Meta is promoting its VR headset with a 3D spaceman bursting out of London’s most famous advertising billboard

Meta unveiled its Meta Quest 2 ad as part of its “Wish for the Extraordinary” campaign. Meta Meta unveiled a new 3D ad for its Meta Quest 2 VR headset on London’s Piccadilly Circus.   The immersive ad shows an astronaut reaching at the screen and a NFL player leaping at viewers. Advertising on the…

Putin’s power doesn’t exist in a vacuum: Here are 14 of his biggest enablers, from billionaire oligarchs to world leaders

Nikolai Patrushev; Roman Abramovich; Vladimir Putin; Xi Jinping; Elon Musk Lintao Zhang, Pool/Associated Press; Sang Tan/Associated Press; Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance/Getty Images; Alex Brandon/Associated Press; Evan Agostini/Invision/Associated Press Vladimir Putin maintains a cadre of supporters despite his growing global isolation. Russian oligarchs, world leaders, and American pundits have all enabled Putin’s war in Ukraine. Here are…

Putin was repeatedly snubbed at an international summit of countries meant to be Russia’s friends

Armenia’s prime minister and Russia’s president among other Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) leaders in Yerevan, Armenia, on November 23, 2022. KAREN MINASYAN / AFP via Getty Images; Insider Putin’s meeting with the CSTO security alliance went south when an ally repeatedly snubbed him. Armenia’s PM refused to sign a joint document and distanced himself…

Regulators have approved the world’s most expensive medicine that costs $3.5 million per patient

Hemgenix can be used to treat adults with hemophilia. Ivan Balvan/Getty Images The FDA approved a treatment costing $3.5 million, making it the world’s most expensive medicine. Hemgenix effectively treated several patients with the blood condition Hemophilia B in trials. An independent study said a fair price for the drug would be about $2.9 million….

Twitter shutters Brussels office just as the EU brings stricter content rules into force

Twitter’s Brussels office is no more, according to reports, which could make it more difficult for the company to adhere to new European Union regulations regarding content moderation. The number of people employed at the office dropped from six to two after new owner Elon Musk cut the workforce in half. The remaining executives, Julia…