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Families Sue Meta Over Claims It Used Facebook Photos to Build Secret Face Recognition
A federal lawsuit filed in Chicago accuses Meta of harvesting faceprints from millions of user photos without consent to power NameTag and two AI image systems.

Snap Spent a Week Trying to Justify Its $2,200 Smart Glasses. Here Is What It Announced.
New AI features, enterprise deals and a $10-a-month data plan are Snap's answer to the backlash over Specs. Whether they add up to a convincing argument is another question.

Iceland's Treble Raises $18 Million to Stress-Test the Voice AI Boom
The acoustic simulation startup, which already benchmarks speech models on Hugging Face, now has $40 million total to push into robotics, smart glasses, and physical AI.

Meta Is Building Smart Glasses Without a Camera
After complaints that its Ray-Ban glasses enable secret recording, Meta is reportedly developing a no-camera version that still connects to its AI assistant.

Meta patches its Ray-Ban smart glasses to stop secret recordings after public backlash
A software update will cut off the camera if someone covers the recording light mid-shoot, closing a loophole that let wearers film strangers without any visible warning.

These AI-powered glasses want to replace your hearing aid
Legato has raised $12 million to build hearing-assistance technology into ordinary-looking eyeglass frames, targeting the 40 million Americans with mild to moderate hearing loss who never seek treatment.

You probably can't tell when someone's Meta AI glasses are recording you
Smart glasses are showing up in schools, courts and restaurants. Bans are spreading, but spotting a pair in the wild is harder than you'd think.

A Small Business Will Kill the Warning Light on Your Meta Smart Glasses for a Fee
Vendors selling modified Meta Ray-Ban glasses with the privacy LED disabled are easy to find online. Here is what that means if you work, shop, or perform in public.

Apple's AirPods May Soon Have Cameras Built In. Here's What That Means for You.
A video buried inside Apple's latest software update shows AirPods identifying a book cover using AI. If the leak is real, your earbuds could soon act as a second pair of eyes.

Meta's Smart Glasses Are Sparking a Privacy Backlash Across Europe
Activists, rights groups and now entire governments are pushing back against glasses that can film strangers in public without any visible warning.

Samsung Unveils New Smart Glasses with Google, Promising 9-Hour Battery Life
Samsung and Google are bringing smart glasses to market this fall, with fashion-brand frames, a full day's battery, and AI assistants built in.

Google puts Gemini on Samsung's newest foldables, watches and smart glasses
Task automation now covers 40+ apps, Notebook lands preinstalled, and Gemini answers on your wrist without a wake word.

Halliday Gen 2 Smart Glasses Put AI Meeting Notes in Your Field of View
The second-generation glasses ditch the fiddly hidden display for a proper dual-screen setup, and aim to keep workers informed during meetings without touching a phone or laptop.

Halliday's G2 Smart Glasses Record Your Meetings. Nobody Else in the Room Will Know.
A new pair of camera-free smart glasses promises to summarise your meetings automatically. The catch: the people being recorded may never find out.

AI Smart Glasses Can Record Strangers Without Any Warning. Here Is What You Should Know.
Meta's AI-enabled glasses are already on faces in public spaces. Critics say the privacy risks fall hardest on women, and the law is struggling to keep up.