Meta Quietly Removes Face-Recognition Code From Its Smart Glasses App

The 'disappearing into the bushes like Homer Simpson' strategy is a bold choice.

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s ...

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report

The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta ...

Meta Removes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses, Is Mad About it

Last week, Wired reported that Meta quietly pushed code for a yet-to-be-released face-recognition system supposedly designed ...

Meta’s smart glasses face-recognition plans may be further along than you realize

A new report suggests that Meta has placed unreleased face-recognition code for smart glasses in an app downloaded by ...

Wired Found Code For An Unreleased Facial Recognition Feature In Meta's AI App

Meta was previously reported to be exploring facial recognition for its smart glasses.
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Meta pulled facial recognition code from its smart glasses app one day after WIRED found it, then denied the timing was related

Meta removed NameTag facial recognition code from its AI app after WIRED found biometric software on 50 million phones that Meta said "does not exist." ...
The Boston Globe

Cambridge City Council votes to nix controversial gunshot detection service

For many years, a network of microphones in Cambridge known as ShotSpotter has been listening for the sounds of gunshots, in an effort to quickly alert police and other first responders to a potential ...
Forbes

The 7 Best LED Masks Of 2026, Tested By Our Editors

Red light therapy has long been used to reduce inflammation and improve skin texture, which is why LED devices are having a moment—you can reap some of the benefits without booking a professional ...