Meta is investigating Quest 3 issues after controller tracking complaints Meta has yet to confirm the cause of the tracking issues, or provide a possible workaround. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The VergeMeta is investigating reports of tracking issues blighting its Quest 3 VR headset following user complaints that controller tracking performance is “much worse than the Quest 2” in some games. Over on the Meta community…

Elon Musk’s ‘everything app’ plan for X, in his own words Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Jerod Harris, Chesnot, Getty ImagesDuring an employee all-hands, Musk said that Twitter became X to replace YouTube, LinkedIn, FaceTime, dating apps, and even your bank. Continue reading…

M2 versus M3: how the new MacBook Pros compare Image: AppleIn addition to a new iMac, Apple announced new M3-powered versions of the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro during its “Scary Fast” event on Monday. The new laptops can be configured with either the M3, M3 Pro, or M3 Max chip, all of which should offer larger performance gains than the last-gen M2 chip. Each MacBook Pro is currently availa…

Match drops out of Google Play antitrust showdown Illustration: The VergeMatch Group and Google announced a settlement on Tuesday in Match’s lawsuit against the company. The last-minute decision leaves Google scheduled to go up against Fortnite publisher Epic Games alone in an antitrust trial that starts next week, with Epic alleging that Google Play’s payment policies are anticompetitive. Matc…

These might be the first photos of the slimmer new PS5 and original side-by-side The new PS5 (right) is a bit shorter than the original (left). | Image: @phantompainssThe launch of the slimmer PlayStation 5 is just weeks away, and one user seems to have already gotten their hands on the updated console. In a series of images posted to X (formerly Twitter), user @phantompainss shows how the updated console stacks against its …

Sam Bankman-Fried didn’t ask where the $8 billion went MFW my supervisees tell me to stop asking questions because it is distracting. | Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Bloomberg, Getty ImagesHis employees told him he ‘should stop asking questions because it was distracting.’ Continue reading…

YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers. The platform has “launched a global effort” to encourage users to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton says in a statement provided to The Verge. If you run into YouTube’s block, you may see a noti…

Watermarks aren’t the silver bullet for AI misinformation Photo by Demetrius Freeman / The Washington Post via Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence is a first-of-its-kind action from the government to tackle some of the technology’s greatest challenges — like how to identify if an image is real or fake. Among a myriad of other demands, the order, signed Monday, …

Tesla wins another court case by arguing fatal Autopilot crash was caused by human error Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeTesla was found not to be liable for the death of a Model 3 owner whose vehicle crashed while driving in Autopilot, a jury decided Tuesday. The case centered on a crash in California in 2019 in which a Tesla Model 3 veered off the road, crashing into a palm tree before catching fire. The crash killed the d…

Twitch ditches Switch Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The VergeTwitch is pulling the plug on its Nintendo Switch app; the streaming company is “ending support” for the app, according to a support page. It will be removing the app from the Nintendo eShop on November 6th and people who already have it downloaded will “lose access” on January 31st, 2024. Twitch launched it…

Deltarune’s next chapter is nearly finished Image: Toby FoxDeltarune fans, consider your bones trousled. On Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of Deltarune’s release, Undertale and Deltarune developer Toby Fox shared some wonderful news worthy of a spooky celebration. In a development update, Fox shared that Deltarune’s third chapter is “nearing completion” and outlined his plans for the game…

DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeDoorDash has added a pop-up in its app this week warning customers that orders with no tip might take longer to get delivered. Upon seeing the prompt in a since-deleted tweet on X, formerly Twitter, The Verge confirmed that if you enter $0 in the tip amount in the DoorDash app while placing an order, an ale…

Microsoft’s Windows 11 2023 Update arrives with Microsoft Teams changes Photo by Becca Farsace / The VergeMicrosoft is releasing its Windows 11 2023 Update today, which was originally supposed to be one of the biggest updates to Windows 11. But Microsoft went ahead and released a lot of the features in the Windows 11 2023 Update (23H2) a little early last month, including the new Windows Copilot, AI-powered updates …

Apple can’t quit Lightning The Magic Mouse continues to be a helpless turtle. | Image: Wes Davis / The VergeIt’s 2023, and I have a port complaint. Apple’s “Scary Fast” event came and went, and new M3-powered iMacs were born. Yet there was a curious tidbit the company didn’t mention: the Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Trackpad still have Lightning ports. In a USB-…

Google is officially trying to make .ing domains a th.ing Illustration: The VergeGoogle Registry is launching a new and really fun top-level domain: .ing. I am guessing you are already think.ing about some of the domains you might end up buy.ing. You can now register .ing domains as part of Google’s early access period, though you’ll have to pay “an additional one-time fee,” Google’s Christina Yeh wrot…

Silent Hill: Ascension is a streaming show with the frills of a multiplayer game Image: Genvid EntertainmentSilent Hill: Ascension has been billed not as a game but, rather, as an interactive streaming series. And now, ahead of the show’s premiere on Halloween night, we finally have some sense of what that means. Developer Genvid Entertainment has just released a new explainer video that, well, explains how Ascension will ac…

AI is on a collision course with music — Reservoir’s Golnar Khosrowshahi thinks there’s a way through Photo illustration by Alex Parkin / The VergeThe publisher behind the songwriting copyrights to some of the most popular music ever recorded doesn’t think AI spells doom for the industry. Continue reading…

Goodbye, Touch Bar, you held incredible promise Image: AppleThe Touch Bar was too ahead of its time. This happens occasionally. We finally reach the point we can make a really cool idea technologically feasible but not feasible enough for widespread adoption. Think 3D TVs or augmented reality headsets. The Touch Bar, which is no longer available on any Mac sold by Apple, was like that. A real…

Apple’s second-gen AirPods Pro with USB-C are matching their all-time low Apple’s latest pair of AirPods Pro are nearly identical to the last-gen model, though that’s not necessarily a bad thing. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeApple’s “Scary Fast” Mac event came and went with little mention of the company’s flagship wireless earbuds — or few other products, for that matter. That isn’t all that surprising given Appl…

A day in the life of a delivery robot Walk down Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, and you might stumble on something that seems out of place: a robot, about waist high, with headlights shaped like blinking eyes and its own name stenciled on the side. These robots are owned by Serve Robotics, a company that spun out of app-based delivery service Postmates about six years ago. For over a …