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Meta Shuts 3 VR Studios and Lays Off Hundreds of Devs as It Pivots From Virtual Reality and the Metaverse to AI

January 15, 2026

Meta is laying off around 10% of staff at its Reality Labs division as part of sweeping cuts set to affect more than 1,000 people. This includes the closure of a number of VR-first studios, such as Twisted Pixel, the studio behind Deadpool VR, Resident Evil 4 VR developer Armature Studio, and Asgard’s Wrath maker, Sanzaru Games. According to Bloomberg, the cuts come as Meta pivots away from…

Streamer Tfue Hit With 30-Day Arc Raiders Ban Amid Cheater Purge, Then Immediately Unbanned

January 15, 2026

Embark Studios’ Arc Raiders cheater purge is underway, and it seems popular streamer Turner Tenney, a.k.a. Tfue, has found himself in – and back out of – the line of fire. The internet personality, who returned to regular gaming content creation for the first time in…

Bobby Kotick Claims Activision, Call of Duty, and Consoles Are Doing So Poorly It Proves He Was Right to Sell Activision Blizzard to Microsoft for $69 Billion

January 15, 2026

Former Activision boss Bobby Kotick has made a number of claims about the state of his former company, Call of Duty, and the console market as part of a response to a lawsuit. Kotick, who left Activision Blizzard at the end of 2023 having sold the company to Xbox maker…

Bitcoin Trades Elevated as CLARITY Act Nears, With Bulls Positioning for Fresh All-Time Highs

January 15, 2026

Bitcoin is consolidating after a strong rally as momentum cools and focus shifts to U.S. regulation, with Bitwise signaling the CLARITY Act could determine whether the market breaks higher or slips back into uncertainty. Bitcoin Holds the High Ground as CLARITY Act Momentum Builds Toward New All-Time Highs At 6:47 p.m. on Jan. 14, bitcoin is trading near $97,039 after another push toward the…

Ripple Expands 75-License Footprint After Securing Preliminary New EU Approval

January 15, 2026

Ripple moved closer to Europe’s regulated payments core after securing preliminary approval for a Luxembourg electronic money license, strengthening its ability to scale compliant, blockchain-powered cross-border payments across the EU’s financial system. Ripple Advances…

XRP Holds Technical Footing as Ripple’s Expanding Global Regulatory Footprint Strengthens Bullish Narrative

January 15, 2026

XRP holds a pivotal support zone as price steadies after a pullback, with tightening volatility, neutral momentum signals, and Ripple’s expanding European regulatory approvals reinforcing confidence that consolidation may be setting the stage for the next directional…

Unusual 'ingredients' helped stars form in a galaxy near the Milky Way

January 15, 2026

Some newly found stars in a small galaxy called Sextans A are forming without some of the usual “ingredients” — raising questions about how the early universe evolved. The astronomers behind a new study of these stars likened the stars’ environment to a cosmic kitchen. Usually, stars being “cooked” in these kitchens are made up of essential ingredients like silicon…

Satellite sees snowy Greenland peaks from space | Space photo of the day for Jan. 14, 2026

January 15, 2026

Tucked into the Arctic, Greenland’s mountains do far more than provide stunning scenery. They steer winds and weather, shape regional climate patterns, and help dictate how the Greenland ice sheet moves by funneling ice into fast-flowing outlet glaciers and directing…

The universe should be packed with tiny galaxies — so where are they?

January 15, 2026

Where are the smallest galaxies? A recent study suggests that there may not be as nearly as many of them in the early universe as there should be, which has big implications for the story of how our universe grew up. For years, astronomers have looked back into the deep…

Bengaluru Research Centre Matches Silicon Valley in AI Contribution: JB Park, Samsung

January 15, 2026

India is set to play a central role in Samsung’s long-term artificial intelligence strategy, with the company increasingly relying on its Indian engineering base to support both domestic needs and global technology rollouts, a senior executive said. JB Park, President and Chief Executive Officer of Samsung Southwest Asia, said India is already functioning as a critical hub for AI-related…