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EssilorLuxottica unveils Nuance Audio™ Plus, the next generation of hearing glasses

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Enhanced audio experience, extended battery life, calls answered directly from the glasses, and an expanded range of styles bring invisible hearing support to more everyday moments.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — EssilorLuxottica announces the launch of Nuance Audio Plus, the next generation of its first-of-its-kind invisible, open-ear hearing glasses, FDA-cleared for adults with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss. Building on the launch of the first Nuance Audio Glasses, the new product combines improved audio performance, extended battery life, calls answered right from the glasses, a category-first, and an expanded assortment of styles, transforming a medical device into stylish yet functional eyewear to support people naturally throughout everyday life.

Hearing loss affects an estimated 1.6 billion people worldwide, approximately 1.25 billion of whom live with mild to moderate hearing loss1. Yet close to 90% of this population has not adopted a hearing solution2. By seamlessly integrating hearing technology into everyday eyewear, EssilorLuxottica is helping address this significant unmet need through a solution that is virtually indistinguishable from a conventional pair of glasses. The original Nuance Audio glasses were named a TIME 100 Best Invention, reflecting the cateogry’s growing recognition, and established high-profile fans including Emmy Award-winning actor and comedian Jane Lynch. Nuance Audio Plus marks the latest step in the company’s continued investment in hearing innovation, expanding both the choice and performance available to consumers.

“The response to Nuance Audio Glasses has been extremely positive, confirming that consumers are looking for a more natural and desirable way to access hearing support,” said Stefano Genco, Global Head of Nuance Audio. “In just one year, we have expanded to 14 countries and more than 18,000 stores, reaching consumers who are, on average, five years younger than traditional hearing-aid customers, with two out of three having never explored traditional hearing aids. With Nuance Audio Plus, our new product generation, we are taking another important step toward making hearing support a natural part of everyday life.”

Nuance Audio Plus is designed to support people affected by perceived mild to moderate hearing loss across a range of scenarios: from those experiencing the first signs of hearing loss, for example, beginning to notice changes in their listening effort over time across a range of everyday situations, even under similar noise conditions, to those already aware of their hearing impairment and seeking a discreet hearing solution. Across scenarios, the product helps users stay engaged in conversations with a solution that looks and feels like everyday eyewear.

Complementing the existing Nuance Audio Glasses collection, which will remain available, Nuance Audio Plus expands the portfolio with optimized hearing technology, more intuitive on-frame controls, a broader range of frame designs and colors, and new options for charging on the go. Together, the two collections offer consumers greater choice across design, technology features, price points, preferences and lifestyles.

Nuance Audio Plus is available now in the United States, through authorized optical and hearing-care professionals, and online in selected countries. In the USA, the recommended retail price will start at $829, depending on the lens configuration.

Key features

Invisible hearing aid: Breaking the stigma with discreet, stylish glasses that seamlessly integrate vision and hearing support directly into the frame. Building on the distinctive open-ear technology of Nuance Audio Glasses, Nuance Audio Plus introduces further advancements in amplification, speech clarity in noise and own-voice perception, together with extended battery life of approximately 10 hours under average product conditions3.Directional amplification: Designed to enhance speech clarity through directional microphones and beamforming technology, helping users focus on the conversations in front of them.Easy to use: Simple to set up and manage through the intuitive Nuance Audio App, Nuance Audio Plus also features new on-frame controls, including a dedicated power switch and volume buttons conveniently positioned on the temples.Open-ear comfort: Lightweight, open-ear speakers integrated into the temples leave the ears free for long-lasting comfort. An expanded range of sizes, together with universal fitting and adjustable nose pads on selected styles, helps provide a secure and comfortable fit.All-in-one solution: A product designed to address both vision and hearing needs in one elegant device.Hands-free phone calls – Users can answer and manage voice calls directly from the frames when paired with a compatible iPhone4.

Styles and accessories

Nuance Audio Plus is available in three timeless frame styles – Square 53, Panthos 48 and Upturn 52 – and five colors, Shiny Black, Shiny Burgundy, Deep Blue, Amber and Olive Green.

The standard package includes a charging pad and USB-C cable to charge Nuance Audio Plus.

User experience

The glasses are easy to manage from the Nuance Audio App and feature on-frame controls for quick access to key functions, while a dedicated remote control is available separately.

With the app, users can control:

Audio modes: Switch between two audio modes: Frontal, to focus on face-to-face conversations, and All-Around, to amplify all surrounding sounds.Presets: Choose the pre-configured amplification settings (A, B, C or D) for a tailored hearing experience.Background noise: Customize the background noise level with three levels of noise reduction. Volume level: Adjust the volume of amplification on a scale from 1 to 5.

Lenses

Nuance Audio Plus can be fitted with any type of optical lenses to personalize to the wearer’s vision needs. The glasses can also be paired with Transitions® lenses, which adapt to changing light conditions to support an integrated hearing and vision experience throughout the day.

Useful links

Official website: www.nuanceaudio.comStore locator: www.nuanceaudio.com/store-locator Facebook: www.facebook.com/nuanceaudioofficialInstagram: www.instagram.com/nuance.audioLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/showcase/nuance-audioYouTube: www.youtube.com/@nuanceaudio

About EssilorLuxottica

EssilorLuxottica is a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of advanced vision care products, eyewear and med-tech solutions. The Group is home to the most innovative lens technologies, including Varilux, Stellest and Transitions, iconic brands such as Ray-Ban, Oakley and Supreme, top-selling smart eyewear products including Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta Vanguard and Nuance Audio, the most desired luxury licensed brands and world-class retailers including Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Vision Express and Apollo. With over 200,000 employees across 150 countries, 600 operations facilities, serving 300,000 eye care professionals and operating 18,000 stores, the Group generated consolidated revenue of Euro 28.5 billion in 2025. EssilorLuxottica trades on the Euronext Paris market and is included in the Euro Stoxx 50 and CAC 40 indices. Codes and symbols: ISIN: FR0000121667; Reuters: ESLX.PA; Bloomberg: EL:FP. www.essilorluxottica.com

1 World Health Organization, World Report on Hearing, 2021, p. 40.

2 Stevens G, Flaxman S, Brunskill E, Mascarenhas M, Mathers CD, Finucane M; Global Burden of Disease Hearing Loss Expert Group. Global and regional hearing impairment prevalence: an analysis of 42 studies in 29 countries. Eur J Public Health. 2013 Feb;23(1):146-52. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr176. Epub 2011 Dec 24. PMID: 22197756.

3 Based on average product condition.

4 The product, as an MFI certified device, supports voice calls only when used with an iPhone (requires iOS 16 or later)

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MIND Brings Stress Free DLP to Claude With New Compliance API Integration

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Security teams can now apply the DLP policies they already run in MIND to their organization’s Claude Enterprise and Claude Platform activity

SEATTLE, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MIND®, the AI-native data loss prevention (DLP) platform, today announced its integration with Claude’s Compliance API. The integration connects MIND to Claude Enterprise and Claude Platform, giving security teams a clear view of the sensitive data moving through Claude and a way to respond to it using the policies and workflows they already rely on. MIND is one of the security integrations included in today’s Compliance API announcement.

Claude has quickly become part of how work gets done. Employees upload spreadsheets and ask it to work through internal documents, which is exactly where its value comes from. Security leaders see that value, and they also want a confident answer about what sensitive data is reaching Claude. Most can’t get that answer from their current DLP stack, because Claude activity sits outside the channels those tools were built to watch.

Through the Compliance API, MIND brings Claude activity into the MIND platform. For Claude Enterprise customers, that includes conversation content such as chats, uploaded files and projects, along with activity logs and the organization’s user directory. For Claude Platform customers, MIND ingests activity logs. MIND’s multi-layer AI classification engine reads the content and context of that data, recognizing sensitive information like customer records, payroll reports and source code. It then surfaces the activity that carries real risk, rather than every event that happens to match a rule.

Security teams don’t need to stand up a separate program for Claude. The policies they already use to protect sensitive data in SaaS apps, on-premise file shares, email and on endpoints now extend to Claude activity, and findings arrive in the same MIND workflow their analysts use every day. Setup is simple. An administrator enables the Compliance API, creates a scoped API key and connects it to MIND. The integration is available to MIND customers at no additional cost.

In addition to the Compliance API integration, MIND also protects sensitive data before it’s shared with Claude. Using its lightweight endpoint agent and browser extension, MIND applies the organization’s sharing policies in real time when someone tries to paste or upload sensitive data into Claude. Depending on the risk, MIND can block the action, add a speed bump that asks the user to justify it or simply coach them on the policy. Controls follow data and the security team sets policies, so employees can keep using Claude for their work while sensitive information stays where it belongs.

“The security leaders we talk to want to say yes to Claude. What holds many of them back is not knowing what sensitive data their people are sharing with it,” said Eran Barak, Co-Founder and CEO of MIND. “This integration answers that question inside the DLP platform they already run, using the policies they’ve already set. When security is confident in their sensitive data security, the business can rapidly move forward with AI.”

“Claude conversations are some of the richest and least structured data an organization produces,” said Hod Bin Noon, Co-Founder and VP of R&D at MIND. “A pattern-matching rule can’t tell whether a pasted table came from a board deck or a public price list. Our classification engine looks at content and context together, so when an alert comes from Claude activity, the team knows it’s worth their time.”

The integration adds Claude to the environments MIND already covers, including GenAI, Agentic AI, SaaS, endpoint, on-premise file shares and email. MIND discovers, detects and prevents across data at rest and in motion from one platform, and its AI DLP Agents handle much of the day-to-day work of running a DLP program, from building custom classifiers to investigating issues. Customers have seen up to 80% less DLP program effort and near-zero false positives.

MIND was the first data security company accepted into Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program and the first to achieve ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for responsible AI, the international standard for how organizations develop and use AI.

MIND’s integration with Claude’s Compliance API is available now for Claude Enterprise and Claude Platform customers. To see it in your own environment, book a demo at www.mind.io.

About MIND

MIND is on a mission to help organizations thrive in a digital world in the AI era by protecting their most sensitive data, mitigating risks and preserving brand reputation. MIND is Stress Free DLP built for the AI era: one platform that discovers, detects and prevents across every environment and every state of an organization’s data. The MIND AI DLP Agents take on the day-to-day work of running a DLP program, so security teams can focus on strategy and say yes to AI innovation with confidence. Founded and led by cybersecurity leaders and industry veterans, MIND is based out of Seattle, WA. For more information, contact us at info@mind.io.

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FINN Partners Hires Laura Macdonald, former Hotwire President, Americas, as Global Tech Practice Leader

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Appointment of new leadership talent accelerates FINN’s next chapter of growth for its technology practice

NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — FINN Partners, one of the world’s leading independent integrated marketing and communications agencies, announced today that Laura Macdonald has joined the agency as Global Technology Practice Leader, reporting to global CEO Peter Finn.

As AI reshapes industries, markets and the global conversation, Macdonald will lead FINN’s nearly 300-person global technology practice, helping clients navigate an increasingly complex and high-stakes landscape. Based in San Francisco, she brings a global perspective and deep expertise in corporate, technology and consumer communications, with extensive experience shaping integrated, multi-channel programs that build reputation, influence and growth.

Prior to joining FINN, Macdonald spent more than a decade at Hotwire, serving several leadership roles across the U.S., UK and globally. Her strong contributions were recognized by her promotion first to Chief Growth officer and most recently to President, Americas, where she led several recent client wins. With her singular focus on technology, Laura brings integrated earned-first experience and expertise running global comms and integrated marketing programs for the world’s most impactful and fast-growing tech brands across consumer tech, enterprise tech, AI, cybersecurity, adtech, fintech and more.

“Technology has been one of our most important practices since we founded FINN Partners, and it remains one of our largest practices globally. We continue to see strong client demand for strategic counsel to navigate this challenging, dynamic environment,” said Peter Finn. “We took the time to find and pursue an extraordinary individual to join us as our new global technology practice leader. Laura Macdonald is among the most respected agency technology leaders and we are very excited to have her join us. Her philosophy on client business, team culture and her expertise in working with clients on integrated marketing, including digital and influencer, are all key strengths that make her a perfect fit for us. Her depth of global experience and relationships, along with enthusiasm to push boundaries in technology storytelling, will enable us to further accelerate our reputation within the technology comms sector and drive our business growth globally.”

FINN Partner’s global technology practice hit $50.3 million in fees in 2025, with work that spans consumer and B2B across AI, cybersecurity, supply chain, robotics, fintech, education, marketing, HR and global commerce. The firm counts nearly 300 technology clients globally, from large multinationals — such as 2K, Comcast, IEEE, Dayforce, NETSCOUT and TP-Link — to some of the world’s most inventive emerging companies, including Roborock. Riding a wave of momentum, the agency added more than 50 new technology clients in the past year.

“I’ve long admired FINN, in part because its company value ‘work hard, play nice’ has been my own personal one,” said Macdonald. “FINN invests in its people, new service offerings, technology and resources to continue to be at the cutting edge of marketing and communications. They’re also investing in entering new countries and sectors, and into making a real business difference for their clients – it’s exactly the type of work I love to do. With AI and technology driving the global agenda, I cannot wait to capitalize on tech’s leading position in society for our clients and team to drive even more growth for all.” 

About FINN Partners
Founded in 2011 on the core principles of innovation and collaborative partnership, FINN Partners has grown from about $24 million in fees to approximately $200 million in fees during the past 14 years, becoming one of the fastest-growing independent public relations agencies in the world. Recognized as one of Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies, PRovoke Media’s 2024 Best Agency to Work For and 2022 Agency of the Year, the full-service marketing and communications company’s record-setting pace results from organic growth and integrating new companies and new people into the FINN world through a common philosophy. With more than 1,300 professionals across 39 offices, FINN provides clients with global access and capabilities in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In addition, FINN provides its clients with access to top-tier agencies worldwide through its membership in the global network PROI.

Headquartered in New York, FINN has offices in: Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Delhi, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jerusalem, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Madison, Wisc., Manila, Melbourne, Minneapolis, Mumbai, Munich, Nashville, Orange County, Paris, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Singapore, Sydney, Vancouver, Washington D.C. and Yangon. Find us at finnpartners.com and follow us on Instagram at @finnpartners.

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TrendAI Vision One™ Extends Claude Compliance API Integration to Cover Claude Code and Cowork Sessions

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Security teams can now investigate AI agent activity, including prompts, responses and tool calls, alongside the rest of their security telemetry

DALLAS, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TrendAI™, the global leader in AI security and business unit from Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), today expanded support for Claude’s Compliance API in TrendAI Vision One™. The integration now covers Claude Code and Cowork session transcripts from Claude Enterprise. It builds on the integration TrendAI™ announced with Anthropic in June 2026, adding visibility into how engineering and knowledge-work teams use AI agents day to day.

AI agents now write code, call tools and reach into business systems on behalf of employees. Security teams usually know these agents are running, but not what they were asked to do, what they did or whether it followed policy.

Claude’s Compliance API returns session records for Claude Code and Cowork, including prompts, responses and tool calls, each tied to a verified user. With today’s expanded integration, TrendAI brings these records into TrendAI Vision One™, where security teams can investigate AI activity in context, correlate it with endpoint, identity, cloud and network signals, and build custom detections for the agent behavior that matters to them.

“We understand security teams need transparency to validate AI agent activity against company policy and integrate that intelligence with their existing endpoint, identity, network and cloud signals,” said Rachel Jin, Chief Platform and Business Officer, Head of TrendAI™. “Coding and knowledge-work agents are now doing real work inside the business, and security teams should be able to see and investigate that work the same way they do everything else. This is about making informed decisions and maintaining control as these tools scale. Organizations can now move faster with AI while keeping proper oversight in place. 

What security teams can do:

Flag agent tool calls outside expected boundariesTie AI session activity to specific users during investigationsCheck whether agent workflows follow required processesCorrelate AI activity with other security events instead of treating it as a separate siloKeep an auditable record of AI session activity for compliance review

TrendAI Vision One™ also continues to ingest activity logs from Claude Enterprise, covering user logins, admin actions and configuration changes, and from Claude Platform, covering admin, system and resource events. Claude’s Compliance API integration in TrendAI Vision One™ is available now for TrendAI Vision One™ customers using Claude Enterprise.

About TrendAI™

TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk. Trusted by the largest enterprises and governments across 185 countries, TrendAI™ secures the entire organization, from identities to infrastructure to data. Global Fortune 500 companies rely on TrendAI™ to cut risk and stop threats up to 3 months earlier, powered by world-leading threat and attack intelligence.

Through deep ecosystem partnerships with market leaders like NVIDIA, Anthropic, AWS, Google, and Microsoft, TrendAI™ empowers your organization to securely drive forward at the speed of AI. AI Fearlessly. Learn more at trendaisecurity.com.

 

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