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arstechnica.com > gaming > 2026 > 08 > new-bootloader-lets-you-take-the-meta-out-of-the-original-meta-quest

New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (225+ words) Privilege escalation attack grants "full control" and freedom from Meta's servers/apps. Remember the original Quest headset that Meta (then Oculus) trumpeted back in 2019? Meta seems to hope you don't, since the company officially stopped supporting the wireless VR headset…...


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Viral Needle in a Haystack Game Spawns Dozens of Roblox Copies in 48 Hours

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (271+ words) “I made a game where you literally have to find a needle in a haystack / the catch is there are 5,000,000 pieces of hay and only 1 needle,” Nas wrote. The video exploded. Within days it racked up roughly 49 million views and…...