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Facebook, beware as metaverse is flat

In a few weeks’ time, Mark Zuckerberg will announce a new virtual reality (VR) headset from Meta Platforms Inc. Embarrassingly, we already know what it will look like. A video of the purported device has been doing the rounds online after someone found one in a hotel room. Yet none of that should matter because whizzy VR headsets are becoming ...

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Are Hong Kong bankers quiet quitting now?

  Quiet quitting, where you don’t quit the job but no longer subscribe to the culture that work is your life, is alien to Hong Kong’s diligent finance worker bees. But conditions are ripe for them to stop hustling for a while. Say no to 12-hour days and late-night conference calls. This year, few are expecting blow-out bonuses that would ...

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Rate-hike fears hitting people where they live

  Wednesday’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee is dominating all discussions. That’s inevitable. But if there’s one area where the Fed’s monetary policy could wreak changes, and where many Americans fear that it will, it is on housing. The latest diffusion index of homebuilders’ confidence produced by the National Association of Home Builders was published. It’s easy to ...

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