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Amy Laurent, founder of a high-end matchmaking firm, says clients increasingly hesitate to date men who work in tech, citing broader public anger at companies like Meta, Amazon and Elon Musk-linked ventures over issues from social media addiction to labor practices and AI's societal effects. Laurent says she now preemptively addresses women's reservations when introducing tech-employed male clients as matches.
Bloomberg reports that Meta's upcoming Muse Charm, a handheld device housing its Muse AI agent, will be able to recognize and interact with other Charms nearby. The gadget includes a built-in 5G modem, a two-inch OLED touchscreen, a fingerprint sensor, cameras, speakers, microphones, and a USB-C port, and can be set up via Meta's Muse app on iOS or Android. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the device is planned to launch in time for the December holidays, though pricing has not been confirmed.
Apple's new Apple Watch features, Live Rewind and Siri Recap, continuously listen to and transcribe surrounding speech to generate summaries, prompting immediate criticism from privacy experts. Apple published technical details claiming Live Rewind keeps only a rolling 15-second buffer and Siri Recap produces only high-level, non-speaker-identified summaries, with an audible chime alerting bystanders. The feature launches amid a broader trend of listening devices, including Flock cameras, AI pendants like Friend, and Meta Ray-Ban glasses, that record people without their explicit consent.
According to data compiled by Axios, monthly visits to the top 100 news sites fell from over 70 million in July 2024 to about 47 million in July 2026. The decline coincides with Google's 2024 introduction of AI Overviews atop search results and Meta's rollout of its own AI assistant, both of which surface summarized content instead of directing users to original articles.
Meta unveiled its third-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, featuring a slimmer design, a 12MP camera with 3K video, a nine-hour battery, and a six-mic array, available now in Aviator, Wayfarer, and new Zena cat-eye styles starting at $449. The company also refreshed its camera-free Meta Glasses line, adding a new Ivory colorway for the Kylie Edition and a LISA collaboration, plus a cheaper $249 Meta Adventurer model.
Meta unveiled Ray-Ban Meta Audio, a camera-less smart glasses model weighing 43 grams, offering 12 hours of audio playback plus 48 more via its case. The glasses come in 23 color and lens combinations across two styles and are available for pre-order at $349, shipping October 13. Meta also revealed a small keychain accessory called Muse Charm, which reportedly includes a camera and lets users interact with its Muse AI voice assistant, expected to ship in December.
Meta introduced new VR Glasses that weigh about 100 grams, five times lighter than its Quest 3 headset, by offloading processing, storage and battery to a separate tethered puck with a trackpad. The glasses use micro-OLED displays at 5K resolution per eye and 37 pixels per degree, are certified for Dolby Vision, Dolby Audio and IMAX Enhanced, and can project a virtual keyboard and trackpad onto a desk surface.
Mark Zuckerberg introduced the Meta VR Glasses, a slimmer and lighter successor to the Quest headset line, priced at $1,299 and slated for spring 2027. He also showed the Muse Charm, a handheld pendant letting users speak to Meta's Muse AI agent without a phone, expected to ship by December but with no price disclosed yet.
At Meta Connect 2026, Meta introduced the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first camera-free smart glasses, priced from $349 and shipping October 13. The company also revealed the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3), a slimmer version of its camera-equipped glasses with up to nine hours of battery life and a customizable action button, alongside a new Muse Charm accessory built for Meta's Muse AI assistant and a lightweight VR headset called Meta VR Glasses.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the company's Connect keynote to unveil a wave of new features for Muse, its personal AI agent launched in early September. The updates include a digital avatar named Jolly, deeper integration with apps like email and calendars, and availability on Meta's AI glasses, all powered by the Muse Spark multimodal model.
At Meta's Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Muse Charm, a small keychain-sized device that houses Meta's Muse AI agent and its animated avatar, called Jolly, on a tiny screen. Users activate it via a fingerprint sensor to talk to the assistant instantly without unlocking a phone or opening an app, and Zuckerberg said the device is set to ship in time for the December holidays.
Mark Zuckerberg introduced a new AI agent called Muse, designed to work in tandem with smartglasses hardware. He described the launch as part of a broader push toward what he called 'personal superintelligence,' alongside other new hand-held AI device offerings from Meta.