Is the success of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses turning into excess? In February of 2025, Meta reported that it had sold two million pairs of the Meta Ray-Bans since their October 2023 launch. Reviews were often enthusiastic, and now Meta is has introducing two new Ray-Ban smart glasses designed for people who need prescription lenses. The new models, called the Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer Optics and Ray-Ban Meta Scriber Optics, are priced from $499 and are available for preorder in the United States. However, the new glasses come as a backlash has set in over the tech's ability to surreptitiously record video. Wired recently warned of "the rise of the Ray-Ban Meta creep." Some people are calling Meta Ray-Bans "pervert glasses," noted The Guardian.

  If a neighborhood's memory is held in its creative spaces, then East Harlem is currently a vivid, breathing archive. This weekend, the East Harlem Open Studios (EHOS) returns, transforming private workrooms into public forums for conversation and discovery. From 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday, more than 25 artists and galleries invite you to see the "marks we leave in the world"—those stories about how they navigate the messy creative process that bri...