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Two students at Harvard University modified a set of Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses to add AI-based facial recognition technology, and the result is a wearable that is able to identify people in real time, according to a report from 404 Media.
The modified Meta Glasses are able to use the camera to scan a stranger's face to get their name, and there's also a function for pulling information like home address, phone number, and family members from internet sites that store that kind of data.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook will soon be $50 million richer after selling 223,986 shares of Apple Stock, earning him a total of $50,276,076, according to an SEC filing. Cook was originally granted the stock as part of performance-based award based on Apple's shareholder return relative to other S&P 500 companies, and he often sells stock in October. Earlier this week, Cook was granted an additional 219,502 shares of Apple stock.... Read more âș
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OpenAI is now valued at $157 billion, a close read of OpenAI's statement might provide some hints about the future. Read more âș
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Select Galaxy owners are having a not-so-fun day today, with phones apparently stuck in endless bootloops following a SmartThings framework system app update. Devices affected include the Galaxy S10 series, as well as the Galaxy Note 10 series. The full list of devices can be found below. With system app updates, itâs entirely possible for ⊠Continued Read the original post: Galaxy Devices Stuck in Bootloop Following App Update Read more âș
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Russia's proposed spending on its own chipmaking tools industry by 2030 is 57 times lower than its spending on war against Ukraine in 2025 alone. Read more âș
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io9 sat down with Absolute Batman team Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta to discuss reshaping Batmanâliterally and metaphoricallyâfor a new age. Read more âș
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The former President has repeatedly downplayed the traumatic brain injuries of US soldiers from an Iranian missile attack in 2020. Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images First, it was Spotify, then Verizon, then PlayStation, and now itâs apparently Bank of Americaâs turn to have an outage this week. Some customers have reported problems accessing their bank accounts on Wednesday, with the balances showing $0 or ââ-â instead of what should be there. Reports spiked just before 1PM ET on Down Detector, with posts across X and Reddit from... Read more âș
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United States District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan released the 165-page motion by Special Counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday. Read more âș
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In a recent all-hands, Google leaders told staff it was keeping its work policy flexible, but warned staff to be productive at home. Read more âș
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OpenAI has raised $6.6 billion in a new funding round that's also one of the largest private investments on record. Read more âș
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I reviewed HTC's Vive Focus Vision, a lossless PCVR headset with eye-tracking and standalone capability. Read more âș
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After successfully launching a crew to the ISS, the rocket's upper stage experienced an anomaly during its deorbit burn. Read more âș
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Save $100 when trading in an eligible pair of earbuds to Samsung when purchasing the Galaxy Buds3 Pro. Read more âș
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Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last week on charges including fraud, bribery, and soliciting donations from foreign nationals, told federal investigators he forgot his phone password before handing it over, according to charging documents. That was almost a year ago, and investigators still canât get into the phone, prosecutors said Wednesday. During a federal court hearing, prosecutor Hagan Scotten said... Read more âș
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Metaâs glasses include a privacy light, but itâs not always easily visible. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Two Harvard students have created an eerie demo of how smart glasses can use facial recognition tech to instantly doxx peopleâs identities, phone numbers, and addresses. The most unsettling part is the demo uses current, widely available technology like the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and public databases. AnhPhu Nguyen,... Read more âș
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The Windows 11 24H2 rollout formally removes support for Wordpad as Microsoft formally adds in its deprecated feature, ending its 28 years of product lifespan. Read more âș
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âDuh-nuh-nuh-nuhhhhhh!â | Image: Nintendo Zeldaâs first time out as a playable character in the lands of Hyrule launched less than a week ago, but you can already get her new game with a modest discount. The physical cartridge version of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is on sale at Woot for $51.99 ($8 off) through October 4th (or until it sells out, which happened briefly before an unexpected... Read more âș
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Logistics company Flexport is making fresh job cuts and will sublease excess warehouse space to overhaul the money-losing fulfillment business it acquired from Shopify last year, according to a memo to staff on Wednesday. Flexport, which was valued at $8 billion in a 2022 funding round, has seen revenue drop since then amid a broader collapse in freight markets. At the same time, it has struggled to fit the fulfillment... Read more âș
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Verizon is currently experiencing a major outage that is affecting many customers across the U.S., including iPhone users. Affected users may be unable to send or receive phone calls, send or receive text messages, or use cellular data. As a result of the network being down, many affected iPhone users are seeing "SOS" displayed in their device's status bar. In a support document, Apple says that an iPhone displays "SOS"... Read more âș
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Apple appears to be internally testing iOS 18.0.1 for the iPhone, based on evidence of the software update in our website's analytics this week. Our logs have accurately revealed many iOS versions before they were released. We expect iOS 18.0.1 to be a minor update focused on bug fixes. Issues that could be addressed with the update include touchscreen issues affecting the iPhone 16 series and some older models, an... Read more âș
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Health Canada this week published approval of watchOS 11's sleep apnea detection feature on the Apple Watch Series 10, Apple Watch Series 9, and Apple Watch Ultra 2. The feature launched in the U.S. and over 150 other countries and regions earlier this month, and Apple is now permitted to make the feature available in Canada. It is unclear when Apple will expand the feature to Canada. Sleep apnea is... Read more âș
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In a social media post today, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple will be making a donation of an undisclosed amount to Hurricane Helene relief efforts. "We're thinking of all those facing the catastrophic aftermath of Hurricane Helene," said Cook. "Apple will be making a donation to help with relief efforts on the ground." Hurricane Helene made landfall at Florida's Big Bend on late Thursday, before carrying on through... Read more âș
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Over the past year and a half or so, some owners of the 24-inch iMac with the M1 chip have encountered horizontal lines abruptly appearing on the computer's screen. There are complaints about this issue across the Apple Support Community, MacRumors Forums, Reddit, iFixit Answers, and several other websites, but it is unclear how many customers are affected in total, or what the underlying cause of the problem is. Many... Read more âș
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While a Chinese regulatory filing showed that all iPhone 16 models are rated for up to 45W charging speeds, tests have since shown that the devices do not actually charge this fast. However, there are still improvements. ChargerLAB last week tested the iPhone 16 Pro Max with a variety of Apple and third-party chargers, and it found that the device achieved maximum sustained charging speeds of around 30W. In one... Read more âș
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Apple has finally brought T9 dialing support to the iPhone with iOS 18, a feature long available on Android devices. This addition to the Phone app allows users to quickly find and call contacts using the number pad, which can streamline the process of making calls if you've used the feature before. T9 dialing, or Text on 9 keys, is a predictive text technology that emerged in the late 90s... Read more âș
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Apple has reportedly exited negotiations to invest in OpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT AI chatbot, according to The Wall Street Journal. Apple had been in discussions to participate in a funding round for OpenAI that is expected to raise approximately $6.5 billion. However, Apple recently dropped out of the talks for reasons that remain unclear. The funding round is set to close this week. The development comes just... Read more âș
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Apple is developing a new version of its Vision Pro headset that is set to enter mass production in the second half of 2025, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo claims the most significant change in the new model will be the inclusion of Apple's M5 chip, a substantial upgrade from the M2 chip found in the current Vision Pro. The processor boost is expected to significantly improve device's... Read more âș
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Fortnite creator Epic Games today filed a lawsuit against Google and Samsung, accusing the two companies of anticompetitive behavior that discourages Android users from downloading games and apps outside of the Google Play Store. At issue is a Samsung feature called Auto Blocker, which is designed to prevent Galaxy devices from installing applications from unauthorized sources. Enabled by default, Samsung says that Auto Blocker keeps users safe from unknown apps... Read more âș
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