Gizmodo

Google and Xreal’s ‘Project Aura’ Smart Glasses Are No Longer a Concept

First announced at Google I/O 2025, Google and Xreal returned to the developer conference to announce that their jointly created “Project Aura” XR smart glasses are real and coming soon. Google didn’t ...
Gizmodo

Google and Xreal’s ‘Project Aura’ XR Smart Glasses Are Legit

The spatial computing experience isn't as immersive as an XR headset, but maybe it doesn't need to be. Reading time 4 minutes I came to Google I/O 2026 to try out Google and Xreal’s “Project Aura” XR ...
Next City

Cities Lack Consistent Sidewalk Data. Could Crowdsourced Sidewalk Data Be the Key?

The AI tool Project Sidewalk is pairing machine learning and community engagement to map – and improve — sidewalk ...
Wired

A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the ...
Us Weekly

Who Is Elizabeth Smart? Kidnapping Survivor and Advocate Is Now a Competitive Bodybuilder

Tap Here To Add Us Weekly As A Trusted Source Add as a preferred source on Google Elizabeth Smart has spent more than two decades reclaiming her story — first as a kidnapping survivor, then as a wife, ...

One Utah County's Fight Over A $100 Billion Data Center — And What It Means For All Of Us

James Merle checks out a map showing where the Stratos Project, a proposed data center, will be built in Box Elder County on ...
SF Weekly

How a San Francisco open-source project became the data layer for global AI

San Francisco's AI economy is mostly being defined by the companies spending the most. Foundation model labs raise billions, ...
Wired

Hands-On With All of Google’s New Upcoming Android XR Smart Glasses

Google has been teasing its Android XR-powered smart glasses for the past year and a half—ever since it first announced the new mixed reality platform in December of 2024. Now, we're finally starting ...
Mashable

Everything we know about Google's upcoming Android XR smart glasses

Google has confirmed it's working on multiple smart glasses, built for the Android XR platform. Credit: CAMILLE COHEN/AFP via Getty Images UPDATE: May. 19, 2026, 2:40 p.m. EDT Google has officially ...
Science Daily

A wearable smart insole can track how you walk, run and stand

A new smart insole system that monitors how people walk in real time could help users improve posture and provide early warnings for conditions from plantar fasciitis to Parkinson's disease. A new ...
TechCrunch

Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses at IO 2026

Google is getting (back) into the smart glasses game. At Google I/O on Tuesday, the company announced a new partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to produce a new line of AI-powered glasses ...
CNET

Google Has So Many New Smart Glasses Coming Soon. I Wore Them All

Samsung, Google, Gentle Monster, Warby Parker and Xreal are going some wild Gemini places. But how will they address the growing privacy concerns? I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I ...