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According to The Information, Meta is preparing to unveil camera-less smart glasses codenamed Luna at next week's Connect event. The device would rely on six microphones and speakers to let users interact with Meta AI and a new Muse AI agent, and is expected to ship in October in Clubmaster and Burbank styles.
Wuyoh Sui, a digital-health researcher at Western University in Canada, examined how smart watches and rings are increasingly used in scientific studies of exercise, sleep and chronic disease. He points out that these commercial devices rely on opaque AI algorithms whose data handling is difficult to audit, raising ethical questions for researchers who adopt them.
Apple has unveiled 'Audio Intelligence,' a feature for upcoming Apple Watches that continuously listens to and transcribes nearby conversations, then summarizes them daily. Although Apple has built in some privacy safeguards for the watch wearer, anyone speaking near a person using this feature could be recorded and transcribed without their knowledge or consent.
A proposed class action filed by families in Illinois and California accuses Meta of harvesting biometric data from Facebook and Instagram photos to build a facial recognition system tied to its smart glasses, reportedly called 'NameTag.' The suit follows earlier reporting that Meta quietly embedded facial recognition code into the devices despite public denials that such a feature was planned. Meta has called the lawsuit meritless, saying no product has shipped and no final decision on the feature has been made.
HTC's Vive Eagle smart glasses, styled after Ray-Ban's Wayfarer-inspired smart eyewear, are now available in the US for $499 with a 12-megapixel camera, four-microphone array and bass-enhanced speakers. The device runs on a Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chip with 4GB RAM and 32GB storage, but its 235mAh battery only lasts 4.5 hours of music playback or three hours of calls.
Women interviewed by WIRED describe being secretly filmed on dates by men wearing Meta's AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses, which can capture photo and video from the wearer's point of view. One woman, Courtney McAnuff, discovered footage of her date posted to Instagram without her consent, prompting her to describe the experience as a violation. Meta sold over 7 million pairs of the glasses in 2025, and the devices have earned the nickname "creep glasses" amid growing complaints about covert filming in social settings.
Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses include an Audio Only mode that disables the built-in screen entirely while driving, functioning like the standard Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses. Users retain hands-free calling and voice commands but lose all visual overlays, since the glasses were not built for real-time turn-by-turn navigation.
Analyst Mark Gurman says Apple's newly unveiled iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone, could spawn variants like a Duo Max, Duo mini, or Duo SE in coming years. He argues Apple deliberately picked a short name to leave room for such suffixes, mirroring its Air and Pro naming conventions.
Photon Studio is a newly available desktop image editor that supports layers, masks, adjustment layers, smart objects, and native PSD file compatibility. It performs all processing locally, including AI-driven subject selection and background removal, and is currently free with no paywalled features.
Plaintiffs in Illinois and California have filed a class action lawsuit against Meta, alleging the company intends to incorporate facial recognition technology into its smart glasses products. The suit centers on privacy concerns tied to biometric data collection without proper consent.
Lockly has released the Lyro Lasta, a smart lock priced under $170 that targets landlords, short-term rental hosts and vacation property owners rather than chasing high-end features like solar charging or ultrawideband sensors. It combines a fingerprint reader, touchscreen keypad, included RFID cards, weatherproof housing and an extra-large battery rated for up to three years, alongside app-based access management and activity logs. A CNET reviewer tested it by simulating both an owner setup and a guest arriving on vacation to evaluate the various entry methods.
OnPay's analysis of search trends finds small-business owners collectively run over 91,000 searches a year on how to process payroll manually, while employees log 35,000 more searches looking for ways to cash paper checks. The company points to case studies like Max Farnsworth of Farnsworth Industries, who cut hours of monthly manual payroll work down dramatically after switching to an automated platform.