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marketwatch.com - Unity, Meta Extend Partnership to Support Virtual Reality Development
Unity, Meta Extend Partnership to Support Virtual Reality Development
MarketWatch

Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Unity Software are expanding their long-running partnership where Unity's game-development tools will continue to support Meta's virtual reality headsets. The two companies said Wednesday that they have renewed…

marketbeat.com - Promising Virtual Reality Stocks Worth Watching - April 8th
Promising Virtual Reality Stocks Worth Watching - April 8th
MarketBeat

OpenAI Shutters Sora: A Win for Meta Platforms Amid a Rocky Stretch Meta Platforms, zSpace, and The Glimpse Group are the three Virtual Reality stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Virtual reality stocks are shares…

gizmodo.com - Kyle Barr - Steam Gaming Has Arrived on Apple Vision Pro, and It's Unexpectedly Glorious
Steam Gaming Has Arrived on Apple Vision Pro, and It's Unexpectedly Glorious
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The next frontier for Apple Vision Pro is… gaming? I just played a bunch of PC games via Steam Link on Apple's “spatial computer” headset, and it works so well that it may be our first hint at a future for the Vision Pro as…

bbc.co.uk - Simon Thake - Sheffield DocFest announces 2026 line up
Sheffield DocFest announces 2026 line up
BBC

Oscar-winning director Andrea Arnold, actors Miriam Margolyes and Maxine Peake and naturalist Chris Packham will appear at Sheffield DocFest, it has been announced. The event will take place between 10 and 15 June with the theme Realities in…

businessinsider.com - BI Staff - Companies laying off staff this year include Meta, Amazon, and Oracle - see the list
Companies laying off staff this year include Meta, Amazon, and Oracle - see the list
Business Insider

Amazon said in January that it is eliminating around 16,000 corporate roles globally. This marks its second round of mass layoffs since October, when the tech and retail giant shed 14,000 roles. Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people…

flyingmag.com - Meg Godlewski - FAA Gives Stakeholders More Time to Comment on Flight Training Revamp
FAA Gives Stakeholders More Time to Comment on Flight Training Revamp
FLYING Magazine

The FAA has extended the response window to May 11 for comments on the proposed plan to modernize the regulations for Part 141 flight training. The 471-page proposal, drafted by the National Flight Training Alliance (NFTA), was released April 1…

benzinga.com - Lekha Gupta - Why Is Unity Software Stock Gaining Wednesday? - Unity Software (NYSE:U)
Why Is Unity Software Stock Gaining Wednesday? - Unity Software (NYSE:U)
Benzinga

Under the renewed agreement, Unity will continue to support Meta's virtual reality platform, strengthening its position as a core development engine behind many of Meta's leading VR applications. The companies said the partnership aims to simplify…

nme.com - Ali Shutler - PlayStation wants you to star in its games
PlayStation wants you to star in its games
NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News

PlayStation has announced a new contest called The Playerbase which could see you starring in a hit video game. READ MORE: How ‘Life Is Strange's main character became its charming indie rock soundtrack “You've been part of our…

indianexpress.com - Maulshree Seth - Why Yogi govt pushes for new Ambedkar memorial in Lucknow ahead of 2027 polls
Why Yogi govt pushes for new Ambedkar memorial in Lucknow ahead of 2027 polls
The Indian Express

Unlike the existing memorial, which is largely a monumental site, the new complex is being designed as an “activity-based campus” with a focus on public engagement and academic work around Ambedkar's ideas. At the centre of the campus…

pcmag.com - The $70 Billion Delusion: Why Zuckerberg's Metaverse Was Dead on Arrival
The $70 Billion Delusion: Why Zuckerberg's Metaverse Was Dead on Arrival
PCMag

When Meta unveiled Horizon Worlds in 2021, it billed the platform as the future of the internet—a sprawling virtual playground where work, play, and social life would merge in VR. I saw it differently: a high-tech tool for social domination…

screenrant.com - Dhruv Sharma - Apple TV's New Sci-Fi Based On A Seminal Cyberpunk Book Is The Perfect Black Mirror Successor
Apple TV's New Sci-Fi Based On A Seminal Cyberpunk Book Is The Perfect Black Mirror Successor
ScreenRant

One of Apple TV 's most exciting sci-fi shows will be based on a seminal cyberpunk book. A closer look at its source material makes it hard not to see how the upcoming Apple TV sci-fi series could serve as the perfect follow-up to Black Mirror.

247wallst.com - Gerelyn Terzo - Live Nasdaq Composite: Tech Stocks Soar, Oil Falls on Long-Awaited Mideast Ceasefire Deal
Live Nasdaq Composite: Tech Stocks Soar, Oil Falls on Long-Awaited Mideast Ceasefire Deal
24/7 Wall St

Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Stocks rallied broadly following a two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement, with oil prices falling to the lower $90s per barrel and tech leaders Nvidia (NVDA), Alphabet (GOOGL), and…

247wallst.com - Joey Frenette - 2 Stocks I'd Add to the Shopping Cart for the Agentic Commerce Revolution
2 Stocks I'd Add to the Shopping Cart for the Agentic Commerce Revolution
24/7 Wall St

Agentic commerce or AI shopping may shift the e-commerce scene in a profound way. Of course, it's hard to tell just how the future of e-tail will be shaped by the rise of AI agents and whether online shoppers will be quick to embrace the…

indianexpress.com - Nitendra Pal Singh - UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology MCQs on VitalID, Low Earth Orbit, Scramjet engine and more (Week 157)
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology MCQs on VitalID, Low Earth Orbit, Scramjet engine and more (Week 157)
The Indian Express

3. It has been designed primarily for extended reality environments. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Relevance: Topics like VitalID reflect the growing importance of emerging authentication technologies. The emerging…

marketbeat.com - Kopin (KOPN) Expected to Announce Earnings on Thursday
Kopin (KOPN) Expected to Announce Earnings on Thursday
MarketBeat

Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN - Get Free Report) will likely be posting its Q4 2025 results before the market opens on Thursday, April 16th. Analysts expect Kopin to post earnings of ($0.0150) per share and revenue of $12.9770 million for the quarter.

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