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You can finally ask a question and get the answer in John Cena's voice.

Mark Zuckerberg announced at the Meta Connect 2024 developer conference that Meta's AI assistant, Meta AI, can respond back to questions you ask out loud on Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Facebook.

These voice responses, Zuckerberg said, will be "one of if not the most frequent ways we interact with AI." And it'll answer



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Meta just announced an intriguing tool that uses AI to automatically dub Reels into other languages, complete with lip-sync. This feature was revealed at the annual Meta Connect livestream event and was introduced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg showed this off during the keynote, and everything seemed to work flawlessly. The technology not only translates the content, according to Meta, but



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Mark Zuckerberg wore an apparently custom shirt at Meta Connect 2024. We deciphered what it means.
  • Mark Zuckerberg wore a custom T-shirt with the Latin phrase "AUT ZUCK AUT NIHIL" at Meta Connect.
  • It's a play on "aut Caesar aut nihil," which means "either a Caesar or nothing." (Or: "all or nothing.")
  • It's not the first time Zuck's worn a custom Latin shirt.

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Alongside the Quest 3S and AI updates, we got a glimpse of Meta's future at Meta Connect. After teasing the device several times in recent months, the company finally gave the world a proper look at its "full holographic" augmented reality glasses, which it's currently calling Orion. Meta is packing a lot of tech into those chunky frames, which aren't coming to market just yet.

The company first



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Meta debuted its new, cheaper headset during its Connect event on Wednesday. Dubbed the Meta Quest 3S, the company promised it has great performance despite the lower price.

Mark Zuckerberg himself announced the Quest 3S at the Meta Connect event. It costs $299.99, which is a steep discount on the newly reduced-price $499.99 Meta Quest 3 or $999.99 Meta Quest Pro.

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Nirmala Sequeira, 71, loves her five grandkids but doesn't babysit them.
  • Grandmother of five Nirmala Sequeira, never babysits them. It gives her freedom to enjoy retirement.
  • The 71-year-old said her adult kids "wouldn't dream" of asking her to watch their children.
  • She says she doesn't feel obliged or guilty because she has already done her duty as a parent.

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I tried Meta's Orion computer glasses, and they are very cool.
  • Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled Orion, Meta's new augmented-reality glasses.
  • Lots of people think these kinds of glasses could be the future of computing — as powerful as an iPhone, but something you can wear on your head.
  • But Meta says these are too expensive for the mass market. It will take years to make them smaller and cheaper.

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We had the chance to test out Meta's Orion AR glasses at Meta Connect prior to Mark Zuckerberg's on-stage reveal. Here's how they work, what we loved about them, and what still needs work.



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A medical radiology technician prepares a CT scan of mummified remains.
  • Technology has revolutionized the way we see mummified remains from ancient Egypt. 
  • With CT scans, Egyptologists can see remains in unprecedented detail without unwrapping them.
  • Here are eight recent findings using this technology that changed the way we think of mummies.

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