Wired
Meta's New Smart Glasses: Great at Muting Fire Alarms, Less Great at Not Being Creepy
Meta's new smart glasses can silence a fire alarm, but can they silence the controversy? Probably not.
2026-10-04
Wired
2026-09-26
TechCrunch
Meta Connect Was Just a Bunch of People Wearing Glasses, Which Is Apparently the Future
Meta Connect was wall-to-wall smart glasses, including a camera-free pair and $150 hearing aids, because nothing says 'future' like talking to your sunglasses in public.
2026-09-24
BBC Business
Meta Unveils Camera-Free Smart Glasses, Insists It's Totally Not Because Everyone Called the Last Ones 'Pervert Glasses'
Meta launches camera-free smart glasses, insists it's not because everyone called the last ones 'pervert glasses' - but the pregnant pause from its product head says otherwise.
2026-09-22
TechCrunch
Dutch Startup Morphotonics Raises €40M to Put Its Nanoimprint Stamps in Data Centers, Because Why Not
Dutch startup Morphotonics secures €40M to scale up nanoimprint lithography for smart glasses and data center optics, because apparently your AR glasses and server farms have more in common than you thought.
2026-07-27
The Verge
Apple's Smart Glasses Strategy: 'Please Don't Accuse Us of Being Creepy'
Apple's smart glasses won't be creepy, promise - they're just taking three years to ensure they don't accidentally become a surveillance tool.
2026-07-17
The Guardian Europe
Meta's Smart Glasses: Creepy, Invasive, and Now Endorsed by Kylie Jenner. Great.
Meta's AI glasses are a privacy nightmare, and Kylie Jenner is here to make them trendy. Because nothing says 'safety' like a flashing LED that nobody sees.
2026-07-12
TechCrunch
Even Realities G2 Smart Glasses: Finally, A Heads-Up Display That Won't Film Your Lunch
Even Realities G2 smart glasses skip cameras for productivity, but still depend on your phone and a healthy dose of patience.
2026-05-24
TechCrunch
Xreal CEO Thinks Smart Glasses Are Finally Ready to Stop Being an Expensive Face Computer Punchline
Xreal's CEO says the smart glasses industry is finally turning a corner - because after years of losing money, there's nowhere to go but up.
2026-05-14
The Verge
Meta's Summer Sale Makes Its Smart Glasses Actually Affordable, Which Is Nice
Meta's Summer Sale cuts up to $74 off its Ray-Ban smart glasses, making them almost reasonable - if you can stand the idea of talking to your sunglasses.
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