Eye tests are an important part of life, but they aren’t always the most convenient things to work into your schedule. It’s an issue Eyebot thinks it has solved with its kiosk, which shrinks the time taken from 20 minutes to closer to three minutes. Plus, you don’t need to book an appointment where an optician will lean too close in to your face while trial and error-ing corrective lenses. As mundane as a subject as a visit to the eye doctor is, this device could have some fairly massive ramifications. And, having tested it, I can certainly see the benefits.

Apple is unlikely to adopt a 200-megapixel camera sensor for the iPhone 18 lineup, despite recent speculation about a major resolution jump. Instead, the company appears to be focusing on mechanical improvements to its existing 48-megapixel system while quietly evaluating new sensing technologies behind the scenes.

Movie theater chains are bringing their opposition to any sale of Warner Bros. to Capitol Hill.

“We are deeply concerned that this acquisition of Warner Bros. by Netflix will have a direct and irreversible negative impact on movie theaters around the world,” Cinema United, the largest trade organization representing exhibitors, said in written remarks sent on Wednesday to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust as it is set to hold a hearing on the potential acquisition of Warner Bros.

WhatsApp just rolled out some upgrades to group chats. Perhaps the most interesting is the addition of member tags, which lets users give themselves a tag that’s customized for a specific group.

Meta gives examples of a user assigning themself the role of a dad in one chat and a soccer goalkeeper in another. This could actually be pretty useful to people who use WhatsApp group chats to role play as characters, organize fantasy sports leagues and other stuff like that.

ZZ Top have confirmed that they were offered millions by Gillette to share off their beards, but ultimately turned it down.

The band have become famed for their elaborate facial hair over the years, with all of the members – ironically barring drummer Frank Beard – sporting extremely long beards.

For years now, there has been an ongoing rumour that frontman Billy Gibbons and co. turned down a hefty sum of money to shave off their distinctive beards, and in a new interview, the singer has confirmed that it’s true.