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Apple’s uploaded a full guided tour of the Vision Pro onto YouTube. I had an in-person demo earlier this week, and this video is sort of like a speed-run of many of the things that I saw. (I also got to see the butterfly land on my finger.) Granted, this is an even more controlled setting but you get a sense of the interface and some of the things you can do.

The OpenAI CEO said during an event in Davos this week that “We still don’t appreciate the energy needs of this technology,” which is expected to consume an enormous amount of electricity as it matures. “There’s no way to get there without a breakthrough. We need [nuclear] fusion or we need like radically cheaper solar plus storage or something at massive scale,” Altman said.

91Mobiles has a render of what might just be the first smartphone from HMD Global to be branded as an HMD, rather than a Nokia, device. HMD Global CEO Jean-Francois Baril announced the new initiative last year, adding that the company plans to continue releasing Nokia phones alongside its HMD-branded devices.

As preorders opened for Apple’s new headset, Tim Cook posted this video showing shots of mostly-automated production steps involved in building the Vision Pro.

The automaker says it’s reducing production of the F-150 Lightning as expected EV sales in 2024 are “less than anticipated.” It’s shifting workers to its facilities working on the gas-powered Ranger and Bronco instead.

The trailblazing Dutch e-bike brand that went vanpoof last year is slowly delivering upon promises made by new owner McLaren Applied. Parts are limited, and right now only eight service center partners have been named for all of the Netherlands and Germany, but it’s a start with more parts and countries to come.

The cuts, which amount to 13 percent of the company, were announced today. Wayfair previously laid off 1,750 people almost exactly a year ago.

Japan’s space agency JAXA is attempting a soft landing of its Moon Sniper mission. After alighting, the lander will eject SORA-Q, a transforming robot roughly the size of a baseball that was made with the help of toy company Takara Tomy.