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Meta and its competitors have made big promises regarding their work with VR technology. However, Meta’s yet to sell everyone on its vision of the future. One of these critics is former Evernote boss and current Mmhmm CEO Phil Libin. He lambasted Meta’s metaverse during a recent Insider interview, calling it “uncreative.” RELATED: Pokimane Isn’t Joining Facebook Gaming, Could Be YouTube Phil Libin runs Mmhmm, a virtual presentation software designed to work with platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams....

Ironically, Big Tech is now overtaking Big Oil as the biggest power player in Washington lobbying. Top tech companies are spending millions promoting and defending their interests, working to fend off congressional critics. To be fair, they are also demonstrating their pro-climate commitment by making progress on sustainability in their own operations. But why—in the face of Big Oil’s continued, if repackaged climate obstructionism—does Big Tech fail to show up on climate policy?...

When I first explained the problem to a Sprint “Customer Care specialist,” she assured me that it was impossible. “Let’s try reprogramming the phone,” she said. So I did. Ten times. I told the next person who suggested it that I refused to program any more phones until Sprint put me on the payroll. “Please hold, sir, while I get you to a Tier 2 specialist.” Two hours and 25 Muzak-filled minutes later, another specialist told me he’d have to refer me to “Mission Control....

“Maybe firing doctors & nurses—during a pandemic—because of an authoritarian vaccine mandate wasn’t the best idea,” he wrote on Twitter. In his tweet, Cruz shared a link to a CalMatters article about hospital staff shortages in California. That article didn’t mention vaccine mandates, instead focusing on burnout, a surge in COVID patients and early retirement during the pandemic. But hundreds of health-care staff across the country have been suspended or fired for not complying with a vaccine mandate issued by President Joe Biden last month....

Lieu’s comment follows reports that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is drafting a “teaching document” about the meaning of communion. The statement will include a section publicly disapproving of Catholic politicians, like Democratic President Joe Biden, who support reproductive rights despite the church’s policies against it. Observers have said that the document could provide a pretext for Catholic church leaders to deny communion to Biden and other pro-abortion politicians in the run-up to the 2022 midterm elections....

In a popular Reddit post, u/Alive-Kick8154, explained that her sister, 38, was furious when she didn’t jump for joy when she found out she was going to be an aunt again. Newsweek reached out to family therapist Alyssa Roberts to discuss the issue. She said it’s “natural for family members to have different reactions to the news,” and it’s important to “understand and respect each other’s perspectives”. Explaining her story, the teen refers to her sibling as Kay and tells other users she is a stay-at-home mom with four daughters aged 11, eight, three and two....

The Germany Under-20 international’s deal with the Bundesliga champions had been set to expire at the end of the season. Fruchtl, who joined the club in 2014, is yet to feature for the Bayern first team but has been named on the bench 12 times since the start of 2017-18. “It’s a great feeling that the best club in Germany has put its faith in me,” he said. “I want to continue making a name for myself this season in the third division [with the reserve team] and push for the first team....

The 17-year-old attacker and team captain got his side on the board in the 26th minute. With his side down 1-0. Sargent, whose MLS rights are held by Sporting KC if he wishes to sign with the league, took a long ball and was able to beat his defender with a deft flick, before slotting the ball past the goalkeeper to level the score. Why does Kaka still top MLS salary charts?...

So yeah, the 17-year-old kid who showed up to Tuesday's Cubs-Marlins game in Miami in full Bartman gear probably didn't elicit a lot of chuckles on the North Side. Take a look: Your browser does not support iframes. And in case you've forgotten, here's the real Bartman, who has hasn't been publicly in years: Your browser does not support iframes.

The former world number one did not look himself early on and Tsitsipas took full advantage, but the tide appeared to be turning on the 19-year-old when he was pegged back in a second-set tie-break. However, Tsitsipas kicked on again to take control of the decider and complete an upset, sending the Wimbledon champion out in sensational fashion. Djokovic was made to work to hold in his first service game and a laboured start soon handed Tsitsipas the break, the Serbian going long and then failing to recover and rescue the opener....

France’s L’Est Républicain reported two school boys in Voujeaucourt, a commune in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, came across the dead snake on Wednesday while they were swimming in the Doubs, despite there being a ban on swimming in the river. The boa constrictor, which is usually found in Central and South America, was reported to have a nauseating smell, according to those at the scene, the French regional newspaper reported....

Aerial footage of the incident on Local 10 News shows the SUV, in an attempt to evade police, cross multiple lanes of traffic on I-95. When changing lanes, however, the teen driving the SUV clips another vehicle, causing the teen to lose control of the car. The SUV hits a second vehicle, before smashing into a guardrail and rolling over in the middle of the highway. The footage also shows the police immediately surround the flipped vehicle and the teens—some of whom pull themselves from the SUV and some of whom are taken out by police—are handcuffed....

Around 90 percent of the adolescents used flavored oil—like fruit, candy, sweet, dessert and buttery— as opposed to traditional cigarette flavours such as tobacco or menthol. Of those who used the alternative flavors, 64.3 percent were still vaping six months later. That was compared with 42.9 percent of those who opted for traditional flavours. Teens who used flavours vaped more heavily after six months, and reported puffing more during each session....

The relapsing/remitting nature of Crohn’s disease means that patients require care throughout their lives. While some routine parts of care—such as blood tests, colonoscopy, and medication infusions—will still need to be done in person, others can be done via telehealth. Virtual visits can include nutritional consultations, mental health care, education about the disease or treatments, and going over lab work results or other tests. Members of the Crohn’s disease healthcare team that might be seen virtually include a primary care provider, dietitian, gastroenterologist, colorectal surgeon, or mental health professional....

Or neither. As someone who doesn’t dip into its bottomless rerun pool much, I was surprised when I sat down with the show again by how poorly “Seinfeld” holds up. What once seemed smart—they just did a storyline on John Cheever’s diaries!—feels like shtik. The pacing—no show had ever packed in so many scenes, some of them lasting a few seconds—now seems formulaic and forced. You can almost hear the guys sitting in the writers’ room throwing out ideas: Wouldn’t it be funny if (a) Jerry dated a deaf girl?...

Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead is the next downloadable title, in a collection of recently released downloadable games, to have crossed the one million copies sold mark. Earlier this year both Trials Evolution and Minecraft for XBLA hit the honorable benchmark, and now The Walking Dead can add its name to the list. While the game might not have made it to the million mark as fast as Trials or Minecraft — The Walking Dead released about three weeks ago — it’s still a pretty important distinction for an experience that is more interactive novel than video game....

[HTML1] It’s been a long wait for comic book fans looking forward to playing through Telltale Games’ adaptation of Bill Willingham’s “Fables” series, but the release seems to be getting closer. The adaptation - now titled simply The Wolf Among Us - has finally received its very first trailer. Although the trailer doesn’t provide a specific date that the episodic game’s first installment will be launching, past announcements from the studio imply that the date may be sooner rather than later....

Within the last week New Jersey’s left winger has twice been the subject of nasty hits to the head, yet Hall has recorded at least one point in each of his last 15 games. After scoring a game-tying goal in the first period on Tuesday, a hit from Philadelphia defenseman Radko Gudas forced Hall to leave the game. New Jersey’s players, front office and fans held their breath through the entire second period until Hall returned in the third....

RELATED: Team Fortress 2: 10 Things Players Are Doing Wrong Spray groups of enemies with the high rate-of-fire minigun; showering them with $200 custom bullets. The Heavy riddles holes in his foes and slices through hordes like fire through paper. Despite this ease-of-use for the Heavy class, there are still some mistakes that players, both new and veteran, still make. Here are 10 common mistakes Heavies make. 10 Shooting at Uber The stock medi gun of the Medic grants momentary invulnerability to both him and his patient....