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Wearable Tech

Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

The dumb choices that make smart glasses so appealing

Wearable tech will wear us all down by design

Meta plans to significantly expand its AI glasses selection and add a business-focused wearables service, according to a report by The Information on May 29.
Companies & Markets

Meta plans AI pendant, 'wearables for work' in hardware boost, The Information reports

The Instagram owner aims to sell 10 million wearable devices in the second half of 2026

Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica more than tripled sales of its Meta AI glasses in 2025, selling more than seven million units.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

The rose-tinted inevitability of smart glasses

I laughed at them in 2013; I might buy a pair in 2026

The Reality Labs has been losing billions of US dollars per quarter for the past several years as the company invests in products that have not yet generated meaningful revenue.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Meta plans to cut 10% of jobs at company’s Reality Labs division

The division has roughly 15,000 employees

Bee’s device records and transcribes its owner’s activities, using that information to recap conversations and automatically create to-do lists in a companion app throughout the day.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Amazon has big hopes for wearable AI – starting with this US$50 gadget

Bee’s device can be worn on the wrist or clipped to a shirt

If you haven’t ridden in a self-driving car yet, this year may finally be the time.
Opinion & Features

The tech that will invade our lives in 2026

From talking computers to self-driving cars, here are the trends to watch

The new glasses also have a blue finish, a change from the company’s standard black frames.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Xreal revamps entry AR glasses with lower price, better video

Apple is expected to unveil its first smart glasses as early as this year

Competition is heating up in the emerging category of AI and augmented reality, or AR, glasses.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Google says first AI glasses with Gemini will arrive in 2026

Samsung Electronics, Warby Parker and Gentle Monster are among its early hardware partners

Smart glasses sales are expected to have grown 116% there on-year in 2025, according to market intelligence provider IDC.
Lifestyle

Chinese smart glasses firms eye overseas conquest

The country is a potentially massive and lucrative market for wearable tech

The company is making an aggressive push into the consumer AI market after having historically lagged rivals.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Alibaba starts selling Quark AI glasses in China, enters global wearables race

Other Chinese tech companies have also launched similar AI-powered glasses

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