TechCrunch Daily: September 19, 2025
Welcome back to TechCrunch Daily! Meta's Andrew Bosworth answered a few questions about why the smart glasses demo totally failed during Meta Connect this week. Many speculated it was Wi-Fi issues, but that's not what happened.
Also today: Trump and ByteDance appear to have reached an agreement about TikTok, and iOS 26 developers are taking advantage of Apple’s local AI models.
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Meta CTO explains why the smart glasses demos failed at Meta Connect — and it wasn’t the Wi-Fi
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth offered a postmortem on Meta's demo fails this week at its developer conference, where it showed off new smart glasses. Read more
Trump and ByteDance tout TikTok deal approval, but no official details yet
The two countries have been working on a way to save TikTok's U.S. business, after the TikTok ban in January over national security concerns. Read more
How developers are using Apple’s local AI models with iOS 26
As iOS 26 is rolling out to all users, developers have been updating their apps to include features powered by Apple's local AI models. Read more
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3dThe tech world has been full of deepfaked product launches and smoke-and-mirrors lately. Meta’s Neural Band mishap stands in stark contrast. Painful, but at least it was honest. I’ll take a real stumble over staged illusions every time. 😎
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