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• Apple's new Vision Pro hits stores Friday amid a wave of optimism from the company.
• The product costs $3,500, but sold out pretty much immediately.
• When asked about the price tag, Apple CEO said the device includes 5,000 patents. 

Apple's new mixed-reality headset's $3,500 price tag may be steep, but it accounts for the sheer amount of

• February 1 was the first day of Wayne LaPierre's retirement after 30 years at the helm of the NRA.
• Gun control and gun safety advocates said they were not sorry to see him go.
• "Disastrous and extreme," one advocate said of LaPierre's long tenure.

Thursday was longtime NRA leader Wayne LaPierre's first day of retirement after 30 years leading the gun-rights group.

He spent the day in

Thanks to new regulations, Apple is technically enabling the creation of alternative iPhone app stores in the European Union. But that doesn’t mean large developers like Meta will bite.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his company’s view on Apple’s new policies during Meta’s fourth-quarter earnings call on

Black History Month is that special time when video game companies try to show consumers how inclusive they are with special Black / African themed in-game cosmetics and messages of appreciation for the three or four Black employees they keep on staff at any one time.

In Halo’s case, it’s offering players a special set of armor shaders in colors and

io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is “A Sojourn in the Fifth City” by P H Lee. You can read the story below or listen to the podcast on LIGHTSPEED’s website. Enjoy!

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While the Nintendo Switch 2 is widely expected to drop this year, it’s anybody’s guess when. That means if you don’t want to wait to play games like the Mario vs. Donkey Kong demo and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the existing Switch lineup is

During Apple’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday afternoon, CEO Tim Cook mentioned that the company is working on generative AI software features that will make their way to customers “later this year.” That aligns with reporting from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who said recently that iOS 18 could be the “biggest” update in the operating

Reality Labs, Meta’s division for AR, VR and the metaverse, just had its best quarter yet despite continuing its multibillion-dollar losing streak. Reality Labs generated more than $1 billion in revenue during the final quarter of 2023 thanks to its Quest headsets and the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.

While crossing $1 billion in revenue is a new milestone for the company’s metaverse group, it’s

• Amazon is banking on an AI-powered assistant to help customers make better shopping decisions.
• The tool, called Rufus, will pull information from Amazon and the web to personalize experiences.
• Rufus will progressively roll out to US customers in the next few weeks. 

Amazon announced a new AI-powered shopping assistant called Rufus.

The idea