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Jared Wesley is a professor of political science at the University of Alberta. Something needs to change in Canada this year. Right now, there’s a pervasive feeling that you’re betraying your political allies if you compromise with—or even listen to—people with different views. According to a study published last spring,…

SAN JOSE, California—Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, took the witness stand Tuesday in a trial over U.S. antitrust regulators’ effort to stop the tech giant from buying a virtual reality startup called Within Unlimited. At issue is whether Meta’s acquisition of the small company that makes…

Photo: Bloomberg (Getty Images) John Carmack, legendary game designer, rocket guy and VR enthusiast, has announced that he is leaving both Meta/Facebook, and the virtual reality business itself, behind after a decade as one of its most prominent champions. Carmack’s position was as an executive consultant. Having initially sent his…

Many frustrated travellers faced hours-long delays at Vancouver airport Monday as staff worked to keep runways and taxiways free from ice and snow. There were dozens of delayed departures and a handful of cancelled flights listed on the Vancouver International Airport website by the early afternoon, including a trip to…

The acquisition of the new facility will further Oleon’s global growth strategy, building on its local production presence in Europe and Asia. “With a historical industrial base in Europe and a solid base in Asia, our global presence lacked production capacities in this strategic region is North America,”​ chief executive…

Id Software co-founder says he has "mixed feelings" as departure marks "the end of my decade in VR" John Carmack has resigned from his position as an executive consultant for virtual reality with Meta. The veteran developer informed Meta employees via an internal message, which was later leaked to the…

by William D'Angelo , posted 12 hours ago / 815 Views John Carmack, best known as a co-founder of id Software and programmer on Doom, announced he has resigned from Meta where he worked as an executive consultant for virtual reality. "This is the end of my decade in VR,"…

His farewell memo as CTO was leaked John Carmack has left his positiion as Chief Technology Officer at Meta, saying that the company "constantly self-sabotage" in their virtual reality efforts and that he has "never been able to kill stupid things before they cause damage". Carmack made the comments in…

The device will launch on January 5th HTC will introduce a new flagship augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) headset on January 5th at CES. The company doesn’t plan to release many details ahead of the headset’s reveal, but in a recent interview with The Verge, HTC’s global head of product, Shen…

Here are your Manchester United evening headlines on Thursday, December 15. Kobbie Mainoo and Rhys Bennett train with Manchester United first-team Manchester United youngsters Kobbie Mainoo and Rhys Bennett trained with the first-team on Thursday afternoon. Mainoo, 17, and Bennett, 19, who won the FA Youth Cup with the Under-18s…