JD Technology and Rokid Unveil “JoyGlance,” the World’s First Smart-Glasses Shopping Agent Launching in November​
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JD Technology and Rokid Unveil “JoyGlance,” the World’s First Smart-Glasses Shopping Agent Launching in November​

Published:October 22, 2025 Reading Time:1 min read JD Technology & Rokid unveil JoyGlance: smart-glasses shopping you control by looking and speaking—glance to find, voice to pay. On Oct. 21, 2025, JD Technology has partnered with AR company Rokid to introduce JoyGlance, a shopping agent built for smart glasses that lets users point the glasses’ camera at a product, find the same or similar items online, and add them to cart hands-free. JoyGlance will debut on Rokid’s smart-glasses lineup in November, with checkout and payment features scheduled to go live in January 2026, the companies said. To address payment security, JoyGlance uses a “speech recognition + voiceprint” scheme the partners describe as “financial-grade,” claiming stronger protection than traditional passwords or fingerprint authentication. The system fuses multimodal biometrics and lets users set a voice passphrase, which is then verified together...
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‘Almost like battleship Galactica’: Chan Chun Sing on Singapore navy’s new Victory-class Multi-Role Combat Vessels, Singapore News
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‘Almost like battleship Galactica’: Chan Chun Sing on Singapore navy’s new Victory-class Multi-Role Combat Vessels, Singapore News

Singapore's new multi-role combat vessels (MRCVs) are "almost like the battleship Galactica"in the 1970s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica, because their weapon systems and capabilities can be evolved as the mission evolves, said Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing. Speaking on Tuesday (Oct 21) at the launch of the first Victory-class MRCV named Victory at ST Engineering's Benoi shipyard, Chan said that as Singapore's sea lines of communications extend further, new capabilities, such as the MRCVs are needed for Singapore to ensure that these strategic lines, "remain open and accessible". Referring to the challenges which lie ahead, Chan said that the MRCVs can help the navy and the wider Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) to stay ahead of threats. "What we need is a ship that can keep evolving with our operational requirements. And that is why, when this ship...
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