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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 27, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, hello, you’re awesome, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage. Oh, and send me some recommendations! The more the merrier!)

This week, I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed Nexus on the Quest 3

• Russian soldiers are facing brutal punishments on the Ukraine front line, outlet Verstka reported.
• Soldiers claim that convict soldiers abuse their comrades while commanders stay away from the front.
• The outlet published videos

Despite a slowdown in luxury spending, Hermès' stock has grown 27% over the past year. And while other brands have leaned into social media marketing and celebrity partnerships, Hermès has not.

As Business Insider's Madeline Berg reports, Hermès' core products haven't changed much, it does not gift celebrities its handbags, and it does not have a TikTok. Experts

• Olive oil prices are at record highs due to extreme environmental conditions.
• But olive oil startup Graza says it only marginally raised its prices.
• Graza cofounder Andrew Benin explains how — and why it's been difficult for the company.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Benin, the

HMD is crossing its fingers for a second summer of Barbie. The company, which has exclusively sold phones under the Nokia brand name for the past seven years, has announced plans to release a Barbie-branded flip phone this July in partnership with Mattel. It’s one of several devices HMD has on the way for this

• We lived in Bolivia when my kids were in elementary school.
• By the time they were in middle and upper school we were living in Armenia. 
• School shootings in the US impacted their mental health. 

My children have had the unique and wonderful opportunity to

• A former beauty advisor said Sephora has "changed completely" since they started at the company.
• The role was a highly coveted gig among makeup-lovers when they joined in 2017, they said.
• The former employee said it felt like a "soulless" sales job when they quit this February.

This as-told-to essay

• When he was 30, Brent Underwood left Austin and moved to an abandoned mining town. 
• While restoring the town he's realized that people approach finding a purpose the wrong way.
• Underwood spoke to Business Insider from 900 ft beneath ground level while sheltering from a snowstorm. 

This as-told-to essay is based on a

Personal loan rates depend a lot on the borrower: The rates for the best personal loans tend to be around 6%, and right now, people with good or excellent credit may be eligible for an even better deal.

We monitor rates from lenders daily to help you feel confident before you apply for a loan. Here are the leading rates for personal loans on Sunday, February 25.

Leading Personal Loan Rates

Personal

• Between 2021 and 2022, 71,801 people from different states moved to Austin, according to Census data. 
• Many movers to Austin are white and millennial, and have higher incomes than locals.
• People who moved to Austin said they were drawn to the city's  jobs and relatively lower cost of living. 

Jasmine Cambridge, a 25

Banks are fighting for customer dollars right now, and people with cash to spare are well-positioned to benefit from a high rate environment. With rates rapidly changing, how can you feel confident that you're getting the best savings account or best CD?

We monitor rates from banks and credit unions daily to help you feel confident before you open a new account. Experts don't expect CD rates to go

When Tesla CEO Elon Musk was asked in 2011 about the Chinese electric-car maker BYD — a Warren Buffett-backed company focused on cheaper eclectic vehicles with a name short for Build Your Dreams — he simply laughed it off. "Have you seen their car?" he