Sleep wearable firms trained AI on customer brainwaves without clear consent
Investigators found tens of millions of hours of EEG; Interaxon trained a model on about 50,000 hours.
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Aina’s $399 smart ring adds a screen, joystick and mic for AI agents
Early-bird pre-orders start Thursday at $399, with shipping planned for January 2027 and a later price of $499.
Verge writer builds a $50 DIY Muse Charm on Waveshare hardware
Claude Code added voice replies, a camera shutter, custom avatars and a Tamagotchi-style game to Meta's sample gadget.
Roundup lists always-listening AI wearables from Bee, Friend, Meta and Plaud
Prices run from Bee at $49.99 to Nirva at $249, with several devices recording conversations continuously.
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InteractiveWorld benchmarks egocentric MLLM assistants on 120 tasks
Across 12 frontier models, Claude Fable 5.1 reaches at most 20% and 25% on long-horizon tasks.
AI notetakers move from meetings onto wearables, authors warn
The essay says always-on watches and glasses can record without a visible bot, and shared summaries can leak other meetings.
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Nirva raises $33 million for a pendant that listens only to the wearer
The $249 device is due to early users by year-end and discards audio after processing.
HUMXN offers free home repairs to film trades work for robots
In exchange, workers wear capture gear inside homes while doing plumbing, electrical, HVAC, duct and carpet jobs.
Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
Amazon’s Panos Panay says ambient Bee wearables could reduce users’ need to open apps.
PPG-Bench: A Unified Benchmark for PPG Foundation Models
PPG-Bench finds most PPG foundation models fail to beat simple controls across 26 tasks.
Natura’s $99 smart ring puts AI agents on your finger
Natura's $99 Interface ring voice-controls AI agents and tracks health metrics.
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We can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’
A Verge column argues AI gadgets blur recording by processing audio and video without saving raw files.
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AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
Norway and Australia move to restrict AI smart glasses in public spaces over covert recording and privacy risks.
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1130, which would have banned secretly recording people with wearable devices like smart glasses.
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Announcing Ranveer Singh as Brand Ambassador for Ray-Ban and Ray-Ban Meta in India along with Exciting New Updates to our AI Glasses
Meta names Ranveer Singh Ray-Ban Meta brand ambassador for India and rolls out Gen 3 AI glasses starting at INR 44,300.
At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere
Meta demoed camera-free audio glasses and $150 hearing glasses tied to its Muse agent.
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Meta’s Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it’s tapping into a much newer trend
Meta's Muse Charm is a customizable AI bag charm aimed at Gen Z fashion, with mixed early reception.
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Meta ditches the camera on its newest smart glasses
Meta launched camera-less Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses at $349 and Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 at $449, with Muse AI coming to glasses.
Meta Connect 2026: The biggest news and announcements
Meta's Connect 2026 keynote is expected to highlight AI, smart glasses, and mixed-reality hardware amid camera privacy concerns.
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New Features for Meta Ray-Ban Display
Meta unveils Ray-Ban Display updates at Connect 2026: hologram calls, heads-up navigation, Dolby Atmos capture, and five new markets.
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Introducing Ray-Ban Meta Audio and More AI Glasses Styles
Meta unveils Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses and expands its AI glasses lineup past 100 styles with EssilorLuxottica, with prices from $249 to $449.
Vocci’s ring adds a new form factor to meeting note-taking
Vocci launched a $249 titanium AI ring that records and transcribes meetings, raising covert-recording privacy concerns due to its discreet jewelry-like design.
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Canadian Start-up smartARM Uses AI to Create Intuitive Bionic Prosthetics
Toronto startup smartARM built a bionic prosthetic arm using Meta's DINOv2 vision model and AI glasses to automatically select grips for objects.
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Apple’s revamped Health app will calculate your ‘health age’ and readiness score
Apple redesigned its Health app with Apple Intelligence-powered Insights, readiness scores, Health Age, and a $119 Quest 50-biomarker lab panel.
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