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Sean Hollister

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
43
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Sean Hollister

    Steam Deck 2: Is AMD Gainsborough the chip Valve’s been waiting for? (opens the original)

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    The Steam Deck is four and a half years old, and handheld gamers are eagerly awaiting a Steam Deck 2 — but Valve has consistently said it needs a new chip with a “generational leap” in performance and efficiency before building the sequel. There’s some reason to believe that chip has now broken cover: AMD Gainsborough. But I’m a tad skeptical. As leaker Moore’s Law is Dead and IT Home report, the latest AMD drivers have leaked the codename for a previously unknown chip: an “AMD Gainsborough.” Th

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Sean Hollister

    Can VR glasses save VR? (opens the original)

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    Meta’s VR Glasses aren’t the glasses the industry promised. They might be better. Meta’s VR Glasses aren’t the glasses the industry promised. They might be better. I’m pretty sure I won’t be buying the $1,299 Meta VR Glasses. That’s too rich for my blood in today’s economy, and my feelings about Meta are… conflicted. But I want you to understand that Meta just changed the game. We’ve had glasses, but we’ve never had glasses like this. The Meta VR Glasses are not an opaque VR headset. They are no

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Sean Hollister

    Android Central, a good blog, has been gutted. (opens the original)

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    Staffers don’t know whether the site will shut down — but managing editor Derrek Lee confirms to The Verge that all remaining staff were laid off today. Senior editor Harish Jonnalagadda and senior content producer Nicolas Sutrich wrote they’d been laid off, and senior editor Namarah Saud Fatmi also appears to be gone. Android Central’s masthead was already down to six staffers after layoffs earlier this year. Earlier today, owner Future PLC announced it would pause its share buyback and focus o

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Sean Hollister

    Asus won’t say how it escaped the US router ban (opens the original)

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    Asus is not publicly committing to US manufacturing. Asus is not publicly committing to US manufacturing. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. This spring, the United States banned all future foreign-made consumer routers — effectively all future routers — unless their makers could 1) convince the US government that they weren’t a national security threat, and 2) submit “a detailed, time-bound plan to establish or expand manufacturing

  5. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Sean Hollister

    How many Chromebooks will become Googlebooks before ChromeOS dies in 2034? (opens the original)

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    Google has now confirmed what we reported this spring: ChromeOS is done in 2034. The company says it’s committed to its 10-year-support promise, but for those Chromebooks that can’t be turned into Googlebooks, it might have to get creative. “Many newer commercial Chromebook models will be capable of upgrading to Googlebook OS,” Google writes. But not all. Nearly 100 different models of Chromebook are supposed to get support till 2035 or later.

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