Brilliant Labs launches its second-generation smart glasses

Brilliant Labs is the startup behind Frame, the open-source smart glasses designed for hackers and other creative types. Today, the company is launching Halo, a new pair of glasses that, predictably for the age we live in, are being sold on the back of their AI features. Halo is a wayfarer-style pair (compared to the Panto-styled Frame) and, if you’re a spectacles wearer, you’ll be able to get prescription lenses in more than 100 c

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Is Mark Zuckerberg flip flopping on open source AI?

Earlier today, Mark Zuckerberg shared a rambling memo outlining his vision to build AI "superintelligence." In the memo, Zuckerberg hinted that the pursuit of more powerful AI might require the company to be more selective in what it open sources.

Citing "safety conc

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iOS 26 beta release: Here's everything you need to know about new Apple features and how to get it on your iPhone
new liquid glass display on an iPhone
Liquid Glass is a huge new change coming to iOS 26. (Apple)

Can't wait until the fall to access all the new Apple

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Spotify now requires face scans to access age-restricted content in the UK

Spotify is introducing new requirements to confirm the ages of users in the UK trying to access explicit content. The streaming platform is implementing a facial scan process in partnership with Yoti, which also provides its services

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Google Pixel 10 launch: What we expect to see at the Made by Google event on August 20

After largely focusing Google I/O 2025 on the ways the company wants Gemini to change everything from searching the web to

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Dropbox is pulling the plug on its password manager

Dropbox is saying goodbye to its password manager after five years of service. This leaves current customers in a lurch, as the company has also announced that users only have a few months to extract all of their data.

This discontinuation will happen in phases, but October

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LinkedIn quietly removed references to deadnaming and misgendering from its hateful content policy

LinkedIn quietly changed the language of its hateful content policy this week. The update, the company's first change in three years according to the site's own changelog, removed a line that stated the company prohibits the misgendering and deadnaming of transgender individuals.

The change, which was

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Substack accidentally sent push alerts promoting a Nazi publication

It was easy to view Substack's 2023 Nazi controversy as a kicked can that could turn up again. Well, white supremacist content led to another headache for the company this week. User Mag reported on Tuesday that the app

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Trump will end the de minimis exemption for low-cost global shipments

President Donald Trump's latest economic move is to halt the de minimis exemption, a provision that made international shipments of low-value items cheaper. When the exemption ends on August 29, shipments valued at or under $800 will be subject to duty fees when sent by any carrier other than the international postal network, no matter what country they are coming from.

According to the White House's

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