VR market shrinking as Meta pours billions of dollars into metaverse

VR market shrinking as Meta pours billions of dollars into metaverse

An attendee wears a Meta Platforms Inc. Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality (VR) headset at the Telefonica SA stand on day two of the Mobile World Congress at the Fira de Barcelona venue in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta is spending billions of dollars a … Read more

Husband stabbed wife more than 80 times in ‘ferocious’ murder in Minto

Husband stabbed wife more than 80 times in ‘ferocious’ murder in Minto

A man who stabbed his wife to death in a “ferocious“ murder on Easter Sunday will spend at least 14 years and seven months in prison. Altaf Hossain, 54, attacked his wife Syeda Nirupama inside the garage of their Minto home, southwest of Sydney, on April 21, 2019. The 34-year-old was stabbed more than 80 … Read more

Swiss regulator calls for more powers after Credit Suisse collapse

Swiss regulator calls for more powers after Credit Suisse collapse

Axel Lehmann, chairman of Credit Suisse Group AG, Colm Kelleher, chairman of UBS Group AG, Karin Keller-Sutter, Switzerland’s finance minister, Alain Berset, Switzerland’s president, Thomas Jordan, president of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), Marlene Amstad, chairperson of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), left to right, during a news conference in Bern, Switzerland, on … Read more

Trump judge in NY fraud case slams credibility of paid defense expert

Trump judge in NY fraud case slams credibility of paid defense expert

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign event at the Hyatt Hotel on December 13, 2023 in Coralville, Iowa.  Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images The judge presiding over the high-stakes civil business fraud trial of former President Donald Trump harshly questioned the credibility of a key expert … Read more

Smoke haze over Sydney from Pilliga Forest bushfire to clear today

Smoke haze over Sydney from Pilliga Forest bushfire to clear today

Bushfires have created a blanket of smoke over parts of Sydney, with residents warned ‘particles’ could pass into their lungs. The poor air quality in areas of Greater Sydney is a result of the out-of-control Pilliga Forest bushfire. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Smoke haze sends air quality levels plunging in Sydney. Watch the latest news … Read more

Maersk begins rerouting via southern Africa

Maersk begins rerouting via southern Africa

Danish shipping giant Maersk confirmed on Tuesday that its vessels due to transit the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden would take the Cape of Good Hope route around the south of Africa after a spate of attacks by Houthi militants from Yemen. Along with a host of other firms, the company had previously announced … Read more

A volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland and spews magma in a spectacular show of Earth's power

A volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland and spews magma in a spectacular show of Earth's power

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano has erupted in southwestern Iceland, sending a flash of light into the evening sky and spewing semi-molten rock into the air in a spectacular show of Earth’s power in the land known for fire and ice. The eruption Monday night appears to have occurred about four kilometers (2½ miles) … Read more

One last Ukraine aid package planned before money runs out, White House says – National

One last Ukraine aid package planned before money runs out, White House says – National

U.S. President Joe Biden is planning one more military aid package in December for Ukraine in its war against Russia, the White House said on Monday, then further assistance to Kyiv will require an agreement in Congress where prospects for a deal were uncertain. “When that one’s done … we will have no more replenishment … Read more

Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke pleads guilty to child abuse

Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke pleads guilty to child abuse

Former family vlogger Ruby Franke pleaded guilty on Monday to four counts of second-degree aggravated child abuse, according to video footage of the hearing uploaded to YouTube. The mother-of-six, from Utah, in the US, known to her nearly 2.3 million YouTube followers for the now-removed family channel “8 Passengers”, was charged in September with six … Read more