Sean Hollister

Senior Editor

This whistle fights fascists

I print whistles now. You can too.

Sean HollisterFeb 9

Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing

Jay Peters and Sean HollisterFeb 5

Aluminium: Why Google’s Android for PC launch may be messy and controversial

Sean HollisterFeb 3

Sean HollisterFeb 2

“‘How long do we want to support this thing?’ And Jensen said, ‘For as long as we shall live.’”

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, that is, re: the Nvidia Shield TV, likely the most supported Android gadget ever at over a decade. Nvidia’s Andrew Bell tells Ars Technica a new model isn’t in active development, but hints at what he’d add (like AV1 and YouTube HDR). He says Nvidia doesn’t profit off its Netflix button, BTW.

Inside Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device ever

[Ars Technica]

Sean HollisterJan 31

Now that Meta’s no longer bankrolling VR game studios, its VR game boss is leaving.

Jason Rubin became Oculus’ game studios boss in 2014, shortly after Facebook bought the company, and led VR content ever since, as well as brokering deals that might’ve led to a killer app — like Rock Band, Assassin’s Creed and more. But over a decade later, Meta’s gutting its studios. Rubin is leaving in March because “this seems like a good time.”