The Talaya Brief: South Korea plans criminal charges for students who cheat with smart glasses

South Korea plans criminal charges for smart-glasses cheating

South Korea's education ministry plans to file criminal complaints against students caught cheating on the national university entrance exam with smart glasses, and to make penalties tougher, an official told AFP on Oct. 30. Students caught would be barred from retaking the exam for three years, up from one, and every exam center would get a designated staff member to watch for suspicious eyewear. The move follows three students found wearing or carrying smart glasses during essay exams at universities in Seoul. The official said the new rules are unlikely to cover next month's tests, so next year's exam is the target. AFP's report doesn't say whether the plan needs a change in the law.

Apple posts a fix for the Apple Watch clock bug

Apple has published a support document for Apple Watches that keep showing the time an hour off after daylight saving changes, MacRumors reported on Nov. 1. Apple says the wrong time "appears only on the Always On display when your wrist is down." The suggested fixes are to switch to another watch face and back, or to restart the watch. Clocks went back across most of the US on Sunday, and MacRumors previously reported the same problem in Europe when clocks went back there. We haven't read Apple's document ourselves, only MacRumors' account of it.

Android phones get code for pairing XR glasses

Google Play Services 26.42 began rolling out on Oct. 26 with support for connecting Android XR glasses to a phone, according to a Nov. 1 analysis from Shattered that credits Droid Life and SammyGuru with spotting the change. Google has not announced a release date, a price or a model name for the hardware. Shattered says reports point to a November launch window, and presents that as inference rather than confirmation. Our Android XR glasses guide lists the devices known so far.

Samsung's AI glasses still reported for mid-December

Chosunbiz reported on Oct. 30, citing the electronics industry, that Samsung will begin first sales of its AI glasses in mid-December in Korea and the US. The outlet says the price "has not yet been set and is currently under discussion," and Samsung has not confirmed the date. This is not new reporting: it ran in yesterday's Brief, and a Root-Nation headline repeated the December timing on Nov. 1. Our full story has the detail.

Apple's glasses delay resurfaces

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported on July 26 that Apple's first smart glasses, codenamed N50, will be shown at WWDC in June 2027, with sales later that year, according to gHacks. That report ties the six-month delay to ongoing privacy work, and Apple has made no public statement. A Mashable headline repeated the story on Oct. 31. See our Apple glasses rumor roundup for the full timeline.