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Meta Launches Two Prescription-Optimized Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Starting at $499 as It Tightens Grip on Wearables Market
Meta unveiled the Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer Optics and Scriber Optics, its first AI-powered smart glasses engineered from the ground up for prescription wearers, priced at $499 and shipping to U.S. retail on April 14.
Pentagon and Linux Foundation Launch OCUDU, an Open-Source Software Stack Aimed at Becoming the Linux of 5G and 6G Networks
The Linux Foundation launches the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation with 47 members including AMD, Nokia, NVIDIA, and Verizon to build an open-source radio access network stack for 5G and 6G, backed by the Pentagon's FutureG office.
Nothing Plans AI Smart Glasses for 2027 and AI-Focused Earbuds for Later This Year as CEO Carl Pei Embraces Multi-Device Strategy
London-based consumer electronics startup Nothing is developing AI-powered smart glasses with cameras, microphones, and speakers for a first-half 2027 launch, alongside new AI-focused earbuds arriving later in 2026, as CEO Carl Pei reverses his earlier resistance to the wearable form factor.
Samsung Confirms Android XR Smart Glasses for 2026, Entering a Race That Meta Still Dominates
Samsung has disclosed the first technical details of its Android XR-powered smart glasses, which will ship with a Qualcomm AR1 chipset and integrate Google's Gemini AI assistant. The device enters a market where Meta's Ray-Ban partnership holds an estimated 82 percent share.
AT&T Pledges $250 Billion Over Five Years to Rebuild U.S. Network Infrastructure for the AI Era
AT&T commits $250 billion through 2030 to expand fiber, 5G, and satellite networks, but analysts question how much is new spending versus relabeled costs.
Sonos Launches $299 Play Speaker and $189 Era 100 SL as First New Hardware Under CEO Tom Conrad Signals Post-App-Crisis Recovery
Sonos unveils the $299 Play portable speaker with 24-hour battery and Bluetooth grouping, and the $189 Era 100 SL without microphones, marking CEO Tom Conrad's first hardware launch after the app-crisis era.
NVIDIA Invests $4 Billion in Lumentum and Coherent as Photonics Emerges as AI's Next Supply Chain Bottleneck
NVIDIA pours $2 billion each into photonics makers Lumentum and Coherent, signaling that optical interconnects are becoming as critical to AI scaling as GPUs.
Qualcomm Launches First Wi-Fi 8 Chip at MWC 2026 as 40-Company Coalition Commits to 6G by 2029
Qualcomm's FastConnect 8800 doubles Wi-Fi speeds to 11.6 Gbps while a 40-company coalition including Ericsson, Google, and Microsoft formally targets 6G commercialization starting 2029.
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S26 Series at Unpacked 2026: Privacy Display, Agentic AI, and a $100 Price Hike
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 series at Unpacked 2026, with the Ultra debuting the mobile industry's first built-in Privacy Display and agentic AI features, as base prices rise $100 due to RAM shortages.
Cisco Unveils 102.4 Tbps Silicon One G300 Chip to Challenge Nvidia and Broadcom in AI Data Center Networking
Cisco's 3nm G300 switching silicon promises 33% better network utilization and 70% energy savings with liquid cooling, targeting the $600 billion AI infrastructure buildout.