Apple has cut more than 200 jobs across its Siri, Vision Pro, and gaming teams, including the elimination of its VR development team of at least 60 employees, as it pivots toward AI-powered smart glas…
Apple's forthcoming AirPods with cameras, revealed in a leaked macOS Tahoe video, are designed for computer vision and AI interpretation rather than personal photography, according to MacRumors. The e…
Apple Inc. is developing smart glasses that will function as an AI-powered wearable companion to the iPhone, with a reported launch in 2027. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is testing four…
RayNeo announced its new iO Smart Glasses, which diverge from camera-equipped rivals like Meta's Ray-Ban lineup by omitting a camera and instead featuring a monochrome display with 1,300 nits brightne…
Burning Man 2026 organizers updated their Survival Guide to explicitly require permission before using smart eyewear, including Meta's Ray-Ban and Oakley AI glasses, to record anyone at the festival, …
UK cinema operators are banning or restricting camera-enabled smart glasses, including Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, over piracy and privacy concerns, the UK Cinema Association confirmed on Thursday. …
UK cinemas are banning or restricting Meta smart glasses over privacy and piracy concerns, according to the UK Cinema Association (UKCA), with venues such as ATG Theatres and pub chain Wetherspoons im…
Meta's smart glasses, sold by Oakley and Ray-Ban, include a hidden facial recognition feature called NameTag that can identify unsuspecting individuals, raising privacy concerns. The feature was remov…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has barred its workforce from using Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses on duty, citing a long-standing policy that prohibits personal recording devices to ensure…
Meta has filed a patent for Ray-Ban-style smart glasses equipped with facial recognition technology, sparking widespread discussion in early 2024. The glasses feature an on-device NPU and Secure Encla…
Meta Platforms Inc. sold more than seven million pairs of its AI-powered smart glasses in 2025, developed with Ray-Ban and Oakley, but privacy experts and activists warn the devices could enable const…
A man named Mark used Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses to film himself harassing British comedian Diane Morgan during a TV shoot on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, with the video accumulating over one million v…
Meta Platforms Technologies, the entity holding Meta's R&D and hardware intellectual property, published a patent for a camera system that uses facial recognition to identify people and log their acti…
Best Buy has expanded its Meta Lab @ Best Buy interactive experience to 50 locations nationwide, allowing customers to try Meta's AI glasses, including Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta Vanguard, Oakley Meta …
Meta's AI-powered smart glasses have been banned from courthouses across England and Wales by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), prompting employment lawyers to warn businesses about …
German digital rights group HateAid filed a criminal complaint on August 12 with Frankfurt's Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) against Meta Platforms Technologies Ireland, Ray-Ban, Oakley,…
German digital-rights group HateAid filed a criminal complaint against Meta, EssilorLuxottica, and retailers Fielmann, Apollo-Optik, Mister Spex, and MediaMarkt, alleging that Meta's AI smart glasses …
HateAid, a German digital rights NGO, filed a criminal complaint on August 12 with the Frankfurt prosecutor's cybercrime unit ZIT against Meta Platforms Technologies Ireland Limited, Ray-Ban and Oakle…
Meta's £429 AI glasses, tested by Jim Norton in New York, feature an 'AI live' assistant with celebrity voices like Judi Dench, and can recommend sights, estimate calories, and provide real-time video…
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses can be used to secretly identify strangers by combining facial recognition with public databases, and a Harvard student's viral experiment showed that Disney character son…