TechCrunch: After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap’s stock takes a dive. “Snap’s long-awaited AR glasses, Specs, didn’t have the best debut. The company’s stock hasn’t been on the healthiest trajectory lately. It’s dropped 30% over the past year. Following Specs’ launch, it sank more than 5% — falling from $5.86 a share on Tuesday to a low of $4.83 on Wednesday […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/20/techcrunch-after-unveiling-ridiculously-expensive-ar-glasses-snaps-stock-takes-a-dive/
TechCrunch: After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap’s stock takes a dive

TechCrunch: After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap’s stock takes a dive. “Snap’s long-awaited AR glasses, Specs, didn’t have the best debut. The company’s stock hasn’t been o…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Free Software Friday! It's almost comical how $500 "smart" devices require $100/year subscriptions. Thankfully, Cracked Oura makes the data from the Oura ring usable without paying for overpriced, data-stealing cloud services.
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Mashable: Meta quietly added facial recognition code for smart glasses to its app, says it’s just exploring. “A Wired investigation discovered that the code has been added to Meta’s AI app over ‘multiple updates this year.’ The feature is internally called NameTag, and it can reportedly identity people captured by the camera on Meta’s smart glasses, including Ray-Bans and Oakleys, as well as […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/06/mashable-meta-quietly-added-facial-recognition-code-for-smart-glasses-to-its-app-says-its-just-exploring/
Mashable: Meta quietly added facial recognition code for smart glasses to its app, says it’s just exploring

Mashable: Meta quietly added facial recognition code for smart glasses to its app, says it’s just exploring. “A Wired investigation discovered that the code has been added to Meta&#8217…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Lenovo AI Companion Device launched with flip camera, GPS tracking, SOS button, parental controls, 4G support, and AI learning tools for kids.

#mymobprice #Lenovo #AIGadget #SmartDevices #TechNews #KidsTech

https://mymobprice.com/lenovo-ai-gadget-for-kids-launched/

Lenovo AI Gadget for Kids Launched With GPS & SOS

Lenovo AI Companion Device launched with flip camera, GPS tracking, SOS button, parental controls, 4G support, and AI learning tools for kids.

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China Is Deploying The First Home Cleaning Humanoid Robot Butlers

GigaAI At last, the Jetsons are happening. Everyone’s long-held dream of having a humanoid robot at home to do all the household chores is almost here. Chinese tech firm GigaAI has announced the (allegedly) first commercial robotic butler ever. The company claims the first 100 pilot units will be deployed at the end of this month in employees’ homes. Then they will start deployment in Wuhan, for free!, in the first half 2027......Continue reading.... By: Jesus Diaz Source: […]

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/05/24/home-cleaning-humanoid-robot-butlers/

China Is Deploying The First Home Cleaning Humanoid Robot Butlers

GigaAI At last, the Jetsons are happening. Everyone’s long-held dream of having a humanoid robot at home to do all the household chores is almost here. Chinese tech firm GigaAI has announced the (a…

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Hoodline San Francisco: SF Lawyers Say Hisense TVs Turn Your Living Room Into a Spy Den. “San Francisco lawyers say Hisense USA has turned millions of its smart TVs into always-on surveillance tools, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed last Tuesday. The complaint alleges the sets’ automatic content recognition, or ACR, can grab snapshots of what is on a screen as often as every […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/21/hoodline-san-francisco-sf-lawyers-say-hisense-tvs-turn-your-living-room-into-a-spy-den/

Zitat keepandroidopen: "Sage Google was Du davon hältst über ihre eigene Befragung zur Entwicklerverifizierung"

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN3UQeNspQsZCO2ITkdzMxv81rJDEGGjO-UIDDY28Rz_GEVA/viewform?pli=1

Wenn google alternative stores, nicht registrierte apps & developer ausschließt, kaufe ich auch keine Geräte mehr, die eine google playstore (oder ios app) benötigen 🤷‍♂️ die Hersteller werde ich gleich mal anschreiben.

https://keepandroidopen.org/de/

#android #customrom #grapheneos #fdroid #iot #smarthome #smartdevices #connecteddevices #DigitaleSouveränität #diday

Android developer verification requirements

Use this form to submit questions or feedback about the new Android developer verification requirements announced in August 2025. You can learn more about the requirements in the Android developer verification guide. Sign up for early access here.

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Watching this video on making a "dumb device" into a smart device without calling a company, without the need for a proprietary app, etc.

It's a lot of work, but this feels like just the kind of thing that makes the world a better place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpU7yZE1PkE

#HomeAutomation #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Hardware #SmartDevices #HomeAssistant

Turn ANY Device into a Smart Device with ESP8266

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