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Video games

The $1,299 Meta VR Glasses Prove That High Prices Are the New Normal

Meta finally announced its long-rumored Meta VR Glasses last night at Connect, and while they seem like a cool little gadget, they're coming in at a $1,299 asking price – the same that Valve is charging for its 1TB Steam Frame. The difference, though, is that Meta's headset has less RAM and storage, even if it comes in a flashy new form factor.

Politics

Democrats crack GOP gains with young men, new poll finds

Democrats appear to be gaining ground with young men, a key voting bloc for the GOP’s success last election cycle, ahead of the midterms, according to a new survey released on Thursday. The Cygnal poll found that likely male voters between the ages of 18 and 30 were more likely to support a Democrat over…

Business

Lawmakers seek bipartisan path on paid leave, newborn tax credits

Republicans and Democrats argued Thursday that Congress still has work to do to support American families, pointing to expanded paid family leave access, tax credits for newborn children and other policies aimed at easing financial pressures on parents. The discussion, labeled the “Future of Supporting American Families,” was sponsored by the American Policy Ventures Foundation…

World

More Americans hold positive views of China: Survey

A new survey found more Americans hold a positive view on China than in 2021, as Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the U.S. for the first time in more than a decade. The Pew Research survey asked people to rate China, along with other countries, on a “feeling thermometer” ranging from 0 to 100, where…

Video games

V/H/S/MIXTAPE - Official Trailer - IGN

Check out the trailer for V/H/S/MIXTAPE, an upcoming horror film featuring new segments from directors Ernest Dickerson, Flying Lotus, Tobias Forge, David Moreau, RZA, and Renee Zhan. The latest installment pushes the boundaries of found footage with four wildly original stories that each put a unique spin on the terrifying relationship between sound and fear. V/HS/MIXTAPE features GWAR and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. V/H/S/MIXTAPE cranks the franchise's signature found-footage horror up to eleven with an electrifying new anthology where music and sound become the source of terror. United by a theme that explores the power of music, rhythm, and audio to haunt, possess, transform, and destroy, the film blends cosmic horror, psychological suspense, outrageous splatter, and groundbreaking practical effects into one unforgettable mixtape of nightmares.V/H/S/MIXTAPE is produced by Josh Goldbloom, Steven Schneider, Roy Lee, Michael Schreiber, and Brad Miska. Ben Ross and Rami Yasin serve as executive producers. It is written by Zoe Cooper, David Moreau, Ernest Dickerson, RZA, and Matt Landsman. V/H/S/MIXTAPE streams on Shudder beginning October 9, 2026.

Politics

White House media standoff hangs over Xi visit

Presented by American Policy Ventures Plus: 🥬 What’s on the menu tonight {beacon} It’s Thursday. Congratulations to the Bad News Babes, who beat Team Congress Wednesday night in the Capitol press corps vs. lawmakers softball game. The Hill’s reporting intern Ryan Karlin was there for the action. Programming note: We’re Claire Leibowitz…

World

Carney says he’s prepared for ‘extreme tail risk’ of US invading Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a new interview that he had geared up for an “extreme tail risk” of the U.S. invading his country, comments arriving in the wake of recent trade tensions between Washington and Ottawa. The Canadian leader, in a New York Times interview published Wednesday, was asked about President Trump’s…

Culture

Hot Jimothy summer is over; now it’s “three bowls of water” fall.

The Jimothy craze has died down up here in Seattle just in time for a new Weird Internet Thing: three mysterious bowls of water on the walking path around Green Lake. It started with an innocent question on r/Seattle: what’s up with the bowls? Commenters turned it into a bit, because we can’t resist a bit, which inspired an on-the-scene report by City Cast Seattle. Spoiler alert: it’s probably just water for dogs, but I like the mysterious “geese” theory. [Media: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ddpc1UpBaJq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D]

Culture

A quick look at a long movie.

While there are still some questions around the international rollout of Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary, US distributor Bleecker Street is forging ahead, and has a new trailer to prove it. The trailer does a good job of summing up what to expect from a very, very lengthy film. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8SyndC10]

Politics

Carville: Trump ‘wants to destroy’ Washington, DC

Democratic strategist James Carville said Wednesday that President Trump’s attempts to reshape and rename multiple landmarks throughout and just outside Washington, D.C., as well as create new ones, point to his “particular hatred” for the nation’s capital. Carville discussed on his podcast “Politics War Room” the MS NOW report that Trump pushed to have his…