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Business Insider
a day ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Mark Zuckerberg paired a $250,000 'grail' watch with his cool guy uniform
Mark Zuckerberg is showing off wrist candy from his pricey watch collection in his everyday looks. After years of dressing in humble hoodies, the billionaire has beefed up his wardrobe with a custom gold chain and a collection of luxury watch brands. Zuckerberg, who Forbes estimates is worth nearly $250 billion, recently paired a basic T-shirt with a limited-edition watch. An iteration of the same model sold at auction for $254,000 in April, Sotheby's said. Zuckerberg's F.P. Journe Chronomètre Bleu Byblos is one of 99 of that model made in 2014 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the watchmaker's boutique in Beirut. Watch industry veterans identified the timepiece after Zuckerberg wore it during an April 28 appearance on Theo Von's "This Past Weekend" podcast. "It's one of those pieces that quietly signals, 'I know what I'm wearing,' without shouting it," Eugene Tutunikov, CEO of SwissWatchExpo, told Business Insider. Zuckerberg has other F.P. Journe watches in his collection. For his keynote at Meta Connect 2024, he chose a watch that resembled one from the Souveraine collection. Sotheby's estimated that it could fetch up to $54,000 at auction. "F.P. Journe is one of the most respected independent watchmakers, celebrated for its superb finishing, innovation, and incredibly limited runs," Paul Altieri of Bob's Watches told BI. Despite the rarity and hefty price tag, the Chronomètre Bleu Byblos is a "simpler" time-only choice for the Meta CEO compared to the more complicated pieces he's been spotted in, Joshua Ganjei, CEO of European Watch Company, said. Zuck wasn't known for flashy fashion choices when he broke onto the tech scene as a college dropout. Over the years, his zip-up hoodie and blue sweater became a staple of his style. Last year, he was captured admiring a Richard Mille watch worn by the Reliance Industries heir Anant Ambani. "You know, I never really wanted to get a watch, but after seeing that, I was like, watches are cool," Zuckerberg is heard saying in a video of the interaction. Today, he's turned a corner to crank up his style. His custom gold chain — made in honor of his daughters — is paired with many of his outfits, and he's rarely seen without a pair of the Ray-Ban smart glasses powered by Meta AI. Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram, previously praised Zuckerberg's new steeze in June 2024. Mosseri said his boss spent a long time "not wasting any energy on deciding what to wear." Instead, Zuckerberg decided to wear "the same thing every day for a long time as a lot of tech execs have done." Zuck is entering a new fashion era in his own way, with a watch that's a "perfect fit" for him, Tutunikov said. "It's almost like the thinking man's grail: no flashy logos, no gimmicks, just insane craftsmanship and a bit of mystery," he said.
Hans India
24-04-2025
- Hans India
Meta Adds Live Translation and New Features to Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
Meta is levelling up its Ray-Ban smart glasses experience by rolling out severalnew features and style options to a global audience. Among the biggest updatesis the availability of live translation for all users, previously limited toselect regions through Meta's Early Access Programme. Firstteased during Meta Connect 2024, live translation is now fully integrated intothe smart glasses. It allows users to communicate in English, French, Italian,or Spanish and hear real-time translations in their preferred language. Best ofall, if you download the relevant language packs in advance, the feature workseven without an internet connection—perfect for travellers on the go. In termsof aesthetics, the Ray-Ban Meta Skyler frame is now offered in a sleek, shinychalky grey paired with sapphire Transitions lenses. Meanwhile, the shiny black frames can be customised with clear or green-tinted lenses, offering more personalisation for fashion-forward users. Meta isalso preparing to expand several other features. Its Live AI capability—whichallows the Meta AI assistant to respond based on what you're currentlyseeing—will soon be available more broadly in the U.S. and Canada. This featureaims to enable more natural, context-aware interactions. Additionally,users will soon be able to send and receive direct messages, voice notes,photos, and even make Instagram calls directly through their glasses. Thisbuilds on existing support for WhatsApp, Messenger, and the default messagingapps on iOS and Android devices. Meta isgradually broadening its ecosystem for music lovers as well. Access toplatforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Shazam is starting toextend beyond North America. However, asking Meta AI to play a song or identifymusic remains exclusive to users with English set as their default language. In a moveto reach more global users, Meta has confirmed that its smart assistant, MetaAI, is now available in the UK and will roll out across all supported EUcountries by next week. Looking ahead, the Ray-Ban smart glasses are also setto launch in new markets including India, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates,though no specific launch dates have been confirmed yet. Withthese enhancements, Meta is clearly aiming to make its smart glasses a morepowerful, stylish, and globally accessible wearable tech companion.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Meta just scheduled a generative AI conference called LlamaCon for April 29
Meta just announced its first-ever LlamaCon, a dev conference dedicated to generative AI. It's scheduled for April 29. Why the llama-based naming convention? The company titled the event after its family of generative AI models. Meta promises to 'share the latest on our open source AI developments to help developers do what they do best: build amazing apps and products.' Beyond that vague description, we don't know much. There's no information regarding speakers or potential products being shown. We know that the company's working on Llama 4, with an early 2025 release window, so we'll most likely get a sizzle reel of some kind. The company notes it'll have more to share about LlamaCon 'in the coming weeks.' Meta also says that '2025 is shaping up to be another banger' of a year. To that end, it has scheduled the next major Connect event for September 17. It promises plenty of reveals that should please 'virtual and mixed reality developers, content creators, metaverse mavens and AI glasses enthusiasts.' Meta Connect 2024 gave us the Quest 3S and the fancy-pants Orion prototype AR glasses. According to TechCrunch, Meta has been scrambling to figure out how AI rival DeepSeek has managed to create tech that rivals its own at a fraction of the development cost. The report suggests that DeepSeek's upcoming models could outperform the aforementioned Llama 4. The company's also currently embroiled in a lawsuit that accuses it of training Llama models on copyrighted book materials without permission.
