Topic: international rollout
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Meta Halts Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Expansion
Meta has paused the international rollout of its Ray-Ban smart glasses to key markets like the UK and Canada due to overwhelming U.S. demand and limited inventory. The company is now focusing entirely on fulfilling existing U.S. orders, with waitlists extending into 2026, and has not set a new ti...
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OpenAI's Sora App Now Available on Android
OpenAI has launched the Sora video generation app for Android, making it available in key markets like the U.S., Japan, and Korea through the Google Play Store. A new "character cameos" feature introduces reusable digital avatars that users can integrate into their video projects for enhanced cre...
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Google Business Profiles 'What's Happening' Feature Expands
Google has expanded its "What's Happening" feature for Business Profiles to multi-location restaurants and bars in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, allowing them to showcase promotions and events prominently. The feature helps drive real-time foot traffic by automatically highlighting ...
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YouTube's 'Ask Studio' AI Simplifies Channel Analytics
YouTube has launched Ask Studio, an AI assistant within YouTube Studio that helps creators analyze channel performance and generate content ideas through a conversational chat interface. The tool focuses on three core areas: summarizing viewer comments and sentiment, interpreting analytics to hig...
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Apple Vision Pro Adoption Still Struggles, Report Finds
Apple's Vision Pro headset is struggling with low adoption, shipping only about 390,000 units in 2024 and facing a sharp projected decline to 45,000 in early 2025, far below iPhone sales. Key barriers include its high cost, physical discomfort, limited battery life, and a small library of native ...
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Amazon May Add Ads to Alexa+ Conversations
Amazon is considering adding ads to its next-gen voice assistant, Alexa+, to monetize the service, with early U.S. access granted and an international rollout planned. CEO Andy Jassy suggested multi-turn conversations could feature ads to boost revenue, aligning with efforts to make Alexa+ profit...
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Google Finance Adds AI Deep Search & Prediction Markets
Google Finance is launching new AI-powered features, including Deep Search for complex queries, prediction markets data, and enhanced real-time earnings tracking, initially available to Google Labs users. Deep Search uses advanced Gemini AI models to synthesize information from multiple sources f...
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Spotify Lets You Block Kids' Music From Your Recommendations
Spotify is introducing managed accounts for children under 13, available to Premium Family subscribers in countries like the US, UK, and Australia, offering a controlled, music-focused environment within the main app. Parents can filter explicit content, block specific songs or artists, and disab...
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Top Podcasts Leave YouTube for Netflix
Netflix is securing exclusive video podcast rights through a partnership with iHeartMedia, directly challenging YouTube's dominance by removing full episodes of popular shows like *My Favorite Murder* from YouTube. This move is part of Netflix's strategy to diversify its content and create a uniq...
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Apple Scales Back Vision Pro Amid Sluggish Sales
Apple has significantly scaled back Vision Pro production and marketing due to weak consumer demand, with analysts projecting only 45,000 new unit shipments in Q4 2025. The headset's high price, physical discomfort, and a limited library of native apps are cited as key reasons for its failure to ...
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