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• Vladimir Putin gave his first interview with a Western media figure since invading Ukraine.
• It was with Tucker Carlson, who has long been more sympathetic to Putin than most of the US media. 
• The interview seems timed to further corrode US support for

We've been staring at the edge of the water, long as we can remember, never really knowing if there'd be a sequel to the glorious adventure that is Disney's Moana.

In the company's earnings call on Wednesday, along with some less great news, Disney announced the coming of Moana 2, the follow-up to the 2016 film. The sequel is set to be released in cinemas on Nov. 27.

In the call, CEO Bob Iger said M

Meta and TikTok are challenging fees they must pay EU regulators tasked with enforcing tough new content moderation rules required by the Digital Services Act (DSA), both companies have confirmed to The Verge. Although the fee is capped at 0.05 percent of a company’s profits, Meta isn’t happy that loss-making companies won’t have to

• Elon Musk is keen to help with efforts to decode 2,000-year-old papyrus scrolls.
• In a post on X, the billionaire volunteered funds for the Vesuvius Challenge project.
• Musk told Bloomberg that he was in "favor of civilizational enlightenment."

Elon Musk wants to help with efforts to decode 2,000-year-old papyrus

• My family lives in Charleston, South Carolina, where our son attended a Montessori school. 
• The monthly tuition was the same as our mortgage. 
• We had to ask our parents for help to be able to send him to pre-k despite having full time jobs. 

I cried the day my son was accepted into a public school pre-k p

• The CEO of Taco Bell's parent company said the chain was doing a "great job" of retaining low-income diners.
• Demand for Taco Bell's revamped $3-and-under value menu is higher than expected, he said.
• Diners are complaining that fast food is no longer cheap in America.

Taco Bell says that it is still performing well among low-income customers even as

French accounting startup Pennylane has just become Europe’s latest unicorn after securing €40mn — its sixth major fundraise since the company was founded just three years ago.  “We weren’t even looking for fundraising, but we welcome any opportunity to grow even faster,” Pennylane’s CEO and co-founder, Arthur Waller, boldly stated. The fresh funds have doubled the company’s valuation to €1bn

Homeworld 3, the much-anticipated sequel to 20-year-old real-time strategy game Homeworld 2, has been delayed once again, Gearbox Publishing and Blackbird Interactive announced. It's now set to come out on May 13, 2024, a couple of months after the previously announced March 8 debut.

The decision to delay was made following a playthrough by users from outside the company. "This resulted in

• A Ukrainian commander said his unit has less than 40 infantry troops, but should have more than 200.
• Another commander told the Washington Post said his unit was similarly short of fighters.
• Tensions are growing in Ukraine over getting more troops to the front.

A Ukrainian

• Minneapolis' mayor Jacob Frey took aim at remote workers during an address, saying WFHe turns you into a loser.
• The mayor was discussing the benefits of visiting the city's business district and his revitalization efforts.
• Minneapolis, like many cities, is struggling to attract people to its downtown post-pandemic.

Minneapolis mayor

Stephen Colbert undertook a far-ranging interview with Christopher Nolan on Wednesday's Late Show, speaking extensively to the film-maker about the likes of Oppenheimer and Tenet.

But they also took time to clear up a few rumours. Namely, does Nolan have an email address (he does not), and does he own a smartphone (also no, although he does "carry a pay-as-you-go, dumb phone thing" when he needs to

• San Francisco, San Jose, and Boston are three expensive cities for families.
• EPI analyzed the monthly costs of a household with two adults and two kids based on food, childcare, and other costs.
• Housing for this household type in San Francisco — the most expensive metro — is $3,188 a month.

Six of the 10 most expensive US metros for families are in California.

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