Bytedance Reveals Full Pico 4 XR Headset Specs
Pico Interactive has revealed in a tweet on Thursday its upcoming Pico 4 headset along with a series of specifications for the head-mounted display (HMD). Getting Social with Pico, TikTokPico’s PICO OS 5.0 will also integrate TikTok social media posting for communication and updates with online friends in real-time, along with sharing VR video feeds. It will also provide data statistics, workout plans, and social workout connectivity with other users. Timeline to LaunchThe news comes after Pico teased audiences with fresh announcements on the Pico 4 via TikTok and YouTube, noting that the upcoming headset would likely target consumers and enterprises. Pico also released its Neo3 Link headset in late May for £399, with preorders shipping in early June.
Source:Libya Today
September 23, 2022 11:38 UTC
Libya’s Oil Output Inches Higher Despite Political Tensions
Libya’s oil production rose by 3,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.186 million bpd on Thursday, according to the National Oil Corporation (NOC), as the African OPEC member exempted from the OPEC+ deal has seen a recovery in output over the past month. Still, Libya continues to be a wild card on the oil market, despite the stabilization of its oil production over the past month. Libya’s oil production has recovered in recent weeks after the country resumed oil exports in July. The force majeure severely crippled Libya’s oil exports, following weeks of protests and closures amid the new rift in Libya’s political class over who should be governing the country. The National Oil Corporation said in mid-July that it planned to see oil output rates recover to 1.2 million bpd in less than a month.
Source:Libya Today
September 23, 2022 10:00 UTC
Robert Abela at UN condemns Russia’s latest escalation in Ukraine war
Malta will continue to stand with the people of Ukraine, Robert Abela has told world leaders at the UN, as he condemned “recent statements” by Russia. “Close to 12.8 million people are estimated to have been displaced in Ukraine, which is a third of the nation’s population. Climate change posed “a serious threat” to all countries but particularly small islands and coastal communities, he said. “Climate change threatens state sovereignty, brings loss of territory, and causes damage to states’ critical infrastructure as well as their existing rights under maritime zone boundaries,” Abela said. “The displacement of people due to climate change, particularly due to droughts and sea level rise leading to loss of territory, is taking place on our watch,” he said.
Source:Libya Today
September 23, 2022 07:54 UTC
Libyan PM urges for engaging the people in issuing constitutional basis
The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, said his government is with elections as the way forward for Libya, leading to elections. Dbeibah called in his cabinet meeting on Thursday for finding alternative solutions if the prolongation of approving a constitutional basis continued, urging the House of Representatives and High Council of State to issue a just and inclusive constitutional basis. He also said it was necessary not to base the future of Libya on the agreement of two parties who differed in one or two constitutional articles, adding that the result is that those two parties agreed to delay elections and go through the tenure extension route. Dbiebah called for giving the constitutional basis legitimacy through the Libyan people, not outdated entities due to tenure extensions, so it becomes legal. He said the international community is now more understanding regarding the need for a simple way that doesn't include tenure extension for any entity.
Source:Libya Observer
September 23, 2022 04:23 UTC
Routine vaccines' stock runs out across Libya
The Director of the Vaccination Department at the National Center for Disease Control, Abdelbasset Esmayo, confirmed that stocks of routine and school vaccines have run out in most regions. Esmayo called Wednesday for the speedy opening of letters of credit for the supply of routine vaccines, and the necessary school vaccines in most regions. He explained that the National Center for Disease Control has a good stock of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, adding that the center is awaiting the arrival of a Pfizer shipment and that the epidemiological situation has improved both locally and globally.
Source:Libya Observer
September 23, 2022 00:08 UTC
Turkey Blocks NATO Agreement On Libya Command Role
"We have reports from people that the so-called 'voting commissions' coming to residences to record votes are accompanied by people with weapons.... The referendums have been condemned by Kyiv, Western leaders, and the United Nations as an illegitimate, choreographed precursor to illegal annexation. In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the vote a "sham" and undemocratic. Western officials and experts say Putin plans to use the sham referendums to claim Ukraine is invading territory that is part of Russia. Moscow has deported about 1.6 million Ukrainians from those regions to Russia, according to Western estimates, while also busing Russian citizens into Ukrainian territory.
Source:Libya Today
September 23, 2022 00:04 UTC
Libya: Continued foreign meddling in a dangerously divided Libya ($)
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Source:Libya Today
September 22, 2022 21:46 UTC
Dbeibeh claims report exposing government corruption is “politicized”
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the leader of the Tripoli-based government, has accused the Audit Bureau of attempting to “tarnish” his government’s image after the publication of its 2021 report, which documents misuse of public funds. The report, which was released two days ago, contains allegations of corruption against multiple members of the Tripoli-based government, including Dbeibeh himself. During a cabinet meeting today, the 63-year-old premier tried to cast doubt on the credibility of the report, claiming that the timing of its publication is “politicized”. He also questioned the neutrality of the bureau’s chief, Khaled Al-Shakshak, by highlighting that both of them were once competitors in the presidential elections that failed to take place in December 2021. “We are accountable, but this does not mean playing with numbers and making reports that shake people’s feelings,” Dbeibeh told his ministers in the televised cabinet meeting.
Source:Libya Today
September 22, 2022 19:00 UTC
At UN, Russia’s war in Ukraine is both text and subtext
At UN, Russia’s war in Ukraine is both text and subtextBy MALLIKA SEN - Associated PressJulia Nikhinson - staff, AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After two years of discourse dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s U.N. General Assembly has a new occupant of center stage: the war in Ukraine. Russia is a key ally of Kazakhstan, and the war in Ukraine has left the former Soviet country in an awkward spot. “The United Nations system was unable to prevent or stop the war in my country in the period between 1992 and 1995. Antonio Guterres opened the General Assembly by touting Ukraine and Russia’s deal — with the help of Turkey — over grain shipments as an example of successful multilateral diplomacy.
Source:Libya Today
September 22, 2022 16:45 UTC
Salesforces Partners with Meta Amid XR Push
The alliance secures Salesforce customers with Whatsapp for Bussiness cloud APIs for communications, broadcasting, and automation. The news comes as Meta and Salesforce develop respective immersive extended reality (XR) features. Salesforce offers its Customer 360 hub that integrates marketing, sales, commerce, service, XR, and NFTs under one CRM platform. Cloud Pilot users can mint NFTs through an integrated no-code service where they can set values such as rarity and monitor sustainability. Additionally, like OpenSea, Salesforce NFT Cloud Pilot supports traditional online payment options meaning the service does not require crypto wallets.
Source:Libya Today
September 22, 2022 15:34 UTC
Keeping up with T-Mobile’s XR Accelerator Programme
Global telecommunications firm T-Mobile is moving forward with full force for its extended reality (XR) accelerator programme, which aims to match and support the modern demand for immersive talent, developers, and companies. The firm collaborates with XR developers, startups, and entrepreneurs to provide funding and resources to design 5G-ready immersive applications. The programme leverages Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces software development kit (SDK) for augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. Moreover, in May, T-Mobile added another six international immersive technology firms to its programme, including Beem, Krikey, Mawari, Mohx-Games, Pluto, and VictoryXR. John Saw, the EVP of Advanced & Emerging Technologies at T-Mobile, said that 5G-ready AR technology has the potential to transform gaming, education, training, and remote communications.
Source:Libya Today
September 22, 2022 14:38 UTC
Libya - Destruction of a Nation
A decade later, once high hopes for a "Libyan Spring" have long since vanished, as Libya is torn apart by civil war. "They’re slicing up Libya like a cake," says Libyan activist Emad Shanab. Ankara and Moscow have seized their opportunity to gain a foothold in the Mediterranean country, upsetting the region’s geopolitical balance. In the chaos that followed the fall of Gaddafi, the terrorist militia IS was also able to set up operations in Libya. The divergent strategies of Western powers, with their conflicting economic interests, are only driving Libya further into disintegration.
Source:Libya Today
September 22, 2022 14:29 UTC
PC President, ICC Chief Prosecutor meet in New York
President of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Mohamed al-Menfi, held a meeting in New York with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan. According to a brief statement by the Presidential Council, this came on the sidelines of the 77th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. PC President, during his speech before UN General Assembly, said that the Libyan people proved to the world that they are one fabric, cohesive as their land and their common destiny. He added that the individual interests of the countries involved in the Libyan issue, proxy wars, and conflicting visions about the solution in Libya did not give the opportunity for the national option to be formed.
Source:Libya Today
September 22, 2022 12:41 UTC
On Iternational Day of Peace, UN express its commitment to advance peace and elections in Libya
On the International Day of Peace , UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said it is “committed to achieving Peace in Libya through an inclusive Libyan-led and -owned process.”“UNSMIL continues to engage with all Libyan actors to advance the peace process and the elections the Libyan people demand,” the mission tweeted on Wednesday.
Source:Libya Today
September 22, 2022 11:11 UTC
Libya FM, US officials discuss latest political developments
Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Manqoush, held a meeting with the US State Department’s Counselor, Derek Chollet, and the US Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland; On the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting discussed the latest political developments in Libya, the Government of National Unity said Thursday. The meeting stressed the importance of supporting efforts to make the political track a success. arriving at the national elections as soon as possible; to bring stability and prosperity to the Libyan people, according to the government’s statement. Chollet said he “had a constructive meeting with mangoush, pointing out that “Libya’s leaders urgently need to work with UN Special Representative in Libya Abdoulaye Bathily on a Libyan-led path to hold elections without delay.”
Source:Libya Today
September 22, 2022 09:31 UTC