
Meta Ray-Bans Now Speak Your Language, Roku’s New Streaming Sticks, and Kia EVs Get Supercharged—Your Gear News of the Week
Julian Chokkattu
created: April 26, 2025, 10 a.m. | updated: April 30, 2025, 1:02 p.m.
You’ll now be able to send and receive messages from Instagram on your glasses, ask Meta AI to play music from an expanded list of music apps (as long as you ask in English), or ask Meta AI to identify songs in passing.
Meta is also expanding access to Meta AI in other countries in the European Union, as well as launching the glasses themselves in Mexico, India, and the United Arab Emirates.
This week, Cuisinart announced what it’s touting as its very first espresso bar collection—a Mama, Papa, and Baby Bear of three bottomless portafilter machines.
The range starts with a vanishingly slim profile, 15-bar EM-160 Espresso Bar Slim retailing at $230, and tops out with a $600 “Grind and Brew” EM-640 model with 16 espresso grind settings.
Likely the most distinctive of the three machines, the lowest-priced “Slim” device is less than 7 inches wide.
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