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.
Tencent chief causes stir with repost of article on China’s economy

Pony Ma, the low-profile founder of tech giant Tencent Holdings, created a social media stir over the weekend by reposting an article on China’s economy, an unusual breaking of silence by a Chinese tech mogul on an increasingly sensitive topic.