This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: Investors gear up for ‘gold rush’ in metaverse hardware
Marc Filippino
Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, January 10th, and this is your FT News Briefing.
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US officials sit down with the Russian diplomats today for high-stakes talks. Voters in Portugal are fed up with corruption, and British regulators are taking a closer look at cloud companies. Plus, the FT’s Leo Lewis says investors are excited about the metaverse — and not just the software developers, but hardware makers too.
Leo Lewis
There’s a lot of hope attached to the idea that Apple might come up with a pair of goggles that do for VR headsets what Apple did back in the mid 2000s for smartphones.
Marc Filippino
I’m Marc Filippino and here’s the news you need to start your day.
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Today, US officials are set to meet with Russian diplomats in Geneva. It’s the first of several meetings to address military tensions on the border with Ukraine. There aren’t high expectations that the two sides…
