Is strapping notifications to your face the next frontier, or just tech gone too far? Dive into a lively, sometimes skeptical discussion on Meta's AR glasses, social media's shifting power, the fate of TikTok, and how AI is quietly rewriting the rules, whether we like it or not.

Seeing Through the Reality of Meta's Smart Glasses
I regret to inform you Meta's new smart glasses are the best I've ever tried
Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man
Windows 10 EOL coming soon
Trump's $100,000 Visa Fee Spurs Confusion and Chaos
4Chan, MAGAs unite in 'clog the toilet' op to block H-1B workers flying back
iPhone Air review: Thinness with a point
Phone batteries are getting more compact, but the US is missing out
A MacBook Pro touchscreen? About damn time
TikTok deal will be signed soon, with U.S. control of algorithm, White House says
By some measures, TikTok has grown bigger than Facebook or Instagram in the US
Two UK teens charged in connection to Scattered Spider ransomware attacks
Teen Suspect Surrenders in 2023 Las Vegas Casino Cyberattack Case - Casino.org
Jaguar Land Rover extends its production shutdown after a cyberattack discovered in late August, and says efforts to reboot production safely "will take time"
ctrl/tinycolor and 40+ NPM Packages Compromised - StepSecurity
Never steal a hacker's girlfriend's phone: How an expert exposed a global network of thieves
Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people
Pope Leo XIV Rejects a proposal by a Catholic organization to create an "AI Pope Leo" avatar
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