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• Ukrainian forces appeared to blow up a Russian column of 11 tanks and armored vehicles.
• Ukraine used FPV attack drones to apparently destroy the Russian vehicles.
• Russian military bloggers are increasingly frustrated by Russia's perceived tactical blunders.

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Inspiration is everywhere and this week, folks on TikTok have found it in a rodent. No, not that rodent. This rodent, Punxsutawney Phil — the groundhog who pops his head out every winter to predict whether spring will come sooner or later.

Phil has had the same gig for more than 100 years, even though groundhogs typically only live for about six. To keep the magic alive, the folks over at the

It might be weird to see a new device call back to a time less than a decade ago. But tech moves fast and with the OnePlus 12, it feels like someone made a phone for the pre-AI era. Instead of magic editors and a bunch of machine learning, OnePlus’ latest flagship is incredibly simple. It has a nice screen, a solid build, reliable cameras, great performance and even better battery life. So while

In WeWork’s heyday, the office was lit. Kombucha in the water fountains, DJ sets at 5 p.m., and yoga balls where desk chairs should be. These days, expensive offices sit empty in cities across America. Adam Neumann, the co-founder and former CEO of WeWork, is reportedly trying to buy his company back in an effort to…

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• The implosion of New York Community Bancorp highlights an unusual risk for banks: growing too fast.
• New York Community Bancorp's 64% stock crash was in part caused by the increased regulatory scrutiny it received after crossing $100 billion in assets.
• "The irony is that if it wasn't for the regional banking crisis, New York Community Bancorp may never have triggered the $100

T-Mobile wants you to see it as more than a wireless company, so it’s flattering its customers with status. The company is launching a new program called Magenta Status, which includes a set of new perks for subscribers as well as the benefits already offered by T-Mobile Tuesdays. The

The production pipeline for mainstream video games has always been hectic. The AAA factory is powered by rigid marketing plans and periods of soul-sucking crunch, and while this process has resulted in incredible games over the years, it's also been detrimental to developers' mental health and long-term job stability. Layoffs have long been baked into the video game industry, but in recent months

• Hundreds of private jets are expected to flood Las Vegas this weekend for Super Bowl LVIII.
• Parking space is limited to only about 500 spots across four Vegas-area airports.
• Eyes are on Taylor Swift's potential travel to the game after her string of concerts in Tokyo this week.

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• Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi confirmed "the Taylor Swift effect" in a recent interview.
• Khosrowshahi said that local Uber teams plan specifically for her when she comes to town. 
• Uber joins companies that have weighed in on Taylor Swift's economic impact.

Yes, "the Taylor Swift effect" is real.

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• Humans have left 227,000 kilos (over 500,000 pounds) of garbage on the moon. 
• Some scientists say we've entered the "lunar Anthropocene," an epoch defined by our impact on the moon.
• They warn that humanity should consider our potential negative impacts on the moon's surface.

Humans have always looked at the sky, using the stars

After months of frustration, NASA finally got the Bennu asteroid sample container open in January, revealing the large amounts of asteroid scooped up by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Now, a top member of the mission says the distant hunk of space rock may be a planetesimal—a planet’s building block—that once belonged to…

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