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Washington – October 13, 2026 -- Meta will give free Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to every blind veteran in America, a group that includes more than 130,000 legally blind veterans who are eligible. The company and the nonprofit Lighthouse Guild showcased the technology at the Army Ten-Miler in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, October 11.

Glasses that read, describe and guide

The initiative is meant to give veterans AI-powered help with reading documents, identifying and describing their surroundings, navigating environments, completing everyday tasks and accessing information.

Eight runners, three blind Army veterans

Meta and Lighthouse Guild sponsored a team of eight runners. It included blind U.S. Army veterans Roosevelt Morring, Rob Sanchas and Shawntina Gibson, along with Lighthouse Guild President and CEO Thomas Panek. Panek was guided by Kelly Ingham, Meta's Vice President of AI Wearables and Research Partnerships.

New York – September 18, 2026 -- Giggles, the fast-growing social video app, has relaunched with a ground-up redesign that swaps its old trading mechanics for a new points system called Aura and a set of collectible "trend cards."

Aura replaces trading with a simple rewards system

Users earn Aura by participating on the app and spend it on interactions and creator rewards. Aura carries no cash value, marking a clear departure from the trading economy the app was previously known for. Trend cards, meanwhile, are digital collectibles earned with Aura that mark viral moments and celebrate creators, memes, and content that define the platform.

The app remains focused on short-form video across five categories

Giggles still functions as a short-form video platform where users create, watch, and share content across comedy, food, sports, music, and memes.

Austin, Texas -- September 8, 2026 -- Function members can now securely connect their personal health data to Muse, Meta's newly launched personal AI agent, the company announced.

Muse joins ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity in Function's expanding network of AI connectors, letting members feed their lab results and health insights directly into the AI tools they already use daily.

Muse can turn lab results into actionable health plans

Once connected, Muse draws on a member's Function lab results and clinician-reviewed summaries to inform goals and tasks. Members can ask Muse how a specific lab result compares to their optimal range, have it build or adjust a plan toward a health goal using their own data as context, or let it flag and follow up when it's time to schedule the next Function lab visit.

Itzehoe – September 09, 2026 -- While the Dax and Dow Jones post fresh records and corporate profits climb on AI enthusiasm, rising bond yields are quietly reshaping the risk calculus for stock investors, according to Jörg Wiechmann, managing director of the Itzehoer Aktien Club.

Yields on long-term government bonds have surged globally in recent weeks. Investors can now earn more than 5 percent on 30-year US Treasury bonds, while Germany's government must pay nearly 4 percent interest to its creditors.

US national debt surpasses $40 trillion

Wiechmann points to ballooning government debt as a key driver of the bond market unease. The United States has just crossed the $40 trillion debt threshold, and rising interest rates mean the cost of servicing that debt is projected to reach $1.2 trillion this year.