OpenAI says it found a 'sophisticated recording device' hidden in its offices
The company asked its AI models to figure out what the device was.
I Am Your Beast VR just gave every rank in every level two more seconds
I Am Your Beast VR has added two seconds to every rank time in every level, in an update Impact Inked posted on October 12. The same release brings a Steam online leaderboard, bHap…
OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly planting a bug in a conference room
An OpenAI engineer was arrested after the company said it discovered a "sophisticated recording device" hidden in one of its offices. The employee was identified as Abdulrahman Alf…
Arcturus Vision's Steam Frame app now flips to night vision when your room goes dark
The Arcturus Vision Camera app for Steam Frame can now hand the view back to the headset's own passthrough by itself when a room goes dark, and it will put that switch on whichever…
It looks like Apple Music is getting a new icon
Apple Music's iconic red app icon has reportedly been replaced with a black-and-white version in the latest iOS 27.2 beta, 9to5Mac reports. The eighth note on the icon also appears…
Nvidia will close its 2023 Linux monitor freeze bug if the complete freezes stop coming in
Nvidia says it will close the Linux external-monitor bug it has carried since 2023, but only if the complete freezes stop coming in, and it now treats a short pause on a second mon…
Shopify opens its catalog up to more AI agents
CANADA - 2025/07/20: In this photo illustration, the Shopify logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty I…
Xbox is officially embracing the chaos of AI-powered game ports
Retro gaming is going through a wild time at the moment, thanks to decompilations and recompilations that are letting gamers port classic titles to new devices, or merge code from …
A Japanese radio filing shows an unannounced Pico headset, model B3110, inside and out
An unannounced headset carrying the trade name PICO has cleared Japanese radio certification, and the filing includes both external and internal photographs of it. The Ministry of …
The Nothing Headphone A are half off for the first time
The Headphone A keep the shape and style of Nothing’s over-ear design, but with an opaque instead of transparent case. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge One of the best deals w…
Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex
Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the campaign had hurt Russia's disinformation efforts. "It s…
What is NVIDIA DLSS and how does it work?
NVIDIA's upscaling software is truly powerful when used in the right situations.
Rivian partner Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe's startup Mind Robotics announced the appointment of Doug Field as president in a major coup for the CEO's secretive robotics project. Field was a VP of spe…
Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2 hands-on: A look at the audio updates and Siri AI
Listening to Apple's new audio features with Siri as our binge-watching companion.
Ryan Coogler's X-Files reboot gets a full series order from Hulu
It stars two new FBI agents that aren't named Mulder and Scully.
Nvidia's Linux driver stopped building on Proxmox, and the fix waits for its 620.xx branch
Nvidia's open kernel modules stop compiling on Proxmox kernels 7.0.14-20 and later, and Nvidia has now said in public where the repair lands: a Linux driver branch it calls 620.xx.…
Don't like your Facebook feed? Meta wants to know what you want to see instead
Within reason, of course.
How the iPhone Duo's camera is different from the iPhone 18 Pro's
Going beyond the number of cameras and megapixels.
Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses review: No camera, no problem
Normal-looking glasses with solid audio and way better battery life is a win for everyone.
I don’t miss the camera on the Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses
The other day I whizzed past several people while running in the park, my playlist blasting at full volume. The next morning, I smiled at a barista while ordering a caramel apple-f…
The feds are looking into reports of Tesla’s robotaxis speeding through school zones
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it's evaluating allegations that Tesla's 1,000 or so robotaxis using its automated driving system are exceeding "posted spee…
GTA 6 is reportedly coming to PC in early 2027
That would be a much smaller port time than GTA 5.
One linker flag in DXVK stops an EA anti-cheat crash, and Proton had it six hours later
DXVK now builds its release DLLs with eight-character PE section names to stop a crash inside an EA anti-cheat check, and the entire change is one linker flag. The commit landed on…
The Xteink X4 Pro is a great, tiny e-reader, and it’s cheaper than ever
The Xteink X4 Pro is still matching its Prime Day price. | Photography by Andrew Liszewski / The Verge If you’re looking for an e-reader that can easily fit in your pocket…
Google will let you distribute vibe-coded Android apps with just a Google account
The company is revamping the Play Store for the AI era with changes to publishing, recommendations and more.
Netflix will broadcast the 2030 FIFA World Cup in Spain and Andorra
Get those VPNs ready.
Here's why your phone's proximity sensors are so important
Your phone would lose a long list of features and basic functions if it didn't have proximity sensors.
VR Realms now reads HTC's face tracker, which the studio says it has not tested itself
Sketchy Realms has shipped the face tracking it promised for VR Realms, and widened it to HTC's face tracker and to a Quest Pro over more PC links. It also wrote down what it does …
Apple HomePod mini 2 vs. Apple HomePod mini: What do you get for the $50 increase?
Are Siri AI, a new chip and Sound Glow worth the higher price?
Is AppleCare actually worth it for the Apple Watch SE?
AppleCare+ makes Apple Watch repairs or replacements easier, but even at a low cost, it might not be a good value.
Discovery+ gets a price bump just a week after the Skydance merger
Who could have possibly seen this coming.
Google's Gemini 4 Argon is now available in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search
Google has rolled out Gemini 4 Argon to more users.
iPhone Duo vs Xiaomi 18 Fold: How these foldables stack up
We compare the two on their design, displays, durability and more.
Ultimechs loses its multiplayer on October 20, and leaves the Steam store the same day
Resolution Games will switch off online multiplayer in Ultimechs on October 20, and the game will come off the Steam store on the same date. Anyone who owns it keeps a single-playe…
Some older Apple TV models are also getting Siri AI
Siri AI functionality goes all the way back to back to the second-gen Apple TV 4K box from 2021.
Apple's iPhone market share rose despite a downturn in smartphone shipments
Samsung and Apple had decent quarters, while Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo had a terrible Q3.
When is the best time to charge your Samsung Galaxy Watch?
Though newer Galaxy Watches have built-in battery protection, choosing the right time of day to charge your watch will get you the best results.
Framework Laptop 12 (2026 upgrade) review: Intel's Core Series 3 fixes a key flaw
Framework's Laptop 12 was conceived as a Chromebook killer, but now it has a flagship chip inside. Does it work as a grown-up machine?
No Man's Sky reaches iPhone and iPad, back as far as an iPhone 11, but without multiplayer
Hello Games is bringing the whole of No Man's Sky to iPhone and iPad, ten years of updates included, in a download of under 4GB that it says runs on hardware as far back as an iPho…
Valve now tells Steam Frame holders whether their order email lands by December or in 2027
Steam Frame reservation holders can now look up their expected order window on the headset's Steam page, and it gives one of two answers. "Once there, you'll see confirmation that …
An Austrian court threw out a school expulsion over Ray-Ban Meta glasses worn in class
Austria's Federal Administrative Court has overturned a Vienna education authority's decision to exclude a pupil from school over the Ray-Ban Meta glasses he wore in class, finding…
Steam Frame's camera port hides a PCIe Gen4 lane, and 6W eats over a quarter of its battery
Valve published the Steam Frame's CAD files and its electrical interface on October 9, and the engineering document that came with them puts a single PCI-Express Gen4 lane in the h…
OpenRayneo splits the RayNeo iO's two microphones into two Mac inputs, with no phone
An unofficial Mac bridge for RayNeo's AI glasses now treats their two microphones as two separate pieces of recording hardware. OpenRayneo v0.2.0, published on October 11, bundles …
Meta Lab opens its first Arizona and Georgia stores, and a second in New York
Meta has three more Meta Lab shops open, including its first in Arizona and its first in Georgia, and its second in New York City. In an update headed October 8, 2026, Meta's own r…
The Witcher 3's Linux stutter looks like a network check running 10 times a second
The stutter Linux players report in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt looks like a network check rather than anything to do with the graphics card. A Wine bug report filed on October 8 at 2…
The Best Way to Sideload Games on Quest Just Got Better
SideQuest has been the number one unofficial store for Quest games ever since its founding in 2019. Now, it just got a lot easier to download and get playing. Downloading SideQuest…
Abu Dhabi will use Ultrahuman's smart ring know-how to boost its public health app
The Abu Dhabi government wants to incorporate wearables data into its public health app.
A student club turned Meta's Neural Band into an 8-channel, 2048Hz EMG recorder
The wristband that ships with Meta Ray-Ban Display, and that Meta has only ever priced together with the glasses, hands over its raw electrode samples to anything that can prove it…
X bundles Premium, Grok and Cursor under a single monthly subscription
SpaceXSI has announced a new subscription scheme that gives you access to Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium.
Meta says lower resolution gives better glasses video, and its ceiling is 720x1280
Meta's own documentation for the camera in its glasses gives third-party apps three resolutions, and the top one is 720 x 1280. Meta's camera-streaming file in the Wearables Device…