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At a critical moment, Snap loses a top Specs exec

As Snap readies the public release of its long-awaited VR glasses, one of the key executives on the project has left the company.

Second and last chance for innovators to win scaling perks: Belden extends nomination window

Last day to nominate for the 2026 Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award has been extended through February 27. Don’t miss your chance to win scaling perks.

Freeform raises $67M Series B to scale up laser AI manufacturing 

“I think we’re the only quote-unquote manufacturing company out there that has H200 clusters in a data center on site.”

Google debuts $499 Pixel 10a

The smartphone is available for preorder now with shipments starting March 5.  It comes in Lavender, Berry, Fog, and Obsidian.

India’s Sarvam wants to bring its AI models to feature phones, cars and smart glasses

The company is using edge models that take up only megabytes of space, can run on most phones with existing processors, and can work offline.

How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months

The reason why this nascent startup had VCs lining up is the founders.They are so famed in the AI world, everyone tried to hire them.

Nothing opens its first retail store in India

The two-story location will sell products from Nothing and the more affordable, mass-market brand CMF.

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims

The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people and get information about them via Meta’s AI assistant.

YouTube finally launches a dedicated app for Apple Vision Pro

When Apple Vision Pro first came out two years ago, YouTube hesitated to release a dedicated app. Today is the day they officially launch one.