Meta just launched its own line of smart glasses built with EssilorLuxottica, the same partner behind the popular Ray-Ban Meta models, called Meta Glasses. These new frames skip the big designer branding on the temples and focus instead on lower prices, more style choices, and fit tweaks that should work for more face shapes. The base models start at $299, while a special collaboration with Kylie Jenner costs $399.
Matt received a broken Quasar VHS player from a family member who knew his habit of turning odd objects into computers. The unit arrived dusty, with a forgotten tape still inside and its mechanisms seized from years of disuse. On the workbench it looked like any other relic destined for the curb. After weeks of careful work it now runs modern games at 1440p and holds its own at 4K in several titles.
Xiaomi just sent its YU7 GT electric SUV around the Nürburgring Nordschleife with nobody behind the wheel and came away with an official time. The run wrapped up in 10 minutes and 29.483 seconds on June 8, establishing the first publicly validated autonomous lap on the 12.94-mile track that features 73 turns and more than 1,000 feet of elevation change.
A short exchange on X pulled antimatter propulsion back into view. Elon Musk posted that in the future a trillion times a trillion dollars will go toward making antimatter so people can travel to other star systems. He added that later civilizations may measure wealth in mass and energy rather than currency. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman replied that he supports antimatter propulsion.
Jenna Ortega steps into a quieter, more open space with her latest role in ‘Klara and the Sun’. She plays Klara, a solar-powered robot built to keep loneliness at bay for the people who choose her. Taika Waititi directs and shapes the story from Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, turning the page into a film that reaches theaters on October 23.