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Apple announced that 'Remnants,' directed by Ti West, will premiere Friday, October 16 as the first horror title in its Apple Immersive 180-degree video format, available exclusively through the Apple TV app on Vision Pro. The film is set inside a location called Woldmere Castle, and Apple released a teaser showing real viewers' reactions to the experience.
Engadget tested a pre-production Rivian R2, the smaller electric SUV sharing design DNA with the larger R1S, including a boxy body, flush door handles and pill-shaped headlights. The tested unit included off-road touches like built-in tow hooks, a roof rack mount, an optional tow package with a 7-pin connector, a 5.2-cubic-foot front trunk with a drain, and support for bi-directional V2L/V2H charging, though the charging adapter has not yet shipped.
Meta introduced Muse Wonder, an AI model internally codenamed Watermelon, designed to help its Muse personal agent complete real-world tasks like booking reservations without stalling. Access requires a $20 or $100 monthly subscription, and Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang said the model is trained to try alternate approaches rather than giving up when it hits obstacles.
Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to The Social Network earned only $5.5 million in its opening weekend, according to Variety, against a production budget estimated between $30 and $42 million. The film currently holds a 55% Rotten Tomatoes score and has drawn criticism on social media, a sharp contrast to The Social Network's $22 million debut.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded WindBorne Systems a contract worth up to $49 million for atmospheric data collected by its fleet of roughly 700 autonomous weather balloons. The deal, awarded without competitive bidding, lets the Air Force order data by region and time as needed, with $1.7 million in orders placed so far.
A traveler trekked to a remote shepherds' summer camp to observe traditional production of Tushuri guda, a feta-like cheese aged inside sheepskins and made using hand-milking with wooden pails. At season's end, they joined the shepherds on a roughly 130km (81-mile) descent back down the valley alongside a herd of 300 sheep.
Beats by Dre posted a teaser showing a silhouette of a Pill Bluetooth speaker accented with yellow lightning bolts, captioned 'Time to catch something new,' confirming a Pokémon collaboration. No release date or pricing for the themed version was announced, though the standard Beats Pill currently sells for $150.
Meta announced Muse Wonder, a new AI model it describes as state-of-the-art, saying it will make its Muse personal-assistant agent smarter. The launch comes as global downloads of the Muse agent have slowed.
Meta unveiled two new AI models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, which the company says deliver frontier-level capabilities. The models will be accessible via an API and through Muse Code, a coding tool, and the top version will power features across Meta's platforms including its Muse personal assistant. Meta says the largest model outperforms Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1, though it did not disclose training or architecture details.
Meta's Muse, an AI agent unveiled at Meta Connect, can send emails, book travel, fill out forms and make purchases on a user's behalf through a dedicated virtual machine. Meta said it will expand Muse to AI glasses, computer use and commerce connectors, and TechCrunch reported the company is also linking Muse to Slack, Canva, QuickBooks, Notion and Meta ad accounts for small businesses.
Direct admission programs, which offer college acceptance to students who meet set eligibility criteria without requiring an application, have been adopted statewide in 15 states as of December 2025, according to the National College Attainment Network. A peer-reviewed study of Idaho's program found it raised first-time undergraduate enrollment by 4-8%, mostly at two-year, open-access schools, but showed little to no increase in enrollment among Pell-eligible students.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that cybersecurity has become a fundamental business concern for small and medium-sized enterprises, not just an IT issue, as digital transformation expands both opportunity and exposure to attacks. The piece contends that most SMEs lack dedicated security teams and instead need practical, integrated guidance built into tools they already use daily.