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Snap will launch its first-ever smart glasses for all consumers next year, ratcheting up competition with bigger rival Meta in the wearable technology market.

LAKE COUNTY, IL — A former suburban teacher and Grayslake high school basketball coach remains behind bars as he awaits trial for allegations he possessed and disseminated child pornography. Todd Fowler, 47, of the 300 block of Buckingham Drive in Grayslake, faces possession and dissemination of child pornography charges in Lake County Circuit Court. An arraignment hearing is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday in Lake County, according to online court records. Authorities believe Fowler, a former physical education teacher at Woodland Elementary School in Gages Lake and girls basketball coach for District 127, may have also shared pictures of local children posted on social media with pedophiles, police said last month. Fowler was arrested in May after a months-long investigation that began after local authorities received a cyber tip from the social media company, SnapChat, regarding one of its users. According to court documents provided to Patch, the user uploaded a video of child sex abuse m

Snap on Tuesday announced its plans to release a sixth-generation of its augmented reality glasses in 2026, as competition in the smart glasses market continues to heat up.  The maker of Snapchat said that its next-generation glasses will be called Specs, breaking with the company's Spectacles branding that it used for previous versions of its wearable devices.

Snap is back with a new pair of AR smart glasses, and for the first time in years, it's ready to sell them to consumers.

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) announced today at the Augmented World Expo 2025 that it is launching lightweight, immersive Specs in 2026. Specs are an ultra-powerful wearable computer integrated into a lightweight pair of glasses, featuring see-through Lenses that enhance the physical world with digital experiences. Snap's all-new Specs are uniquely positioned to understand the world through advanced machine learning, bring AI assistance into three-dimensional spac.

Snap (SNAP 2.96%) is the parent company of the popular Snapchat social media platform. Its stock reached a peak of $83 during the tech frenzy in 2021, but it has since plunged by 90% as it couldn't sustain the extremely high valuation it held at the time.

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) is planning to let brands fully create and target ads using its artificial intelligence tools by the end of 2025, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Citing people familiar with the plans, the report says advertisers will be able to provide a product image and budget, and Meta’s AI will handle everything from generating the content, including text, images and video, to targeting users across Facebook and Instagram. Meta already uses AI to customise ads and suggest variations, but the new tools would go further by offering real-time personalisation based on factors like location. The company is also working on automating budget recommendations. With 3.43 billion global users across its apps, Meta sees advanced AI tools as a way to deliver ad results at scale. The move comes as rivals such as Snap, Pinterest and Reddit ramp up their own AI offerings in an increasingly competitive digital ad market. atai Life Sciences (NAS

Snap (NYSE: SNAP) stock has fallen more than 20% this year. In fact, the stock has decreased over 50% from its peak in July of last year.

Snap (SNAP) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?

Equity futures are pointing to a second straight negative day after the SPX snapped its six-day winnings streak on Tuesday. Kevin Green sees markets entering a "wait-and-see" mode as investors may be taking profits from the recent rally and waiting commentary from Fed speakers and additional tariff news.