The Meta glassholes have arrived Quest 3 in an elevator. | Video: @kukurio59 (TikTok)It’s happening: people are once walking into public places wearing a video-recording face computer on their heads. Only this time, the faceputer is sold by Meta, not Google. Say hello to Meta’s Glassholes. OK don’t be mad. But someone had to do it.walked into a cafe in mixed reality pic.twitt…

Disney’s Gargoyles may live again — for real this time Image: DisneyGargoyles, one of Disney’s weirdest and best ’90s cartoon experiments, is coming back. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Gary Dauberman and James Wan, who also made the whole Annabelle series of scary movies, are adapting the series as a live-action show for Disney Plus. Dauberman will write, executive produce, and showrun th…

Biden campaign joins Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden’s reelection campaign launched its own account on former President Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, on Monday, as first reported by Fox News. “Well. Let’s see how this goes. Converts welcome!” the campaign wrote in its first post to the platform on Monday under the ha…

The New York Times now offers daily hints for its Connections word game Monday’s puzzle was rough — I should have looked at the new hints first. | Image: The New York TimesThe New York Times will now offer daily hints for Connections, its delightful yet sometimes frustrating daily word game. In Connections, you’re tasked with finding four sets of associations between 16 words. Each “solution” groups four words toget…

Netflix tests streaming games to US TVs to take on PlayStation and Xbox Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeNetflix is expanding its games streaming beta to the US, the company announced in an update to a blog post. The feature, which lets you play games streamed from the cloud on devices like your TV or a computer, launched first in August in Canada and the UK. In the blog post, Netflix notes that it’s a “limit…

The Portland Retro Gaming Expo helps keep the classics alive “Sega had their own console?” That was a devastating comment I heard as I sat playing Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on a Sega Genesis Mini at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo (PRGE) this weekend. The Sonic games on Genesis were my favorites as a kid; one time, I played so much Sonic that I peed my pants. How could this person not know about Sega consoles? …

How Beeper is trying to make sense of all your messaging apps Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeMy phone is absolutely littered with messages. I have a mess of messaging apps: Messages, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, GroupMe, Google Chat, Discord, Slack, Messenger, and Snapchat. Then there are all the apps that aren’t necessarily for messaging but still offer it as a feature, like LinkedIn and Instagram…

About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeOne of the worst tech labor years ever continues with the news that roughly half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off. Bandcamp employees are reporting the news via social media. about half the company was laid off today. some of the most incredible people i’ve ever worked with, including two of my a…

WhatsApp turns on passwordless logins with passkeys for Android users Illustration: The VergeWhatsApp users on Android can say goodbye to insecure and annoying SMS two-factor authentication. The Meta-owned company announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it’s rolling out support for a passwordless passkey feature to all Android users. The new security option allows WhatsApp users to use their device’s face, fingerpr…

Twitch adds stories to its mobile app Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeTwitchCon Las Vegas is set to begin later this week. In advance of the festivities, Twitch has announced that it’s rolling out a new stories feature to the Twitch mobile app. “By building stories into the Twitch experience, we’ve made it easier for you to reach your community directly on Twitch,” wrote sen…

What is Wi-Fi 7 — and do you even need it? Image: The VergeTime to gird your browsers, y’all — Wi-Fi is getting another upgrade very soon. That’s right: about four years after Wi-Fi 6 debuted and two years after Wi-Fi 6E followed it up, Wi-Fi 7 is picking up the baton. And as someone who got his start reviewing routers, I am so tired. Okay, but seriously — Wi-Fi 7 could be an even bigger…

LinkedIn lays off hundreds of employees for the second time this year Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesLinkedIn is laying off about 668 employees across various teams, the Microsoft-owned company announced on Monday. It’s the second time LinkedIn has announced cuts this year; it laid off 716 employees in May, saying at the time that the move was meant to “re-organize for greater agility and growth.” This ti…

Epic is offering a big incentive for developers to bring older games to its store Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeEpic Games announced a new program on Monday to try and incentivize developers to bring their older games to the Epic Games Store. Under the new “Now On Epic” program, Epic will give developers 100 percent of the “net revenue from user spending” for six months on products offered through the program, accord…

Pokémon Go’s new Party Play feature will turn groups of friends into raid-crushing teams Pokémon Go’s latest set of features aren’t quite the fixes that players have been begging Niantic for, but they will give trainers new ways to compete and team up as they dig into a spooky season of shadowy raids. After a little bit of teasing toward the end of last week, Niantic has officially announced the arrival of Pokémon Go’s Party Play, a…

The Google antitrust trial has been frustratingly locked down — the NYT just filed a motion to open it up Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYou would barely know Google is in the middle of one of the most consequential antitrust trials in decades right now. Although some important witnesses have testified in open court and documents have been posted online after a delay, access to the trial is still uncertain and sporadic because Judge Amit Meh…

Disney courts TikTokers with a card game and quizzes TikTok’s promotional art for its Disney hub. | Image: TikTokDisney is partnering with TikTok to promote its movies and TV shows through a dedicated hub filled with clips, quizzes, and a collectible card game. It’s the first time that TikTok has created a branded space like this for a partner, and it’s being used to promote Disney’s titles as the…

Roborock’s S-series hybrid robot vacuums are up to $290 off The Roborock S7 may be a last-gen model, but it’s still a great hybrid robovac that’s now more affordable. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The VergeEven with last week’s Amazon Prime Day behind us, it remains a pretty good time to buy a robot vacuum — especially if you’d like one that can mop your floors. The last-gen Roborock S7 hybrid rob…

Volvo’s EX30 with Google built-in passes new EU speed limit warning requirements Image: VolvoVolvo’s EX30 EV with Google built-in has a new in-vehicle speed limit-announcing safety feature that has passed the European General Safety Regulation (GSR) thanks in part to its use of Google Maps data for accuracy. The technology, known widely as Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA), augments the current posted speed limit on the instrum…

The next League of Legends music group is a virtual boy band Image: Riot GamesRiot Games is announcing its next in-universe League of Legends band: a boy band called Heartsteel comprised of the in-game characters Ezreal, Kayn, Aphelios, Yone, K’Sante, and Sett. Riot will debut “Paranoia,” the first song from the virtual band (which features the real-life musicians Baekhyun, ØZI, Tobi Lou, and Cal Scruby),…

Analogue is making a 4K Nintendo 64 Image: AnalogueAnalogue, the company best known for modern takes on retro hardware, is turning its attention to the 64-bit era with the Analogue 3D, a reimagining of the Nintendo 64. The company says the new console will have “100 percent compatibility” with N64 cartridges in every region and will even support 4K output. It will also include “Or…