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Wearable Tech

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

With the help of gadgets and subscriptions from technology companies, we are increasingly turning our gaze on each other.
Opinion & Features

Are we on course to become a Little Brother society?

Trust in our peers could be the casualty as surveillance technology becomes smaller, smarter and cheaper

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, introducing the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sep 17. Meta Platforms, seeking to turn its burgeoning smart glasses into a must-have product, unveiled its first version with a built-in screen.
Lifestyle

The smart glasses race has finally started

Meta’s Ray-Ban Display kicks off a round of product launches by tech companies

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