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Welcome to the VergeCast, the flagship podcast of the metaverse. Still. I'm David Mel, and today we're talking about smart glasses. Meta announced a boatload of new glasses last night. There's new Ray Band Metas, including an audio-only version, and some new VR glasses. And last week, Snap showed off its new specs. The Verge's JPeters and Vsong are here to talk about it. But first, here's what's happening on the Verge today. I'm David Mel, and this is 90 Seconds on the Verge for Thursday, September. December 24, 2026. Google has formally announced Project Suncatcher, a new venture to test how well satellites with AI processors perform in space. The satellite's equipped with Google's tensor processing units and will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on October 1st, harnessing the power of the Sun in low Earth orbit.
The goal of the mission is to test how well its TPUs handle the physical stress of spaceflight, as well as the radiation and the thermal extremes. Of space. Next, Nintendo has won its $4.5 million lawsuit against James Williams, a Reddit moderator accused of distributing pirated Switch games. In a judgment issued on Wednesday, a Washington federal court ordered Williams to shut down the online stores allegedly housing libraries of games. In the complaint, Nintendo claimed that Williams had allegedly solicited donations of Nintendo eShop gift cards alongside physical copies of Switch games to be copied. And distributed on online pirate stores. Nintendo asked the court for a default judgment of $4.5 million after Williams didn't respond to the lawsuit.
And finally, OpenAI artificial intelligence agents have hacked an Australian government website and attempted to breach numerous other government and university websites. Speaking on the sidelines at the UN General Assembly in New York, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanys said the agent infiltrated Australia's Medicare statistics portal and accessed both public and non-public files. In a statement to The Verge, OpenAI spokesperson Oscar Haynes said the models were attempting to look up answers during an internal evaluation, and in the process took actions that OpenAI did not intend. You can read more at the Verge.com. That's 90 seconds on the Verge for Thursday, September 24th, 2026.
So, like any good millennial, I have a love-hate relationship with Gen Z. It's the phenomenon rattling millennials. They just look at you.
What new smart glasses did Meta announce at Connect and how do they differ from previous models?
They want something bigger themselves. Lifestyle is a priority. Motivation is being inspired.
But regardless of how you feel about Gen Z, it's undeniable that they're changing national politics.
Generation Z is increasingly showing less loyalty to traditional political parties, many now more likely
to identify as independent.
So what is going on with the kids?
I think the biggest misconception about Gen Z's politics right now is that all of a sudden they're all socialists. That is just not the case.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They are embracing candidates who are offering new bold ideas in the absence of those ideas from establishment democrats.
This week on America actually, Gen Z researcher Rachel Gamfazo joins us to separate Gen Z fact versus fiction.
It's not rocket science, and this is you know, I keep saying like young voters aren't that complicated after all. It's pretty simple.
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