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Where does virtual reality go next? Right now, there seem to be two paths: Portable and self-contained headsets or those connected to computers and consoles. Valve is clearly betting on the second way with the Index, its first VR hardware. It crams in just about every feature you’d expect from a high-end headset, including some truly transformative finger-sensing controllers. It’s just too bad the entire Index package costs $999, putting it out of reach for most people. It’s a boundary-pushing headset meant to keep the VR industry from getting stale.

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1. An XR game trilogy based on Neon Genesis Evangelion is in the works

   South Korean game development studio Pixelity says it’s working on a series of XR games based on Neon Genesis Evangelion, and the first one will be released next year. In an emailed announcement, the studio said it’s planning a trilogy “based on the world and events of all 26 episodes” of the beloved anime.

   We don’t have much in the way of details just yet, but Pixelity says,

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2. The secretive X-37B space plane snapped this picture of Earth from orbit

   It’s not every day that we get to see a glimpse of what a mysterious space plane is up to in orbit. This week, the US Space Force shared a picture it says was snapped last year by the X-37B, showing Earth in the distance and a bit of the craft itself. X-37B ...

3. The creator of My Friend Pedro has a new game on the way, and it looks amazingly weird

   There’s a lot to take in in the announcement trailer for Shotgun Cop Man: the wide-bodied, thumb-headed protagonist; Satan in the style of ...

4. What we’re listening to: Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, FKA twigs and more

   In What We’re Listening To, Engadget editors and writers discuss the new music we can’t get enough of.

   Bad Bunny -DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

   You don’t need me to tell you to go listen to Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — if you’re on the internet enough, ...

5. ASUS' new mouse has a built-in aromatic oil diffuser

   ASUS has launched a new mouse that comes with an built-in fragrance compartment that can be filled with aromatic essential oils. We

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6. OpenAI bans Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to edit code for social media surveillance

   OpenAI has banned the accounts of a group of Chinese users who had attempted to use ChatGPT to debug and edit code for an AI social media surveillance tool, the company said Friday. The campaign, which OpenAI calls Peer Review, saw the group prompt ChatGPT to generate sales

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7. Can somebody let this robot down?

   It's not clear that anyone was asking for a company to build a muscular, sinewy robot or to see a video of it dangling, helpless from a hook, but life is full of surprises and this YouTube

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8. Bybit hacked for almost $1.5 billion in the biggest crypto theft ever

   While 20th-century heists involved scoping out a location, recruiting a person on the inside and having a daredevil getaway driver waiting outside, the 21st-century version looks more like what Bybit experienced today. A hacker ...

9. Fortnite’s new season leans heavily on heist mechanics

   Fortnite just announced the availability of Chapter 6: Season 2, which has been dubbed Lawless. As the name suggests, this update is all about being a criminal and performing robberies. Fortnite hasn’t dabbled in this kind of GTA-esque

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10. Apple is adding tens of thousands of recipes to News+

    Apple is set to give News+ subscribers more than a soupçon of fresh material. When iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 arrive in April, the company will ...