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WASHINGTON — When he invaded Ukraine, Vladimir Putin almost certainly expected a quick, decisive conquest that would restore the Kremlin’s influence in Eastern Europe and burnish his own status as a Russian leader on par with Peter and Catherine the Great. Weeks later, Russia is a hobbled pariah, while the dogged Ukrainian resistance — led by charismatic President Volodymyr Zelensky — has attained admiration in much of the world. There is little doubt that the Russian army has the… Source link

The NCAA men’s tournament selection committee faced a tougher challenge than usual this March when trying to differentiate among the final at-large contenders. There were bubble teams of every flavor up for consideration this year. Some surged into at-large contention during March; others arrived at Selection Sunday leaking oil and missing cylinders. Some were barely over .500 but with a bushel of impressive wins; others had sparkling records but little to show for it. Some were marquee programs… Source link

Years ago, Google dropped jaws and sent millions into pure joy when it temporarily banned virtual meetings. It was a test to see if doing so would come with any of its suspected benefits, such as boosting productivity and improving workplace satisfaction, while saving the company millions of dollars by reducing wasted time. Years later, its approach appears to have proven its hypothesis correct, but it has also proven that many take the wrong approach to remote work.  Google has… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The ruble tumbled the most since March 2020 after President Vladimir Putin recognized self-declared separatist republics in east Ukraine, deepening a standoff with the West. Most Read from Bloomberg The ruble weakened beyond 80 per dollar during Putin’s televised address to Russians late Monday and stocks slumped as much as 18% in evening trading. Earlier in the day, the benchmark MOEX Russia equity index closed its main trading session down 11%, the biggest drop since… Source link

The Cincinnati Bengals lost Super Bowl LVI to the Los Angeles Rams, and there were myriad reasons that can be attributed for their defeat. Among them … But here’s another one we can’t forget: Winning the turnover battle — by two, no less! — and not taking better advantage of it. Matthew Stafford threw two interceptions, and the Bengals turned those into a combined three points. The Bengals did not give the ball away all game. Bengals coach Zac Taylor agrees that the turnover advantage… Source link

Well, the football season has finally come to an end. The Los Angeles Rams knocked off the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20, in Super Bowl LVI. It was a heck of a game as the Rams scored the winning touchdown with just 1:25 to play and got a dramatic fourth-down stop near midfield to seal the victory. If you backed the Bengals on the point spread, they came through for you yet again. The Bengals closed as 4.5-point underdogs and covered the spread for the eighth consecutive game. And if you’re… Source link

Huge news from Google HQ: the company is changing the Chrome web browser logo for the first time in eight years. And it’s stunningly—well, not all that different. To be fair, the new logo is clearly different to the previous one, when viewed side-by-side anyways. It’s brighter, cleaner, and Google has taken the design equivalent of a 10,000 LED light to the front of the logo to eradicate any hint of shadow. That may not be the exact logo you end up seeing on your device, however. Google is… Source link

Chrome is changing its logo for the first time since 2014, and if you squint really hard, you might actually be able to see what’s different. Elvin Hu, a designer for Google Chrome, offers a first look at the logo’s redesign in a thread on Twitter, as well as some of the thinking behind the ever-so-subtle changes. Some of you might have noticed a new icon in Chrome’s Canary update today. Yes! we’re refreshing Chrome’s brand icons for the first time in 8 years. The new icons… Source link

The new Chrome logo, at right, is brighter and has a larger interior blue circle. Elvin Hu/Google … Source link

The vulnerability of Kazakhstan’s bitcoin mining industry was put on full display last week, when the country’s internet shut down in the midst of anti-government protests, sparked by rising energy prices. The world’s second largest miner saw its hash rate or computing power that secures bitcoin, fall by double digits, in a dramatic pullback from the 18.1% it’s estimated to contribute, according to Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance.  The disruption marked a big setback for a market… Source link