John Routledge

Founder and owner of Technoshia.com - I'm an avid tech junkie, a lover of new gadgets and home automation. You will often find me reading, writing, and learning about new technologies. I've been featured in many leading technology magazines where I've written about my favorite topics.
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Meta’s Reality labs had its best quarter, but still lost more than $4 billion
02 Feb

Meta’s Reality labs had its best quarter, but still lost more than $4 billion

John RoutledgeLatest News
Reality Labs, Meta’s division for AR, VR and the metaverse, just had its best quarter yet despite continuing its multibillion-dollar losing streak. Reality Labs generated more than $1 billion in revenue during the final quarter of 2023 thanks to its Quest headsets and the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.While crossing $1 billion in revenue is a new milestone for the company’s…
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Snap is recalling its Pixy drone after battery fire
02 Feb

Snap is recalling its Pixy drone after battery fire

John RoutledgeLatest News
Snap is recalling all of its Pixy drones after four reports of its batteries overheating, according to the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The company says it will issue refunds to all drone owners who return the device.“Snap, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling the battery that comes with the Pixy Flying…
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Avatar visual effects workers vote to unionize
02 Feb

Avatar visual effects workers vote to unionize

John RoutledgeLatest News
A group of visual effects artists who work on the Avatar movies have voted to unionize. Fifty-seven out of 88 eligible VFX workers at TCF US Productions 27 (a Walt Disney Studios subsidiary) voted in favor of the union in a National Labor Relations Board election. Nineteen workers voted against the effort and two ballots were void.TCF US Productions 27…
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Niantic is bringing an AR skateboarding game to Apple Vision Pro
01 Feb

Niantic is bringing an AR skateboarding game to Apple Vision Pro

John RoutledgeLatest News
Pokémon Go creator Niantic is bringing an AR skateboarding game to the Apple Vision Pro mixed-reality headset. The company teamed up with Reality Crisis, another player in the AR gaming space, to create Rodney Mullen’s SKATRIX. For the uninitiated, Mullen is a professional skateboarder who is credited with creating a number of iconic tricks, including the ollie and the kickflip.This…
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Amazon launches Rufus, an AI-powered shopping assistant
01 Feb

Amazon launches Rufus, an AI-powered shopping assistant

John RoutledgeLatest News
Amazon launched a new generative AI shopping assistant, Rufus, on Thursday. The chatbot is trained on Amazon’s product catalog, customer reviews, community Q&As and “information from across the web.” It’s only available to a limited set of Amazon customers for now but will expand in the coming weeks.The company views the assistant as customers’ one-stop shop for all their shopping…
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Meta Quest headsets get spatial video playback, just in time for the Apple Vision Pro launch
01 Feb

Meta Quest headsets get spatial video playback, just in time for the Apple Vision Pro launch

John RoutledgeLatest News
Apple has made spatial video capture and playback a key selling point of its headset, but it won’t be the only device in town that can handle stereoscopic videos. Meta Quest virtual reality headsets are getting spatial video playback capabilities, perfectly timed to coincide with tomorrow’s Apple Vision Pro launch.You can upload spatial videos via the Meta Quest mobile app…
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Samsung Odyssey monitors are up to $1,000 off right now
01 Feb

Samsung Odyssey monitors are up to $1,000 off right now

John RoutledgeLatest News
If you’ve considered splurging on a premium monitor, Samsung has some deals worth investigating. The company’s offerings, including the 55-inch Odyssey Ark (available for a record-low $2,000), 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 ($500 off) and 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9 ($400 off) are among the models discounted in a wide-ranging monitor sale on Amazon and Samsung’s website.The 55-inch Odyssey Ark is a…
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