A pair of developers say that with very little prompting, Meta's Muse will share its entire filesystem with you. Peter James and Jonny L. Saunders have said they both independently coaxed Muse into zipping up and sharing the entire contents of its root filesystem, Ubuntu system files, app templates, and internal documentation. Saunders posted on Mastodon that it was "extremely easy" to replicate James' results and that Muse had "Almost no prompt injection resistance."Meta denies that the incident represents a security breach. As noted in its announcement post, Meta's Muse runs in persistent Linux virtual machines for each user. Meta spokes …Read the full story at The Verge.

Meta has a new plan to get people to make games for its Horizon social platform. The company today announced two new development tools that will let you create games with AI prompts: Horizon Create, a mobile app, and Horizon Studio, a browser app that offers more granular controls. The apps will be available in early access, and interested users can sign up for a waitlist.Horizon has struggled as a platform, but Meta has a plan to give these new Horizon games significantly more reach: It's going to let published games made with Horizon Create and Horizon Studio get recommended on Facebook and Instagram, where they also will be playable. …Read the full story at The Verge.

The retro gaming itch has been spreading rapidly worldwide, and manufacturers are launching one console after another to meet demand. From handheld devices to emulation boxes, retro gaming has never been better. You can spend hundreds on a retro console to revisit your favorite NES, SNES, PS2, or GameCube games. But there's a better, cheaper way to do it.

On paper, Qualcomm's Arm-based Snapdragon X2 series chips seem like a solid fit for a high-end dedicated gaming handheld, given their strong CPU/GPU performance and battery-life efficiency. So far, though,we've only seen Snapdragon G-Series chips in Android-focused handhelds from companies like Retroid, OneXPlayer, and Ayaneo.

At this point, I'm sure we all know that 4K has four times as many pixels as 1080p. That's why we've spent the better part of the last decade treating 4K as an obvious upgrade, whether we're buying a TV, a monitor, a console, or even paying more for a streaming plan that actually supports it. Sure, resolution matters, but when you're streaming 4K content on platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, or Hulu, a lot more happens behind the scenes to get that picture on your screen.

Free video editors almost always come with some sort of catch. The most annoying one is probably a watermark stamped on the export because you often only find out after doing the edit. CapCut used to be the easy answer for quick edits, but more of its basics are now paywalled. Premiere Pro is the opposite of that - it's a fantastic editor but paying Adobe every month to stitch clips together is a waste of subscription.

As Jensen Huang puts it, AI can help fight climate change - but only if it inflicts "an enormous amount of pain and suffering" first. The Nvidia CEO discussed the future of energy and AI's impact on our planet in the latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show. But his comments boil down to the same accelerationist spin we've seen from a variety of tech leaders as well as President Donald Trump. They promise that AI will be such a gift to humanity that it's worth the damage caused by data centers currently running on dirty energy. Huang's extreme level of privilege is glaringHuang's extreme level of privilege is glaring in the interview. He …Read the full story at The Verge.

Building a PC from entirely new parts in the current hardware landscape is a tall ask if you're on a budget. RAM is the headline cost, with kits costing double or even triple what they used to for the same capacity, but GPUs have also become incredibly pricey, and it's easy to feel numb to that if you're an enthusiast. GPUs have been selling for well above MSRP far more than they've been selling near those prices, but there's one card in particular that stands out. It, too, sells at above its launch MSRP, but it's impossible to ignore the value proposition.

CyberPowerPC’s RTX 5070-equipped prebuilt. While PC component prices remain high, you can save a good bit of money on a system by purchasing a prebuilt desktop. Walmart has a well-equipped CyberPowerPC gaming PC on sale for $1,549, almost $600 off its original price of $2,139. It’s powered by an Intel Core i7-14700KF processor, and paired with 32GB of 6000MHz DDR5 memory and an Nvidia RTX 5070 Founders Edition with 12GB of VRAM. The case is a CyberPowerPC MA-O1, an in-house design with extensive cooling options and three dedicated knobs for adjusting internal RGB lighting colors.CyberPowerPC (Core i7/RTX5070)Where to Buy: $2139.99 $1549 at WalmartWhile it might not feel like it at first blush, this is a solid value for a gaming PC that’s ready to rock out of the box. The RTX 5070 in this machine is likely to run you upwards of $800 by itself at the moment (it launched in 2025 for $549), and 32GB of fast memory can be $400 or more. For just a small premium, you get those components packed into a nice case with a panoramic glass panel and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD inside. The whole kit is tested, with a one year warranty for parts and labor. It also includes a keyboard and mouse, so you can start gaming right away once it arrives.Other deals to considerIf you need a gaming monitor with spectacular colors and clarity to go with your new gaming PC, Newegg has the ASRock PGO27QSA-W discounted to $299.33, a significant discount from its original price of $476. This 27-inch screen supports 1440p resolution, a 240Hz refresh rate with FreeSync Premium for variable refresh rate, and an OLED panel for deep black levels.A two pack of Anker Zolo MagSafe wireless chargers is discounted to $25.99 at Amazon, where it would normally cost $39.99. Each charger is Qi2 certified, with support for up to 15W of charging power, and includes a five-foot cable for convenient positioning on your desk or nightstand. You’ll have to use your own wall charger, though.The Nintendo Customer Appreciation sale is live until September 26th at 8:59 PM PT, and is a great time to pick up an extra set of controllers, among other game and accessory deals. The Switch Pro Controller is only $56 (usually around $70) at both Amazon and Best Buy, and a duo of Joy-Con are only $62.99 at Best Buy, although only the pastel purple and green combo are currently in stock. The controllers are compatible with both the original Switch and Switch 2, although owners of the newer console will need a separate charger, and they won’t wake the system from sleep.

For a lot of tech enthusiasts, it's a rite of passage to pick up a Raspberry Pi with grand visions of building a cluster, hosting a home cloud, or running local home automation. It starts out strong, but the moment you try to scale up (like adding multiple Docker containers, compiling heavy Go binaries, and running Plex media transcoding), the Pi hits a brick wall.

You crack the bedroom window on a cold morning, then get pulled into your day. An hour later, it's still open. If your smart thermostat has open window detection, you'd assume it has this covered. It only covers part of that hour.

Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time. The "Live Avatar" will lip-sync and show different facial expressions during conversations, but it's currently only available to Gemini Enterprise customers.As noted by Google, Live Avatar can transition between the 97 languages it supports "without degrading video fidelity or introducing visual drift." One video shared by Google shows its Live Avatar talking in English and Japanese, with its mouth animation lining up with what it's saying in both languages. It can also pull up information on-screen w …Read the full story at The Verge.