Zuckerberg is doubling down on the metaverse
Despite the poor outcomes achieved with the metaverse to date, Mark Zuckerberg desires to double down on the controversial digital surroundings that replicates actual life. Meta (previously Facebook) intends to allocate at the very least 20% of its spending to this space in 2023. It is a dangerous transfer. Reality Labs, the innovation lab of the metaverse improvement firm, is making losses. In the primary 9 months of the 12 months, it recorded an estimated working loss of USD 9 billion.
Aegea buys state sanitary gacha
The Aegea consortium received the B3, Companhia Riograndense de Saneamento (Corsan) public sale for BRL 4.15 billion, a 1.15% premium over the minimal BRL 4.1 billion. Currently, the state-owned sanitary gacha serves 6 million folks in 317 municipalities. The privatization ought to improve the corporate’s funding capability and is in step with the sanitary authorized framework, which stipulates that 99% of Brazilians could have entry to potable water by 2033.
Global gross sales of gentle automobiles ought to finish in 2022, from zero to zero. Consulting agency Just Auto forecasts 82.1 million models will likely be licensed by the top of December, the identical as in 2021. Compared to 2019, earlier than the epidemic, a worrying situation is seen. 90 million passenger vehicles have been offered. The result’s defined by a number of components. Among them, the shortage of elements, the worldwide disaster and even the disdain of new generations for vehicles.
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The dairy market is declining. According to a survey performed by the Dutch financial institution Rabobank, consumption per capita in Brazil will likely be 165 liters in 2022, which represents a 3% lower in comparison with 2021. For Rabobank, the result’s primarily because of a major loss of inhabitants vitality. buy.
New Year’s dinner will likely be costlier this 12 months. A examine by XP based mostly on IBGE information discovered that costs of conventional elements utilized in Christmas dinners have elevated by 13% in comparison with final 12 months. Gifts additionally grew to become costlier: the fee of garments elevated by 21%, in comparison with footwear and equipment (16.6%).
In 2023, the chance of a recession within the United States has reached 70%, in line with a survey of economists performed by the Bloomberg company. In the earlier survey, which was performed in November, the determine was 65%. High inflation, the top of fiscal stimulus and weak exports make up the proper storm that’s about to hit the nation.
Tesla is predicted to announce within the coming days the creation of a manufacturing unit within the Mexican state of Nuevo León, with an preliminary funding of between US$800 million and US$1 billion. Total allocations, taking into consideration future expansions, might attain USD 10 billion. Initially, the unit will produce elements for the automaker’s present fashions.
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2022 noticed a decline within the quantity of IPOs (preliminary public choices) worldwide, in line with a survey by consulting agency EY. The examine confirmed that only one,333 corporations have been opened, in comparison with 2,436 in 2021.
“Instead of an goal collection of actions by a broad group of folks, you see a form of impulse-kind activism.”
Microsoft founder Bill Gates criticizes Elon Musk. According to Gates, Musk is “fostering” digital polarization on Twitter