Author: Liam Porter

Meta and EssilorLuxottica on Friday unveiled a new line of Oakley smart glasses that include the social media company’s artificial intelligence assistant. The Oakley Meta HSTN, as the glasses are known, is the latest product borne from a multiyear partnership between the two companies. The HSTN smart glasses – which are pronounced how-stun – are pitched toward athletes and have a starting price of $399. The glasses represent Meta and Luxottica’s first expansion of their smart glasses beyond the Ray-Ban brand.The companies released their first set of smart glasses in 2021, and they found a surprise success in the second generation of…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It all comes down to this: the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are both looking to close out the NBA season with a win tonight, as the 2025 NBA finals heads to game 7. Right now, the series is tie at 3-3. The winner of Game 7 wins the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy. Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers face off against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma tonight, Sunday, June 22. Game…

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Two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant will join the Houston Rockets in a blockbuster move from the Phoenix Suns.The 36-year-old forward will join the Rockets at the start of July in a deal involving eight other players.In exchange, guard Jalen Green and small forward Dillon Brooks will move to Phoenix – who will also gain the 10th pick in Wednesday’s NBA Draft and five future second-round picks, according to reports in US media.Speaking at a media event in New York on Sunday Durant told reporter Kay Adams: “Being part of the Houston Rockets, I’m looking forward to it.”Crazy, crazy last couple…

Can Tesla’s Cybercab Share the Road with America’s Myth of the Highway?For more than a century, cars have meant freedom, escape and self-reinvention to Americans. Now Tesla’s forthcoming Cybercab makes us ask whether we can have the romance of the open road without actually driving itBy Deni Ellis Béchard edited by Dean VisserA prototype of the Tesla Cybercab is displayed at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, on December 3, 2024. The 2-Door, 2-Seater is intended to be a fully autonomous vehicle with no need for a steering wheel or pedals and is expected to be available in…

Donald Trump, a self-confessed risk-taker, has taken the greatest gamble – not just with his political reputation and the future of the Middle East, but arguably with the whole concept of military intervention as a way to solve intractable geopolitical problems.If the US president succeeds – and there will be many rival interpretations and metrics of success in the weeks ahead – it is possible he will have disempowered Iran, and diminished the global influence of a regime that has for 40 years sponsored threats against the west. In the process his personal authority will have been enhanced, and his…

North Tyneside CouncilRachel Fairless was referred to the scheme by the council’s care leavers teamA care-experienced woman says volunteering at a new social supermarket has helped her develop her communication skills.Rachel Fairless is part of a team running the new pantry at the Riverside Family Hub in North Shields, helping families who are struggling with the cost of living and rocketing food costs. North Tyneside Council said the pantry, which opens once a week, offers a bag of store-cupboard, frozen and fresh goods for £10.Miss Fairless said the work had “inspired her to cook” from scratch and she now wanted…

I’ve been invited into the homes of architects in Buenos Aires, voguish designers in Hong Kong, community organisers in Sydney and writers in Paris – except that I haven’t, not really.Really what I’m doing is watching episodes of Never Too Small on YouTube. Never Too Small is a media company that makes a magazine and an online documentary series dedicated “to small footprint design
and living”. To me, Never Too Small is “the company that makes my favourite television show, which I watch while eating toast”.Episodes go live weekly and there are more than 100. Their length (generally less than 10…

The Houston Rockets are trading for Kevin Durant, CBS News has confirmed. The deal will send Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick in this week’s draft and five second-round picks to the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal. Durant, entering his 18th NBA season, will now join his fifth NBA team after stints with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Brooklyn Nets and the Suns.The Suns acquired Durant at the 2023 trade deadline with much fanfare. Mat Ishbia had just taken over the team and he wanted to make a splash, so he traded control of five first-round picks…

We compare and contrast Tulsi Gabbard’s congressional testimony that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, with her rec