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Meta is reportedly set to lay off around 10% of staff from its metaverse arm this week, as the tech giant focuses its resources on artificial intelligence. Meta could announce the cuts as soon as Tuesday, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing sources.Meta’s Reality Labs has around 15,000 staff members. The division focuses on virtual reality (VR) gear such as headsets, as well as operating the firm’s metaverse platforms Horizon Worlds and Horizon Workrooms. Around 10% of the division’s employees are expected to be cut, around 1,500 people. Cointelegraph has reached out to Meta for comment. Meta cutting metaverse budgetMeta has…
All Her Fault’s Duke McCloud opened up about how he chose his charming blue suit. Duke, 6, who is the son of Heather Mattheisen and Michael McCloud, opened up about how he chose his look at the 2026 Golden Globes on Sunday, January 11, while chatting with Entertainment Tonight. “How did this outfit come to be?” a reporter asked the actor at the event, which was held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. He replied, “Well, I did a fitting to see which costume I should wear for this.” Related: Golden Globe Awards 2026 Red Carpet: All the High-Fashion…
Barely 24 hours after gunmen attacked a Benue Links bus along the Otukpo axis of Benue State, suspected armed herders have killed a retired soldier in the town, deepening fears over the security situation. The former military officer, a retired Master Warrant Officer of the Nigerian Army identified as Anyebe, was killed on Sunday in the Asa 2 area of Otukpo. Residents said the attackers stormed his residence and shot him dead, triggering panic in the neighbourhood. IDOMA VOICE, a community newspaper, reported that the same group of attackers also struck the Obaganya area of the town on the same…
The Minority Leader and member representing Omuma state constituency at the Rivers State House of Assembly, Sylvanus Nwankwo and his colleague, Peter Abbey representing the Degema Constituency have retraced their steps in the ongoing plot to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy. At a press conference in Port Harcourt on Monday, the duo urged the State Assembly to reconsider its step. According to them, the decision followed an appeal from “our elders and leaders”, who begged for leniency. They said, “Rivers State issued a notice of impeachment on Governor Fubara and his Deputy. We appeal to our fellow colleagues…
The Algerian Football Federation, FAF, has officially submitted a complaint to both FIFA and CAF, following their 2-0 defeat to Nigeria in the quarter-final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. FAF had challenged some of the referee’s calls in the game last Saturday. In the letter, they claimed that several officiating decisions in the match “raised serious questions” and caused widespread dissatisfaction among players, officials, and fans. The federation described the calls as undermining the credibility of African refereeing and tarnishing the image of African football on the international stage. The complaint included a formal request for an investigation…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has instructed tertiary institutions implicated in flawed admission practices to reverse such admissions with immediate effect. The Board said it uncovered cases in which candidates with stronger rankings were allegedly overlooked in favour of those with lower scores, a development it warned runs contrary to the rules guiding admissions into Nigerian higher institutions. The directive was issued in JAMB’s weekly bulletin released on Monday in Abuja by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin. In the bulletin, the Board stated, “The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has been drawn to the conduct…
The Rivers State Government has ordered a full-scale investigation into allegations of extortion, including money-for-marks and the sale of examination papers, at the State College of Medical Sciences in Port Harcourt. Already, the government has suspended the head of one of the departments linked to the alleged offences, although the specific department was not disclosed. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday. She also announced that a committee chaired by the Chief Medical Director of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital had been constituted to thoroughly investigate the…
The Trump administration’s move to help Venezuela sell its oil has exposed the high stakes behind the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Framed publicly around narcotics allegations, the action is really about control over energy, influence in the global dollar system, and the broader contest with China. Venezuela’s enormous oil reserves, the largest proven in the world at over 300 billion barrels, give it influence far beyond its domestic economy, and how this oil is produced, priced, and traded will shape both Washington’s immediate interests and the long-term balance of global power. For several years,…
Super Eagles players, led by captain Wilfred Ndidi and vice-captain Victor Osimhen, have sent goodwill messages to Victor Boniface after the on-loan Bayer Leverkusen striker underwent successful knee surgery on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The striker completed the procedure on Saturday as his teammates were slugging it out with Algeria in a quarter-final match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Nigeria won 2-0 thanks to goals from Osimhen and Akor Adams. In a video shared on Sunday by sports content creator Calister Enejele on Instagram, Ndidi and his teammates sent goodwill messages to the striker, who…
Last week, we started discussing the need to avoid overgeneralisation, which is the application of a language rule too broadly. According to Cambridge Dictionary, overgeneralisation is the use of a rule of language in situations where it does not need to be used, or the incorrect use of a word to refer to a similar, but different, thing. It is the concept involved when you say ‘discuss about’ just because it is correct to say ‘talk about’. ‘Discuss about’ is, however, wrong (tautological) since the meaning of ‘discuss’ already includes ‘about’. We continue the examination of the problems associated with…
