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Meta just paywalled a useful Ray-Ban smart glasses accessibility feature
By Hamish Hector Published
Meta’s AI smart glasses users with access to Meta One Premium will now need to pay to get higher conversation focus limit rates.

I reserved my WhatsApp username — here are 5 things you need to know
By David Nield Published
Reservations are already opening up for WhatsApp usernames, and here's what you need to bear in mind.

WhatsApp rolls out username reservations — here's how to claim yours
By Rowan Davies Published
WhatsApp is tightening the screws on its privacy with the announcement of usernames.

New Meta AI research chief says the next frontier is AI agents that are "economically valuable"
By Craig Hale Published
Meta's AI Research VP believes AI should augment human value and that many benchmarks are irrelevant as companies struggle to prove ROI.

ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from GTA 6 to Apple prices
By David Nield Published
Need to catch up on everything that happened over the last seven days? We've got you covered.

Big Tech slapped with $3.5bn in fines for using your personal data to train AI — and 'it could be only the beginning,' warns Surfshark
By Silvia Iacovcich Published
Surfshark found that 9 out of 10 AI-related fines concern the unlawful use of personal data. But the enforceability of privacy protections remains a key challenge.

'We hope to sign the agreement soon': White House calls on Meta to submit AI models for review, citing abilities and vulnerabilities evaluation
By Craig Hale Published
OpenAI, Google and others all submit their latest models for White House review – Meta urged to do the same.

Meta announces 'end-to-end' suite of AI advertising and marketing tools, and the ROI so far is staggering
By Craig Hale Published
Advertisers will only need to provide the context and guidance – Meta's end-to-end platform will now take care of the rest.

Meta investigates security concerns of internal mouse-tracking tech used to track employees and train AI
By Sead Fadilpašić Published
An employee-tracking program will be paused, but no one knows for how long.

Meta and EssilorLuxottica's new AI glasses are both stylish and affordable
By Lance Ulanoff Published
Meta and Essilor Luxottica just released more stylish and much more affordable AI smart glasses, and Kylie Jenner even helped design one pair — but we had questions.
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