Investors gear up for ‘gold rush’ in metaverse hardware
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 10 January 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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https://www.ft.com/content/51351f23-63b8-458c-9ee2-a7cbda43c287
Nato has warned Moscow to abandon its belligerent foreign policy or face a military alliance steeled for conflict, frustration over corruption in Portugal is the hot button issue for voters in this month’s election, and UK financial regulators plan to take a close look at cloud computing companies. Plus, the FT’s Asia business editor, Leo Lewis, explains why investors are ready to pour money into metaverse hardware makers.
West treads narrow path to common ground in Russia talks
https://www.ft.com/content/a1311bb7-7083-4491-89d7-2912289ebe68
Trust in Portugal’s elite wanes over struggle to tackle corruption
https://www.ft.com/content/8a7b799e-2732-4979-ab49-c5cbf8587ce7
Investors gear up for ‘gold rush’ in metaverse hardware
https://www.ft.com/content/182bb2a7-b4e4-4d0d-8178-4cd9b4c225c4
UK financial regulators to step up scrutiny of cloud computing giants
https://www.ft.com/content/29405a47-586b-4c5a-b641-0f479b4cee1d
M&S steals retail crown back from upstart online rivals
https://www.ft.com/content/67ff963d-8883-47d6-ba69-f30721efd006
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk. |
| 0:09.7 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.3 | Today is Monday, January 10th. |
| 0:13.3 | And this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:18.3 | US officials sit down with Russian diplomats today for high stakes talks. |
| 0:22.6 | Voters in Portugal are fed up with corruption, |
| 0:25.4 | and British regulators are taking a closer look at cloud companies. |
| 0:29.8 | Plus, the FT's Leo Lewis says investors are excited about the metaverse |
| 0:34.0 | and not just the software developers, but hardware makers too. |
| 0:37.8 | There's a lot of hope attached to the idea that Apple |
| 0:40.7 | might come up with a pair of goggles that do for VR head sex. |
| 0:45.3 | What Apple did back in the mid-2000s for smartphone. |
| 0:49.4 | A Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:52.9 | Today, US officials are set to meet with Russian diplomats in Geneva. |
| 1:02.9 | It's the first of several meetings to address military tensions on the border with Ukraine. |
| 1:07.6 | There aren't high expectations that the two sides will come to an agreement though. |
| 1:11.6 | Russia now has about 100,000 troops amassed on Ukraine's eastern border, |
| 1:16.2 | and it's threatened military action if the US and NATO ignore Moscow's demands for new defense |
| 1:21.2 | agreements. One of those demands would reduce US and NATO capabilities in former communist countries. |
| 1:27.6 | US and European officials will counter with their own demands. |
| 1:30.8 | Yesterday, NATO Secretary General Yann Stoltenberg said NATO was prepared for, |
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