Meta Ray-Ban glasses brick the camera if you mess with recording light

Meta patches the mod that turned its Ray-Ban glasses into secret spy cams

Meta is updating its smart glasses to shut off the camera if the recording light has been physically tampered with or destroyed. The change, announced in a 7 July blog post, closes a loophole that let modders turn the glasses into covert recorders. A white LED lights up whenever the glasses capture photos or video, signalling [] This story continues at The Next Web

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America's 250th birthday seen from space: Nasa shares stunning ISS footage of Los Angeles fireworks

America's 250th birthday seen from space: Nasa shares stunning ISS footage of Los Angeles fireworks

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Sony updates its decade-old RX10 superzoom

Sony announced the RX10 V this week, an all-in-one superzoom camera with a 24-600mm-equivalent ZEISS lens and a 20-megapixel 1-inch sensor. If that's unchanged from the nearly decade-old RX10 IV, the rest of the spec sheet has significant upgrades: a dedicated AI chip for subject recognition and tracking that works for people, birds, animals, vehicles and insects; quicker autofocus; and 10-bit 4K/60fps oversampled, uncropped video (up from 8-bit 4K/30). — Read the rest The post Sony updates its decade-old RX10 superzoom appeared first on Boing Boing.

Before You Light Fireworks Read This First

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Avoid This Potentially Deadly Mistake When Doing Fireworks

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Meta added a privacy-safety feature to its AI glasses but is reportedly testing a ‘super-sensing’ prototype

Meta's new feature disables its smart glasses' camera if users tamper with the LED recording light.

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Los Angeles fireworks spotted from space on 4th of July, video shows

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Meta will disable the camera on AI smart glasses if you tamper or cover the indicator light

Meta is rolling out an update, starting with its second-generation smart glasses, that will disable the camera capture system if the LED light is covered or physically tampered with.

Meta’s AI Glasses Will Now Disable the Camera If You Tamper With the Light. Here’s Why.

Meta has published a new FAQ tackling the privacy questions that keep coming up around its AI glasses, laying out the features it’s built to make both wearers and the people around them more comfortable. To signal when someone is recording, every pair has a white light on the front that Meta calls a capture [] The post Meta’s AI Glasses Will Now Disable the Camera If You Tamper With the Light. Here’s Why. first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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Optical Cable: A Better Business, But No Longer A Bargain

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How Meta Engineered Ultra-Narrow Batteries for AI Glasses

Smart glasses like the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta Vanguards need to pack enough energy to power features like cameras, speakers, AI workloads, and even a display. But it all has to fit into the glasses’ temple arms. So how do you place a battery with enough power to run a pair of smart glasses [...] Read More... The post How Meta Engineered Ultra-Narrow Batteries for AI Glasses appeared first on Engineering at Meta.

We’re Partnering With EssilorLuxottica to Launch Meta Glasses

We're launching Meta Glasses with 26 styles across a range of colors, lenses, and frames, so there's a pair for just about any style. The post We’re Partnering With EssilorLuxottica to Launch Meta Glasses appeared first on Meta Newsroom.

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You can now buy Xreal’s A01+ AR glasses in Canada

X by Xreal, the company’s more affordable sub-brand, has made its A01+ AR glasses available in Canada. The A01+ glasses are designed to work with phones, laptops and handheld consoles without sacrificing picture quality. The device weighs 62g, and the glasses use dual-layer Micro-OLED displays capable of up to 1,600 nits of peak brightness with []

Modern-day UVF mural of gunmen in balaclavas replaced with historic UVF one in east Belfast

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Cary hosts Save-A-Life event; highlighting the importance of sparkler safety

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Terrified passengers film Waymo autonomous vehicle driving into live fireworks in San Francisco

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Meta is now designing its own, cheaper AI smart glasses

Meta on Tuesday announced a new line of AI glasses designed in-house, signaling a deeper push into the wearable technology that’s become a new front in the artificial intelligence race. And the biggest change consumers will notice? A cheaper price tag. The new Meta Glasses will start at 299, making them less expensive than the The post Meta is now designing its own, cheaper AI smart glasses appeared first on Egypt Independent.

Meta unveils new line of AI glasses

Meta on Tuesday announced a new, cheaper line of AI glasses starting at $299. They’re the company’s first glasses to be designed in-house, signaling a bigger push into the smart glasses space for the social media giant. CNN’s Lisa Eadicicco reports after trying the glasses. Full story at the link in bio.