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Starmer under pressure to rebrand flagship ‘green prosperity plan’

Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls from some senior allies to rebrand the Labour party’s proposed flagship “green prosperity plan” to put more focus on its impact on the UK economy in terms of job creation opportunities and less on climate change. The Labour leader is coming under scrutiny over his policy platform ahead of…
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Apple’s mixed reality headset is a hedge against future disruption

What if Apple came up with its most important new product in years and the world yawned? Next week’s expected unveiling of Apple’s mixed reality headset — a product that combines virtual reality with augmented reality, which overlays a digital world on to the real one — feels oddly out of step with the times.…
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1 June 2023 0

Meta unveils new virtual reality device ahead of Apple headset launch

Facebook’s parent company has unveiled its latest virtual reality device, signalling a continued commitment to building an avatar-filled “metaverse” while seeking to grab attention ahead of rival Apple’s anticipated headset launch next week.  In a video posted on his Instagram account on Thursday, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg teased the new Quest 3 product, which…
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1 June 2023 0

Eye on Opec: what’s the cartel’s next move?

Welcome back to another Energy Source. ExxonMobil and Chevron shareholders overwhelmingly backed their boards yesterday against climate shareholder proposals. Remember the Engine No. 1 vs Exxon proxy war? That feels like a different era. I’d love to hear from shareholders, so please write in. Oil prices are falling again, just days ahead of this weekend’s…
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1 June 2023 0

Taiwan’s supply chain centrality and Nvidia’s ‘rock star’ CEO

Hello everyone! This is Lauly writing from Taipei. I have so much to share with you. The week started with back-to-back events involving Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, at the annual Computex Taipei tech expo. The Taiwan-born American entrepreneur, whose company is riding high on the generative AI boom, received a rock starlike…
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