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Why ‘Open Platform’ Is the Next Big Frontier for Smart Glasses

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. This morning, upstart smart glasses company Even Realities launched Even Hub , an open app store and developer platform for its G2 line of display style smart glasses . This could be the first salvo in a war between open- and closed-platform display smart glasses. On one side is Meta. The Goliath of the smart glasses market has thus far taken a completely closed approached to its newish Display glasses : Meta decides what your smart glasses can do and determines what apps you can access. The David to Meta's Goliath is Even Realities, a boutique tech company that just launched a storefront with over 50 apps made by third-party developers, so users can decide for themselves what to install and what to ignore. Meta Ray-Ban Display ...
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I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. As Lifehacker's tech deals writer, I'm always looking for the best bargains on TVs, speakers, laptops, and other tech. Now that it's Friday, I've gathered together this week's sales highlights , all of which I've vetted using my favorite price-tracking tools to make sure they are actually good deals. This week, you can find great deals on the new M4 iPad Air, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra smartphone, a 55-inch OLED TV, and more. 50MP Camera - 256GB (Unlocked) Motorola Razr+ $999.99 ...
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I Tried ChatGPT in CarPlay, and It Immediately Hallucinated

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Back in February, we learned that Apple had plans to integrate AI assistants into CarPlay . The news came along with the first beta for iOS 26.4, though Apple didn't actually include a way for testers to try out the integration in the software. Instead, the company confirmed the news in its CarPlay Developers Guide , stating that "CarPlay voice-based conversational app" support would require iOS 26.4 at a minimum. Well, Apple launched iOS 26.4 last week , and while the update delivered a number of new features, none of them were AI chatbot integrations with CarPlay. The company even dropped the first beta for iOS 26.5 without including a mention of the upcoming feature. I'll admit, the idea of using ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini with CarPlay totally fell off my radar, instead replaced by thoughts of when Apple's big AI Siri upgrade would actually launch. But OpenAI didn't forget about it. ChatGPT is now available in CarPlay In a surprise move, OpenAI is now r...
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Amazon Prime Members Can Get Two Free E-Books in April

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. You can get thousands of free e-books over the course of 2026 if you know where— and when —to look. All year long, Amazon is offering free Kindle e-books to readers, with new opportunities popping up every month. In April, Prime members can  get two free Kindle e-books  from Amazon's First Reads program, one of them being this month's bonus short read. What is Amazon's First Reads? Amazon First Reads is a program aimed at Prime members that offers early access to new e-books across many genres, as curated by First Reads editors (one of many Prime Member benefits ). Prime members can choose to download one free e-book every month from a rotating list—though some months that number is bumped up to two, usually with a free short novel—and non-members get them for a discounted price. These e-books can be read on any compatible Kindl...
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