Smart glasses from Meta, Snap, and other tech giants are facing backlash as consumers label them 'pervert glasses' due to privacy concerns over covert recording and surveillance. Critics warn that the…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a $14 billion bet on AI glasses, predicting they will replace smartphones as the primary device within five years. The new glasses, designed from the ground up with …
Brentwood councilmembers Faye Maloney and Jovita Mendoza are seeking an ordinance to ban new data centers in the city, citing concerns over resource use, environmental impacts, and limited industrial …
Meta launched Meta Glasses on June 23, 2026, a $299 AI smart glasses line made with EssilorLuxottica but sold without the Ray-Ban or Oakley name, signaling the company's belief that smart glasses no l…
Meta launched its own $299 smart glasses, the Adventurer and Fury, undercutting its Ray-Ban lineup ahead of Apple's expected 2027 debut. The glasses, manufactured by EssilorLuxottica, feature a 12-meg…
Meta launched new smart glasses starting at $299, dropping the Ray-Ban and Oakley branding while maintaining the same features. The glasses include a Kylie Jenner collaboration model at $399. Meta lea…
Hundreds of Pittsburg residents packed city hall Monday night to oppose a previously approved data center, citing environmental concerns and lack of transparency. The project, approved in 2024, is the…
Apple is developing AI-equipped AirPods with tiny cameras and smart glasses to compete with Meta's Ray-Ban and Oakley offerings, according to Bloomberg. The AirPods, featuring Visual Intelligence for …
Meta licensed face-recognition software from Rank One Computing, a Pentagon supplier that sells surveillance tools to police and the military, for potential use in its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses…
Chinese labs previously involved in selling fentanyl precursors have shifted to manufacturing and selling peptides, a gray market now valued at over $100 million annually and growing, according to a n…
Meta embedded unreleased face-recognition code, internally named "NameTag," into the Meta AI app used with Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, according to a WIRED code review. The code, added as early …
Meta has been actively developing a facial recognition tool called "NameTag" for its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, according to code found inside the Meta AI app and reviewed by Wired. The feature…
Meta has quietly embedded face-recognition code for its smart glasses into the Meta AI app, which has been downloaded over 50 million times, according to a WIRED analysis. The feature, internally call…
Meta Platforms plans to begin testing an AI pendant within the next year and expand its wearable device lineup, including a business-focused "Wearables for Work" service, according to an internal memo…
On May 20, 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a formal investigation into Meta's AI glasses over concerns about the device's "always enabled" recording mode, which continuously processes…