The Meta VR Glasses. | Photo by Brett Putman / The Verge Meta is launching new VR hardware: a pair of glasses. The new Meta VR Glasses sit on your ears like a typical pair of glasses instead of being strapped over your head, but they still have immersive displays for watching movies, playing games, and getting work done. Imagine a pair of hefty black sunglasses with blacked-out lenses on the outside, but the components of a typical VR headset distributed between the device on your head and a computing puck in your pocket.The idea is to give you a way to experience VR in a much lighter and more approachable form factor than Vision Pro or Meta Quest-style headsets. I got to try the VR Glasses at M …Read the full story at The Verge.

When you use local LLMs for real workflows, your local AI runners usually end up being in some sort of rotation because no single tool really covers everything you need it to. I usually bounce between LM Studio for casual chat, AnythingLLM for RAG workflows, llama.cpp for cutting-edge features, and a couple more. So you end up with a bunch of different tools for different jobs.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a laptop that flies under the radar but delivers strong performance at a great price. This model is now nearly 50% off at Best Buy, with the retail price of $1,300 dropping to just $680. It's an impressive discount that's only available for one day, so you'll want to be quick.

Meta is quickly iterating on its new Muse AI agent, announcing a bunch of updates today that make the bot more capable and able to chat with you in more ways.Muse agents are getting their own email addresses that they can use for accomplishing tasks. You'll also be able to communicate with your Muse agent over the new email addresses, too. In addition, the recently launched Muse Mac app will be getting the ability to use your computer.Meta is also going to give you another way to chat with its popular AI agent: video calls. Since its recent launch, the primary way to talk with Muse was through a chat interface, but you'll soon be able to …Read the full story at The Verge.

It's time once again for Meta's annual September product launch event, and The Verge is on the ground in Menlo Park to cover the show live. Meta says that today's keynote by Mark Zuckerberg will be about how "Meta is building a future for everyone" - something he wrote at length about in a recent essay about AI, smart glasses, and more. That means we can expect more news from Zuckerberg and his team on those topics; perhaps we'll hear more about Meta's recently launched Muse AI agent and new glasses hardware.Whatever Zuckerberg and Meta have to say about smart glasses will be particularly notable. The company is dealing with an outpouring …Read the full story at The Verge.

The Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses have no cameras. | Photo by Brett Putman / The Verge Walking around Meta Connect 2026, everyone's sporting smart glasses in all sorts of shapes, colors, and sizes. It's a marked difference here, a tech bubble where "pervert glasses" are not a concern.Outside Connect, the public backlash against wearable surveillance tech - a catchall term that encompasses not just smart glasses, but also smartwatches and AI pendants - is gaining steam. So it's incredibly curious timing that this year, the company is launching Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses: smart glasses infused with Meta AI, but with no camera for recording others.To hear Meta tell it, that's a coincidence. Audio-only glasses have been years …Read the full story at The Verge.

Windows 11 is not the most friendly option for an old PC these days, and many (myself included) will recommend switching to Linux to extend the life of a laptop. But Linux distros aren't all the same, and while Ubuntu is a popular pick, it's not without its downsides.

Meta announced a slate of new wearables during its annual Meta Connect showcase on Wednesday. The star of the event was the new Meta VR Glasses, which pack virtual reality tech into a lightweight smart glasses-style frame with a tethered puck. Meta also announced new pairs of screen-free smart glasses, along with some new AI features and style and frame options. You can catch up on all the highlights from this year's Meta Connect below. Meta VR Glasses bring virtual reality to a lighter form factorMeta's latest wearable offers full virtual reality in a smart glasses-style form factor. Unlike a typical VR headset, the VR Glasses don't h …Read the full story at The Verge.

Task Manager is one of those things I open on Windows without even thinking twice whenever an app or game stops responding, or my PC suddenly feels sluggish for no reason. It's reassuring to know that I can press Ctrl + Shift + Esc at any point and hit End Task on an app that just won't close normally, or see what's hogging my CPU or RAM. And if that's all you do in Task Manager, you probably don't have anything to complain about.

I recently bought an older Blu-ray player for my spare guest room for around $20, and I realized how much fun physical media can be. I started remembering the days when streaming media was a thing and all we had was physical media, including carefully wiping smudges off dirty discs with a microfiber cloth and waiting in anticipation for the menu to appear so I could watch a movie or show.

It’s about time for Meta Connect, the company’s annual product launch event. This year, given the company’s major focus on AI and wearables like smart glasses, it seems likely that we’ll see updates from CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his team on those categories. The company has been facing significant scrutiny because of how some users have been covertly recording other people using the glasses, meaning that one of the biggest announcements of the show could be its rumored camera-free pair.Connect has also traditionally been a venue for updates on Meta’s VR hardware and software. While the company has scaled back its VR ambitions, a recent leak seemingly revealing some kind of unannounced mixed reality glasses could indicate that Meta will show off new immersive headwear technology during the event.Zuckerberg’s keynote is scheduled to begin at 7PM ET / 4PM PT on Wednesday, September 23rd. Follow along with all of our coverage right here. Meta Connect 2026 live blog: On the ground at Mark Zuckerberg’s next big product launch Meta ditches the camera on its newest smart glasses Meta is making Muse more powerful and will let you video chat with it, too

Just a couple of weeks after launching Muse, Meta announced that it's "working on" bringing the agent to its smart glasses, including the new glasses it unveiled at Meta Connect. Users will be able to activate Muse from their glasses by saying its name and ask it to handle tasks like guiding a workout, logging meals, or helping them shop for products they're looking at. Muse is just one of several major updates coming to Meta's glasses. They're also getting some new accessibility features, like a Hearing Enhancement feature Meta says is "FDA-cleared software for adults with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss." It will be available lat …Read the full story at The Verge.