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Meta announced at Meta Connect that select Meta Glasses models will get a Hearing Enhancement feature later this year, aimed at users with mild to moderate hearing loss. It's available via Meta One subscription or a one-time $149 fee, with a 30-day free trial, and does not require a prescription. Ray-Ban models are not included at launch.
GoPro's new Mission 1 Pro action camera features an interchangeable lens system (ILS) but lacks electrical contacts, meaning only fully manual lenses with mechanical aperture rings work with it. A reviewer testing the camera with a Laowa 7.5mm lens found that manual focusing is challenging due to the camera's small screen, even with focus peaking enabled. The camera is sold body-only, with no lens bundles currently available from GoPro or retailers.
Apple's iOS 27 update brings changes to Focus mode, the feature that lets iPhone users control which notifications they receive during specific activities like work or sleep. Users can still activate modes via Control Center or customize settings under the Focus menu in Settings, but the update introduces refinements to how these modes function.
Photographer Austin Mann published his annual deep-dive into the iPhone 18 Pro camera, testing the new variable aperture, Pro manual controls, and Photographic Styles 3. He praises the camera's automatic aperture selection, showcases low-light shots enabled by the wider f/1.48 aperture, and details how to separate focus from exposure for the first time on iPhone.
Apple's Control Center houses both Do Not Disturb and Focus modes, with Do Not Disturb actually functioning as one type of Focus alongside Personal, Work and Sleep options. Users can customize each Focus mode individually, choosing exactly which apps and contacts can send notifications while that mode is active. Setup happens through Settings > Focus, where filters, smart activation and time-sensitive notification exceptions can also be configured.
Minded is a new free app designed to interrupt habitual doomscrolling by prompting users to pause before opening time-wasting apps or sites. Rather than blocking access outright, it nudges users toward intentional decisions about how they spend their attention.
An analysis of highly competitive companies finds that their advantage comes from disciplined prioritization rather than pursuing every available opportunity. Firms that spread resources across many new initiatives, technologies, and revenue streams risk diluting the strengths that originally set them apart.
Emerging thinking on productivity challenges the old model of high performers sacrificing sleep, family, and hobbies to maximize work output. Instead, the ability to rest deliberately is being framed as equally important as the ability to focus, forming a key part of sustained achievement.
Ahead of Apple's expected iPhone 18 Pro unveiling next week, leakers agree on two colors—Dark Cherry/Burgundy and Sky Blue—but disagree on the third option. Fixed Focus Digital claims it will be black with no silver variant, while Sonny Dickson has posted images of SIM tray covers suggesting silver is the third color instead.
A Weibo leaker known as Fixed Focus Digital claims Apple is adapting the glass-assembly process used for the iPhone Air to build next year's iPhone Pro models, which are expected to feature an all-glass, quad-curved bezel-free design for the device's 20th anniversary. The leaker says Apple has made progress improving heat dissipation while trying to keep the device slim, though it's unclear how thin the final design will be.