Although Steam has become pretty much synonymous with PC gaming over the past few years, another platform Valve also offers is SteamVR. The virtual reality (VR) ecosystem is now almost a decade old and fairly mature in terms of features and support, even though the base technology is arguably yet to hit mainstream. Now, Valve has released SteamVR 2.0 with several important updates.

It's that time of year again when the weather gets a little cooler, but the deals get hotter. Although we still have a month to go before Black Friday, it's never really too early to get your holiday shopping started. With that said, Best Buy's Black Friday Early Access event is now underway for My Best Buy members, bringing plenty of discounts on all your favorite TVs, laptops, computers, accessories, and more.

All I am going to say is that the Fifth Amendment exists for a reason. | Photo illustration by Cath Virgina / The Verge | Photo by Bloomberg, Getty Images Somehow, the least suspicious parts of his defense are the 288 auto-deleting Signal conversations. Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge Elon Musk wants X to be the center of your financial world, handling anything in your life that deals with money. He expects those features to launch by the end of 2024, he told X employees during an all hands call on Thursday, saying that people will be surprised with “just how powerful it is.”“When I say payments, I actually mean someone’s entire financial life,” Musk said, according to audio of the meeting obtained by The Verge. “If it involves money. It’ll be on our platform. Money or securities or whatever. So, it’s not just like send $20 to my friend. I’m talking about, like, you won’t need a bank account.”X CEO Linda Yaccarino said the company sees this becoming a “full opportunity” in 2024. “It would blow my mind if we don’t... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge Meta is going to let you make polls and insert GIFs right from the Threads post composer, the company announced on Thursday. Later in the day, Instagram head Adam Mosseri revealed that the company is testing view counts on Threads posts and pinned posts on profiles and in your replies.The polls and GIFs features are now rolling out, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated by making a post with a GIF and another post with a poll. They’re small additions, but they’re features you have been able to do on X (formerly Twitter) for a very long time.Zuckerberg’s poll has three options (you can include up to four) and a timer that counts down how long users have to vote in the poll in real time, which is a nice touch. To be able to see the results... Continue reading…

Don’t expect Infiniti to make an EV like this any time soon. | Image: Infiniti Infiniti is looking to launch its first electric vehicle ever: a super sporty fastback sedan based on a newly revealed concept it calls the Vision Qe. The luxury brand of Nissan debuted the new concept at Japan's Mobility Show 2023 this week and promised a production version will follow, well, someday.Over the years, Infiniti has promised to launch a new EV several times but has not yet released anything. In 2012, parent company Nissan even had a plan to transform its pioneering Leaf platform into a luxury version with a less bulbous look for Infiniti, but it never appeared.Infiniti built a couple more prototypes and concepts afterward and said in 2019 that it'd make a real EV out of another concept called the QX Inspiration. None of... Continue reading…

The Photos app on macOS Sonoma offers a plethora of tools and features for basic and power users alike. This allows us to do more with photos on our powerful Macs, without necessarily needing to rely on third-party software. Whether you're using a MacBook Pro or any other recent models, you'll be able to take advantage of the tips and tricks we've highlighted below.

The Apple Pencil 2 is one of the best iPad styluses available thanks to its sleek size, excellent weight, pressure sensitivity, and how it magnetically connects to compatible iPads for charging and storage. Of course, this option doesn't come cheap, with the retail price coming in at $129.

Jsaux’s transparent RGB backplate for the ROG Ally. | Image: Jsaux The latest entry in the renewed transparent gadget craze: your Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming PC. Today, lauded Steam Deck accessory maker Jsaux is taking the wraps off a $40 frosted RGB rear shell for the Asus handheld that lets you see some of its delightful innards.It might give you a perfect look through the back, now that I see how much of that frosting blocks the red circuit boards. It probably won’t enhance your cooling like the company’s Steam Deck backplate, but that frosted surface should bathe nicely in RGB light, not to mention the five light-catching stickers you can place inside. Image: Jsaux That pixel alien is a sticker — not a tiny screen. In addition to the RGB backplate, Jsaux is launching a... Continue reading…

Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Ford is postponing $12 billion in EV factory building, including a planned battery factory in Kentucky. The reasons given were an unwillingness by customers to pay extra for its electric vehicles. You see, they’re too expensive, and now Ford’s massive transformation into an EV company is now going to take a lot longer than before. Ford’s EV business continues to lose money, around $1.3 billion this past quarter in adjusted earnings. So far this year, Ford has lost $3.1 billion on its EV spending and has said it’s going to lose a total of $4 billion for the year.The Kentucky plant, a “mega campus” that builds lithium ion batteries for electric cars, would be put on holdThe Kentucky plant, a “mega campus” that builds lithium ion... Continue reading…

Microsoft will start rolling out the version 23H2 update to all Windows 11 users via the Patch Tuesday update next month, which means we're still nearly a few weeks away. But for those who can't wait, Microsoft has launched a Cumulative Update Preview of Windows 11 Version 22H2 (KB5031455), giving early access to those features to non-Insiders.

Ever since the inception of Microsoft's Surface line of products, they have been showcase devices. Microsoft isn't necessarily trying to compete with other manufacturers, but it's showing them (and consumers) what can be done with a Windows PC. The original Surface Pro arguably kickstarted the market for Windows tablets, and it's still the best one to this day. The line has expanded to all kinds of devices in the years since. And while Microsoft is no longer coming up with new form factors, it still makes very good PCs with premium build quality and top-notch specs. Surface devices are undoubtedly some of the best laptops and PCs on the market.