Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.

No one can seem to figure out how a blind person could use the internet. So, using an iPhone in Voice Over mode, I’ll show you how it’s done here with an example on the Instagram app. It works with ...

The gadget often criticized for seeing too much is about to help thousands of blind veterans see the world a little differently.