Meta is developing a new Horizon TV app for Quest VR headsets, resembling the interface of traditional smart TVs from Samsung, Google, or Amazon.

The company's Hyperscape VR app will have the ability to create digital replicas of your surroundings. Photorealistic avatars may soon follow.

The hold-down firing of the first stage engines was the final major test of the New Glenn rocket before launch day. Blue Origin previously test-fired the rocket’s second-stage engines. Officials have not announced a target launch date, but sources tell Ars the rocket could be ready for liftoff as soon as November 9.

The Australian company Gilmour Space aims to make a second attempt to reach space in 2026, having turned a cow paddock into a launch pad. Gilmour Space launched its first Eris rocket on July 29 from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in coastal Queensland, but the rocket fell to Earth just 14 seconds after liftoff.