Meta has humans secretly watching footage from customers' smart glasses.
 

Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are sending users' private footage to human contractors overseas. A joint investigation by two Swedish newspapers found that workers at a Kenya-based company called Sama are reviewing the footage, including deeply personal content that users almost certainly never intended to share.

Contractors reported seeing credit card numbers, text messages, people using bathrooms, and explicit footage, all sent with limited filtering to their workstations for AI training purposes.

Meta says content is filtered before human review to protect privacy, but contractors told the Swedish papers the filtering sometimes fails and faces remain visible.

The tech giant sold more than 7 million pairs of the smart glasses in 2025.

Live Nation avoided a forced breakup with Ticketmaster.

Live Nation found a way to avoid going to court over its alleged ticket monopoly with Ticketmaster. The Justice Department reached a settlement with Live Nation one week into the antitrust trial, allowing the event giant to dodge any court rulings that could have reversed its 2010 merger with Ticketmaster.

The agreement forces Live Nation venues to cap service fees at 15% of face value, open venues to competing promoters, divest 13 exclusive booking agreements with amphitheaters, and pay $280 million in damages to states on behalf of consumers.

The settlement still requires court approval, and more than two dozen bipartisan state attorneys general are trying to block it, arguing the settlement fails to address Live Nation's monopoly power and shortchanges consumers

Google is building its first data center powered entirely by clean energy.

Google is building its first Minnesota data center, powered entirely by clean energy. Most data centers drive up local electricity bills and strain power grids. To get its new data center approved, Google is proposing a different approach, covering all infrastructure costs itself, so existing customers of local utility won't pay more.

To power the site, Google is funding nearly 2,000 megawatts of new wind, solar, and battery storage, including what will be the largest battery ever announced globally by capacity.

The tech giant has set ambitious goals to operate its entire business, including data centers and offices, 24/7, without creating carbon pollution on every grid where it operates by 2030

Toyota is recalling more than 550,000 Highlander SUVs.

The world's largest automaker is recalling half a million SUVs in the US over safety issues. Over 550,000 Toyota Highlander and Highlander Hybrid SUVs, from model years 2021 through 2024, have second-row seat backs that may fail to lock into position after adjustment, leaving passengers improperly restrained in a crash.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Toyota recalled more than 3 million vehicles in 2025, the second most of any automaker. No injuries or crashes related to the defect have been reported for this one. Dealers will provide repairs at no cost to owners.

T-Mobile countersued Verizon this week over a "bait-and-switch" advertising campaign.

T-Mobile countersued Verizon this week. The suit accuses its rival of running a "bait-and-switch" ad campaign that lures customers with savings promises it cannot deliver. The lawsuit follows Verizon's February suit against T-Mobile over exaggerated claims about how much customers would save by switching carriers. Both companies are now suing each other for triple damages and an end to the challenged ads.

According to December 31 financial reports, Verizon leads the US wireless market with 146.9 million subscribers, narrowly ahead of T-Mobile's 142.4 million.