The Apple Vision Pro has had two major knocks against it since being announced last June: the hefty price tag and the lack of a killer app. However, both criticisms of the mixed reality headset lost their bite this week after a somewhat overlooked announcement from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Speaking at Nvidia’s highly anticipated … Read more
Police are searching for a passenger who left a gel blaster on a Sydney train. Other passengers said the male suspect had left the train at Sydenham when a woman sitting opposite him noticed he had left a black item on the seat. The gel blaster was handed to security guards who called police to … Read more
Death Valley National Park on July 15, 2023, near Furnace Creek, California. David Mcnew | Getty Images Venture capital firm World Fund said Friday it’s closed a 300 million euro ($325 million) fund to back startups tackling climate change. World Fund, a European climate technology investor incubated by the environment-conscious search engine Ecosia, said … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer threw cold water on the Justice Department’s antitrust case against Apple, saying the iPhone maker is still a good stock to buy and own. “The decision by the Justice Department to go against Apple will end up like any of the myriad analysts who’ve gone from buy to hold on Apple’s stock … Read more
A woman convicted of killing her baby daughter in one of Australia’s most notorious criminal cases has been denied parole after more than 13 years behind bars. Keli Lane, 48, was convicted in 2010 after a jury found her guilty of murdering her newborn daughter Tegan in September 1996. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Keli Lane’s … Read more
Workers assemble printed circuit boards at the Intervala manufacturing facility in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. The US Census Bureau is scheduled to release factory orders figures on February 2. Justin Merriman | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily … Read more
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — No criminal charges will be filed against the Oklahoma teens involved in a high school bathroom fight with Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old whose death following the altercation was ruled a suicide, the county district attorney said Thursday. Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in a statement that after reviewing … Read more
The United States called for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N. resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than two million hungry Palestinians. In the previous draft, the Security Council … Read more
Australia will spend more than $4.6 billion on a submarine nuclear reactor factory in the United Kingdom to ensure its new nuclear-powered fleet arrives on time. The 10-year deal will boost capacity at the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby and bankroll the design costs of the boats that Australia will build. Defence Minister Richard Marles and … Read more
TULSA, Okla. – An Oklahoma district attorney said Thursday he doesn’t plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old Owasso teenager whose death following a fight in a high school bathroom was ruled a suicide. Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in a statement that after … Read more
