Prince Harry tells London court ‘vile’ press has blood on its hands

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry launched a fierce attack on the “vile” press on Tuesday, blaming tabloids for destroying his adolescence and later relationships, as he gave evidence for almost five hours in his lawsuit against a tabloid publisher. As he became the first senior British royal to appear in…

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Hollywood actors authorize strike as writers still out

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood’s actors union voted to authorize a strike if contract talks break down, turning up the heat on major film and television studios already grappling with a monthlong work stoppage by writers. After voting closed on Monday, SAG-AFTRA said 97.91% of ballots cast supported a strike authorization. Nearly 65,000…

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Apple to sell Vision Pro AR headset for triple Meta’s top-line price

By Stephen Nellis CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) -Apple on Monday unveiled a costly augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in its riskiest bet since the introduction of the iPhone more than a decade ago, barging into a market dominated by Meta. At its annual developer conference, Apple also introduced a raft of new products and features,…

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Factbox-Here’s what Apple unveiled at WWDC: Vision Pro, 15-inch MacBook Air, OS updates

(Reuters) – Apple Inc unveiled its first augmented-reality (AR) headset, as well as a series of upgrades to its devices and software, at the company’s annual developers conference on Monday. Apple’s Vision Pro, pitted against Meta Platforms Inc’s Quest line and PlayStation VR from Sony Group, marks the iPhone maker’s foray into a new product…

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Senegalese man warned of gun violence the day he was shot dead in riots

By Edward McAllister and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Elhaji Cisse was busy on Friday, the day he was killed, tweeting hundreds of times as riots erupted beyond the walls of his compound in a busy suburb of Senegal’s capital Dakar. In one post, the 26-year-old student warned his 1,700 followers about security forces firing live…

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Musk hosts Twitter event for anti-vaxx Democratic candidate RFK Jr.

By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk on Monday hosted Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist and long-shot Democratic presidential hopeful, in his second Twitter Spaces event for a 2024 White House candidate. But unlike Republican Ron DeSantis’s glitch-plagued campaign launch on Twitter in May, the live audio chat with…

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US Supreme Court takes up dispute over ‘Trump Too Small’ trademark

By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a California attorney’s federal trademark for the phrase “Trump Too Small” – a cheeky criticism of former President Donald Trump – should have been granted. The justices took up an appeal by the U.S. Trademark Office of a lower court’s…

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