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In Ukraine, Russian strikes have once again targeted civilian infrastructure across the Kyiv region, leaving a kindergarten destroyed and firefighters battling a major blaze. The attacks are part of a sustained campaign against Ukraine's energy network, a reminder that the war's impact on everyday life remains relentless and deeply human.
Shifting to the intelligence beat, a US intelligence memo has reportedly revealed that China's Ministry of State Security recruited a female technology executive at a firm called Megaspeed to spy on Nvidia's chief executive. The allegation lands at a particularly sensitive moment, as Nvidia sits at the center of the global competition over artificial intelligence chips and export controls.
And on a story that blends technology with personal finance, a new video making rounds on Hacker News revisits a concept called the behavior gap — the stubborn difference between what investment funds actually return and what individual investors pocket. The gap comes down to timing and emotion, two things no algorithm has fully solved.
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