Tag: smart devices
Is my air fryer spying on me? Which? reveals smart devices gathering most data
Which? research has found evidence of excessive smart device surveillance - from air fryers demanding permission to listen in on your conversations and sharing data with TikTok, to TVs wanting to know your exact location. The consumer association rated products across four categories and gave them overall privacy scores for factors including consent and what…
Big tech brands flouting new laws on smart devices, warns Which?
Hisense, a prominent Euro 2024 sponsor, offers just two years of support from when a smart TV is first released Big brands behind expensive smart appliances, including smartphones, doorbells and smart TVs, are potentially selling smart devices illegally by breaking product security laws that came into force earlier this year. The…
Smart glasses like Google Glass and wearable fitness devices to hit 70 million sales by 2017, devices from Apple and Microsoft on the way, suggests new report
Smart glasses such as Google's Project Glass and other wearable smart devices including health and fitness trackers could hit 70 million sales by 2017, a new report by Juniper Research has found. Referring to the period between 2013 and 2017,…
Google Glass developer events planned for NYC and San Francisco in the coming weeks
Google have announced plans to hold two separate developer conferences in the US for Google Glass, their wearable augmented reality headset. Open to developers who signed up for the $1,500 developer edition of the Project Glass glasses, the events are…
