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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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Meta’s AI assistant has always been the most intriguing feature of its second-generation Ray-Ban smart glasses. While the generative AI assistant had fairly limited capabilities when the glasses launched last fall, the addition of real-time information and multimodal capabilities offered a range of new possibilities for the accessory.

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Meta AI can now talk in celebrity voices.
  • Meta AI now includes visual and voice capabilities, Meta announced Wednesday at its Connect event.
  • The chatbot can now edit photos you share and answer questions about what's in them.
  • The chatbot can also talk to you in celebrity voices like John Cena's and Keegan-Michael Key's.

Meta AI has moved beyond typing — the chatbot can now see and speak.

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Meta just revealed the budget-friendly Quest 3S VR headset at its annual Connect keynote event, but it also made a sad announcement about some of its previous headsets. The company will stop selling both the Quest 2 and the Quest Pro by the end of the year.

“With Quest 3S on the shelf, we’re officially winding down sales of Quest 2 and Pro. We’ll be selling our remaining headsets through the end



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Donald Trump is shielded by Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July.
  • A Senate report laid out Secret Service failures prior to Trump's assassination attempt.
  • The agency failed to plan, communicate, and coordinate, the report said.
  • The Secret Service told BI it had begun implementing many of the committee's suggested fixes.

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