The Vergecast

Facebook debuts Ray-Ban smart glasses / Apple’s iPhone 13 event will take place on September 14th / Amazon announces its first-ever lineup of smart TVs

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Facebook's newest endeavor into sunglasses with cameras on them, predictions for next week's Apple event, and of course some new gadgets announced this week.

Further reading:

  • Activists push to delay most high-profile climate summit since Paris agreement
  • Microsoft gives up predicting when its US offices will fully reopen
  • Facebook on your face
  • Snapchat’s new AR features can identify the world around you
  • Apple’s rumored AR/VR headset might rely on a nearby iPhone or Mac for processing 
  • Whoop’s new fitness tracker is better thanks to a battery breakthrough
  • Apple’s iPhone 13 event will take place on September 14th
  • New Apple MagSafe charger spotted in FCC alongside four new phones
  • Apple’s car chief is heading to Ford
  • Apple Watch exec takes over secretive car project
  • Apple delays controversial child protection features after privacy outcry
  • Amazon announces its first-ever lineup of smart TVs
  • Amazon announces Fire TV Stick 4K Max — and yes that’s really the name
  • Amazon Luna is expanding to Fire tablets and Chromebooks, and retro games are on the way
  • Twitter takes on Facebook Groups with invite-only Communities
  • How Twitter’s communities could bring context back
  • The Gmail app takes calls now, too, because Google wants it to do everything
  • The Series One Desk 27 is a $2,000 Google Meet machine that doubles as a laptop monitor
  • Microsoft Start is a personalized news feed designed for Windows 11, mobile, and more
  • Theranos’ greatest invention was Elizabeth Holmes 

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