The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Apple's Vision Pro team reportedly refocusing on a cheaper headset, Meta launching a new "Wearables" organization, a new AI company startup from former OpenAI chief scientist, and a whole lot more tech news.

Further reading:

Apple’s new hands-free unlocking feature won’t work with existing smart locks
Apple’s fancy new CarPlay will only work wirelessly
Android’s AirTag competitors are off to a poor start.
This universal remote wants to control your smart home sans hub
The Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptops
The Beats Solo Buds have a great look and an even better price
Xreal’s new Beam Pro is an Android tablet designed to work with your AR glasses
Apple’s Vision Pro team is reportedly focused on building a cheaper headset
Meta forms new Wearables group and lays off some employees
OpenAI’s former chief scientist is starting a new AI company
Perplexity continues to piss off publishers.
An AI video tool just launched, and it’s already copying Disney’s IP
Anthropic has a fast new AI model — and a clever new way to interact with chatbots
AIs are coming for social networks
TikTok ads may soon contain AI avatars of your favorite creators
McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now
Nvidia overtakes Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company
US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel
Tech CEOs are hot now, so workers are hiring $500-an-hour fashion consultants

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