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Briefing: 🏀 NBA All-Contract Team: Playoff contenders?

Strategic angle: Could a roster built with only the best contracts in the league -- no max or rookie deals allowed -- reach the playoffs?

Editorial Staff Mar 11

Politics

Briefing: Learn to chill like a Finn: World’s happiest country is giving away Finnish Lakeland trips

Strategic angle: Visit Finland is inviting tourists to apply for a seven-day, all-expenses-paid trip this summer, where you’ll sauna bathe, go for dips in the lakes and head on forest walks in a bid to relax like a local.

Editorial Staff Mar 11

Tech

Briefing: Anthropic launched an AI code reviewer. Some developers say it's expensive and undermines senior engineers.

Strategic angle: Concerns arise over the cost and impact of Anthropic's new AI tool on the engineering workforce.

Editorial Staff Mar 11

Travel

Briefing: Boutique whisky-themed property that hides a mini bottle in every room named the UK’s best hotel

Strategic angle: Stays at Ardbeg House on the Scottish island of Islay include a whisky tour at the nearby distillery.

Editorial Staff Mar 11

Sports

Briefing: Champions League: Newcastle hold Barça to draw as Yamal saves Spanish side

Strategic angle: Barça came from behind to draw level in stoppage time against Newcastle (1-1) in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie.

Editorial Staff Mar 11

Politics

Briefing: European hedgehogs are often hit by cars. Researchers say ultrasound could save them from extinction

Strategic angle: Road traffic accidents are thought to kill up to a third of hedgehogs in local populations.

Editorial Staff Mar 11

Politics

Briefing: Reading, puzzles and learning new skills may help delay Alzheimer’s disease, study suggests

Strategic angle: Keeping your brain active throughout life by learning new skills or reading could help delay Alzheimer’s disease.

Editorial Staff Mar 11

Politics

Briefing: Inside China’s 'robot school' where humanoid machines are learning everyday tasks

Strategic angle: Using VR headsets and controllers, Chinese researchers are teaching humanoids to carry out everyday tasks.

Editorial Staff Mar 11

Politics

Briefing: Prison sentences for pair who attacked gay men hailed as sign of hope for Kenya’s LGBTQ+ community

Strategic angle: The sentencing of two attackers in Kenya is seen as a positive step for LGBTQ+ rights amidst rising homophobic violence.

Editorial Staff Mar 11

Life

Briefing: Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’

Strategic angle: Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits.

Editorial Staff Mar 11