At Meta Connect 2026, Meta announced a batch of updates for its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, including a voice-driven photorealistic hologram avatar to represent wearers during calls, starting as an early-access feature for US WhatsApp users this fall. Meta also expanded heads-up navigation to support cycling and transit directions using landmark-based cues, added a new Explore app for browsing compatible apps, and introduced smaller updates like Dolby Atmos audio, in-glasses photo editing, and mirrored phone notifications. The glasses are also expanding to the UK, Canada, France, Italy and Germany.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-23
Meta unveiled its first camera-free AI glasses, called Ray-Ban Meta Audio, at its Connect 2026 conference. Made with partner EssilorLuxottica, the audio-only glasses support music, calls, translation and Meta's Muse assistant, weigh 43 grams, and offer up to 12 hours of battery life (48 with the charging case) starting at $349 across 23 color and lens combinations.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-23
At Meta Connect 2026, Meta unveiled two celebrity-branded smart glasses with Blackpink's Lisa: the Meta Adventurer Lisa Edition and a new cat-eye Meta Capri Lisa Edition, both starting at $399. Meta also refreshed its Kylie Jenner line with an Ivory Starfire frame, introduced a cheaper $249 black Adventurer model, and debuted a new non-branded Nova frame style resembling Ray-Ban's Headliner.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-23
Meta has unveiled Ray-Ban Meta Audio, a new smart glasses model that removes the built-in camera found in prior versions and focuses solely on audio features and AI. The glasses support calls, voice-based messaging, music and podcast playback, and Meta AI functions like live translation, and offer up to 12 hours of battery life with 48 more from the charging case.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-23
Meta announced at its Connect 2026 event that its Muse AI agent, which can browse the web, book travel, make calls, send emails and complete purchases, will be extended to its AI glasses. Users will activate Muse hands-free by voice, letting it run tasks in the background and report back once finished, with examples including booking appointments, checking flight prices, tracking down items, and logging workouts or meals.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-23
Meta unveiled Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses at its Connect 2026 event, a version of its smart glasses line that includes Meta AI and open-ear audio but omits a camera entirely. The glasses come in two styles, Clubmaster and Burbank, and weigh from 43 grams, lighter than Meta's camera-equipped models.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-23
Meta's annual Connect conference is approaching, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to present updates centered on artificial intelligence and wearable devices, particularly smart glasses. Reports suggest the company may unveil a camera-free version of its glasses amid ongoing concerns about users covertly recording others.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-23
Meta kicked off its annual Connect conference in Menlo Park, with a keynote from Mark Zuckerberg centered on AI, smart glasses and what he describes as building 'a future for everyone.' The Verge covered the event live starting at 7PM ET, with expectations of updates on Meta's Muse AI agent and newer glasses hardware.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-23
Meta held its annual Connect conference, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivering a keynote covering upcoming products across smart glasses, VR headsets and AI. Coverage included expectations for a camera-free version of Meta's smart glasses, following an earlier 2026 glasses launch, as well as anticipation of a new Quest headset, with developer sessions continuing the following day.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-23
Check Point disclosed that hackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-85102, a pre-authentication remote code execution flaw in its Security Gateway VPN certificate handling, and CVE-2026-93616, a path traversal bug in its Management web service. The company says the path traversal flaw has been exploited as a zero-day since July 23, while exploitation of the gateway flaw began September 12 using VPNs and proxies to mask attacker origin. CISA has added both vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, giving federal agencies until September 25, 2026 to patch.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-23
Security firm Patchstack says threat actors began exploiting a critical WordPress path traversal flaw, CVE-2026-87902, to write files that execute shell commands, after initial reconnaissance traffic surged tenfold. The bug, discovered by researcher Robert Ressl and rated 9.2/10 in severity, allows unauthenticated attackers to trick get_page_template() into loading arbitrary local PHP files under certain theme and server configurations. WordPress patched the issue in version 7.1.2 and backported fixes to branches as old as 4.7.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-23
TechCrunch has announced a StrictlyVC programming track at Disrupt 2026, running October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The October 14 session includes networking and a panel discussion, with speakers such as Ryan Flanagan of ICR addressing how companies prepare for IPOs amid a changing venture funding landscape. Attendees can register with an Investor Pass, with a discount available for sign-ups by September 25.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-23
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