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Wearable tech used to be cool, but it is slowly becoming a symbol of surveillance capitalism dreck — here's how to save it

  • [email protected] (Matt Evans) , Matt Evans--TechRadar
  • published date: 2026-07-04 09:00:00 UTC

As a wearables editor, I can see the signs of body-worn smart tech becoming uncool.

I'm not sure what tipped me off first, but as someone who writes about wearable technology for a living, I can definitely see the signs. Wearables are, frankly, uncool, and manufacturers have to work… [+8907 chars]