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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried FTX fraud victim tells judge: 'My whole life has been destroyed'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

NEW YORK, US - JANUARY 03: Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the court in New York, on January 03, 2023. The victim, who wrote that 30 years worth of savings had been deposited into FTX three months before the exchange collapsed, is part of a last-minute push by prosecutors to sway Judge Kaplan ahead of the sentencing. For months, Judge Kaplan has been weighing the appropriate punishment for Bankman-Fried's crimes related to the implosion of his $32 billion crypto empire. Damaging testimonyBankman-Fried was convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud against FTX customers and against lenders to sister hedge fund Alameda Research, as well as conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit commodities fraud against FTX investors, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The defense team has argued that Bankman-Fried's sentence should reflect the potential that FTX customers will be paid back in part or in full.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Fatih Aktas, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, FTX, Kaplan, Yesha Yadav, Dean, Judge Kaplan, David Weinstein, Jones Walker, Weinstein, Mark Bini, Bini, Reed, Caroline Ellison, Yadav, Neama Rahmani, Tre Lovell, isn't, Lovell, he's, it's Organizations: Anadolu Agency, Getty, Department of Justice, U.S, District, Prosecutors, Vanderbilt University, CNBC, Alameda Research, Bloomberg, Southern, of, Los Locations: New York, Manhattan, of New York, SBF, Los Angeles

☆ MLB Opening Day: 2024 regular season kicks off in full with Shohei Ohtani cloud looming
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Although fans have been treated to a glimpse of MLB action, the 2024 season kicks off in full on Thursday with Opening Day. How to watchThe Opening Day slate of games takes place on Thursday, March 28, with 26 teams taking to the field. The Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels kick off the day’s action at 3:05 PM ET at Camden Yards in Maryland. Ohtani cloud overshadows Dodgers startThe majority of the Los Angeles Dodgers offseason was dominated with optimism and talk of a World Series challenge after the acquisition of two-time MVP Shohei Ohtani and pitching phenom Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Ohtani prepares for a pitch during the Dodgers' preseason game against the Los Angeles Angels.

Persons: Tuesday’s Francis Scott Key, Shohei Ohtani, phenom Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Ohtani, Ippei, Mizuhara, Yamamoto, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, Tyler Glasnow, Walker Buehler, Harry, Juan Soto, Soto, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Gerrit Cole, Stanton, Nathan Ray Seebeck, Ronald Acuña Jr, Acuña, Tim Nwachukwu, Wyatt Longford Organizations: CNN, Seoul, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Deigo Padres, MLB, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels, Camden, Orioles, Dodgers, ESPN, Los Angeles Times, baseball’s, League, St, Louis Cardinals, Bronx Bombers, New York Yankees, Yankees, San Diego Padres, San, American League, Houston Astros, Judge, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, National League, Braves, NL, Phillies, National, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Washington Nationals, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins –, Cleveland Guardians, Oakland Athletics –, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Locations: South Korea, Camden Yards, Maryland, Seoul, Ohtani, San Diego, Atlanta, Texas

☆ A Painter Inspired by Islamic Art and Rural New York Life
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Anakwa Dwamena | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“Kara Walker’s silhouettes have played a big role in my work. When you look back at some of my [paintings] from the past, you can see [similar] black silhouettes,” Uman says. She’s also inspired by the Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard, at whose studio she previously worked. “He showed me it was OK to make very violent and extreme work. I had always been trying to refine things, but he showed me that you could make these very crude, brutish paintings,” she says.

Persons: “ Kara, ”, She’s, Bjarne Melgaard, “ Locations: ” Uman, Norwegian

☆ CNN Exclusive: Conservative bigwig Matt Schlapp agreed to hefty settlement to end sexual assault lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Jamie Gangel | Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The Republican operative who accused American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp of sexual assault last year received a significant financial settlement in exchange for dropping his lawsuit against Schlapp, multiple sources familiar with the case told CNN. The $480,000 settlement was paid to Carlton Huffman through an insurance policy, according to a source familiar with the details. The original lawsuit filed by Huffman against Schlapp asked for more than $9 million in damages. Huffman told CNN that Schlapp made unwanted sexual advances, including groping and fondling his groin without consent, on the ride back from two Atlanta-area bars on October 19, 2022. A former official on the Walker campaign told CNN he does not believe the settlement exonerates Schlapp.

Persons: Matt Schlapp, Schlapp, Carlton Huffman, Huffman, “, ” Schlapp, ”, ” Huffman, Tim Hyland, Mark Corallo, Donald Trump, George W, Bush, Mercedes Schlapp, Republican Herschel Walker’s, Charlie Gerow, Walker, Carlton, Huffman’s, ” “ Organizations: CNN, Republican, American Conservative, ACU, Washington Examiner, Political, Conference, House, Georgia GOP, Republican Herschel Walker’s Senate Locations: Atlanta, CPAC, Walker’s, Raleigh , North Carolina

☆ Gardens of Stone, Moss, Sand: 4 Moments of Zen in Kyoto
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Paula Deitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Once, when the Buddha was asked to preach about a flower he was presented, he instead “gazed at it in silence,” according to the British garden designer Sophie Walker in her book “The Japanese Garden.” In this spiritual moment Zen Buddhism was born, inspiring the serene and eternal dry or rock gardens called karesansui. Unlike a garden designed for strolling, which directs visitors along a defined path to take in scenic views and teahouses, a dry garden is viewed while seated on a veranda above, offering the heightened experience of traveling through it in the imagination, revealing its essence in meditation.

Persons: Sophie Walker Locations: British

But ship collision barriers are standard around the support piers of bridges over major waterways like the entrance to Baltimore’s harbor. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, for example, has massive barriers of concrete and rocks around the bases of the piers that support it. It was not immediately clear how old the barriers are around the piers that supported the bridge in Baltimore. The bridge there was being fitted with devices designed to protect the piers in case of any ship crash. The bridge has massive barriers of concrete and rocks around the bases of the piers that support it and protect it from ship crashes.

Persons: Spencer Platt, Basil M, ”, “, Mr, Karatzas, Amy Chang Chien Organizations: Officials, China Central Television, Getty, Karatzas Marine Advisors Locations: Guangzhou, China, Baltimore, Baltimore’s, New York City, New York

☆ I tried 30 of Trader Joe's seasonal spring products, and there are only a few I wouldn't buy again
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Savanna Swain-Wilson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +44 min

AdvertisementOther candy makers should take notes because Trader Joe's clearly knows what it's doing when it comes to chocolate. I fell in love with the lemon-and-ricotta ravioli's tasty fillingThis lemon-and-ricotta option is my new favorite Trader Joe's ravioli. These blueberry-and-lemon hand pies are the perfect pastry for the spring seasonThe blueberry-and-lemon hand pies from Trader Joe's look homemade. Trader Joe's Portuguese custard tarts totally lived up to the hypeTrader Joe's Portuguese custard tarts blew me away. If someone told me Trader Joe's lemon sheet cake came from a fancy bakery, I wouldn't question it for a second.

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☆ 'America's greatest gift to Israel'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

As the country's founder and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, once declared, "America's greatest gift to Israel was Al Schwimmer." Joining the Haganah, Schwimmer discovered, wasn't as easy as just strolling through the door. "He felt he had to do his part in creating a Jewish state, so this could never happen again," Schwimmer recalled. Rather than melt down the surplus weapons for scrap, Liff told Greenspun to take as much as he wanted — free of charge. In 2001, at the urging of Brian Greenspun, Schwimmer received a presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

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☆ An Arms Smugger, a Daring Heist, and the Birth of Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

Joining the Haganah, Schwimmer discovered, wasn't as easy as just strolling through the door. "He felt he had to do his part in creating a Jewish state, so this could never happen again," Schwimmer recalled. Rather than melt down the surplus weapons for scrap, Liff told Greenspun to take as much as he wanted — free of charge. "It went against the grain to buck the same government we had fought to preserve only a few years before," Hank Greenspun recalled. In 2001, at the urging of Brian Greenspun, Schwimmer received a presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

☆ F.B.I. Tells Passengers on Alaska Flight They May Have Been Crime Victims
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Mark Walker | More About Mark Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines plane that made an emergency landing after a fuselage panel blew off this year have started to receive letters from the F.B.I. identifying them as possible victims of a crime. The letters are a sign that a criminal investigation the Justice Department has opened into Boeing, the manufacturer of the 737 Max 9 jet, is ramping up. “As a victim specialist with the Seattle division, I’m contacting you because we have identified you as a possible victim of a crime,” reads the letter from the F.B.I.’s Seattle office, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times. The letter says the incident is under criminal F.B.I.

Organizations: Alaska Airlines, Department, Boeing, Seattle, The New York Times, National Transportation Safety Locations: Alaska, ’, Seattle, Portland

GAZA StripWhy Isn’t More Aid Getting to Gazans? From El Arish, the trucks carrying aid typically undergo security checks in Rafah, Egypt, shortly before reaching the border with Gaza. One arrow points from near Rafah crossing to Kerem Shalom crossing, and a second arrow points from near Rafah crossing to Nitzana crossing. One arrow points from Nitzana crossing to Rafah crossing, and another points from Nitzana to Kerem Shalom crossing. More than a hundred Gazans died near a convoy on Feb. 29, after thousands massed around aid trucks.

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☆ Surging immigration will boost the US labor force and send GDP higher, Goldman says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Elevated immigration has boosted labor force growth and, by extension, potential GDP growth," Goldman Sachs said. The bank boosted its 2024 GDP forecast in a note on Sunday, arguing that a jump in labor force growth via elevated immigration will drive the US economy higher. "Elevated immigration has boosted labor force growth and, by extension, potential GDP growth," Goldman Sachs said. Advertisement"We expect immigration to be about 1mn higher than usual this year, implying breakeven job growth of around 125k and a 0.3pp boost to potential GDP growth in 2024 from faster labor force growth," Walker said. Advertisement"Our estimates imply that above-trend immigration will boost potential GDP growth by 0.3pp in 2024.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, —, Ronnie Walker, Walker Organizations: Service Locations: America

☆ Opinion: Trump gives Biden one big lift
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Former President Donald Trump’s favorability ratings are only slightly better. The bipartisan legislation to control the flow of migrants across the southern border was blown up by opposition from Trump. One thing that is going right for Biden is Trump himself. “I want to vote for Donald Trump in November, wrote Marc A. Thiessen in the Washington Post. … Just like office holders have released their tax returns (up until former President Donald Trump), I would like to see more candidates release their physical and mental health assessments,” Schurman observed.

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Here is what the commission found in a report released Friday, and some of the reactions:GUNS NOT SEIZEDLaw enforcement should have seized Card’s guns and put him in protective custody weeks before he committed the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the commission concluded. “I’m in agreement with the committee’s findings as far as they go, and I do think it’s a legitimate point that the Sagadahoc Sheriff’s Office could have done more to intervene,” he said. Janet Mills, who helped assemble the panel, said its work is of “paramount importance for the people of Maine.” She said she would “carefully review” the report. Maine State Police and the sheriff’s office did not respond to calls seeking comment. The commission, led by a former chief justice of Maine’s highest court, plans to schedule more meetings and issue a final report in the summer.

Persons: MEREDITH, Robert Card, Aaron Skolfield, Leroy Walker, Joseph, ”, Walker, Ben Gideon, “, ” Gideon, Elizabeth Seal, Joshua, Janet Mills, Daniel Wathen, isn’t, ” Wathen Organizations: Army, Saco Armory, Auburn City Council, ” Democratic, Maine State Police Locations: N.H, Lewiston , Maine, Saco, Sagadahoc, Maine

☆ Nikki Haley received roughly 20,000 Election Day votes over Trump in the Georgia GOP primary after dropping her White House bid. Why it matters.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

With no major GOP opponents, ex-President Donald Trump easily won the Georgia primary on Tuesday. But Nikki Haley still won roughly 20,000 Election Day votes despite her exit from the WH race. Statewide, Haley won about 78,000 votes in the GOP primary. And roughly 20,000 of those votes were cast on Election day, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. AdvertisementThe ghost of the 2020 election still lingersIn the 2020 election, Biden won Georgia by a 0.23% margin, or roughly 12,000 votes out of roughly 5 million ballots cast.

Persons: Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, —, Donald Trump romped, Trump, Haley, Joe Biden, Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff, Warnock, Republican Herschel Walker, Brian Kemp's, Stacey Abrams, Kemp, Brian Kemp, Georgia, Brynn Anderson, Fulton, Biden, Cobb, Brad Raffensperger, Trump's, Raffensperger Organizations: GOP, Georgia, WH, Service, Georgia Republican, South Carolina Gov, Trump, Super, The Atlanta, UN, Georgia Republicans, Republican, Independents, Gov, AP, Peach State Republicans, Biden, Georgia . College Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, Cobb , DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Atlanta ,, —, DeKalb, Cobb, Fulton County, Trump

☆ Some advertisers are doubling their Amazon spends at the expense of Meta and Google. Here's what's driving the change.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAmazon's push to grow its $47 billion ad business beyond its core search ads is starting to gain steam with advertisers. About 70% to 80% of advertisers' Amazon budgets go to search ads that drive sales, said Laura Meyer, founder and CEO of Amazon agency Envision Horizons. But Amazon is increasingly investing in adtech to grow its ad business beyond search placements and better compete with giants like Meta and Google. AdvertisementPower said that brands often spend 8% of Amazon sales on ads — mostly search ads that drive sales. He said clients are now increasing budgets to represent 12% to 15% of Amazon sales, with the incremental dollars going toward Amazon's adtech formats.

Persons: —, Laura Meyer, Patrick Miller, Mark Power, Power, Horizon's Meyer, it's, Ross Walker, They've Organizations: Service, Amazon, Meta, Google, Business, Trade Locations: Acadia

☆ Alaska Airlines Flight Was Scheduled for Safety Check on Day Panel Blew Off
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Mark Walker | James Glanz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A day before the door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5, engineers and technicians for the airline were so concerned about the mounting evidence of a problem that they wanted the plane to come out of service the next evening and undergo maintenance, interviews and documents show. But the airline chose to keep the plane, a Boeing 737 Max 9, in service on Jan. 5 with some restrictions, carrying passengers until it completed three flights that were scheduled to end that night in Portland, Ore., the site of one of the airline’s maintenance facilities. Before the plane could complete that scheduled sequence of flights and go in for the maintenance check, the door plug blew out at 16,000 feet, minutes after embarking on the second flight of the day, from Portland to Ontario International Airport in California. The plane landed safely and no one was seriously injured, but the incident focused new attention on Boeing’s manufacturing processes and the safety procedures followed by airlines.

Organizations: Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Ontario International Locations: Portland ,, Portland, California

The Daily Hunt for Food in GazaFor two million hungry Gazans, most days bring a difficult search for something to eat. Amany Mteir, 52, scours the streets north of Gaza City, where people sell or trade what food they have. The war, including Israel’s bombardment and siege, has choked food imports and destroyed agriculture, and nearly the entire population of Gaza relies on scant humanitarian aid to eat. Most food shops in northern Gaza are damaged or closed, so vendors set up informal street markets to sell food and other items. An average of just six commercial trucks carrying food and other supplies have been allowed to enter Gaza each day since early December.

Persons: Amany Mteir, Aseel Mutair, Nizar Hammad, Nizar, ” Aseel, Pita, Aseel’s, Rice, Aseel, Muhammad, “, —, ” Amany, ” Nizar, Amany, ”, We’ve Organizations: Daily, United Nations, Aid, The New York Times, pita Locations: Food, Gaza, Gaza City, Beit Lahia, Rafah, United States, The, bouillon

☆ The FAA found staff at Boeing's supplier using liquid Dawn soap as lubricant for a 737 Max door seal: NYT
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mechanics at a Boeing supplier used liquid soap as a lubricant to fit a 737 Max door seal, per NYT. The instance was mentioned in a document discussing FAA audits of Boeing and its supplier, per NYT. This particular supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, is in charge of building the 737 Max's fuselage. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementThe Federal Aviation Administration auditors saw mechanics for a Boeing supplier using liquid Dawn soap as a lubricant for fitting a door seal, The New York Times reported.

Persons: —, Mark Walker, Max, Dave Calhoun Organizations: Boeing, Service, Aviation Administration, New York Times, FAA, The Times, Alaska Airlines, Times, Business, Spirit

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's top public health agency is expanding a program that tests international travelers for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Those locations should provide more information about respiratory infections coming out of South America, Africa and Asia, particularly, CDC officials said. But they are given a COVID-19 home test kit to take with them, CDC officials say. That testing is for COVID-19, but CDC officials are evaluating the possibility of monitoring wastewater for other things, Walker said. The CDC program has a current budget of about $37 million.

Persons: ”, Allison Taylor Walker, Walker, Ginkgo Organizations: Disease Control, CDC, Health, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: COVID, Miami, South America, Africa, Asia, Chicago

There's also Kimberlyn, a Black on-air reporter at a conservative cable news outlet, played by Christina Elmore. Chozick also suggested the book “What it Takes: The Way to the White House” by Richard Ben Kramer. “You have these complicated, interesting women who all come from different backgrounds, different ideologies, different generations, and they are theoretically competitors, yet ultimately end up valuing each other over any of that," said Gugino. Throughout the episodes, the characters debate journalism ethics and ideologies and whether text, video or digital is the best medium. "Lola is arguing a point I’ve heard young journalists make or aspiring journalists make, that objectivity is sort of a myth.

Persons: Felicity Walker —, Hayden Wells Garrett, shucks, Scott Foley, Garrett, Mark Consuelos, Julie Plec, Amy Chozick, Hillary ”, ” Melissa Benoist, Sadie McCarthy, Hunter S, Thompson, Sadie's, Griffin Dunne, “, Carla Gugino, she's, There's, Christina Elmore, Lola, Natasha Behnam, Benoist, ”, “ I’ve, Chozick, Alexandra Pelosi, George, George W, Richard Ben Kramer, ” Lola, I’ve, Elmore, Foley, “ Felicity ”, Noel Organizations: —, New York Times, Texas Gov Locations: Grace, America

☆ F.A.A. Audit of Boeing’s 737 Max Production Found Dozens of Issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Mark Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A six-week audit by the Federal Aviation Administration of Boeing’s production of the 737 Max jet found dozens of problems throughout the manufacturing process at the plane maker and one of its key suppliers, according to a slide presentation reviewed by The New York Times. The air-safety regulator initiated the examination after a door panel blew off a 737 Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight in early January. The presentation reviewed by The Times, though highly technical, offers a more detailed picture of what the audit turned up. conducted 89 product audits, a type of review that looks at aspects of the production process. The plane maker passed 56 of the audits and failed 33 of them, with a total of 97 instances of alleged noncompliance, according to the presentation.

Persons: AeroSystems Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration, The New York Times, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, The Times

☆ My fiancé and I met as teenagers at a hospital. We reconnected 10 years later, and he proposed to me there.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Her fiancé, Dillon, also has the condition, and the two met at the hospital. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementDillon proposed to Logan over a decade after they met in the rehabilitation room where they first saw each other. I told Dillon I didn't want to lose him. Eventually, Dillon told me he wanted to propose at the hospital.

Persons: Logan Hopper, Dillon, —, texted Dillon, wasn't, I've, we'd, Dillon hadn't, We're, there's Organizations: Service, Shriners Locations: South Carolina, Shriners Children's Greenville, Logan, Greenville

The Justice Department has begun a criminal investigation into Boeing after a panel on one of the company’s planes blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January, a person familiar with the matter said. to be conducting an investigation,” Alaska Airlines said in a statement. “We are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation.” Boeing had no comment. On Jan. 5, a panel on a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines blew out in midair, exposing passengers to the outside air thousands of feet above ground. The panel is known as a “door plug” and is used to cover a gap left by an unneeded exit door.

Persons: ” Organizations: Department, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, ” Boeing, Max, National Transportation Safety Board

☆ Extended-reality workouts usher in an immersive era of virtual fitness on VR headsets
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Diana Umana | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Business Insider spoke with leaders at the fitness brands Puma, Les Mills, FitXR, and Supernatural about leveraging extended reality to provide tech-driven workouts. Shifting perceptions of fitness technologyPuma this year partnered with Meta Quest 3 to launch immersive mixed-reality workouts in the metaverse. He recalled seeing people's perceptions of VR workouts change at a launch event for Puma and Meta Quest's partnership earlier this year. Lisa Edwards, Les Mills' digital innovation director, said the game's development required the company to adapt to connect "a global community of fitness enthusiasts." Three years ago, when Les Mills met with developers, the technology was more rudimentary; putting time and resources into extended-reality services was a risk.

Persons: —, Rachel Z, Les Mills, Ivan Dashkov, I've, Dashkov, Kathryn Przybyla Dashkov, there's, Lisa Edwards, Lisa Edwards , , Les Mills Edwards, Sam Cole, Cole, Achilles, FitXR Cole, Leanne Pedante, Lindsey Byrnes, Pedante Organizations: Service, Puma, Meta, aha, Les Mills, VR Locations: FitXR, Les

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