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A poster advertising McDonald's $5 meal deal is seen on a window outside of a McDonald's restaurant as a patron walks out of the restaurant.
McDonald's started offering a $5 meal deal this summer.
  • Fast-food restaurants have debuted meal deals to win over inflation-weary diners.
  • But they haven't changed popular perception about whether fast food is good value, per a survey.
  • Fewer consumers think fast food is a good deal now than did in early 2020, Morning Consult found.

2024 has become the year of meal deals at fast



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Ellen Yin and her husband.
  • Ellen Yin quit her job and started a social media marketing agency in 2018.
  • Her husband, laid off in 2021, now manages their household, allowing Yin to focus on her business.
  • Despite the financial stress on Yin, she says the arrangement works well for both of them.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ellen Yin, a 30-year-old business



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Confession: I've finished a startlingly low number of books since I finished high school.

It's not that I dislike books or struggle with comprehension or anything like that. Instead, my particular brand of ADHD makes it difficult to find the motivation to start and focus when I do, plus I just don't like holding books in my hands that much. Depending on their size, both paperbacks and hardcovers



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  • AI's physical supply chain, including chips and data centers, is where the early revenue is.
  • Data centers, crucial for AI, face high demand, with prices doubling and low vacancy rates.
  • Databank CEO says customers are pre-leasing forthcoming buildings two years in advance.

Artificial intelligence may seem intangible, but it has an immense physical supply chain behind it, and at


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Dreamscreens - 4K Digital Art Gallery

TL;DR: For $33 through September 3, Dreamscreens brings high-quality 4K art to your TV, offering instant elegance with just a USB connection.


If you've ever wished your TV could be more than just a black screen when it's off, now it can be a vibrant 4K digital art gallery with Dreamscreens. Perfect for the modern home, Dreamscreens is on sale for $33 through September 3. It lets you display a vast



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Apple iPad 6th Gen 9.7

TL;DR: Through September 3, get a grade-A refurbished iPad 6th-Gen for just $149.97 while supplies last.


So, you’re thinking about getting a new tablet but don’t want to spend a fortune? Here’s a little secret: you can score a 6th-generation iPad that’s practically brand-new without breaking the bank. You can get it for $149.97 (reg. $249) if you order by September 3.

This isn’t just any refurb — it



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It's been 30 years in the making, but The Crow has finally been rebooted. Despite many, many challenges along the way, this was inevitable. 

In 1994, The Crow found roost in the hearts of movie fans, from goths clutching tattered copies of James O'Barr's graphic novels and those who stumbled across the soundtrack's bands on MTV late at night to action fans eager to see Bruce Lee's only son, Brandon



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The European Space Agency's Juice spacecraft flew by the moon on Aug. 19, 2024.

A spacecraft just sped between Earth and the moon, en route to the deep solar system.

And as it zipped by the cratered lunar orb on Aug. 19, the European Space Agency's Juice mission snapped views of the 21st-century space scene.

"Sometimes the journey is just as worthy as the destination," ESA director Josef Aschbacher posted online. "As humankind embarked on the monumental first lunar-Earth flyby



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The touchscreen on the JBL Tour Pro 3’s charging case is now 30 percent larger. | Image: JBL

JBL has announced an upgraded version of its first wireless earbuds with a touchscreen charging case. The new JBL Tour Pro 3’s case features a larger screen and now works as a transmitter, broadcasting audio to the earbuds from a wired source such as a plane’s in-flight