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Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘I’m Not Really Sure the Average Person Can Tell You What the Metaverse Is’
“I think AR is a profound technology that will affect everything,” Cook said, echoing comments from Italy earlier in the week. “Like I said, we are really going to look back and think about how we once lived without AR.”
Cook went on to say that it “won’t be that long” before we live in a world where we wonder how we did without augmented reality. Cook said that virtual reality also has its uses because of how immersive it is, but it is not a replacement for real life.
“It’s something you can really immerse yourself in. And that can be used in a good way. But I don’t think you want to live your whole life that way. VR is for set periods, but not a way to communicate well. So I’m not against it, but that’s how I look at it.”
On Facebook’s “metaverse,” Cook said that it’s important that people have an understanding of a product. “I’m really not sure the average person can tell you what the metaverse is,” he added. Metaverse is a word that precedes Facebook, having first been used in the sci-fi novel “Snow Crash,” but Facebook has embraced it, going as far as renaming the company “Meta.” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the company is committed to developing a “metaverse,” aka a future digital reality.
Apple is hard at work on its own virtual and augmented reality headset that’s expected to be released in 2023, followed by AR “Apple Glasses” that could come out in 2024, but Cook has made it clear that Apple does not want to keep people from actual reality.
As he often does, Cook also spoke on the importance of programming as a universal language, and he touched on topics like climate change, recycling, and politics. Cook’s full interview can be read over at Bright using Google translate for those who do not speak Dutch.
Cook this week also spent time in London visiting AFC Richmond, home of “Ted Lasso,” Italy where he was awarded with an Honorary Degree in Innovation and International Management, and Germany, where he celebrated Oktoberfest and met up with developers.
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2 UK shares with an average dividend yield of 12.5%! Should I buy?
These two UK shares are offering huge dividend yields, but are they right for my portfolio? Let’s take a closer look.
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Parents Spend Average of £136 on Child’s First Smartphone
Parents search for savings on back-to-school essentials as cost of living continues to soar. The Back-To-School Splurge Back-to-school season…
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Drivers now saving £10.30 a tank on average as petrol prices FINALLY fall
DRIVERS are now saving £10.30 a tank on average as petrol prices FINALLY fall.
But greedy firms should drop them by at least another 15p to give a fair deal to hard-up motorists, the AA said today.
Meanwhile, thousands of drivers are being forced into debt or forced to borrow cash from friends and family as they face huge squeezes on their income, they warn.
Petrol has fallen by around 19p per litre in the last month after a record high in July of 191p per litre.
But the average price should drop to around 160p if savings are properly passed on, according to the latest AA Fuel Price report.
And millions of Brits face an unfair postcode lottery as prices wildly differ across the country and even within regions.
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Of the big supermarkets and pumps, only Asda is below 170p-per-litre, and is passing on the biggest price drops.
The drop so far is nowhere near the record fall in 2008/9 which saw a £18.60 saving for Brits filling up their cars – a fall of 34p-a-litre.
Van drivers have seen the cost of filling up fall by around 12.5p a litre – around £12.26 a tank.
There are hopes that as the US motoring season comes to an end, retailers will face extra pressure to cut costs again.
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Luke Bosdet, the AA’s fuel price spokesman said: “This is a glass half full and half empty situation for UK drivers.
“Fuel is still 37.6p a litre more expensive than a year ago (135.29p).
“In previous pump price crashes, drivers could reckon on the supermarkets racing to pass on the savings, trying to steal a march on their rivals.
“Now it’s hit and miss whether you live and drive in an area where at least one fuel retailer is prepared to bring down prices as fast as the fall in wholesale costs.”
Fairfuel Founder Howard Cox said prices should be up to 20p per litre cheaper in some places – calling on ministers to slash fuel duty again to help.
Hitting out at the profiteering firms, he blasted: “Pump profits are now at their highest, billions of extra VAT are flowing into Number 11 and the Competition and Markets Authority isn’t protecting consumers.
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“Yet again, we are seeing an inept political administration clueless as to how to solve the cost-of-living crisis.
“Cut fuel duty by 25p and create PumpWatch to finally secure honest and transparent pricing at the pumps.”
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Text scams cost Irish victims an average of €1,700 this year
Consumers and businesses have been urged to be on alert for smishing scams, as fraudsters are expected to take advantage of Ulster Bank and KBC exiting the Irish market.
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