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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokić becomes first in NBA history to top 30 points, 20 rebounds, and 20 assists in a single game (More) | Myles Garrett becomes highest-paid non-QB in NFL history after signing four-year, $40M-per-year extension with the Cleveland Browns (More) | Buffalo Bills sign QB Josh Allen to six-year, $330M deal with the largest-ever guarantee of $250M (More)

> Art Schallock, three-time World Series champion, dies at age 100; Schallock held title of oldest living ex-MLB player until his death (More) | D'Wayne Wiggins, Grammy-nominated founding member of R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!, dies of cancer at age 64 (More)

> "Ne Zha 2" tops $2B at Chinese box office, becoming first film to ever top $2B in a single market; the animated film is now sixth all-time at the global box office (More)


Science & Technology
> NASA delays SPHEREx and PUNCH mission launches to continue checking Falcon 9 lift vehicle; next potential launch date still to be determined (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> Security researchers uncover backdoor in the Chinese-made ESP32 microchip; in more than 1 billion devices worldwide, chip contains previously undocumented commands that can be used for attacks (More)

> Doctors combine AI learning algorithm and brain-computer interface to help paralyzed man control a robotic arm via thoughts (More) | Brain implants 101 (1440 Topics)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up Friday (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +0.7%); gains cap volatile five-day stretch, S&P posts worst week since September (More)

> AI startup Firsthand raises $26M Series A funding, valuation not disclosed; company helps brand marketers and publishers use AI agents to interact directly with consumers (More) | Venture capital 101 (1440 Topics)

> Chinese consumer price index falls into negative territory, down 0.7% year over year last month (More) | Learn more about inflation, and how deflation affects an economy (1440 Topics)


Politics & World Affairs
> House Republicans unveil six-month short-term spending bill ahead of March 14 deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown; vote expected tomorrow, bill would head to Senate for approval (More) | Health Department offers roughly 80,000 federal workers $25K buyout (More) | See federal layoff tracker (More)

> Russian forces retake much of the Russian border province Kursk; Ukraine captured large swaths of the region during a surprise August offensive (More) | US, Russian, and European leaders to meet this week to continue talks toward ending the war (More)

> South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol released from detention ahead of impeachment trial; Yoon was arrested following a failed December attempt to impose martial law (More)

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS