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Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses have taken a leap forward in hands-free functionality, introducing a new shortcut that enables users to make calls and send texts without the need to say “hey Meta.” This ...

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Apple is rumored to be adding an AI feature for creating shortcuts with natural language to the Shortcuts app in iOS 27, but MacStories' Federico Viticci has a clever AI tool for making shortcuts that ...

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David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...