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Bob Chapek’s Metaverse Division Cut in Disney Layoffs
Bob Chapek’s metaverse dream is dead at Disney. The entertainment giant shuttered its nascent metaverse division as part of Monday’s layoffs, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. This week’s layoffs are the first round of cuts from CEO Bob Iger as he seeks to streamline the entertainment giant. Iger announced the cuts March 27 in an
How the metaverse will help financial organizations transform employee and customer experience on Microsoft Cloud
The metaverse—a fast-emerging combination of technologies including augmented and virtual reality, IoT, and blockchain—is poised to change the way financial services organizations and other companies do business. “By blending the physical and the digital worlds, the metaverse is changing the rules of engagement and enabling us to connect without barriers,” says Anupam Singhal...
CES 2023 tech to watch: EVs, the metaverse, NFTs, and more
Electric car tech and even electric boats will join the metaverse, NFTs, and digital health at CES 2023...
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SunRisers into Hundred women’s final with tense win over Brave
SunRisers Leeds booked a meeting with Trent Rockets in The Hundred women's final after a tense five-wicket win over Southern Brave in the eliminator at The Kia Oval. Set a modest 115 to win, SunRisers had looked in trouble at 54-3 after 47 balls - their dynamic Australian duo of Phoebe Litchfield (4) and Annabel
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Luigi Mangione admits killing Brian Thompson: Says ‘severe’ back pain drove him to pose as investor with $58 billion before shooting CEO dead, as...
Luigi Mangione confessed to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel as he pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges. The 28-year-old admitted to gunning down Thompson, 50, in Midtown Manhattan as he walked to a conference on December 4, 2024. 'I shot Mr Thompson and he died,' Mangione told Judge Margaret Garnett
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Bomb threats and cyberstalking: Wife and children of healthcare CEO killed by Luigi Mangione threatened and forced to keep a low profile after shooting
The widow of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson made a rare public appearance Friday to watch Luigi Mangione tell a courtroom that he'd shot her husband. Paulette Thompson was photographed walking into Manhattan Federal Court in a navy dress and sunglasses, after she and her two sons suffered horrific stalking and abuse in the wake of
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Warning XL Bully cats riddled with health issues are booming in popularity
Animal shelters say they are taking growing numbers of struggling XL Bully cats after a 'boom' in popularity left owners unable to keep up with expensive vet bills...
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BREAKING: Luigi Mangione Admits Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO, Pleads Guilty
NEW YORK, United States — Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to two federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson. He also admitted publicly for the first time that he shot Thompson. “I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” Mangione told a federal court on Friday, August 14, 2026.