half of its users are in the Unit

HTC's long decline appears to be slowing, but the company's future now depends on whether AI smart glasses, enterprise XR and VIVERSE can turn into a real business. HTC reported consolidated revenue of NT$292 million, or about $10 million, for June 2026.

Even Realities has raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation, giving the smart glasses market another serious player at a time when Meta, Snap,