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Two great goals from Joao Pedro helped Chelsea beat Napoli 3-2 and advance to the Round of 16 of the Champions League in sixth place.The Blues were in a precarious position heading into the final, remaining in the top eight on goal difference as they hoped to avoid two extra games in the knock-out play-offs. Chelsea got off to a perfect start, despite being awarded an early penalty. Juan Jesus was penalized for handballing a Blues free-kick, which was converted by Enzo Fernandes despite Napoli’s protests. But the setback seemed to energize Napoli. Enzo Fernandes has a 100% penalty success…
Mark Zuckerberg spoke about Meta’s ambitions for its AI smart glasses business during Meta’s Q4 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. After pivoting its Reality Labs investment away from Metaverse, Meta is doubling down on its production of AI wearables and its own AI models. “Billions of people wear glasses or contacts to correct their vision, and I think we’re at a similar point in time to when smartphones came out. It was clearly a matter of time before all these flip phones became smartphones,” Zuckerberg said. “It’s hard to imagine a world in a few years where most of the…
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, Inc., during the MetaConnect event on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 in Menlo Park, California, USA. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to increase his company’s spending on artificial intelligence in 2026. Wall Street seems fine with that strategy. In Wednesday’s fourth-quarter earnings report, Meta posted higher sales and bottom line results, while also revealing that AI-related capital spending this year will range from $115 billion to $135 billion. That’s nearly double the amount Meta spent on capital expenditures when it revamped its AI division last year.Investors had previously…
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta users will start seeing the company’s new AI models and products in the coming months. “In 2025, we rebuilt the foundation of our AI program,” Zuckerberg said on an investor call Wednesday, referring to the company’s recently reorganized AI lab. “Over the coming months, we will begin shipping new models and products…and we look forward to steadily pushing the frontier through the new year.” However, Zuckerberg did not provide specific timelines or products, but highlighted AI-driven commerce as an area of particular focus for Meta. “This has implications for commerce,” Zuckerberg continued. “Our new Agent Shopping…
Gold continued its relentless rally on Thursday, hitting a new record high above $5,500 an ounce. According to LSEG data, spot gold prices rose more than 3% and last traded at $5,501.18 per ounce. February gold futures rose more than 3% to $5,568.66 an ounce. Spot silver prices rose more than 2% to $119.3 an ounce, while March U.S. silver futures prices rose nearly 5% to $118.73 an ounce. Silver surpassed $117 an ounce for the first time on Thursday after rallying more than 145% in 2025, according to LSEG data. The white metal is up about 65% so far…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gives a speech introducing Meta’s new line of smart glasses wearing Meta Ray-Ban display glasses during the MetaConnect event held at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, USA on September 17, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reutersmeta Efforts to build a digital world known as the Metaverse continue to be costly.The company reported fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, saying its Reality Labs division posted an operating loss of $6.02 billion on revenue of $955 million. Analysts had expected Reality Labs to post an operating loss of $5.67 billion on revenue of $940.8 million in the fourth quarter.Reality…
Two staff members have been placed on leave amid continued outrage over the shooting death of intensive care nurse Alex Pretty during an immigration investigation.Two U.S. federal officers involved in the shooting death of intensive care nurse Alex Preti during an immigration raid in Minneapolis have been placed on administrative leave as the fallout from the recent killing of Americans continues to spark outrage.The two officers have been on leave since Saturday, following “standard procedure” that U.S. officials announced Wednesday, during an altercation in which Preeti was pushed to the ground by masked immigration agents and shot multiple times, which…
london — A man has been found guilty of assaulting a woman in a British case that unexpectedly involved the US president’s son. Her son told British police that he witnessed the assault during a video call last year. Matvei Rumiansev, a 22-year-old Russian national, was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and perverting a court of justice between 17 and 18 January 2025 after a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court in east London, the PA media news agency reported on Wednesday. The charge of perverting the course of justice related to a letter Rumyantsev wrote from prison…
Arsenal defeated African champions FAR Rabat 6-0 at the Brentford Community Stadium to book their place in the inaugural Women’s Champions Cup final, which will earn them a minimum prize of £750,000.It was a perfect night for the Gunners, who were in complete control from start to finish, leading by three points after 20 minutes. This gave head coach Renee Sleggers the perfect opportunity to manage his players’ game time and give Chloe Kelly a 20-minute cameo on her return after almost two months. Having watched CONCACAF champions Gotham FC suffer a crushing defeat at Corinthians in the early hours…
The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) voted Wednesday to pause its recent interest rate cuts as it overcomes questions about the central bank’s independence and awaits new leadership.In response to market expectations, the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee resolved to keep key interest rates in the range of 3.5-3.75%. The decision halted three consecutive quarters of percentage point cuts, billed as a maintenance measure to prevent a potential downturn in the labor market.In voting to maintain the policy, the committee upgraded its assessment of economic growth. Concerns about the labor market relative to inflation have also receded.”Available indicators suggest that…