Monthly Archives: October 2022

Don’t miss out on some all-time low prices for Amazon devices before October Prime Day ends tonight

When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Amazon’s second Prime Day is packed with savings on Amazon devices. Amazon; Insider If you’re hoping to do some early holiday shopping, then you’re in luck: Amazon is hosting another members-only shopping event this year, called the Prime Early Access Sale….

Microsoft’s Seeing AI app can scan the boxes of Advil, Theraflu and more to read out details

Microsoft has been gradually updating its Seeing AI app since its launch in 2017, expanding language support and general functionality over the years. Today, the company is announcing a new feature that would let Seeing AI read out detailed information when users scan the barcodes of products by healthcare company Haleon. The feature is rolling…

Carmack: “There’s a bunch that I’m grumpy about” in virtual reality

Enlarge / “This here, this isn’t really what I meant,” Carmack said of last year’s promise to attend this year’s Meta Connect conference in the metaverse. (credit: Meta) Last year, former Oculus CTO (and current company advisor) John Carmack threw down the gauntlet for Meta’s near-term metaverse plans. By the 2022 Meta Connect conference, Carmack…

Daily Crunch: Closed early-access product Relay raises $5M seed round to ‘tackle collaborative workflows’

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