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Jay Peters

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    Meta is “almost ready” to show off a prototype of its full holographic glasses.

    “Every person who I’ve shown it to so far is just like... their reaction is giddy,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg says in an interview. Perhaps at Meta Connect in September?

    You can read more about Meta’s AR / VR roadmap in a report from last year by my colleague Alex Heath.

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    Jay Peters
    Plenty of time to practice your Hadouken.

    Sony’s Street Fighter movie is set to release on March 20th, 2026, according to Deadline. The publication also reports that Danny and Michael Philippou, the directors of Talk To Me, are no longer directing the Street Fighter film.

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    Jay Peters
    “Most” episodes of Comedy Central shows are no longer on its website.

    A Paramount Global spokesperson tells Variety that “as part of broader website changes across Paramount, we have introduced more streamlined versions of our sites, driving fans to Paramount Plus to watch their favorite shows.”

    The company recently took down the MTV News website archives, too.

    A screenshot of a notice on Comedy Central’s website.
    This notice pops up when you visit Comedy Central’s website.
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    Bluesky will let you suggest “starter packs” of friends and feeds to follow.

    Seems like a really useful way to help your friends and followers find stuff to check out on Bluesky. The starter packs have a link, a QP code, and a preview image to make them more shareable.