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Meta lays off VR employees, underscoring Zuckerberg’s pivot to AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Oculus Touch controllers during the Oculus Connect 3 event in San Jose, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg |…
South Korea seeks death penalty for ex-president Yoon over martial law bid
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's president, arrives for a hearing at the Constitutional Court of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSouth Korea's special prosecutor has requested the…
Japanese stocks open at record highs as expectations of snap poll rise
Osanbashi in Yokohama on December 10, 2022.Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty ImagesJapanese indexes hit record highs Wednesday on expectations that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi could call for a snap election, likely in February. If called,…
Alibaba-backed PixVerse launches real-time AI video tool
A screenshot of the PixVerse AI video generation home page showing sample clips.ScreenshotBEIJING — An Alibaba-backed startup is pushing artificial intelligence toward real-time, interactive video creation.PixVerse on Tuesday released an…
A major development in Trump’s Fed feud is set to happen next week in the
President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Jan. 13, 2026.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersAs the Justice Department continues its investigation into the Federal Reserve, the next front in the central bank's quest to…
JPMorgan Chase says banks could fight
JPMorgan Chase CFO Jeremy Barnum hinted Tuesday the industry could fight President Donald Trump's demand for credit card price controls, saying "everything's on the table." "If you wind up with weakly supported directives to radically…
Boeing outsells Airbus in 2025 for first time since 2018
A Boeing Co. 737 Max airplane at the company's manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBoeing logged net orders for 1,173 airplanes last year, marking the first…
Oil rallies after Trump tells Iran protesters help is on the way
Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. Mahsa | Afp | Getty ImagesCrude oil prices rose about 3% on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump canceled all meetings with Iranian…
Trump attacks Powell amid Fed fears: ‘Incompetent’ or ‘crooked’
U.S. President Donald Trump looks at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holding a document during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 24, 2025. Kent…
We choose Denmark over the U.S.
Greenland's Head of Government (Naalakkersuisut) Jens-Frederik Nielsen (L) and Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen give a statement on the current situation at a press conference in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office…