Some interesting Apple rumors from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. 9to5mac.com reports that the analyst sees Apple working on some smart glasses, similar to Meta’s Ray-Bans, and also on AirPods with cameras….shades of the old Google Glass and the so-called ‘glassholes,’ perhaps. The glasses won’t be full AR glasses with displays, but rather smart glasses with built in cameras, speakers, and mics – similar to Meta’s Ray Ban glasses, which have become pretty popular. Meta sells those glasses for as low as $299, although there are more expensive frames you can pick. Besides these two- possibly in 2027-Apple also may roll out Cheaper Vision Headsets with lower quality than the Vision Pro for around $2000 in 2025. An update to the $3500 Vision Pro, dubbed the Vision Pro 2 may bow in 2026. 

Samsung is starting to roll out and One UI update for its smart TVs, which is intended to unify the software experience across devices. According to androidpolice.com, features include home screen tabs, Watch Later, and the ability to used other devices as a keyboard and mouse…which as anyone who has used the TVs can tell you, is a feature badly needed. Trying to key in passwords on the TV remote is a huge hassle. Samsung is saying they will have 7 years of OS updates for TVs getting One UI, but they haven’t specified which TV models this will apply to. The One UI will be a welcome improvement from the less-than-great Tizan system.

As cool as the Apple glasses may be, they will still be pricy, and not here for at least a year. What about now? Well, Meta is now, and partnering with Be My Eyes on an accessible upgrade to the Ray-Ban Smart Glasses. Mashable.com notes that Be My Eyes provides free human and AI support for users who are blind or have low vision, pairing them with sighted volunteer helpers who can describe a visual field or object, read text, navigate a space, or answer questions in real time. With this new integration, Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses owners can now use the Be My Eyes “Call a Volunteer” experience entirely using voice commands. All they need to do is say out loud, “Hey Meta, Call a Volunteer on Be My Eyes” to be paired with multilingual audio or video support. I have a friend who uses Be My Eyes, and also has the Meta Smart Ray-Bans, and will be interested to know how this works out in the real world. I have no doubt he will give his unvarnished opinion of this partnership!

After a major data breech last week, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is back up and running…albeit in read-only mode. Mashable.com says a post from the founder of Internet Archive, Brewster Kahle, claims that it is “Safe to resume but might need further maintenance, in which case it will be suspended again. Please be gentle.” For now, the site will not reinstate its ‘Save Page Now’ feature, which archives the page as it currently appears and generates a permanent URL. 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.