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Russian officials are upset that United States visas haven't been issued to Russian reporters amid ongoing efforts by the U.S. to push for the release of Evan Gershkovich, a journalist with The Wall Street Journal who was detained by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) at the end of March over…

It came and went like a hastily deleted late-night tweet. This week’s fury over how the CBC would be labelled on Elon Musk’s social media platform seemed to arrive at an anticlimactic conclusion Friday, as the “government funded” tags vanished from its account and those of other international public broadcasters.…

Author of the article: Published Apr 22, 2023  •  2 minute read (Recasts with third-round results) April 22 (Reuters) – Americans Allisen Corpuz and Angel Yin charged up the leaderboard to share a one-shot lead at 10-under par after a pair of near-flawless performances in the third round of the…

April 21 (Reuters) - Ukrainian state-owned gas company Naftogaz has held talks with Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), Halliburton (HAL.N) and Chevron (CVX.N) about projects in Ukraine as the country looks to lure back foreign investment to its energy sector, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Oleksiy Chernyshov, chief executive of…

A virtual reality (VR) project lead by Saskatchewan Polytechnic and La Loche community is hoping to provide rural Saskatchewan communities with easier access to mental health supports. “We are trying to address any mental health concerns and reduce any gaps in care (Indigenous youth) are experiencing,” said Lindsey Boechler, research…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has portrayed her appointee to the state’s high court, corporate attorney Caitlin Halligan, as some kind of progressive. In a brief statement after the state Senate approved Halligan for the Court of Appeals on April 19, Hochul said her pick “has advocated for tenants, for…

It’s looking more and more like Apple’s next big thing won’t be something that fits in your pocket or a bag. Rather it could be another wearable device–specifically a headset that provides augmented and virtual reality, this strongly rumored mixed-reality headset has been dubbed “Reality Pro”. Analyst Ming Chi-Kuo said…

Meta’s next push on its broader metaverse initiative will see the company make a bigger effort to entice younger users across to its VR experience, via new games and creation features, which will ideally attract a whole new crowd to its much-maligned virtual environment. On this front, today, Meta has…

        | Published: Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 18:17 In a bid to make its mixed-reality headset more appealing to users, Apple is reportedly working on innovative apps for the AR/VR headset. Apple's upcoming headset will reportedly launch on June 5 this year, so engineers at the company…

As I read the latest report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman about the apps Apple is building for Apple’s forthcoming AR/VR headset, I was again reminded about how unique Apple’s place in the tech ecosystem is. We talk a lot about Apple’s competitors, and to be sure, it has them in…