Meta has sold over 7 million AI-enabled smart glasses in 2025, partnering with EssilorLuxottica on Ray-Ban and Oakley models that capture real-time visual and audio data for AI processing. Privacy con…
Meta has faced backlash for four privacy-eroding features in a month, including using public Instagram photos for AI image generation, deploying facial recognition in smart glasses without disclosure,…
Meta's AI-powered smart glasses, including Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta models, are transforming sightseeing with hands-free features such as real-time landmark information, live translation, navigati…
Singer Lorde criticized AI-enabled smart glasses during a performance at Madrid's Mad Cool Festival, saying 'fuck the glasses' and calling them 'not sexy.' The comments come as Meta pushes its Ray-Ban…
Meta launched three controversial features in less than a month: an Instagram tool that used public profile photos to generate AI images on WhatsApp (quickly reversed after backlash), a facial recogni…
Meta is testing a 'super sensing' mode for its Ray-Ban smart glasses that could enable continuous environmental recording, raising privacy concerns. The company sold over 7 million pairs in 2025, sign…
Meta is updating its smart glasses with a mandatory firmware update that disables the camera if the privacy LED is tampered with or destroyed, following reports of modified glasses being used to recor…
Meta launched $299 smart glasses with AI features on June 23, 2026, but Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated an investigation on May 21, 2026, over potential biometric data violations. The glas…
Meta launched cheaper smart glasses under its own brand on June 23, reigniting privacy debates about camera-equipped eyewear. Critics focus on the glasses themselves, but the real privacy concern lies…
Meta has introduced a $19.99 monthly subscription for its Ray-Ban smart glasses, limiting the 'conversation focus' feature to three hours per month unless users pay. The feature runs entirely on-devic…
Meta is launching a $19.99 monthly subscription called Meta One Premium that rate-limits AI features on its smart glasses, including Conversation Focus, which requires no internet connection. Critics …
Meta holds 84% of the global smart glasses market in Q1 2026, shipping 7.4 million units in 2025—a 281% year-over-year increase—driven by AI-powered Ray-Ban glasses starting at $299, while competitors…
Rapper Tyler, the Creator called for a ban on Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, citing privacy and consent concerns after a Wired article documented nefarious uses of the wearable cameras. Tyler criticized …
China's first AI data center powered entirely by direct green electricity has begun operations in Zhongwei, Ningxia, using wind-powered liquid-cooling to achieve a Power Usage Effectiveness of 1.15. T…
Meta launched 'Starfire' smart glasses designed with Kylie Jenner, featuring her voice for Meta AI and a gemstone lens, just months before Google's similar Gentle Monster glasses are expected to launc…
Meta launched its own-brand AI glasses, the Meta Adventurer and Meta Fury, at $299 each on June 23, stripping the Ray-Ban logo and dropping the price by $80 while keeping the same internal hardware as…
Meta launched a new line of AI-powered smart glasses called Meta Glasses, starting at $299, in partnership with EssilorLuxottica. The glasses feature Meta AI powered by Muse Spark, hands-free photo an…
Meta announced the Meta Glasses starting at $299, developed with EssilorLuxottica but without Ray-Ban branding, featuring an integrated camera and open-ear speakers powered by Meta AI. The glasses off…
Meta launched three new styles of AI-powered glasses starting at $299, developed with EssilorLuxottica and including a Kylie Jenner collaboration. The glasses feature open-ear speakers, hands-free cap…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's new AI glasses must balance fashion with function to gain consumer adoption. Meta unveiled a $299 smart glasses line developed with EssilorLuxottica, as riv…