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AI glasses can replace your prescription glasses, but should they?

staff@engadget.com (Filipe Espósito) — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

You can easily get AI glasses with prescription if you need them, but before making the investment, it's recommended to learn the pros and cons of them.

Meta reportedly built a humanoid robot prototype that can do household chores

staff@engadget.com (Jackson Chen) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:17:42 +0000

A report said the company is already working on the second version that's codenamed Max 2.

Meta settles another social media addiction case just before trial

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:21:28 +0000

Snap is now the only defendant in the case.

Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app for virtually trying on clothes

staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:05:36 +0000

Meta has launched an AI fashion app called Style Sketch in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

Meta is testing 'Threads Friends' for sharing posts with smaller groups

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:05:39 +0000

Twitter Circle, anyone?

Meta will now alert parents if teens 'repeatedly' search for self-harm content on Facebook

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:20:21 +0000

The company will also notify parents about conversations with Meta AI.

Meta weighs delaying 'alarming' new business terms as backlash grows

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:42:27 +0000

The company says it won't make "policy changes" until it consults with publishers.

Instagram wants you to watch 90-minute videos on your TV

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:36:39 +0000

Instagram is experimenting with longform video again.

4 Ray-Ban Meta privacy settings you should change before wearing them

staff@engadget.com (Husain Parvez) — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have rightly been criticized for the many ways they can violate people's privacy.

Meta is charging government and nonprofit pages to post links on Facebook

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:09:39 +0000

The new restrictions are a test which is explicitly not supposed to impact these entities.

Rhode Island sues Meta over its approach to scam ads

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:05:26 +0000

It's the first state to sue the social media company on these allegations.

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is 'entering a new phase' with Muse

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:36:03 +0000

Zuckerberg expects the agent will generate more revenue per user than the company's apps.

Meta ordered to cough up $25 billion in New Mexico privacy case

staff@engadget.com (Will Shanklin) — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:43:17 +0000

The case stemmed from the nearly decade-old Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Meta suspends Muse chats sharing feature after it left private details exposed

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:00:43 +0000

Researchers accessed 6,800 shared conversations with the AI agent, including internal company documents.

Meta tweaks its new terms of service after backlash against scraping

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:47:00 +0000

The changes have alarmed publishers and others with business accounts.

Meta built a huge open-weight AI model for Macs, but you'll need 1TB of RAM to run it

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:02:48 +0000

Muse Spark Open is "the most capable US open-weight model to date," the company says.

WhatsApp adds a guest option for joining calls without an account

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000

It's also working on calendar integrations for later this year.

Don't like your Facebook feed? Meta wants to know what you want to see instead

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:06:44 +0000

Within reason, of course.

Meta says it's caught up to the frontier with its latest Wonder AI models

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:51:52 +0000

The models add "active memory" and "active focus" abilities.

OpenAI Dot vs. Meta Muse: How do these AI agents compare?

staff@engadget.com (Husain Parvez) — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Meta and OpenAI's new AI agents are in direct competition. Here's what each can do, what they cost and who has access.