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Why Meta disabled the cameras on thousands of its smart glasses

A recent software update tackles a creepy problem: people who have tampered with their Meta smart glasses to record inconspicuously.

Huawei, Xiaomi to debut new top phones on eve of foldable iPhone

Huawei Technologies Co and Xiaomi Corp are raising the stakes in China's smartphone arena just days before Apple Inc's first foray into the foldable category.

Ode to the remote control, that tiny box that lets you channel your desires without ever getting up

If the TV remote hadn't been invented, channel surfers and couch potatoes would have to argue about something else.

The costly tech flops flaunted at Berlin's IFA then quietly forgotten

Once upon a time, families crowded together on the sofa gazing at flickering screens through their clunky plastic glasses.

AI data centre boom causing even higher smartphone and console prices

Consumers should brace for noticeable price increases and a reduced choice of many popular electronics this year, as the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom reshapes the semiconductor industry, analysts say.

HTC brings its smart glasses to the US as privacy backlash grows

HTC Corp is rolling out its Vive Eagle smart glasses in the US, entering a market where category leader Meta Platforms Inc is already facing mounting concerns from consumers over clandestine camera recording.

China approves string of ‘telepathy’ devices amid push to leapfrog Elon Musk

Chinese regulators have approved a group of brain-technology products this year, as local start-ups push to surpass Musk's Neuralink

AI is largely to be banned in NYC elementary and middle schools

A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using AI, but stops short of a moratorium.

Meta Glasses won’t record with the capture light covered. Critics aren’t convinced

The company rolled out a new marketing campaign and software updates amid backlash.

John Ternus takes over as Apple enters era of AI, foldable phones

John Ternus took over as Apple's chief executive on Sept 1, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial intelligence.