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Italy eyewear exports fall 6.1% in Q1 as US market continues to shrink
The value of Italian eyewear exports in the first quarter of 2026 fell by 6.1 percent to €1.34 billion, as another sharp decline in sales to the US was only partly offset by gains in Europe and other markets, according to figures from Italian eyewear trade association Anfao.
France unclear on, wary of smart glasses, survey shows
At least in France, smart glasses are misunderstood, feared and associated with a single model.
Meta AI glasses sending intimate data to third parties?
According to a joint report by two Swedish newspapers, workers in Nairobi, Kenya, have been reviewing intimate episodes – in the form of video and audio recordings and transcribed user interactions – from the lives of users of the smart glasses produced by Meta and EssilorLuxottica. Some of these episodes ...