Save $75 on the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses: AI, open-ear audio, and a 12MP camera in a frame you’d wear anyway

Most wearable tech asks you to make a visible compromise on how you look to get the features you want. The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses don’t. They’re down to $224.25, a $75 saving off their $299 list price, and they put a 12MP ultra-wide camera, open-ea…

MIT shows off sensor tech that enables blood glucose monitoring on smartwatches

MIT’s new device uses light to measure blood sugar levels without any needles, and a wearable version is already in the works.

Your next earbuds could translate text and identify objects for you

University of Washington researchers created AI earbuds with cameras that interpret surroundings while prioritising privacy and on-device processing.

This Android smartwatch app is a godsend if your daily commute is tiring and sleepy

Sleep&Arrive is a new Wear OS transit alarm that wakes you by location, not time, giving sleepy commuters a smarter way to avoid missed stops, quiet their alerts, and rely less on shifting arrival estimates.

Meta is building face recognition into your glasses, and civil rights groups are not happy about it

Over 70 civil rights groups are demanding Meta kill its rumored facial recognition feature for Ray-Ban smart glasses before it ever launches, calling it a tool for stalkers and surveillance.

Latest heart research gives yet another compelling reason to take smartwatches seriously

Your smartwatch atrial fibrillation alert deserves a doctor’s visit. New research shows people with AF detected during screening face three times the heart failure risk, with most cases appearing within six months.

Apple smart glasses might avoid the creepy reputation of Meta Ray-Bans with a light trick

Apple may tackle smart glass privacy concerns with a more visible recording indicator design, aiming to improve trust.

The smart home was supposed to be open, but it’s becoming a toll booth

The smart home promised seamless convenience. What it increasingly delivers is a polished system of gatekeeping, where screens, speakers, and dashboards shape what gets seen, what gets used, and what keeps charging after the hardware is already paid for.

The Beats Studio Buds+ drop to $99, and they’re the wireless earbuds I’d recommend for iPhone and Android users alike

The Beats Studio Buds+ are down to $99.95, a $70 saving off their $169.95 list price, and that gets you true wireless noise canceling, spatial audio, and sweat resistance at a price that most competing earbuds with this feature set can’t touch. For any…

Snap’s AR glasses inch closer to reality with Qualcomm Snapdragon chips

Snap’s AR glasses ambitions might be starting to look a lot more real. In an official announcement, Snap has said it has expanded its partnership with Qualcomm through a multi-year strategic agreement that will bring Qualcomm’s Snapdragon silicon to fu…