(Reuters) -Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc is preparing cutbacks in its Reality Labs division, a unit at the center of the company's strategy to refocus on hardware products and the "metaverse," a spokesperson confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday. Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth told Reality Labs staffers during a weekly Q&A session on Tuesday to expect the … [Read more...] about Exclusive-Facebook-owner Meta tells hardware staffers to prepare for cutbacks
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Dengue hasn’t gone away – Dengue fever in Thailand 2022, and how to avoid it
Covid-19, and the controls taken to limit its spread, have clearly disrupted essential health services and other disease control programs worldwide – school closures, lockdowns, curfews and social restrictions, hoping to limit the spread of Covid-19. But those enforced changes have also resulted in the transmission of other infectious diseases, including dengue fever. Despite … [Read more...] about Dengue hasn’t gone away – Dengue fever in Thailand 2022, and how to avoid it
Shanghai targets June 1 return to normal as COVID-19 lockdowns cool economy
Workers in protective suits move equipment for a makeshift nucleic acid testing site to the next residential area after wrapping up the screening at a compound, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China May 14, 2022. Picture taken May 14, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS SHANGHAI/BEIJING — Shanghai set out plans on Monday for the return of more normal … [Read more...] about Shanghai targets June 1 return to normal as COVID-19 lockdowns cool economy
China may have massive underground bitcoin mining operations despite ban last year, Cambridge data shows
China has re-emerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, despite the country’s complete ban on the practice a year ago, according to data from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) on Tuesday. From last September to January, traffic from China accounted for about 20% of bitcoin’s total hash rate, a measure of the network’s processing power for verifying transactions … [Read more...] about China may have massive underground bitcoin mining operations despite ban last year, Cambridge data shows
More Ukraine fighters surrender in Mariupol, Russia says; US reopens Kyiv embassy
FILE PHOTO: Service members of Ukrainian forces who have surrendered after weeks holed up at Azovstal steel works are seen inside a bus, which arrived under escort of the pro-Russian military at a detention facility in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the settlement of Olenivka in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko MARIUPOL, … [Read more...] about More Ukraine fighters surrender in Mariupol, Russia says; US reopens Kyiv embassy