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Alibaba has introduced the Qwen Glasses N1, a smart glasses product that the company says offers longer battery life and a higher-resolution camera sensor than Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses. The announcement positions Alibaba among a growing list of Chinese manufacturers releasing smart glasses hardware that rivals Meta's specs on paper.
Apple has explained the technical workings of Reference Image mode, a new opt-in feature on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max that cryptographically signs photos at the moment of capture. The camera sensor uses a unique private key generated during manufacturing to sign image data, which Apple's cloud service later verifies against a certified public key, while the phone's security processor also signs and cross-checks the sensor's identity.
At Apple's keynote unveiling new iPhones, the standout for this writer wasn't the visually striking iPhone Duo but the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, both of which now include a variable aperture lens with manual control options. Apple also appears to be pairing this hardware change with computational photography to improve Portrait mode results, based on sample images shown at the event.