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Where does virtual reality go next? Right now, there seem to be two paths: Portable and self-contained headsets or those connected to computers and consoles. Valve is clearly betting on the second way with the Index, its first VR hardware. It crams in just about every feature you’d expect from a high-end headset, including some truly transformative finger-sensing controllers. It’s just too bad the entire Index package costs $999, putting it out of reach for most people. It’s a boundary-pushing headset meant to keep the VR industry from getting stale.

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1. Meta Horizon TV is an entertainment hub for VR headsets

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2. Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses offer an AR display for $799

   The rumors were true. Meta's first pair of AR glasses with a built-in screen is the Meta Ray-Ban Display. They'll cost $799 and will come to a limited number of brick-and-mortar stores in the United States on September 30. Those retailers include Best Buy, LensCrafters, Ray-Ban and Verizon, and availability will expand to Canada, France, Italy and the United Kingdom in early 2026.

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3. Oakley Meta Vanguard are the smart glasses athletes might actually want

   When Meta announced its first pair of Oakley-branded sunglasses, the HSTN frames, earlier this year, it called them "performance AI" glasses even though they only came with modest upgrades compared with Meta's Ray-Ban lineup. But the new

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4. Meta unveils its second-gen Ray-Ban smart glasses at Connect

   As expected, Meta has introduced new smart glasses during its Connect conference today. The announcements included a “Gen 2” of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which retail starting at $379.

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5. Tesla exec says the company will redesign door handles that reportedly pose safety risks

   Yesterday, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an Ambrosia Sky is an essay on death masquerading as a sci-fi cleaning sim

   Dalia is a death cleaner.

   Death cleaning, as we know it, is the process of sanitizing and tidying the spaces where people take their final breaths, sometimes long after their bodies have begun to decompose. It’s a job here on Earth in the year 2025, but Dalia’s version of death cleaning takes place on the rings of Saturn in a distant future filled with space travel, interplanetary

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6. iOS 26 has arrived: See if your iPhone is eligible for the free update

   

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7. Democrats are investigating Trump crypto advisor David Sacks over a possible SGE violation

   Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are leading a group of congressional Democrats in

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8. iOS 26 is finally here: Everything to know about the free iPhone software update

   The new iOS 26 is finally available to download on your iPhone — have you done it yet? You'll notice a slew of changes when you do, including a new clear design language that Apple dubs ...

9. RGG accidentally leaked that it's working on Yakuza Kiwami 3

   Get ready for a return to the life of Kazuma Kiryu, because it seems that a remake of Yakuza 3 is on the way. The leak was discovered on developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios' website. Fans...