Meta pauses $20 smart glasses subscription after backlash, Tyler Yee says
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Conversation Focus stays free for early testers while Meta keeps premium subscription ambitions alive for other features.
A new lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus is raising $100M, betting routine task automation beats coding.
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Business Insider reports Meta is restricting content from its smart glasses, as “pervert glasses” talk turns into policy.