Meta received the green light from a court on Wednesday to buy virtual reality (VR) startup Within Unlimited, according to the Bloomberg news agency, but the US competition authority (FTC), opposed to the acquisition, could appeal the decision. The federal agency had launched legal proceedings against Meta (Facebook, Instagram) at the end of July, considering …
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An anti-vaccine couple refusing a transfusion for a life-saving operation for fear of contamination, an organization bringing together unvaccinated donors: misinformation about Covid-19 has given rise to a so-called “pure blood” movement. The movement spreads conspiracy theories that receiving transfusions from people vaccinated against Covid “contaminates” the blood. However, these theories are not based on …
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Five additional pages of confidential documents have been found in Joe Biden’s family home, the White House said on Saturday, an additional twist in a very delicate case for the American president. Since the beginning of the week, the American executive has been making press releases on successive discoveries of files dating from the vice-presidency …
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The United States can escape recession in 2023, while seeing inflation slow down durably, estimated Tuesday Michelle Bowman, one of the governors of the American central bank (Fed). The employment market in the United States indeed remains very solid, despite the interest rate hikes made by the Fed to fight against inflation. This represents a …
As the United States hopes to be over soon with the “blizzard of the century”, which has killed at least 50 people across the country, stories of terrified families stranded by the storm or people dying in their cars have multiplied tuesday. The extreme cold that has hit the United States for several days has …
Twitter “will be fine” next year thanks to the drastic cost-saving measures implemented by Elon Musk since his takeover of Twitter, the entrepreneur said on Wednesday. “With the changes we’re making, massively cutting expenses and increasing revenue from subscriptions, I think Twitter is going to be okay next year,” the platform owner told a conference …
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United Airlines on Tuesday ordered 100 wide-body 787s from Boeing and put an option for 100 more aircraft, which represents the largest purchase of aircraft in this category ever made by an American company. These long-haul aircraft, which recently faced significant manufacturing issues, are due for delivery between 2024 and 2032. They are intended to …
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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa gave the list of eight people who will accompany him in 2023 on a space trip around the Moon aboard a SpaceX rocket still in development. The mission, called “dearMoon” (“dear Moon”, in French), was announced in 2018. Yusaku Maezawa had initially announced that he wanted to invite six to eight …
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Apple on Wednesday presented new tools to better protect the personal and professional information of its users, both from hackers and the authorities, an announcement that may displease governments concerned that law enforcement can access this data. Customers of its iCloud storage service will soon be able to choose “advanced data protection” mode, which encrypts …
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The former boss of the FTX cryptocurrency trading platform said he was “deeply sorry” on Wednesday after the company went bankrupt, but denied committing a scam. “I am deeply sorry for what happened,” Sam Bankman-Fried said in his first public interview since FTX defaulted. Caught in a wave of panic that had prompted users to …
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