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Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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Left: Man standing on a subway in a jacket and cargo pants holding a pair of broken Meta AI glasses, text overlay reads, "Pls help me find her she broke my Meta glasses with her bare hands." Right: Close-up of woman's face on the subway, tweet text overlay reads, "This is the most beautiful, powerful woman I’ve ever seen, she will lead millions in the Butlerian Jihad."

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Mark Zuckerberg’s live AI demo of Meta’s smart glasses fails—twice—as crowd laughs

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Woman gives man her Ray-Ban Meta glasses to vlog their date. Then she accidentally discovers she’s the other woman

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Meta

“Repulsive and immoral”: Backlash grows after Meta obtains patent for AI bots to take over a dead user’s account

Would you pay for Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp? Premium features may arrive sooner than you think

“Imagine being this based”: Guy says woman “assaulted” him by breaking his Meta AI glasses on the subway. The internet disagrees

“My stomach dropped”: Woman who wore Meta glasses on vacation realizes her mistake after looking through footage later

“Where all the degenerates are”: Facebook launches new AI dating features, including a “meet cute” option

Mark Zuckerberg’s live AI demo of Meta’s smart glasses fails—twice—as crowd laughs

Here’s how to turn off video autoplay on popular platforms

“Dude was ragebaiting me in person”: Pokimane issues a “warning for the ladies” after being harassed and recorded by a man wearing Meta glasses

“Could this girl be filming me right now?”: Woman shares violating experience with Brazilian waxer wearing Meta glasses

“Facebook aims to be a place where original content thrives”: Meta announces new rules to combat reposted content. Here’s what that means

Woman gives man her Ray-Ban Meta glasses to vlog their date. Then she accidentally discovers she’s the other woman

‘Righteous Gemstones’ star says Instagram deleted her posts calling out UnitedHealthcare for denying a claim

‘I swear they’re doing this on purpose’: Facebook user shows how to deactivate account after update makes it ‘nearly impossible’

‘I still haven’t opened it’: Best Buy customer purchases Meta Quest 3 with Apple Pay. Then he tries to return it

‘Unnecessary horniness’: Zuckerberg called out for peeking at cleavage during Trump’s inauguration

Meta

“Repulsive and immoral”: Backlash grows after Meta obtains patent for AI bots to take over a dead user’s account

Would you pay for Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp? Premium features may arrive sooner than you think

“Imagine being this based”: Guy says woman “assaulted” him by breaking his Meta AI glasses on the subway. The internet disagrees

“My stomach dropped”: Woman who wore Meta glasses on vacation realizes her mistake after looking through footage later

“Where all the degenerates are”: Facebook launches new AI dating features, including a “meet cute” option

Mark Zuckerberg’s live AI demo of Meta’s smart glasses fails—twice—as crowd laughs

Here’s how to turn off video autoplay on popular platforms

“Dude was ragebaiting me in person”: Pokimane issues a “warning for the ladies” after being harassed and recorded by a man wearing Meta glasses

“Could this girl be filming me right now?”: ​​Woman shares violating experience with Brazilian waxer wearing Meta glasses

“Facebook aims to be a place where original content thrives”: Meta announces new rules to combat reposted content. Here’s what that means

Woman gives man her Ray-Ban Meta glasses to vlog their date. Then she accidentally discovers she’s the other woman

‘Righteous Gemstones’ star says Instagram deleted her posts calling out UnitedHealthcare for denying a claim

‘I swear they’re doing this on purpose’: Facebook user shows how to deactivate account after update makes it ‘nearly impossible’

‘I still haven’t opened it’: Best Buy customer purchases Meta Quest 3 with Apple Pay. Then he tries to return it

‘Unnecessary horniness’: Zuckerberg called out for peeking at cleavage during Trump’s inauguration

“Could this girl be filming me right now?”: Woman shares violating experience with Brazilian waxer wearing Meta glasses