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Virtual reality helping Peterborough seniors connect, experience the world
Seniors at a long-term care home in Peterborough, Ont., are embracing virtual reality to help them reconnect and explore the world, often left restricted due to their health issues. Among the new users of the technology is Julia Welsh, a resident…
Virtual Reality Stocks Worth Watching - January 21st
Why Taiwan Semiconductor and Meta Could Be the Hidden Bull Case for Broadcom Meta Platforms, The Glimpse Group, zSpace, and DIH Holding US are the seven Virtual Reality stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Virtual…
UK inflation rate to be released for year to December - live updates
Lindsay James, investment strategist at Quilter, says the rise in flight prices before Christmas will be a factor if today's inflation figures show an uptick, as expected. “The point at which they measure them is likely to be a little bit…
Oculus founder says Meta abandoning VR is 'obviously false,' but Meta's own actions scream the opposite about Quest's future
Meta has seen several shake-ups over the past year, from shifting focus to smart glasses, including its Meta Ray-Ban Display specs, to potentially increasing the price of Meta Quest for more 'premium' VR headsets. But now, it's seen a major…
Meta Lays Offs 1500 Employees from Reality Labs Division
Latest reports indicate that Meta is laying off close to 1500 employees from its Reality Labs division, as part of a plan to redirect resources from virtual reality and metaverse products toward AI wearables and phone features. The cuts are…
Walk inside ancient Rome at this new Colosseum VR experience
You don't need a time machine or a transatlantic flight to step inside ancient Rome 's most infamous arena. Starting on February 3, a new immersive virtual reality experience at Eclipso NYC promises to drop visitors right into the heart of the…
Chess is fiction's favourite metaphor
In Stefan Zweig's 1941 novella The Royal Game, the mysterious Dr B explains his obsession with chess. Imprisoned by the Gestapo, Dr B steals a chess book. He imagines chess games, splitting himself into both opponents. He watches eagerly as one…
DoT de-licenses half of 6GHz band for WiFi
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Wednesday (January 21, 2026) de-licensed half the spectrum in the 6 gigahertz (GHz) band, a heavily contested band of airwaves that tech firms have argued needs to be freed up for WiFi and other…
'The rise of fascism makes our work even more important': Montez Press, champions of queer, feminist art
Stuart McKenzie turns towards a fan on a makeshift stage so his long brunette hair blows in the wind. The artist is dressed in a power suit with thick rimmed glasses, flamboyantly smoking a cigarette as he performs the confessional poetry he's been…
'Change always sucks because people lose their jobs': but Oculus founder Palmer Luckey still thinks Meta is doing the right thing for VR
Oculus founder, Palmer Luckey, has suggested that Meta is doing the right thing for VR gaming. That's despite a latest round of layoffs which saw around 1,500 jobs cut. The world of virtual reality headsets is a strange one. Once pegged as the new…
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) Price Prediction and Forecast 2026-2030 for January 21
Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) lost 5.72% over the past five trading sessions after losing 3.76% the five prior. The fallout from concerns over its AI CapEx announced during the company's FY 2025 Q3 earnings report caused the stock to…
Meta's $2 billion Manus deal pushes away some of startup's customers, who are 'sad that this has happened'
Following Meta's acquisition of Manus at the end of 2025, some of the AI startup's customers bailed due to longstanding concerns about the new parent company. 'I do not agree with a lot of Meta's practices around data and how they essentially…
Column: The end of the Luis Robert Jr. era gives the Chicago White Sox a clean slate for 2026
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Luis Robert Jr. was the last man standing on the Chicago White Sox from the Blackout Game in the 2021 playoffs. He batted behind Tim Anderson in a solid lineup that also included José Abreu, Yasmani…
The Download: Trump at Davos, and AI scientists
At Davos this year Trump is dominating all the side conversations. There are lots of little jokes. Nervous laughter. Outright anger. Fear in the eyes. It's wild. The US president is due to speak here today, amid threats of seizing Greenland and…
MSC CRUISES TO OFFER BRAND-NEW YEAR-ROUND ITINERARY FROM NEW LA ROMANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HOMEPORT
MADRID, Jan. 21, 2026 /CNW/ - Today at Fitur, the International Tourism Trade Fair taking place in Madrid, Spain, MSC Cruises spoke of their new year-round operation from La Romana, Dominican Republic starting November 2026. A first for the cruise…
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