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Facebook’s Smart Glasses Can Take Calls and Photos, Lack AR
Facebook unveiled its long-awaited smart glasses in partnership with Ray-Ban, entering a nascent wearables market with a focus on capturing photos rather than augmented reality. The social network on Thursday showed off the glasses, called Ray-Ban Stories—a direct rival to Snapchat’s Spectacles. The $299 Facebook glasses, which use EssilorLuxottica SA-owned Ray-Ban’s classic Wayfarer frame style,…
United Nations’ Computers Breached by Hackers Earlier This Year
The attack marks another high-profile intrusion in a year when hackers have grown more brazen.
Facebook’s WhatsApp Fined $266 Million Over Data Transparency Breaches
The fine comes weeks after Amazon was hit with a record €746 million penalty in Luxembourg, where it has its European base.
Amazon Plans to Add 40,000 Workers to U.S. Corporate Ranks
The company’s says it plans to add more than 40,000 people to its corporate ranks in the U.S.
Parent Company of Jessica Simpson Brand, Joe’s Jeans Files Bankruptcy as Retail Sinks
Sequential Brands Group shares plunged as much as 62% to $4.59 after the filing, spurring a trading halt
Sweden Risks Blackouts as It Runs Out of Space to Store Nuclear Waste
The Scandinavian country has less than a week to decide where to store its nuclear waste or risk having the lights go out
UAE Unlikely to Set Net-Zero Emissions Target Before COP26
No major OPEC producer has announced a net-zero target, and the UAE was among the most likely to do so before the COP26 in Glasgow
Discovery Legal Challenge Escalates Poland-U.S. Media Row
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and senior European Union officials have criticized the country's controversial media bill.
Marlboro Man Shopping for Asthma Drugs Puts Investors in a Bind
The optics of putting asthma drugs and cigarettes under the same roof are testing investors’ commitment to ESG credentials.
South Africa Wealth Gap Unchanged Since Apartheid, Says World Inequality Lab
The richest 10% of the population own more than 85% of household wealth, World Inequality Lab report says
Most Children Don’t Develop Long-Haul COVID After an Infection, According to a Large New Study
A research team followed some 1,700 children who had a COVID-19 infection, and found that very few developed Long COVID symptoms
Tencent Bounces Back After State Media Soften Tone on Gaming
The developments this week had stoked fears Beijing will next train its attention on gaming