Savage tactics have swung the Ukraine war in Russia’s favor
Russia achieved a creeping advance in Ukraine by forcing ill-trained soldiers into frontal attacks on defended positions. To Westerners, the solution was inhuman. To compensate for the dismal performance of its troops in the early months of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia formed assault units of convicts and other “expendables” in 2023. But for…
Russia is conserving its missiles to launch larger but less frequent strikes against Ukraine, intel says
Russian Tu-160 bombers, like the one pictured above, have been involved in massive attacks against Ukraine in recent months. Russia is likely conserving its missiles and building up stockpiles to launch larger — but less frequent — attacks on Ukraine, according to a new Western intelligence assessment. The Russian military has launched several big aerial…
Biden’s broad student-loan forgiveness efforts are officially over and borrowers are left wondering what’s next: ‘It feels like we’re in a pretty hopeless situation’
Wade Burt, 67, is entering the new year without knowing when — or if — he’ll be free of his nearly six-figure student-loan balance. Burt first took out just under $20,000 in student loans for an associate degree in avionics that he earned in 1988. However, he had periods of unemployment through 1998, during which he…
A plane carrying 181 people crashed in South Korea, killing almost everyone on board. Here’s what we know.
The wreckage of the Jeju Air plane that crashed on Sunday, killing 179 people. A commercial aircraft crashed at a South Korean airport on Sunday, killing 179 people. Flight 7C2216, operated by the Korean budget airline Jeju Air, was carrying 181 passengers and crew when it tried to land at Muan International Airport at 9:03…
I felt suffocated grinding away at my desk for 16 hours daily in banking. Now, I’m a VC, and it’s intense, but I’ve never been happier.
Nichole Wischoff, 34, is the founder of Wischoff Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nichole Wischoff, 34, founder of Wischoff Ventures. The following has been edited for length and clarity. B-17 previously published essays about her first recruit at Wischoff Ventures, Neal Mintz, and his hiring…
Stock market today: Dow drops 305 points as US stocks stumble into the new year
US stocks declined on Monday as the tech sector’s sell-off accelerated into year-end. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered some of the morning’s losses, down about 300 points around midday after falling by more than 500 points shortly after the opening bell. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite also erased some earlier losses. The…
Will TikTok be banned? Here are the latest details on the app’s legal fight to stay in the US and Trump’s options
TikTok CEO Shou Chew is fighting for his company’s future in the US. TikTok could soon be gone from the US. Congress passed a law in April that set a nine-month deadline for TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, to divest from the app or be booted from US app stores. The US government is on track to…
The West found a miles-long piece of evidence backing its claim Russia is purposely cutting undersea cables
Officers of the Finnish coast guard near the oil tanker Eagle S in December. Western nations have long suspected that Russia has been deliberately severing vital underseas cables — but without much to prove it. That may have changed after officials in Finland pointed to an unusually vivid piece of evidence tied to a Russia-linked…
How IRL social apps like Partiful and Timeleft are getting people to hang out in person
At a 222 event in New York, new friends exchange Instagram handles and phone numbers to keep in touch. Making new friends, it turns out, is pretty hard. While the dominant social networks like Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat have proclaimed that they connect us with our friends, many users feel less connected and more alone…
