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Wearable technology

  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    Health
    Lex. For Oura and Whoop, health has a reasonable chance of being wealth

    The two health technology wearable companies have recently raised money at valuations of $11bn and $10bn respectively

    Premium content
    A man’s hand rests on a table, showing an Oura ring worn on his finger.
  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
    Social Media
    Say no to a ‘camera on your face’, says Meta smart glasses rival

    Shenzhen-based Even Realities pitches itself as a premium alternative that does not harvest user data

    A person wearing smart glasses stands next to a car. A digital interface with time and calendar events appears projected in the air.
  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2026
    US companies
    Whoop hits $10bn valuation as health tracking takes off

    Wearable device maker eyes IPO after raising $575mn from sovereign wealth funds and top athletes

    Sha'Carri Richardson in a pink athletic outfit at a starting block on a running track, poised to sprint.
  • Thursday, 30 October, 2025
    Companies
    Can smart glasses ever earn our trust?

    Chinese groups are racing to make the high-tech eyewear practical and affordable after years of false starts

    June Yoon
    Visitors try on AR+AI glasses at the XREAL booth, surrounded by a crowd at a technology expo.
  • Tuesday, 21 October, 2025
    Consumer trends
    Why can’t I buy a small smartphone?

    Capitalism is not giving me what I want, but I’m not behaving like a good free market consumer myself

    Sarah O'Connor
    A woman uses two of Apple’s new iPhone Air smartphones at a shop in London
  • Thursday, 18 September, 2025
    Technology sector
    The smart glasses race has finally started

    Meta’s Ray-Ban Display kicks off a coming around of product launches by tech companies

    Richard Waters
    Mark Zuckerberg stands on stage in front of a large screen displaying Meta Ray-Ban Display AI glasses and the price of $379.
  • Friday, 27 June, 2025
    Digital health
    Lex. Why wearable devices struggle to turn health into wealth

    Tech companies already embedded in people’s lives have the best chance of not becoming a fad

    Premium content
    People display their Fitbit watches during a workout
  • Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
    Robert F Kennedy Jr.
    Kennedy’s touting of ‘wearables’ sends medical device makers’ shares higher

    DexCom and Abbott Laboratories rise on US health secretary’s comments about importance of the technology in his agenda

    Robert F Kennedy Jr testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee
  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
    Snap Inc
    Snap to launch ‘Specs’ smart glasses to revive challenge to Meta and Apple

    Chief Evan Spiegel looks past investor doubts with AI-powered device designed to ‘bring out the best in humanity’

    Snap chief Evan Spiegel, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron, centre, wearing Snap’s AI glasses
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    The Future of Digital Healthcare
    Networked devices help head off medical woes and speed recovery

    Digital technologies are helping to guide early clinical interventions and assessments of treatment

    A healthcare worker shows a patient their health data on a tablet while the patient holds a medical assessment device
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Health
    Lex. Ōura takes a turn on the fitness-finance treadmill

    Sales of the company’s gadgets are doubling year-on-year suggesting it has further to run

    Premium content
    An Ōura ring on a hand
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    US companies
    Smart ring start-up Ōura raises $200mn as valuation leaps to $5.2bn

    Finnish company’s growing popularity has led to its sales more than doubling this year

    Close-up of two hands with an Oura ring on one finger
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Technology sector
    Race is on to beat Musk to develop thought-controlled devices

    Precision Neuroscience, maker of a ‘brain-computer interface’, has raised more than $100mn in latest investment round

    The Layer 7 Cortical Interface is a scalable brain-computer interface that uses a cranial micro-slit technique
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Life & Arts
    If I want to get fitter, should I wear a fitness watch?

    My every movement is being quantified, and I am obsessed

    Tim Harford
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Fashion accessories
    The latest concert must-have? Stylish earplugs

    Whether it’s for Taylor Swift concerts or noisy Tube trains, hearing protection is getting a makeover as wearable tech

    A close-up side-on shot of Taylor Swift on stage in a packed stadium wearing a skimpy sequinned top and knee-high sparkly high-heeled boots
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Healthcare
    New medical technologies are here. But when will they reach your GP?

    A synthesis of biology, data science and sociology — aided by artificial intelligence — is creating a pipeline of innovative treatments

    Scientist pipetting sample into tray for DNA testing in laboratory
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    US companies
    Winner of AI gadget race might already be in your pocket

    New products from tech giants and start-ups struggle to compete with smartphone

    Tim Bradshaw
    A wearable AI Pin attached to a piece of clothing
  • Saturday, 30 December, 2023
    US companies
    Silicon Valley eyes reboot of Google Glass-style headsets

    Past failures with smart glasses have not deterred some from building wearables that combine cameras with AI

    Google founder Brin adjusting a pair of Project Glass glasses on designer von Furstenberg
  • Friday, 6 October, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Pininfarina accelerates into hybrid smartwatches

    Italian car designer taps into the expertise of Hong Kong-based Globics for the first in a series of sophisticated models

    Picture shows the right leg and arm of a man in a car driving
  • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Lex. Start-ups: smart clothes have been wearing experience for investors

    Development projects have rolled on for years without spawning a significant sector

    Premium content
    A Levi jacket
  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    Science books
    Virtual You — how digital doppelgängers could help us lead a healthy life

    An analysis of the potential of technology to transform personalised medicine is both stimulating and comprehensive

  • Friday, 3 March, 2023
    Best Buy Co Inc
    Lex. Best Buy: gadget hawker chases the silver dollar

    The US retailer has been moving into healthcare for older people as it seeks to expand beyond its core business

    Premium content
    A shopper pushes a cart with a television in front of a Best Buy store
  • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
    Apple Inc
    Apple seeks to drive growth with new iPhone models

    Tech giant unveiled new version of AirPods Pro and several smartwatches

    A view of the new iPhone 14 at an Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California
  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    Special Report
    5G and Connectivity

    Fifth-generation networks offer higher data speeds and cut delays — to give almost instantaneous response, promising new opportunities and applications for business and consumers. So why has 5G been slow to make an impression on everyday life, and what can we expect next?

    Detroit, Michigan - Workers upgrade an AT&T cell tower to the faster 5G technology.
  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    Sustainability
    FT Magazine. I tried to fix my wireless earbuds. It did not go well

    Alexandra Heal resolved to bring her wireless earbuds back from the dead. What she found about the consequences of ever-smaller gadgetry is deeply unsettling

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