It’s clearly time: all the news about the transparent tech renaissance

The new see-through Beats Studio buds along with other transparent tech. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Gadgets, much like fashion, can make style comebacks. For tech: we’ve lived through the ’80s beige keyboards, transitioned to the ’90s with gray ... more - theverge

Can Meta still make the metaverse?

Meta is clearly all in on AI, and for good reason. With models like Llama, products like the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, and a monetization plan like Facebook ads, it’s one of the companies best positioned to make AI really work. But it wasn’t that long ... more - theverge

The Vision Pro NBA app turns some games into a miniature 3D diorama

It really makes you want to reach out and pick up one of the players. The NBA has introduced a new AR feature for its Vision Pro app this week called Tabletop, which places a floating render of a basketball court in your space during “select” live games, ... more - theverge

Vision Pro apps: the good, the bad, and the ridiculous

The Vision Pro is Apple’s newest computing platform, and that means we’re going to see a whole bunch of new apps. Apple pitches apps built for the Vision Pro as “spatial” experiences, and even after our initial review experience, we’ll have to see how ... more - theverge

Meta is working on ‘humanoid’ robots too

Meta is planning to design the hardware and software for humanoid robots, according to a report from Bloomberg . Sources tell the outlet that a newly formed team within Meta’s Reality Labs division will start by working on “humanoid robot hardware” capable ... more - theverge

How to watch PlayStation’s State of Play for February 2025

It’s still relatively early in the year, but 2025 has already been a pretty busy one for gaming announcements. Nintendo officially unveiled the next Switch (with more details on the way), Xbox had an impressive game-filled event, and now it’s Sony’s ... more - theverge

CES 2025: all the news, gadgets, and surprises

CES 2025 was a wild ride, and The Verge was on the ground in Las Vegas to cover the biggest gadgets, press conferences, and surprises of the show. You can follow along below for all the news, impressions, and takeaways from the biggest tech event of ... more - theverge

Roblox: all the news about the popular social and gaming platform

Roblox is a massive app — as of September 2023, Roblox says it has more than 65 million daily active users — and it’s becoming an increasingly interesting platform to watch amid growing competition from social and metaverse platforms like Epic Games’ ... more - theverge

Civilization VII is getting a Quest VR port this spring

Finally, a strategy board game without all the setup. | Image: 2K Games The Civilization franchise is getting the VR treatment with Sid Meier’s Civilization VII – VR on Meta Quest headsets this spring, 2K and Firaxis Games have announced. The “virtual ... more - theverge

Now you can strap Crocs to your face with this Vision Pro faceplate

Dbrand’s Aperture protects the curved laminated glass display on the front of the Apple Vision Pro. | Image: Dbrand Dbrand has announced a unique (disturbing? unsettling?) way to protect the Apple Vision Pro that completely negates the sleek aesthetics ... more - theverge

Let’s talk about the battery in smart glasses

It’s hard for these to become an all-day AI companion gadget if they don’t actually last all day. We were whizzing down the slopes, screaming because it is sort of ridiculous to go flying down a snowy hill in an inflatable tube. There was a friendly ... more - theverge

Google expects to spend $75 billion this year on the AI race

Google parent company Alphabet expects to invest “approximately $75 billion” in capital expenditures in 2025, according to a statement from CEO Sundar Pichai in Alphabet’s Q4 2024 earnings release. Capital expenditures have become a hot topic as of late ... more - theverge

Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and more: all the news about the handheld PC gaming revolution

Valve’s Steam Deck and its carrying case. | Image: Valve In July 2021, Valve revealed the Steam Deck, a Switch-like handheld device packed with features including a huge variety of control options, a 7-inch touchscreen, the ability to connect to external ... more - theverge

The tech industry’s layoffs and hiring freezes: all of the news

Companies have been cutting costs. | Photo by Natt Garun / The Verge Over the last couple years, it feels like we’ve heard news of mass layoffs and hiring freezes from tech companies nearly every week, and since the beginning of 2024, there’s been a ... more - theverge

Apple reportedly gives up on its AR video glasses project

Apple’s N107 smart glasses would’ve connected to a Mac as a portable virtual screen. While Mark Zuckerberg and Meta press forward with augmented glasses projects buoyed by its million-selling set of smart Ray-Bans, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman says ... more - theverge

From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet

Big players, including Microsoft, with Copilot, Google, with Gemini, and OpenAI, with GPT-4o, are making AI chatbot technology previously restricted to test labs more accessible to the general public. How do these large language model (LLM) programs ... more - theverge

Samsung and Google are developing AR glasses together

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung and Google are partnering up to build AR glasses, Samsung’s TM Roh told Bloomberg . But there aren’t many other specifics beyond the fact that they’re in development — there’s not even a specific release ... more - theverge

Here’s what Samsung’s first Android XR headset looks like in person

Samsung has its Project Moohan headset on display at Galaxy Unpacked, and we’ve just taken a bunch of pictures of it. This technically isn’t the first time we’ve seen Project Moohan, but it is the first time we’ve been allowed to photograph it. To me, ... more - theverge

What to expect at Samsung’s Galaxy S25 event

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung is set to announce its Galaxy S25 phones at its Galaxy Unpacked event tomorrow, January 22nd at 1PM ET. The event typically focuses on its next smartphones and software features, which you can bet includes ... more - theverge

Trump says he’ll delay TikTok ban, but the platform must be sold

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump says he wants service providers like Apple and Google to put TikTok back online in the US, and proposed creating a joint venture where the US owns 50 percent of the app. ... more - theverge

The tech to build the holodeck

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Gaussian splatting, a new way of capturing 3D content, is taking the AR / VR industry by storm — and could one day allow anyone to create photorealistic 3D worlds. Read the full story at The Verge. ... more - theverge

Meta Quest 3S with 256GB of storage is $50 off right now

The Quest 3S doesn’t look any less alien than the original Quest 3. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Meta Quest 3S VR headset is a great alternative to the Meta Quest 3. The base 128GB version of the Quest 3S starts at $299.99 at Amazon, which ... more - theverge

Meta Quest 3S review: probably the one we’ve been waiting for

The Quest 3S has its flaws, but it’s a great first VR headset. Read the full story at The Verge. ... more - theverge

Amazon Prime will shut down its clothing try-on program

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon will be winding down its Prime Try Before You Buy program, which let Prime members try on clothes before paying for them, reports The Information . It will shutter on January 31st, according to a banner ... more - theverge

Zuckerberg trash talks Apple in interview with Joe Rogan

Laura Normand / The Verge Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks Apple “[hasn’t] really invented anything great in a while” and that it has been coasting off of its past success. “Steve Jobs invented the iPhone and now they’re just kind of sitting on it 20 ... more - theverge

The smart glasses era is here — I got a first look

Smart glasses were everywhere on the show floor this year. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge At CES, the next generation of eyewear was everywhere. It’s just no one seems to agree on why we want it or what’s the best approach. It’s the second ... more - theverge

Valve will officially let you install SteamOS on other handhelds as soon as this April

Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge SteamOS was always supposed to be bigger than Valve’s own Steam Deck, and 2025 is the year it finally expands. Not only will Lenovo ship the first third-party SteamOS handheld this May, Valve has now revealed it will ... more - theverge

BMW’s new iDrive turns the whole windshield into a heads-up display

Image: BMW iDrive uses 3D graphics and augmented reality to keep your eyes on the road. At CES this week, BMW announced a new iDrive operating system with an eye-catching centerpiece: a 3D heads-up display (HUD) that stretches from pillar to pillar along ... more - theverge

Nvidia is bringing a native GeForce Now app to Steam Deck

Photo by The Verge Nvidia plans to release a native GeForce Now app for Steam Deck “later this year,” according to a blog post. It’s already relatively straightforward to get Nvidia’s cloud gaming service set up on Steam Deck thanks to a special script ... more - theverge

Sony’s Xyn is a prototype VR headset for making 3D games and movies

Image: Sony Sony is launching the Xyn (pronounced zin ), an “extended reality” headset for creating 3D objects for films, animation, and games. The device, which Sony first teased at CES last year, will come with 4K OLED displays, video passthrough, ... more - theverge