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  • Meta Set to Release Four New VR Headsets by 2024, report says
    In today's top stories, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, plans to release four more VR headsets between now and 2024, according to a report Monday from The Information. In other news, The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that owns Wikipedia, said it will no longer accept cryptocurrency as a means of donating.
    4 min
  • Apple Watch Video Calling Is Coming to Wristcam
    In today's top stories, Wristcam, an Apple Watch Accessory Wristband Camera, Is Adding a Video Calling Feature. In other news, Snapchat creators will soon have a host of new camera and video editing tools at their fingertips with Director Mode.
    4 min
  • Amazon Records A Loss As Online Shopping Slows
    In today's top stories, Amazon's profits fell during the first quarter of 2022 in the wake of increasing costs and Netflix laid off workers at its Tudum fan website Thursday, a culling that comes less than five months after the streaming service launched the site.
    6 min
  • Snap's New Drone Pixy Will Take Photos and Videos From the Air
    In today's top stories, Snapchat has a new way for people to capture photos and videos: a flying camera drone called Pixy that fits in the palm of your hand. In other news, a fresh look at fossils uncovered decades ago is helping to fill out paleontologists' understanding of massive ocean-dwelling animals that thrived over 200 million years ago.
    7 min
  • Judge Denies Elon Musk's Bid to End 2018 Settlement With SEC
    In today's top stories, a federal judge denied Elon Musk's request to undo part of his 2018 settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that required oversight of some of his social media posts about Tesla. In other news, a trademark filing confirmed that the Google smartwatch will be the Pixel Watch.
    4 min
  • Elon Musk and Twitter Have a Deal
    In today's top stories, following lots of speculation and suspense, Twitter has accepted Tesla Chief Elon Musk's bid to buy the social media giant for $44 billion. In other news, Apple sent out warnings to developers recently, asking them to update their App Store apps or risk having them removed in the next month.
    4 min

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