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The Apple Vision Pro is widely regarded as one of the most impressive virtual and mixed reality devices available. But with a $3,499 starting price, they're also out of reach for most folks. So Apple has been working on a lower-cost model that's also supposed to be lighter weight and more comfortable to wear.
But a new report suggests that Apple is putting that project on hold so it can shift resources to smart glasses in an effort to avoid ceding ground to Meta, which has been selling audio-only glasses for the past few years and recently introduced its first model with a display. It could be a few years before we see (or hear) the results, but this wouldn't be the first time Apple was late to the party – the company didn't make the first portable media player, smartphone, or tablet. But the iPod, iPhone, and iPad all eventually became major players in each of those spaces.
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Apple has been working on a cheaper version of Vision Pro, but is no w said to be shifting resources to wok on smart glasses to compete with Meta's. The first could be audio-only glasses set to launch in 2027, followed in 2028 with a version that has a display. www.bloomberg.com/news/article…
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AI company Perplexity launched a web browser called Comet in July, but at the time it was only available for $200/month subscribers. Now it's free for everyone. It's a desktop-only browser for now, but mobile versions are coming. www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/com…
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— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Raspberry Pi hardware supports a pretty wide range of operating systems, but its makers offer an official Raspberry Pi OS that's based on Debian Linux. The latest is based on Debian 13 "trixie" and brings a new theme and Control Centre application. www.raspberrypi.com/news/trixie-…
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— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As announced earlier this year, Typepad is now "closed for business," bringing an end to one of the early blogging platforms. User data is no longe r accessible and "all of the blog data will be purged." www.typepad.com
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— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Amazon's new Fire TV Stick 4K Select runs a new operating system called Vega OS. Not all developers have ported their apps to the platform yet though, so Amazon will host Android apps in the cloud and stream them to the stick over the internet. www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-veg…
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