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Man Sues Sunglass Hut After Faulty AI Facial Recognition Tech Led to Wrongful Arrest

Harvey Murphy was wrongfully arrested for robbing a Sunglasses Hut after facial recognition tech identified him as the robber. The 61-year-old says he was brutally sexually assaulted in jail.

Facial recognition used after Sunglass Hut robbery led to man’s wrongful jailing, says suit

Facial recognition used after Sunglass Hut robbery led to man’s wrongful jailing, says suit

Harvey Eugene Murphy Jr’s lawsuit claims he was misidentified as culprit of armed robbery and put in jail, where he says he was raped

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CES 2024: truly all the tech you need and then some

CES 2024: truly all the tech you need and then some

The best tech of CES 2024, from next-level laptops to mindful mirrors, audacious audio and more innovation than you can shake a smart bot at

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These Audio eyeglasses may be the perfect solution for my admittedly awful hearing

Nuance Audio glasses direct their microphones in the direction of your view.

Ray-Ban Stories review: The smart glasses blueprint

The Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses, made by Meta and EssilorLuxottica, have two cameras and an a surprisingly good open-ear audio experience.

Luxottica Eyewear Empire Founder Leonardo Del Vecchio Dies

Leonardo Del Vecchio, who founded eyewear empire Luxottica in a trailer and turned an everyday object into a global fashion item, becoming one of Italy's richest men in the process, died on Monday, the eyeglass company said. He was 87. "EssilorLuxottica announces with deep sorrow the passing of Chairman Leonardo…

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What happens to Italian tycoon Del Vecchio's $29 billion Ray Ban fortune?

Leonardo Del Vecchio leaves a business empire worth 27 billion euros ($29 billion), ranging from the eyewear company that was his life's work to the stake in merchant bank Mediobanca he built in his 80s.

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Reaction to death of Italian business tycoon Del Vecchio

Leonardo Del Vecchio, the chairman of spectacles maker EssilorLuxottica and one of Italy's wealthiest business figures, has died aged 87.

Del Vecchio rose from poverty to billions by adding style to spectacles

Del Vecchio rose from poverty to billions by adding style to spectacles

Businessman Leonardo del Vecchio, who has died aged 87, created the glasses company that owns brands including Ray-Ban and used his billions to become one of the most influential figures in Italian finance.

Italian eyewear billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio dies at 87

Italy's Leonardo Del Vecchio, who rose from childhood poverty to build the eyewear empire that owns brands such as Ray-Ban and Oakley, has died at the age of 87, his company said on Monday.

Mark Zuckerberg demoed Meta's neural interface wristband to smart glasses partners

Mark Zuckerberg demoed Meta's neural interface wristband to smart glasses partners

The CEO took to Milan to show off Meta's future AR glasses controller to the executives of Italian eyeglasses brand EssilorLuxottica.

Mark Zuckerberg Teases Wearable Tech with Neural Interface in Facebook Post

Mark Zuckerberg Teases Wearable Tech with Neural Interface in Facebook Post

Meta Platforms Inc's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, on Wednesday teased a new smart glasses project with EssilorLuxottica, posting a photo of the eyewear company's chairman sporting a prototype of a neural interface wristband - designed for directing other devices. "Here Leonardo is using a prototype of our neural interface EMG…

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Ray-Ban Maker EssilorLuxottica Posts Higher Quarterly Revenue

Ray-Ban Maker EssilorLuxottica Posts Higher Quarterly Revenue

French-Italian eyewear group EssilorLuxottica SA reported a sharp rise in first-quarter revenue on Friday, helped by strong performance across most regions. The maker of Oakley and Ray-Ban sunglasses reported revenue of 5.61 billion euros ($6.09 billion) for the first three months of the year, up 38.1% from a year earlier…

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