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Meta Connect 2025: VR still underwhelms; will smart glasses alternatively thrive?
For at least as long as Meta’s been selling conventional “smart” glasses (with partner EssilorLuxottica, whose eyewear brands include the well-known Oakley and Ray-Ban), rumors suggested that the two companies would sooner or later augment them with lens-integrated displays. The idea wasn’t far-fetched; after all, Google Glass had one (standalone, in this case) way back…
Taiwan Excellence at Taiwan Expo 2025: Smart Living, Smarter Electronics
– Advertisement – Taiwan stands as a pivotal force in the global technology landscape, a true beacon of innovation and a key player in the electronics supply chain. More than just a mark of quality, Taiwan Excellence represents a commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology to create a better life for everyone. At its…
The Best Digital Notebooks and Smart Pens, According to Our To-Do List Addict
Comparing Our Favorite Digital Notebooks Our Favorite Smart Pens Neo Smartpen M1+ for $129: Skip the tablet and write directly on paper with a smart pen instead. The Neo Smartpen M1+ is the thinnest and lightest of all the pens I tried, which makes it feel a bit more like your standard pen. Importantly, it’s…
Here are the best smart locks you can buy right now
A smart lock is an easy solution to some common problems. Locked yourself out? Need to let a friend in to water the plants? Your latchkey kid lost their key? Hands are full, and it’s raining cats and dogs? A smart lock solves all of these problems and more. One of the best smart home…
The Smart Ring: Passing fad, or the next big health-monitoring thing?
The battery in my two-year-old first-gen Pixel Watch generally—unless I use GPS and/or LTE data services heavily—lasts 24 hours-plus until it hits the 15%-left Battery Saver threshold. And because sleep quality tracking is particularly important to me, I’ve more or less gotten in the habit of tossing it on the charger right before dinner, for…
How to Streamline Your Game Development Process: 4 Smart Solutions
Development teams worldwide spend countless hours wrestling with the same persistent challenges: tight deadlines, resource constraints, and the ever-present pressure to deliver polished games that meet rising player expectations. Yet some studios consistently ship high-quality titles on schedule while others struggle with delays, budget overruns, and technical debt that haunts projects for months. The difference…
This “smart coach” helps LLMs switch between text and code
Large language models (LLMs) excel at using textual reasoning to understand the context of a document and provide a logical answer about its contents. But these same LLMs often struggle to correctly answer even the simplest math problems. Textual reasoning is usually a less-than-ideal way to deliberate over computational or algorithmic tasks. While some LLMs…
Ikea goes all in on Matter smart homes
Ikea is relaunching its smart home line in a move that will make its low-cost products work with other brands, with or without Ikea’s own hub. Starting in January, the Swedish furniture giant will release more than 20 new Matter-over-Thread smart lights, sensors, and remotes with “more new product types and form factors to come,”…
4 smart TV set up mistakes I see far too often
Summary Spend some time finding an ideal TV location that minimizes reflections and avoids neck strain. Check that you have all the necessary cables beforehand, and when you plug them in, label and organize them. Give yourself at least a few minutes to adjust TV calibration settings. Disable motion smoothing right away to prevent the…
“If An EV Manufacturer Wants To Make A Smart Connected Vehicle, We Help Them Transform Their Traditional Products”
– Advertisement – What if a conventional product could become an IoT-enabled device without the many months of development? Anedya Systems, an Ahmedabad-based startup, has this answer. The firm builders, Chinmaya Mahanta and Markand P Pathak, share with EFY’s Nitisha their journey of innovation, from hardware to cloud. Q. What is Anedya? A. Anedya simplifies…