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• Meta announced a 50-cent-per-share quarterly dividend on Thursday.
• Meta cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who owns 350 million shares, stands to receive $700 million in yearly dividends.
• Zuckerberg is the world's fifth-richest person with a $142 billion fortune thanks to Meta's stock price gains.

On Thursday, Meta announced its first

• NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says "Russia's cycle of aggression in Europe" has to be stopped. 
• Stoltenberg said a Russian victory could send the wrong signal to countries like China.
• China, he said, may start to think that "using force against America's interests work."

A Russian

• A popular Russian rock band was arrested in Thailand and risked being deported to Russia.
• Analysts have said it's part of Moscow's effort to shut down dissent reaching the Russian public.
• One Russian comedian said Russia was pursuing a "maniacal persecution

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for Feb. 2's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

Where did Wordle come

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end

• Apple's new Vision Pro hits stores Friday amid a wave of optimism from the company.
• The product costs $3,500, but sold out pretty much immediately.
• When asked about the price tag, Apple CEO said the device includes 5,000 patents. 

Apple's new mixed-reality headset's $3,500 price tag may be steep, but it accounts for the sheer amount of

• February 1 was the first day of Wayne LaPierre's retirement after 30 years at the helm of the NRA.
• Gun control and gun safety advocates said they were not sorry to see him go.
• "Disastrous and extreme," one advocate said of LaPierre's long tenure.

Thursday was longtime NRA leader Wayne LaPierre's first day of retirement after 30 years leading the gun-rights group.

He spent the day in

Thanks to new regulations, Apple is technically enabling the creation of alternative iPhone app stores in the European Union. But that doesn’t mean large developers like Meta will bite.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his company’s view on Apple’s new policies during Meta’s fourth-quarter earnings call on

Black History Month is that special time when video game companies try to show consumers how inclusive they are with special Black / African themed in-game cosmetics and messages of appreciation for the three or four Black employees they keep on staff at any one time.

In Halo’s case, it’s offering players a special set of armor shaders in colors and