At a recent Meta product launch, Mark Zuckerberg promised that the company’s smart glasses would give wearers “new superpowers”, but what are they?

Amid criticisms of its privacy and child protection policies, Meta is betting big on smart glasses as a way to restyle the company’s image, but they too have caused controversy – dubbed by critics ‘pervert glasses’ because they have been used to film women without their knowledge.
So why are Meta and other big tech firms investing billions in this tech? Who is it for? Lily Jamali, the BBC’s North America technology correspondent, joins us to explain.
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0:00 Why have tech companies invested so much money in smart glasses?
1:12 Introduction to Lily Jamali
1:47 Why have Meta glasses picked up the nickname ‘pervert glasses’?
4:22 How do these smart glasses work?
5:49 What is Lily’s experience in using them?
9:21 What is Meta’s policy on privacy?
13:10 What was the level of excitement in the room at Meta Connect 2026?
15:27 Who are the customers of Meta’s smart glasses?
18:17 Will Google glass re-emerge?
21:18 How will this compare to the Metaverse?
23:20 What makes tech companies think the public are ready for smart glasses?

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There were more attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz last week than any week since the Iran war began – that’s according to the Reuters news agency.

Meanwhile the UN warns that in Yemen 200,000 people have been displaced by fighting – this as Houthi rebels there claim a series of attack on Saudi targets – including firing a ballistic missile at Riyadh airport.

All this on the date, October 7th the third anniversary of the deadly Hamas-led attacks on Israel.

We examine how far the roots of the Iran War can be traced back to that event.

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How did the El Niño of 1877 contribute to the deaths of 50 million people, roughly 3% of the population?

As the world faces a record-breaking El Niño, we speak to historians and scientists about what happened in 1877 and what we can learn from one of the deadliest climate-related disasters ever recorded. We explain what El Niño is and how scientists think our warmer world could impact future events.

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00:00 Could this be the strongest El Niño on record?
01:14 What is El Niño?
02:16 How does El Niño affect weather around the world?
02:50 What regions are affected by El Niño?
03:23 What is a ‘Super El Niño’?
04:51 How strong was the 1877 El Niño?
07:46 How can El Niño impact global food supplies?
08:09 Who is most affected in climate disasters?
08:27 Is climate change making El Niño worse?
09:13 How can countries prepare to reduce the impacts of El Niño?

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In Yemen, the country’s internationally recognised government is fighting with the Houthi rebel movement. Since the informal …

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has said the woman at the centre of the Cornell University rape case was “failed” at “every turn”. New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation.

The woman filed a civil lawsuit alleging she was drugged and raped at a fraternity house at the university and that Cornell failed to protect her or adequately punish the men involved.

Cornell has said it supported presenting the case to a grand jury, while rejecting claims that it failed to punish those involved. It has also agreed to have the case examined by an independent investigator.

So – what happened, and what does it say about fraternity culture in US universities? 

0:27 – New York’s Governor says the woman at the centre of the Cornell University rape case was “failed” at “every turn”
2:06 – What are the allegations?
2:55 – What is a frat house?
3:36 – How has Cornell University responded?
4:30 – How have Cornell students responded?
5:55 – What has the wider reaction been?
7:50 – What happens next?

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