WSJ's Joanna Stern on the top tech gifts of 2024 (youtube.com)
No real AI gadgets (except the Meta glasses, which are spy glasses for public and private).
Reminder that when Google tried spy glasses a decade ago the product ended when people started getting punched for wearing them around people who didn't want to be recorded in restaurants, etc. ‘Don’t record my girlfriend.' ‘Don’t record my children.' ‘Don't record me.' Also, is it really necessary? and do we really want everyone walking around doing whatever beneficial thing they could do with these? (What things can you even do besides vlog?)
‘Do you have to tell people when you’re wearing those that they're being recorded?'