Exclusive: Tencent scraps plans for VR hardware as metaverse bet falters

Tencent Holdings is abandoning plans to venture into virtual reality hardware, as a sobering economic outlook prompts the Chinese tech giant to cut costs and headcount at its metaverse unit, three sources familiar with the matter said.
China’s trade suffers worst slump in 2-1/2 yrs as COVID woes, feeble demand take toll

China’s exports and imports shrank at their steepest pace in at least 2-1/2 years in November, as feeble global and domestic demand, COVID-led production disruptions and a property slump at home piled pressure on the world’s second-biggest economy.