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Valve Has Reportedly Imported 13 Tons of VR Headsets, 141 Tons of Game Consoles

Valve's latest import data suggests the company is one step closer to rolling out its next wave of hardware. Trade reports indicate that Valve's logistics partner, Ceva, brought roughly 32 metric tons of cargo labeled "Virtual Reality Devices" from Shanghai into Los Angeles on June 10. Another 141 tons of cargo labeled "Game Consoles" have also been imported since late April.

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After subtracting the estimated weight of the containers, reporters calculate that about 13 tons of the VR shipment are headsets and related hardware, believed to be Valve's standalone Steam Frame headset. The heftier shipment has led to speculation that Valve is preparing launch inventory for its Steam Machine. Valve has previously said the Steam Machine weighs around 2.6 kilograms per unit, so analysts say the total weight could mean tens of thousands of consoles, as reported by The Verge.

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Judge Approves $1.5 Million SEC-Musk Settlement Over Twitter Investment

The opinion says whether it's fair is ‘for our citizenry to decide at the ballot box.’ In 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission under former chair Gary Gensler brought a case against Elon Musk regarding his acquisition of Twitter. The regulator questioned Musk's 11-day delay

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Smart glasses are having a privacy reckoning, and Meta is caught in the middle

The smart-glasses backlash has reached the courtroom. From 20 July, New York will ban recording eyewear from every one of its 1,240 courts. It is the first US state to go that far. An internal memo from the New York State Unified Court System sets out the rule, first

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A tritium ‘nuclear battery’ just reached orbit for the first time

The nuclear age has quietly reached commercial spaceflight. City Labs, a Miami firm, has launched BOHR, which it calls the world’s first commercial nuclear-powered satellite and the first nuclear CubeSat. The craft is about the size of a softball. It flew on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare on 7

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Venus Aerospace raises $91M to build its ‘detonation’ rocket engine

A Texas startup has raised $91m to build a rocket engine most of the industry once wrote off as too hard. Venus Aerospace announced a $91m Series B to develop its Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine, or RDRE. Mercury Fund led the round. The backers read like a defence roll-call. Lockheed

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Judge Approves $1.5 Million SEC-Musk Settlement Over Twitter Investment

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A tritium ‘nuclear battery’ just reached orbit for the first time

Venus Aerospace raises $91M to build its ‘detonation’ rocket engine