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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Oculus Touch controllers at the Oculus Connect 3 event in San Jose, California, USA on Thursday, October 6, 2016.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMark Zuckerberg changed his Facebook name metais making a major course correction, reflecting his view that the future of work, play and socializing is becoming virtual. This week, Meta began laying off virtual reality employees within its Reality Labs division and closing a number of studios that were developing VR titles, according to people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to…
Jason Kelce isn’t happy with the Philadelphia Eagles’ recent fumble. After his team lost 23-29 to the San Francisco 49ers on Jan. 11, eliminating them from the NFL playoffs, the former Eagles center didn’t shy away from discussing what his players could have done differently. “I know it wasn’t the best performance of the year offensively,” he said on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown on Jan. 12. “They had the No. 1, high-paid offense in the league and were mediocre overall. That’s unacceptable.” And the former NFL pro, who played 13 years with the Philadelphia team before retiring in 2024, blamed…
On Wednesday, October 29, 2025, a television station broadcast remarks by Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve, speaking after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in the chamber of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, USA. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Opposition to the Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is growing. On Sunday evening, Mr. Powell said federal prosecutors were investigating him over his testimony before Congress related to the central bank’s $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project.Powell suggested the survey reflected President Donald Trump’s frustration…
Dr. Sina Bali, a practicing surgeon and AI healthcare leader at data company iMerit, has seen firsthand how ChatGPT can mislead patients with incorrect medical advice. “I recently had a patient come in and recommend a medication, and a dialog printed from ChatGPT said that this medication had a 45% chance of pulmonary embolism,” Dr. Bari told TechCrunch. Upon further investigation, Dr. Bari discovered that the statistics were from a paper about the drug’s effects in a niche subgroup of tuberculosis patients and did not apply to his patients. Still, when OpenAI announced its purpose-built ChatGPT Health chatbot last week,…
Latest information on politics in Venezuela and Spain. Venezuela’s promise last week to release a “significant number” of political prisoners has fallen far later than most expected, as hundreds of families continue to wait agonizingly for the release of their loved ones. As of Monday night, the government had released only 56 of the more than 800 people said to have been arbitrarily detained for political reasons, according to human rights group Penal Forum. This number is less than half of the 116 people reported by Venezuelan authorities, who have not released the identities of those released or from which…
Timothy Busfield is facing legal trouble. The West Wing alum has turned himself in to authorities in New Mexico, Albuquerque police confirmed to E! News on January 13, days after a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of criminal sexual contact with twin 11-year-old boys. Before turning himself in to authorities, Busfield proclaimed his innocence and explained that he intended to “fight” the charges. In a video published by TMZ on Jan. 13, he said, “Those are horrible. They’re all lies and I didn’t do anything to those two boys.” The 68-year-old said he would fight the charges…
A turbine blade is lifted onto a rack near the tower section at the Revolution Wind Project assembly site at State Pier in New London, Connecticut, USA, on Friday, October 24, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares in Danish renewable energy giant Orsted rose nearly 5% on Tuesday morning, shortly after a U.S. judge allowed the company to resume work on its nearly completed Revolution Wind project.In a statement, Orsted welcomed the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s ruling, saying the lawsuit “allows the company to immediately resume affected operations.”The ruling is a legal setback for the pro-fossil…
What does it take to bring a burnt-out founder back to the company he sold to Amazon? For Jamie Siminoff of video doorbell maker Ring, that’s the potential of AI. and the Palisades fire that destroyed his garage, the birthplace of Ring. Siminoff’s vision is to transform Ring from a video doorbell company into an AI-powered “intelligent assistant” that can be used throughout the home and beyond. Several new features that advance that goal, including fire alarms, “unusual event” alerts, conversational AI, and facial recognition capabilities, shipped just before this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Some of…
Taraji P. Henson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but years later she was still excited about the $150,000 she was offered for the film, even after producers rejected her $500,000 quote. “You don’t hear $20 million a lot anymore, but that’s what was happening at this point,” Henson said on the Ladies First With Laura Brown podcast in 2021, referring to the film’s stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. “And of course that’s not to say they shouldn’t have paid Kate and Brad their…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on January 6, 2026 in New York City, USA. Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersBenchmark 10-year Treasury yields fell on Tuesday after data showed core U.S. consumer prices rose at a slower rate than expected in December.The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell more than 1 basis point to 4.175%, after hitting 4.156%, its lowest level since Jan. 8. The two-year bond yield also fell by more than 1 basis point to 3.528%, after falling to 3.499%, its lowest level since January 9th. The 30-year Treasury yield fell less than…