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According to a report from Wired, Meta has been quietly installing facial recognition in its Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses for the last few months. Internally called "NameTag", the feature, if activated, will use AI to identify people captured by Ray-Ban Meta's camera, alert the wearer when it recognizes someone, and store faceprints on users' phones. The software has not been switched on, but if it is, it will use Meta's AI app to transform images of anyone photographed with Meta glasses into a biometric faceprint, and check against a database of faceprints stored locally on the user's Meta AI mobile app. If it finds a match, the user will be notified. If it doesn't, the faceprint will be indexed into a folder named "pending." So everyone who the wearer encounters in public c...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. One of Amazon’s biggest sales of the year, Prime Day, is set to start June 23, but many early deals are already rolling in, as they have in the past. To take advantage of everything the sale has to offer, you’re going to need to be a Prime Member. If you sign up for an Amazon Prime account to take advantage of Prime Day but decide you don’t want to pay for an ongoing membership, you’ll need to cancel your subscription before the end of your free trial. How to cancel your Amazon Prime membershipYou can cancel your Prime subscription via browser by first logging into your Amazon account. Amazon has a Cancel Your Prime Membership button on its support page to launch the process, or you can follow the steps detailed on Ama...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. I love my Garmin Forerunner 165. So when Garmin announced its successor, the Forerunner 170, I had to find out: How much did Garmin really upgrade this model? After testing both and comparing them in-depth, here are my thoughts on which watch is actually a better value, depending on what kind of runner you are. Is the cost of the Garmin Forerunner 170 worth it?The Forerunner 170 costs $299, compared to $249 for the 165 at full price. The music versions follow the same pattern, with the 170 Music landing at $349 versus $299 for the 165 Music. On paper, that's a $50 difference. In practice, though, the gap is wider. The Forerunner 165 goes on sale constantly, and at the time of this writing, you can regularly get closer ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Target is the first major retailer to announce its own sale to compete with Amazon's Prime Day 2026. In a press release today, the company revealed that its "Circle Deal Days" will take place from June 23 to June 26, which happen to be the exact dates Amazon has staked out for its own major annual sale. Here is everything you need to know about Target's upcoming sale.What is Target Circle Deal Days?Circle Deal Days is Target’s new name for its biggest sales of the year. In 2025, its sales (held in July and October, again at the same time as a pair of Amazon events) were called Circle Week, but starting with this spring's sale (which happened around the same time as Amazon's Big Spring Sale), it seems Target has pivoted...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Credit: Credit: Zain bin Awais/Lifehacker Composite; Pgiam/clubfoto/Yevgen Romanenko/via Getty Images Whether it'll be the best summer ever remains to be seen, but 2026 will stand as the longest summer ever—from a certain point of view. Though the season won't officially start until June 21, the movable feasts of Memorial Day and Labor Day tend to serve as unofficial brackets to summer in the United States. Memorial Day this year fell on the earliest possible date, while Labor Day will fall on the latest possible date, Sept. 7. If summer's your season, that all adds up to at least a few extra days to enjoy the heat. And it will be hot—the...

You probably use Perplexity as a quick answer machine. Instead of Google Search, you ask Perplexity questions, and it responds with citations you can check yourself. While Perplexity is good at this, the scope of what the service can do (especially in the paid tiers) goes way beyond. After integrating some built-in features, harnessing the power of Perplexity Computer's background processing, and adding the Comet AI browser to the mix, you can turn Perplexity from yet another AI service into a fully fledged research assistant to help you get things done quickly. Set Perplexity as your default search engine for faster access Credit: Khamosh Pathak ...

Signal is one of the most secure encrypted communication platforms available, but that doesn't mean it's impenetrable against bad actors. Earlier this year, for example, the FBI was able to recover deleted Signal messages from a defendant's iPhone thanks to a vulnerability in how notifications are stored. (Apple has since patched this flaw.) Now, the app is a target for hackers, who are impersonating Signal's support team in a sophisticated phishing scam aimed at gaining access to secure chat backups. Here's what you need to know to protect your Signal account. How the latest Signal scam worksAs TechCrunch reports, threat actors are using an account titled "Signal Support" to send phishing messages to prospective targets requesting the recipient's recovery key. The message warns that backu...

Venmo is among the most widely used peer-to-peer payment platforms, used for everything from splitting bills to making purchases from merchants both small and large. The app has a number of built-in features that make it easier to manage expenses, collect funds, and keep your data private and money safe along the way, but they aren't always obvious. Here are 10 tips and tricks you can use to get the most out of Venmo. Make your Friends list private to protect your account from scammersBy default, Venmo makes your friends list public, which means it is visible to anyone logged into Venmo. Scammers can capitalize on this by impersonating people you know—using their name, profile picture, and similar username—and trick you into sending money to fake accounts. To hide this list, go to Me...

If you've ever been on a cruise, there's a good chance your personal information was just exposed in a major data breach. Carnival Corporation—the largest cruise line operator in the world—is alerting consumers of a recent hack affecting 6 million people. The incident has been claimed by the ShinyHunters hacking group, which has targeted hundreds of companies in recent years, including Canvas and TransUnion. Carnival Corporation operates a fleet of more than 90 ships across nine cruise lines: Carnival Cruise Line, Costa, P&O Australia, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Holland American Line, AIDA, Cunard, and Seabourn. Approximately 13.5 million people traveled with Carnival in 2025. What happened with the Carnival Cruise data breach?According to a data breach notice filed with the Ma...

When Health Editor Beth Skwarecki and Staff Writer Meredith Dietz pitched the idea of training for a Hyrox race, my first question was straightforward: What's Hyrox? I imagined a CrossFit competition rebranded into a new social fitness craze by mashing together previous ones, like CrossFit meets SoulCycle, or HIIT meets Barre, or Peloton meets parkour. I wasn't too far off, but Hyrox is more straightforward: Hyrox is a workout competition mixed with a traditional race, where participants run in one-kilometer intervals and complete a fitness station after each run. Beth is a competitive weightlifter, and Meredith is a seasoned marathon runner, so Hyrox is a perfect opportunity to test their respective skills against a challenge that requires both. I gladly accepted their pitch, and s...