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These smart glasses can read menus and 'see for you', thanks to AI
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Smart glasses aimed at visually impaired users just took a significant leap forward. Envision's new Ally Solos glasses, built on AirGo Vision frames, offer something remarkable: they can read text aloud, describe surroundings, and even perform web searches through built-in speakers.
The $499 pre-order price ($699 regular) positions them above Meta's Ray-Bans, but with specialized accessibility features powered by multiple AI models including Llama, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Perplexity.
What sets these glasses apart is their impressive 16-hour battery life and the ability to function as a seeing assistant. Users can activate the 2K cameras with voice commands to read menus, identify objects, or even recognize familiar faces.
While designed primarily for the visually impaired, the glasses offer practical features for anyone, including translation capabilities and document scanning.
The glasses come with one year of the Ally Pro subscription included and will ship in October 2025, available in three colors and two sizes – promising a more purpose-built alternative to mainstream smart glasses.
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AI News
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Flight Deals is Google’s new, AI-powered travel search tool
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Google's new AI-powered "Flight Deals" tool simplifies travel booking for budget-conscious travelers in the US, Canada, and India. Instead of manually searching, users provide natural language prompts about their travel intentions, and the system finds optimal deals using real-time flight data from various airlines and operators. The beta feature will evolve based on user feedback.
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AI In The Classroom: A Roadmap For Educators And Innovators
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AI is rapidly entering classrooms, with 60% of teachers now using it daily for tasks like lesson planning and IEP writing. This adoption creates both opportunities and concerns around privacy, bias, and maintaining human-centered teaching. Education leaders recommend starting with teacher-facing tools before student use, focusing on AI literacy, and ensuring the technology frees educators to build relationships rather than replacing human connections.
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MIT Student Drops Out Because She Says AGI Will Kill Everyone Before She Can Graduate
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Alice Blair, a former MIT student, left college fearing artificial general intelligence (AGI) would cause human extinction before her graduation. Now at the Center for AI Safety, Blair predicts most AGI scenarios lead to humanity's end. Some, like Harvard alum Nikola Jurković, share her concerns. However, AI researcher Gary Marcus dismisses these timeline predictions as hype, noting unsolved AI problems. Critics suggest the tech industry promotes extinction fears to exaggerate their technology's capabilities while distracting from AI's real current harms.
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Drone Tech
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Arm’s Big Mobile Graphics Leap Takes a Deep Dive into Neural Super Sampling
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Arm's Neural Super Sampling (NSS) technology is transforming mobile gaming by using neural networks to upscale lower-resolution images to higher ones, saving up to 50% of GPU processing power. The system, which leverages dedicated neural accelerators built into GPU shader cores, can upscale a 540p image to 1080p in just 4 milliseconds while maintaining visual quality comparable to native high-resolution rendering.
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New DJI Mini 5 Pro leak suggests it could be perfect travel drone thanks to these two features
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Leaked photos of the DJI Mini 5 Pro suggest a revolutionary travel drone with a 1-inch sensor while staying under 250g, as indicated by a "C0" class sticker. It uses existing Mini batteries and may feature controller-free operation. Rumored specs include 4K 120fps video, forward LiDAR, and 36-minute flight time. Set for September 2025 release, it could offer travelers high-quality aerial imaging without regulatory complications.
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I flew Insta360’s Antigravity — it could change how drones are made
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Insta360's Antigravity A1 drone reimagines aerial photography with a built-in 360-degree camera and included VR goggles that put pilots inside a virtual cockpit. Unlike traditional drones requiring precise camera aiming, the sub-250-gram A1 records 8K omnidirectional footage that can be edited after flight, allowing users to simply explore while capturing everything around them. Expected to launch January 2026 for $1,300-1,700, it offers point-and-shoot simplicity though flies slower than performance drones.
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Apple Updates
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Apple accidentally leaked some of its upcoming chip bumps
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Apple code leaks suggest future upgrades: Vision Pro with M5 chip, iPad Mini with A19 Pro, Apple TV with A17 Pro, and HomePod Mini using Apple Watch-like architecture. These improvements are expected to enhance performance across the devices.
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Microsoft exec's vision of Windows 12 and beyond could terrify some of you
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Microsoft executives are outlining a future Windows that uses AI to observe your on-screen activity, understand context, and enhance voice commands. This vision includes a system that watches what you do, processes data both locally and in the cloud, and becomes more "agentic." While this could make computing more intuitive and responsive, it raises significant privacy concerns for users worried about an operating system that constantly monitors their actions.
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Report: Siri to Get New Design on iPhone and iPad as Early as Next Year
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Apple is developing a "visually redesigned" Siri for iPhone and iPad launching as early as next year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The redesign will complement major functional upgrades allowing users to perform complex tasks entirely by voice, such as finding photos, editing them, commenting on Instagram, or shopping—all without touching the screen.
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Miscellaneous
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New Brain Device Is First to Read Out Inner Speech
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Stanford researchers developed a brain implant that decodes "inner speech" from neural signals, allowing paralyzed individuals to communicate by simply thinking words. The system enables users with ALS or brain stem stroke to select from 125,000 words at conversational speeds (120-150 words per minute) without physical effort, significantly improving upon previous devices that required attempted speech movements.
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Pebble Time 2 Unveiled With 30-Day Battery and E-Ink Display
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Pebble smartwatches are making a comeback with the Pebble Time 2, unveiled by creator Eric Migicovsky. The new watch features a 1.5-inch e-ink touchscreen, 30-day battery life, and various health tracking capabilities. Priced at $225 and set for a December release, it's made of stainless steel and comes in multiple colors. Following Pebble's 2016 bankruptcy and sale to Fitbit, Migicovsky aims to revive the brand, but warns of limitations for iPhone users due to Apple's restrictions.
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Bite-Size Stories
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The AI Industry Just Got Some Horrible News
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| CoreWeave's stock plummeted after reporting heavy losses, despite revenue growth, as AI infrastructure costs exceeded earnings, prompting investor concerns about the sustainability of the AI industry's growth model and future profitability. |
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Starlink Rival Promises 60 Satellites By 2026
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