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Oct 2023
1h 24m

The smart glasses era is (kind of) here

The Verge
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Today on the flagship podcast of glassholes:  The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Victoria Song about her experience using the new Ray-Ban smart glasses from Meta.  Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses hands-on: in pursuit of content  The Verge’s Sean Hollister and iFixit’s Kyle Wiens join the show to discuss the latest legislation in the right to repair and what’s n ... Show More
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