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The Netflix App for Quest Headsets is No More Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix has discontinued its streaming app for Quest headsets, Upload VR reports. The good news for Quest owners is that Meta recently added support for Netflix in the Quest browser, complete with 1080p streaming. Netflix hadn’t significantly updated its VR app since porting it to the Quest in 2019. It never gained passthrough or download support, and its resolution stayed pinned at 480p. I’d imagine some people will miss the cozy Netflix cabin in the YouTube Short above, though. Streaming in the browser fixes two of those things — passthrough and higher-resolution streaming — but users still can’t download Netflix’s content to watch offline the way they can in, say, the iOS app. Still,…

Utopia of the Seas: A Unique Dining Experience Escape on a Virtual Train Ride with Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas On the Utopia of the Seas, you can experience train dining without the bumps and spilled drinks. The new 5,668-passenger Royal Caribbean Utopia of the Seas is docked in Florida, where sites like Cruise Critic have gotten a preview of the amenities before it enters service on July 19th. That includes a unique experience called Royal Railway Utopia Station, where passengers dine on a virtual train ride while staring at simulated scenery zipping by on giant screens. The restaurant is built to look like two full-size rail cars with a lavish interior featuring four-person booths lining the sides, each with its own giant display serving as a virtual window.…

Larian Studios Teases New Features in Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch Larian Studios Teases All the New Features Coming in the Next Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch In a new community update, Larian Studios has shared a brief overview of all the things it’s working on for the next Baldur’s Gate 3 patch. Larian has previously announced that patch 7, due out in September, will include the release of official mod support and the introduction of a toolkit that will allow players the ability to create their own mods. According to Larian, the toolkit supports the creation of new items, classes and subclasses, races, and more. I’ve been modding my games since the days of World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade and Dragon Age: Origins. However, I’ve always been intimidated by the idea…

The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals on Laptops By The Verge Staff Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge Searching for a good laptop deal on Amazon, even on Prime Day can feel overwhelming, especially with all the styles, hardware options, brands, display resolutions — how do you know you’re getting a good deal on any of it? Below, we’ve rounded up the best deals we could find on clamshell laptops, convertibles, MacBooks, Chromebooks, and even some elusive, sub-$1,000 gaming laptops. When choosing the best laptop deals, we considered everything from its hardware and port options to the year some options actually released. There are some good options from major brands like Acer, Apple, and HP and we found some great deals on monitors, keyboards, and mice, too. The Best…

The App That Promised to 'Use AI to Weed Out Daters With STI' Has Been Shut Down The App that Promised to ‘Use AI to Weed Out Daters with STI’ Has Been Shut Down Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge HeHealth’s AI-powered Calmara app claimed, “Our innovative AI technology offers rapid, confidential, and scientifically validated sexual health screening, giving you peace of mind before diving into intimate encounters,” but now it’s shut down after an inquiry by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The app prompted daters to submit dick pics to check for sexually transmitted diseases, promising “clear, science-backed answers about your partner’s sexual health status,” according to an FTC letter dated July 11th. The letter lays out some of the agency’s concerns with the information HeHealth relied on…

Generac Launches Its First Electric Vehicle Charger The Generac EV charger starts at $649. | Image: Generac Generac — a power and energy management company known for its gas-powered home backup generators — has released its first electric vehicle charger. The new charger joins the company’s home battery solution in its move toward clean energy. Generac also owns Ecobee, a smart thermostat company. The Generac Level 2 charger costs $649 for the 40 amp version or $699 for the 48 amp and is compatible with all EVs on the market today, including Teslas’ with an adaptor. It has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity for managing scheduled charging with the Generac EV charging app. A Power Sharing feature lets you connect multiple chargers to one circuit (up to 25), and the system…

J.D. Vance is Anti-Big Tech, Pro-Crypto The former tech investor likes the FTC’s Lina Khan and wants to break up Google, citing its liberal bias. Continue reading... source: https://www.theverge.com/24199314/jd-vance-donald-trump-vp-antitrust-big-tech-ftc-lina-khan-elizabeth-warren-google

Here’s a very clear real-world look at Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold Image: NCC There have been leaks aplenty in recent weeks showing every angle of Google’s Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL. But so far, the company’s second-generation foldable phone has managed to keep better cover ahead of next month’s product event. So much for that! As reported by Android Authority, new regulatory photos from Taiwan’s National Communications Commission have fully revealed the Pixel Fold 2 Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The images confirm that Google is moving away from the short and squat passport-style design that helped the original Pixel Fold stand out from Samsung’s tall, narrow Galaxy Fold. Now we’re getting something closer to the OnePlus Open. The outer display still looks very usable in terms…

Instagram Now Lets You Add Up to 20 Songs to Your Reels Instagram Now Lets You Add Up to 20 Songs to Your Reels Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Instagram will now let you add up to 20 audio tracks to your reel, according to an update spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. When you add different tracks to a reel, Instagram will label the audio mix as belonging to you, allowing other users to share and re-use it. Before this update, you could only add one track to your reel. But now that you can include multiple tracks, you can sync different audio to the text, stickers, and clips that appear in your reel, potentially making for an even more chaotic video. View this post on…

Prime Day: Wenn 4 AirTags günstiger als 3 sind Die große Anzahl an aktiven AirTags im Haushalt sorgt inzwischen dafür, dass wir einen IKEA-Besuch nicht beenden, bevor wir uns vor Ort nicht mit den dort im Achterpack stets günstig angebotenen CR2032-Knopfzellen eingedeckt haben. Eine Packung PLATTBOJ gibt es in den schwedischen Möbelhäusern bereits für 1,50 Euro. Karten für das Portemonnaie Im Laufe des diesjährigen Prime Day dürften noch ein paar von Apples Sachen-Findern hinzukommen. Wir verwenden die Tracker, um den Nachwuchs auf großen Volksfesten nicht zu verlieren, Objekte zu verorten, die nicht unbedingt wertvoll sind, aber einen Wert für uns haben, und vor allem, um Schlüssel gegen das versehentliche Liegenlassen zu schützen. In Geldbeutel und Portemonnaie kommen hingegen die dünnen “Wo ist?”-Karten von Drittanbietern zum Einsatz, die wir für diesen…