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Meta contractors claim your smart glasses can see more than you thinkMeta’s privacy policy does warn that your glasses share images and videos with the companyThis follows a growing trend of privacy concerns over smart glasses in public and in courtsWhen Meta warned us that it could see footage captured by its AI smart glasses, it turns out it wasn’t kidding. As part of a new investigation, Meta insiders claim to have seen intimate details of our lives, from bank cards to filmed sex scenes.In a joint investigation published by Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten (behind a paywall), Meta…

Iran does not conduct official ethnic censuses, so all figures come from CIA World Factbook, Britannica and demographic compilations. The breakdown has remained stable:Persians (Fars): 61% (~56–57 million) — majority in central, northern, and eastern provinces; dominant in Tehran, Isfahan, Fars, etc.Azerbaijanis (Azeri Turks): 16% (~15 million) — mainly northwest (East Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Zanjan).Kurds: 10% (~9–9.3 million) — northwest (Kurdistan, Kermanshah, West Azerbaijan provinces).Lurs: 6% (~5.5–6 million) — southwest/central (Lorestan, parts of Khuzestan, Chaharmahal).Baloch: 2% (~1.9 million) — southeast (Sistan and Baluchestan).Arabs: 2% (~1.9 million) — southwest (Khuzestan).Turkmen and other Turkic tribes: 2% (~1.9 million) — northeast (Golestan, North Khorasan).Others…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Nothing Headphone (a) reviewThe Nothing Headphone (a) are just about the dream tech version 2.0 launch. As the follow-up to the Nothing Headphone (1), launched in 2025, they fix the sound problems I had with those headphones, they keep the excellent stuff I liked, and they somehow cut the price in half in the process (in one country, at least).What more could you ask from something that’s looking to…

Google’s NotebookLM is one of the very few AI tools that hasn’t faded out of my rotation after the initial novelty and charm wore off. It’s earned a consistent spot in my workflow since its early Google Labs days. The reason mostly comes down to the fact that NotebookLM doesn’t try to do everything. It launched with the aim of helping people cope with the rapid growth of information by letting them interact directly with their own sources instead of the entire internet. Unlike many tools that lose the plot down the line, NotebookLM has stuck to its initial vision.…

Say what you will about Nothing, but the company certainly has bold and recognizable designs. The new (4a) series arrives with the latest evolution of those designs and shakes up the formula of the (3a) series. Nothing Phone (4a) and Nothing Phone (4a) Pro The (3a) and (3a) Pro from last year were largely differentiated by their cameras. The new Pro model still offers a better camera than its vanilla sibling, but only just – instead, it now also stands out with a bigger display, faster chipset, better build and a Glyph Matrix similar to…

On the southeastern coast of Anglesey, an island off the coast of mainland Wales, lies a little town with a big name. Following a Welsh tradition of naming towns after churches and nearby geographic features, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch roughly translates to “St. Mary’s Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave.” Though Wales has many towns with long names, the unusual length of this one is intentional. The settlement, now home to about 3,000 people, was once called Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, but a local resident pushed for the longer version of the…

It’s been rumoured for a long time, but Apple has finally taken the wraps off arguably its most exciting laptop in years. The $599 MacBook Neo arrives as the most affordable entry in Apple’s laptop range, with a price that’s more in line with the brand’s iPad range – including the new iPad Air M4 – than the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. This is the first MacBook to be powered by the A18 Pro chip originally made for an iPhone, and, like the iMac, it also comes in a range of fun colours – Silver, Indigo, Blush, and Citrus…

Google is moving forward with a series of Play Store changes after settling a years-long legal battle with Fortnite maker Epic Games over anticompetitive concerns. The tech giant on Wednesday said it will drop its Play Store commissions to 20% on in-app purchases, with another 5% tacked on if app developers choose to use Google’s billing system. It’s also making it easier for users to install alternative app stores through a new optional program called the Registered App Stores program. “With these updates, we have also resolved our disputes worldwide with Epic Games,” Google said in a company blog post.…

C. Scott Brown / Android AuthorityTL;DR PPSSPP 1.20 is now available, bringing performance tweaks, quality-of-life improvements, and new features to improve PSP gameplay across phones, PCs, and handheld gaming devices. A major highlight is full portrait mode support, allowing the interface and controls to adapt when you rotate your phone vertically. Ad hoc multiplayer gets a reliability boost with a new server-provided packet relay system that improves connections between players. The most popular PSP emulator just received a major upgrade, and this update is more than just a routine bug fix.PPSSPP 1.20 is now available, offering quality-of-life improvements, performance tweaks,…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has attracted immense controversy, cancelling potentially life-saving research, giving outright dangerous advice, and massively confusing the messaging surrounding vaccines. Kennedy has an extensive track record of being a conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccine activist, making him a poor pick for the job of health secretary. Case in point, the Trump administration recently gutted its childhood vaccine schedule, triggering a movement by a growing number of states to break with the official recommendations to protect children…