When Alexander Graham Bell first unveiled the telephone, people thought it was a pointless toy. It took years of marketing, demonstrations, and infrastructure investment before The Bell Telephone Company took their invention mainstream. “What could possibly be the practical use?” people asked, clutching their telegrams. Fast-forward to 2025, and Samsung’s quietly asking the same question […]
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Reddit Says That Female Auto Buyers are Increasingly Turning to the App
More and more people are turning to Reddit to inform their auto buying choices.
TikTok Launches Major Holiday Shopping Push
TikTok’s working to win more people over with its in-stream shopping options.
Google Adds AI-Powered Guidance for Ads and Analytics
Google providing advertisers with AI guidance for their campaigns.
Reddit Launches New WooCommerce Integration
An easier way for WooCommerce merchants to launch and run Reddit campaigns.
Valve Isn’t Currently Working On A New VR Game
Valve confirmed that it’s not currently working on a new first-party VR game.
Valve Made Steam Frame To Increase The Value Of Your Library
If you’ve spent money on games from Steam, Valve’s aim with Steam Frame is to make that library more valuable.
Steam Frame Hands-On: UploadVR’s Impressions Of Valve’s New Headset
UploadVR’s Ian Hamilton and David Heaney went hands-on with Steam Frame at Valve HQ, trying both standalone use and PC VR.
Valve Officially Announces Steam Frame, A “Streaming-First” Standalone VR Headset
Steam Frame has an included wireless adapter, and is launching “early 2026”. Read the full specs, features, and details here.
Valve Unveils Steam Frame VR Headset to Make Your Entire Steam Library Portable
Valve has finally unveiled its long-awaited standalone VR headset, Steam Frame (aka ‘Deckard’). While pricing and release date are still pending, the company says we’re due to learn more “in early 2026” following the release of developer kits. Steam Frame is a compact standalone VR headset running a Qualcomm Snapdragon Series 8 Gen 3 (2023) […]
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Hands-on: Steam Frame Reveals Valve’s Modern Vision for VR and Growing Hardware Ambitions
Valve has finally revealed Steam Frame, the company’s second VR headset. Though it’s quite a departure from Index—the company’s first headset released some six years ago—Valve says Frame is an “evolution” of Index. Indeed, Frame represents a modernized VR vision from the company that closely tracks advancements made in the XR industry more broadly, but […]
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Steam Frame’s Price Hasn’t Been Locked in, But Valve Expects it to be ‘cheaper than Index’
Steam Frame, Valve’s next VR headset, has been announced, but the company has yet to reveal the price. However, the company says its goal is for Frame to be cheaper than its first VR headset. Steam Frame has finally been revealed and is planned for launch in early 2026, but Valve says it hasn’t been […]
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Valve Says No New First-party VR Game is in Development
Steam Frame has finally been revealed and promises to let players access most of their Steam library (be it VR or otherwise) right from the headset. Unfortunately, that won’t include any new VR content from Valve, the company has confirmed. During a recent interview with Valve, the company confirmed that it has no first-party VR […]
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?? Tutorial: 10 ChatGPT Prompts Every Content Creator Needs in 2026
A 3-phase framework to turn ChatGPT into your content strategist…
The Download: surviving extreme temperatures, and the big whale-wind turbine conspiracy
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The quest to find out how our bodies react to extreme temperatures Climate change is subjecting vulnerable people to temperatures that push their limits. In 2023, about 47,000 heat-related deaths are believed to…
Philips Hue OmniGlow Lightstrip now also available in Europe
After its early launch in the US, the Philips Hue OmniGlow Lightstrip is now also available in Germany and other European countries. After my first test, I can say quite clearly that it is by far the best light strip that Philips Hue has built to date. This thing is amazing; even the competition from…
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YouTube Adds New ‘Hype’ Options, Members-Only Content Filters
Now you can double-down on your promotion of rising creators.
Snapchat Brings Back 2D Bitmoji in Response to User Demand
So you can get back to your Bitmoji roots.
X Awards First Set of ‘Certified Banger’ POsts
But there are some issues with the judgment criteria here…
Logitech MX Ink For Quest & Muse For Vision Pro Paint An Unfinished Picture For Creative Input
Logitech makes $130 spatial accessories compatible only with Quest or Vision Pro, and developers are still learning how to support them.
Meta Ray-Ban Display Review: First Generation Heads-Up Mobile Computing
Meta Ray-Ban Display is an early glimpse of a future where mobile computing doesn’t mean looking down and taking something out of your pocket.
Escape from Hadrian’s Wall Is A 5th Century Puzzler Out Now On Quest & PC VR
Escape from Hadrian’s Wall is a 5th-century VR puzzle game where you navigate the titular location with magical abilities.
The XR Week Peek (2025.11.10): Some real numbers on the Quest Store, people are hyping the 12th of November, and more!
Last week, my time at the Next Reality festival in Hamburg was very nice, and I even won an award there! It’s always great to see some recognition for the hard work of all these years. Now I’m back in Italy, back to work, and back to pasta, but ready for the next adventure next […]
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