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Meta's smart glasses are being used to film people in bathrooms, courts, and doctor's offices. A new app just released on the App Store is the perfect example of safeguards should be implemented when Apple launches its smart glasses. Meta Ray-Ban Display. Image source: Meta The Apple Vision Pro isn't exactly stealthy. Meta's Ray-Bans are, and are being used mainly to violate other people's privac…

The Elgato Prompter XL teleprompter builds on the excellent original and brings a larger screen, plus refinements to everything else in hardware, but the software still needs a little work. Elgato Prompter XL has a great display, great hardware, but its software lets it down This should be a 5-star review. Not every product is for everyone, and not every price point is for every budget, but for t…

A former Apple engineer, accused of stealing trade secrets regarding the Apple Vision Pro , has settled their lawsuit with the company. Apple has settled its lawsuit against a former engineer accused of stealing Apple Vision Pro trade secrets. Back in July 2025 , Apple accused design engineer Di Liu of stealing a "massive volume [of] various novel Apple technologies that are embodied in Apple Vis…

Meta and Google have been found liable for building intentionally addictive social media services, in a trial that sets a strong precedent for hundreds of other lawsuits that are still pending. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg On Wednesday, a jury in Los Angeles Superior Court finished its deliberations over a lawsuit between Meta and Google, and a young woman. The jury found that the tech giants were li…

Poland is moving ahead with a digital services tax aimed at Big Tech revenue, but the structure leaves enough room for companies like Apple to argue they don't fully qualify. Poland moves to tax Big Tech companies The country will draft a digital services tax bill with a 3% levy on revenue from online advertising, user platforms, and data-driven services. Poland's bill targets companies with over…

Amazon's Big Spring Sale delivers sale prices on AirPods starting at just $99. AirPods start at just $99 during Amazon's Big Spring Sale. Kicking off today's Big Spring Sale, AirPods 4 are marked down to $99.99 without Active Noise Cancellation and $148.99 with ANC. Buy AirPods 4 from $99.99 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Apple is cutting down Google Gemini's massive models into smaller and more secure parts through distillation, to create elements that are more suited to on-device Apple Intelligence processing. Apple's pulling out chunks of Google Gemini for on-device processing The deal Apple made with Google allows the iPhone maker to use Google's Gemini AI models as a basis for its own updated AI . It now appe…

Apple has revamped its App Store Connect service for developers, allowing for over 100 new metrics to help track in-app purchase trends and more. App Store Connect offers developers more detailed analytics — image credit: Apple App Store Connect was launched in 2018 as an improvement on, and a replacement for, the previously long-standing iTunes Connect service. It streamlined how developers coul…

Apple's M4 iPad Air refresh is overkill for nearly every tablet task, and sits in a strange but welcome spot between the iPad and iPad Pro. M4 iPad Air review: iPad Air is now powered by the M4 chip Recently, the iPad Air has been simultaneously a compromise and upgrade sitting in the middle of on the iPad roster. It provides users with more performance than they'd get on the base iPad, but witho…

Iranian citizens are trying to keep themselves safe during the war with the U.S. with a crowdsourced iOS app, but most users are located outside of Iran's borders, out of direct danger. Mahsa Alert viewed in a browser Warning citizens about airstrikes and troop maneuvers are critical during a war. However, sometimes that information isn't being passed out by authorities to the public, simply beca…

Apple TV has scored 15 nominations across the UK's most prestigious awards, including multiple nods for "Slow Horses," and "Severance." Gary Oldman in "Slow Horses" — image credit: Apple Nine of Apple TV's most acclaimed series have been nominated in two further awards. Following its nominations for the Bafta Film Awards , Apple TV is now also recognized in both Bafta's TV and TV Craft awards. Ac…

The GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 9 with a stainless steel case is on sale for $299 today only as Amazon kicks off its Big Spring Sale event. Get a stainless steel Apple Watch S9 with cellular for just $299 - Image credit: Apple Originally retailing for $699, the $400 discount on the blowout Apple Watch Series 9 is valid today only at Amazon. The 41mm S9 has GPS + Cellular capability, along w…

The Ugreen NASync iDX6011 Pro AI NAS is overkill for average consumer and small business network storage needs, but its capabilities will be attractive to enthusiasts — even if the AI isn't great yet. Ugreen NASync iDX6011 Pro NAS review Over the years, AppleInsider has seen network-attached storage options grow in scope. Effectively a cut-down computer that focused on storage above all else, the…

The controversial Sora AI video app is being shuttered, but OpenAI isn't done with generated video. Even so, Disney won't be moving forward with its content deal as a result. Sora will be shuttered by OpenAI Sora was a video platform formatted like TikTok where people could share their generated videos and swipe through others. The video generation was controversial from the get-go, as users coul…

Apple has issued new updates for some of its older Apple Watch operating systems, delivering a certificate fix for FaceTime and iMessage. A new software update is available for the Apple Watch 3 and a few other older Apple Watch models. On Tuesday, alongside the release of the watchOS 26.4 and iOS 18.7.7 updates, new versions of watchOS 5 and watchOS 8 were made available to end users. watchOS 8.…