Issue #358 | I Wore Meta Ray-Bans in Montreal to Test Their AI Translation Skills. It Did Not Go Well

I Wore Meta Ray-Bans in Montreal to Test Their AI Translation Skills. It Did Not Go Well

As a tourist, you want to blend in. But one brave traveler probably did not go undetected on their recent trip to Montreal. She donned a pair of Meta Ray-Bans to test out their AI translation skills on Canadian French, at one point wearing the sunglasses inside a brew pub to ask them about different menu options, and one can only assume it raised a few eyebrows. She also had to talk to the glasses, like you would to Siri or Alexa, saying “Hey Meta, look at…” and ask them to translate what was in front of her. Things did not go well.

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Elvis Presley’s Iconic Blue Suede Shoes Are Headed to Auction

The King of Rock and Roll lives on in our hearts, minds, and Spotify playlists—but also in at least one pair of shoes he gave to a friend in 1958 before shipping out for the Army. Said friend is now putting the blue suede duds up for sale via British auction house Henry Aldridge and Son, with the starting bid asking $70,000 (some expect them to fetch upwards of double that figure). Even if you can’t carry a tune, or cut a rug, this size 10.5 pair from Nunn Bush will bring you at least one tiny step closer to Presley’s shimmering talent.

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A New TV Series Is Inspired by the Feud Between Fashion’s Biggest Billionaires

You can’t make this stuff up, it’s sometimes said when things are stranger than fiction. For new Apple+ series La Maison, real life was juicy enough. In something of a Succession meets House of Gucci mashup, the show sees two of the fashion world’s richest families in a power struggle for supremacy—which is what’s happening right now. “The premise evokes the real-life standoff between LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault and the CEO of Kering, François-Henri Pinault. The French billionaires have been battling it out for decades to conquer the luxury world and more recently, Hollywood.”

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