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Virtual Desktop dev says he’ll ‘try to bring the app’ to Steam Frame.

The Steam Frame and Meta Quest headsets can natively beam your Windows monitors into a headset — but some still prefer Virtual Desktop, the app that pioneered the idea in 2016 before getting “sherlocked” by Meta. Developer Guy Godin says Valve didn’t send him a Frame, but he’ll try to port it anyhow. Technically, I can already stream Virtual Desktop Classic, with working 3D video, but my monitors are stitched together and the controls feel awkward. [Image: Here’s Virtual Desktop Classic streamed from my PC to Steam Frame. A standalone version with passthrough would be better. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/virtual-desktop-steam-frame.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

State Department OKs potential $24B fighter jet sale to Saudis

Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story State Department OKs potential $24B fighter jet sale to Saudis The State Department announced Thursday that it approved a potential $24 billion sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, despite worries from defense officials and lawmakers…

Meta’s Muse AI agent now has a Mac app.

The agent initially launched earlier this month on iOS, Android, and the web, but now, you can use it on your Mac computer, as announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. With Muse on Mac, the agent can do things like organize files, fill out forms, and pull information from apps including Messages, Calendar, and Notes, Meta says. [Media: https://www.threads.com/share/Fir0cHsVh/]

Kennedy fans vaccine injury concerns at anti-vaccine event

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Kennedy fans vaccine injury concerns at anti-vaccine event Returning to the anti-vaccine group he long chaired on Thursday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. Used his keynote address to reinvigorate concerns about vaccine injuries. © Jacquelyn Martin,…

A Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘theft of unprecedented proportions.’

In court documents unredacted Thursday, lawyers for the NYT in its copyright infringement case against Microsoft and OpenAI cited Microsoft’s Director of Applied Science, Brent Hecht, saying that “millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions… almost no one intended for content they created to be used in this fashion, nor are they compensated for its use.” The Orlando Sentinel, which is also part of the suit, reports a Microsoft filing “framed Hecht as someone on the payroll to play a contrarian.”

Watch live: Trump hosts Burgum, group of outdoorsmen at White House Rose Garden

President Trump will host Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, along with more than 100 outdoorsmen, for a White House Rose Garden dinner Thursday evening, a source familiar with the event told The Hill’s broadcasting partner, NewsNation. Trump will reportedly speak during the event and sign two executive orders reversing former President Biden-era restrictions on U.S. land.…