Meta’s VR version of GTA: San Andreas is ‘on hold indefinitely’

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A screenshot from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition.
This is a screenshot from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition. We never saw footage of the VR port. | Image: Rockstar Games

The Quest version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which was first announced nearly three years ago, is “on hold indefinitely,” Meta confirmed to IGN and in a comment on a YouTube video. “GTA: San Andreas is on hold indefinitely

I've been to the 10 most-visited US national parks. The most popular ones weren't necessarily my favorites.

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Emily standing on a rock formation facing a viewpoint of greenery and a body of water as the sun sets at Acadia National Park.
I've been to all of the top 10 most-visited US national parks.

Emily Hart

  • When considering iconic US landscapes, many people envision the most-visited major national parks.
  • As someone who has visited all 10 of them, they're all worth seeing — but I still have my favorites.
  • Great Smoky Mountains came in last due to the crowds, but Grand Teton was my favorite to visit.

After visiting 59 of the 63 major

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Online publishers face a dilemma: Allow AI scraping from Google or lose search visibility

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As the US government weighs its options following a landmark “monopolist” ruling against Google last week, online publications increasingly face a bleak future. (And this time, it’s not just because of severely diminished ad revenue.) Bloomberg reports that their choice now boils down to allowing Google to use their published content to produce inline AI-generated search “answers” or losing

Congress asks Mark Zuckerberg to explain why drug dealers are advertising on Facebook and Instagram

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Nineteen members of Congress are pushing Mark Zuckerberg to explain why Meta has allowed ads for cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs to be shown on Facebook and Instagram. The letter comes after the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) uncovered hundreds of such ads on the company’s platform.

The letter points to the TTP’s report last month, which used Meta’s ad library to find 450 Instagram and Facebook

California state IDs can now be stored in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet

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California is the latest state to make its driver's licenses mobile. Today, Governor Gavin Newsom's office announced that both Apple Wallet and Google Wallet will be adding support for California driver's licenses and state IDs. The release clarified that residents still need to carry a physical copy of their identification, but that the mobile option would make age verification faster during air

I tried ice-cream bars from Costco, Whole Foods, and Wegmans. The winner had an extra ingredient that gave it an edge.

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A gray counter holding a purple box with illustrations of ice-cream bars, a white box with a red, blue, green, and orange design and images of ice-cream bars, and a red-and-white box with an ice-cream bar on it sitting next to blue, green, and purple plates holding ice-cream bars
I tried ice-cream bars from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Costco.

Ted Berg

  • I compared ice-cream bars from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Costco to find the tastiest ones.
  • The ice-cream bars from Wegmans' were OK, but they didn't stand out to me.
  • My wife and I loved the chocolate-and-nut coating on the Kirkland Signature ice-cream bars.

Classic, chocolate-coated ice-cream bars are a perfect dessert when you need

You can now use the Meta Quest as a screen for HDMI devices

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Someone holding Meta Quest 3 VR headset
With the right hardware, you can now connect the Meta Quest to devices with HDMI or DisplayPort output. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge

Meta has released a new app for the Quest 3, 2, and Pro, letting you use the headsets as a screen for consoles, laptops, or any device with video out capabilities. Using the free Meta Quest HDMI Link app does require additional