AI agent hacks government website for first time: why this breach matters

Researchers say this is the first instance of a frontier AI model breaching another country’s government systems. Although no personal health data are thought to have been accessed, the breach is the latest in a series…

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AlphaFold ‘goes viral’: database adds protein complexes of common viruses

Researchers added more than 8,000 virus protein dimers — pairs of interacting molecules — to the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database on 24 September. The resource contains predictions of the 3D structure of proteins…

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Daily briefing: Will AI really be the death of us all?

A close-up of the lutetium clock’s interior, which is the world’s most accurate timekeeper. Credit: Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore Lutetium clock is the best timekeeper ever Physicists…

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Meta's new holographic avatars are here and they're surprisingly real

That's how far the company's avatar technology has come in the last couple years. Meta announced at Connect that it's bringing its holographic avatars to its new VR glasses and to the Meta Ray-Ban Display frames. I got…

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Meta is trying VR glasses (again), this time with more IMAX

At its Connect event on Wednesday, the company announced Meta VR Glasses, its newest entry into the VR market, which will be available next spring starting at $1,299.99. These glasses actually seem quite promising…

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I tried Meta’s new Ray-Ban Gen 3 — cooler, leaner, smarter but privacy questions may linger

Alongside the much-anticipated Meta Ray-Ban Audio glasses, which skip cameras entirely and come in two styles, Clubmaster and Burbank, there's also the next generation of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. Like the previous…

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Meta Ray-Ban Display getting feature updates including holographic avatar support

One of the notable changes coming to the device is support for a holographic avatar while taking calls. Since calls via smart glasses mean the wearer's face isn't visible to whomever they're chatting with, this feature…

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Meta's $1,300 VR Glasses look like the Vision Pro sequel Apple should be making

Arriving in Spring 2027, they look like oversized sunglasses (similar to display frames from Xreal and other), paired with an external power and computing pod, like the Apple Vision Pro. The Meta VR Glasses also have…

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Meta VR Glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Audio, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3: Specs, Features, Prices

At its Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced all the new glasses the company is putting out into the world. Its popular Meta Ray-Ban glasses are now in their third generation, but two new models…

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Meta introduces camera-free AI glasses

Designed to combat criticism around the more malicious use cases for AI glasses, which saw them nicknamed “pervert glasses” by some, the new devices will be audio-only, offering the ability to listen to music and…

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