Tag: Gear / Gear News and Events

Meta Copies Snapchat’s Homework Again With ‘Plus’ Features for Instagram and Facebook

Meta’s upcoming Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus subscriptions are the latest example of the company seeing what works elsewhere and mimicking it. Source

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Here Comes Ojai, Waymo’s New Chinese-Made Robotaxi

The pale-blue Ojai vehicles will start picking up members of the public in California and Arizona in the next few weeks. Source

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Oura’s New Ring 5 Is Smaller and Lighter—and Adds an AI Health Coach

It’s slimmer, lighter, and more durable. But the real upgrade is Oura’s push into AI-powered health insights and proactive monitoring. Source

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Vertu Is Back With a Folding Phone Powered by—Surprise—an AI Agent

The beleaguered luxury phone maker is pushing the AlphaFold, which has decent specs and comes with Vertu’s new Hermes Agent on board, to wealthy would-be buyers. Source

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I Like Ferrari’s Luce EV. But This Is Why It’s Heartbreaking

Designed by Jony Ive and a host of ex-Cupertino colleagues, the Luce shows us what might have been had Apple made good on its $10 billion bet. Source

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Xreal’s New $299 ‘xbx’ Smart Glasses Channel Xbox Vibes

These display smart glasses can connect to a phone, laptop, or gaming handheld and project the screen to your eyeballs. Source

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