Author: Ben Navarro
Ben covers technology news across the industry — from startup funding to regulatory shifts and everything in between.
Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have a recording indicator light meant to alert bystanders. A $2 opaque sticker defeats it entirely, with no technical barrier.
xAI has filed a lawsuit to block Minnesota’s new law banning apps that generate nonconsensual intimate imagery, setting up a major AI regulation battle.
Scientists built a handheld breathalyzer that detects acetone in breath to confirm fat burning. It offers a non-invasive alternative to blood and urine ketosis tests.
Halliday’s G2 smart glasses arrive after the company’s 2024 debut earned some of the worst reviews in the category. Can the second generation fix it?
Sonos updates its mobile app with tab navigation and speaker sorting, continuing efforts to recover from 2024’s troubled redesign.
Google has agreed to buy the entire output of the Steel River Energy solar farm in Arkansas to offset fossil fuel emissions from its data centers.
Philips is offering free replacements after a Hue Bridge Pro firmware update bricked smart lighting hubs. A corrective update is now rolling out.
BBC and Channel 4 are in merger talks for the third time since 2007. Previous attempts in 2007 and 2017 both failed — once blocked by regulators.
Microsoft is cutting 3,200 jobs outside its gaming division, expanding the scope of layoffs well beyond Xbox. Details on affected teams remain sparse.
DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4P introduces a new D-Log2 color format and claims 17 stops of dynamic range in a compact body.












