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• The West has tried for more than two years to cripple Moscow's finances by way of sanctions.
• But the West hasn't blocked all Russian banks' access to SWIFT due to potential global impact.
• Russia's economy is in "deep, deep trouble" due to sanctions and finite reserves, an economist said.

When Russia first invaded Ukraine, the West slapped Moscow with

• Johnny Ward, an Irish travel blogger, built a luxury villa in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2021.
• He says he spent about 22.5 million Thai baht, or about $600,000, on the entire build.
• His two-story villa features a pool, a home cinema, and a man-cave.

The first time Johnny Ward went to Chiang Mai, Thailand, he was 22.

He paid for his one-way flight

A security lapse could let millions of college students do free laundry, thanks to one company. That’s because of a vulnerability that two University of California, Santa Cruz students found in internet-connected washing machines in commercial use in several countries, according to TechCrunch.

The two students, Alexander Sherbrooke

• Career coach Marlo Lyons told BI that a big part of being a successful entrepreneur is in your mindset.
• But there are also concrete steps to take to improve the odds of your bet on yourself.
• Here are Lyons' top tips she gives clients when

The Mac Studio and Mac Pro aren’t due for an upgrade to Apple’s M4 chip until the middle of next year. That means both machines will still be on Apple’s M2 generation this year, unlike all other Macs except the MacBook Air, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman wrote to Power On subscribers today.

Throughout 2024, though, all

• Trump plans to headline a campaign event in the Bronx on Thursday.
• Trump has little chance to win the NYC borough but saw a jump in support there from 2016 to 2020.
• His campaign is working to attract more minority support by leaning into the economy.

Former President Donald Trump is set to make an unusual pit stop for a Republican candidate later

The new 13-inch M4 iPad Pro is really, really thin. That’s inevitably going to make certain aspects of repairing the device even more difficult, which iFixit confirmed in a teardown published this weekend. But it does shine in one area — when it comes to replacing the battery, Apple made some seriously helpful changes.

“For the first time in an iPad Pro, we’re able to remove the battery

• There's a new mantra in the corporate world: sleep > caffeine. 
• "Sleep is the new coffee," longevity enthusiast Bryan Johnson told the Journal.
• Experts say workers who sleep more are likely to be more productive and focused.

Some tech execs aren't starting their days anymore with a jolt of caffeine — they're betting on sleep instead

Last year, a new horror franchise took flight with Pooh: Blood & Honey. With the iconic bear now in the public domain, the film turned Winnie and Piglet into a pair of grim slasher villains carving up a post-grad Christopher Robin and several university students. It went over about as well as expected, but did well…

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• A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi "crashed upon landing," state media reported.
• An Iranian official said Raisi's life was "at risk."
• Harsh weather conditions and heavy fog are complicating rescue missions.

No signs of life have

Sonos is teasing, both in emails and on social media, that its “most requested product ever” is “coming soon” on May 21st (this Tuesday). This, of course, is almost certainly the Sonos Ace, its first wireless headphones.

Sonos has been expected to launch the Ace in June, but given the company’s “most requested” phrasing here and the

• The quest for longevity has gone mainstream as more people seek ways to reverse the aging process. 
• People are resorting to IV treatments, saunas, and luxury longevity clinics to extend their lifespan. 
• Here are some of the top longevity trends right now, according to industry experts. 

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