Meta launches two new Ray-Ban glasses designed for prescription wearers
Meta says these glasses are the most comfortable ones it has ever designed, as they’re made for all-day comfort.
Desalination plants in the Middle East are increasingly vulnerable
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. As the conflict in Iran has escalated, a crucial resource is under fire: the desalination technology that supplies water across much of the region. In early…
The company behind ClassPass and Mindbody just got a lot bigger with a $7.5B merger
The merger is a sign that the fitness industry is continuing to move toward consolidation to compete at a larger scale. Recent moves include MyFitnessPal acquiring Cal AI, an AI calorie counting app, and Strava buying two apps: cycling app The Breakaway and running app Runna.
Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early stage AI startups
Runway is launching a $10 million fund and startup program to back companies building with its AI video models, as it pushes toward interactive, real-time “video intelligence” applications.
Your Team Doesn’t Need a ‘Work Family’ — It Needs This System That Holds Up When It Counts
If calling your company a “family” feels good, wait until you miss a number — real cultures aren’t built on sentiment, but on clarity, ownership and how teams perform when it counts.
Waymo starts robotaxi services at San Antonio International Airport
It’s the fourth airport Waymo is serving, adding to Phoenix Sky Harbor, San Francisco, and San Jose International airports.
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Thieves Break Off 400,000 Pieces of KitKat Bars in a Major Heist. Nestlé’s Reaction Was Surprising.
Twelve tons of chocolate bars vanished after leaving a factory in Italy, but Nestlé had a good sense of humor about it.
Speechify’s Windows app uses local models for transcription and dictation
Speechify just launched a native Windows app that employs locally stored models to enable dictation and transcription across apps.
With its new app store, Ring bets on AI to go beyond home security
Ring’s app store will allow the company to target broader use cases beyond security, like elder care or business needs.
The Download: AI health tools and the Pentagon’s Anthropic culture war
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. There are more AI health tools than ever—but how well do they work? In the last few months alone, Microsoft, Amazon, and OpenAI have all launched medical chatbots. There’s a clear demand…