HP snaps up Humane
Published in IoT
19 February 2025

HP snaps up Humane


Customers left With $700 Paperweights

The maker of expensive printer ink, HP has stepped in to end the Humane AI Pin debacle, acquiring the struggling startup for $116 million—but with a major catch: the deal does not include Humane’s disastrous AI wearable business.

Anduril takes over Microsoft’s US Army Integrated Visual Augmentation System
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Vole retreats a little

Palmer Luckey’s start-up Anduril is set to take over managing and eventually manufacturing the US Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) from Microsoft.

Apple cancels advanced AR Glasses project
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Company “lacks vision.”

Fruity cargo cult Apple has given up on a project to develop advanced augmented reality (AR) glasses because users are not interested, and its development team “lacks vision.”

Apple shells out over borked batteries
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Overhyped watches were swell and not in a good way

Apple Watch owners who bought into the marketing hype around its first three generations may be entitled to some cash over their poor design.

Garmin smartwatches borked
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Timeless boot screen

Garmin smartwatch users are complaining that their watches are stuck in a never-ending boot screen featuring a so-called “blue triangle of death.”