VEX Robotics hosts ‘Bots at Bristol’ tournament for middle schools

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) — Vex Robotics hosted a competition on Saturday at the Bristol Motor Speedway called “Bots at Bristol,” featuring 64 middle school teams that gathered to compete for a top spot.
TechCrunch

Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better

Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as many as 1,000 employees. Now, in a development that seems directly related, the ...
Engadget

LinkedIn will let you show off your vibe coding expertise

LinkedIn is making vibe coding skills a more prominent part of user profiles. (LinkedIn) LinkedIn has long been a platform for showing off professional accomplishments. Now, the company is leaning ...
Forbes

Developers Use AI Coding Tools To Get Started, Not Finish The Job

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Developers don’t trust AI. A recent report from UC San Diego and Cornell titled ...
ZDNet

I tried vibe coding an app as a beginner - here's what Cursor and Replit taught me

Tools such as Cursor can go a long way toward simplifying code setup. There's still a lot of work to refine the results. Conceiving an app's goals and how to get there is the hidden gotcha of AI ...
Forbes

Virtuix Takes VR Locomotion Public With Nasdaq Debut

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Virtuix, the Austin based maker of the Omni multi-directional VR treadmills, will begin ...
Tom's Guide

Meta abandoning VR is 'obviously false,' according to Oculus founder, but Meta's own actions scream the opposite

For the fastest way to join Tom's Guide Club enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all the latest news. By submitting your ...
Futurism

Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg’s Vision Fails

After years of failing to produce a profitable augmented reality platform, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is pounding one of the final nails into the coffin of its metaverse efforts — the ones that were once ...
THE WEEK

Claude Code: Anthropic’s wildly popular AI coding app

ChatGPT may be the best-known artificial intelligence chatbot on the market, but the latest iteration of AI startup Anthropic’s coding bot, Claude Code, is newly entering the spotlight. By simplifying ...
Road to VR

Sleeper Hit ‘UG’ Has Become One of Quest’s Most Popular and Top Earning Games in Less Than 6 Months

While a flurry of VR studio cuts and closures in the last 12 months has painted a picture of a deeply struggling landscape for VR developers, modern Quest success stories have largely flown under the ...
TechCrunch

LinkedIn will let you show off your vibe-coding chops with a certificate

Finally, a way to prove to your LinkedIn followers that you’re proficient in vibe coding. LinkedIn announced a new partnership on Wednesday allowing users to display official certifications in AI ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...