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• Sen. Mitt Romney said he couldn't "disrespect someone more" than his GOP colleague, JD Vance.
• Despite that disrespect, the two have notably worked together on two key pieces of legislation.
• Vance says he's fine working with "people who badmouth me in public."

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Multiple creators who have left the podcast network Kast Media say the company owes them significant sums of money — amounting to six or seven figures for advertising sold on their shows. A few creators have gone public on social media, and others have individually

Microsoft is holding a special event in New York City next week, and it looks like one of the main unannounced Surface devices has just leaked. WinFuture reports that the Surface Laptop Studio 2 will be announced next week, with some welcome upgrades in the form of Intel 13th Gen processors, Nvidia’s RTX 4060 GPU, a microSD card slot, and a USB-A port.

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In sentences that sound like shitposts but are in fact actual news, akin to Bryce Dallas Howard Is Yaddle, the BBC has confirmed that one of Doctor Who’s deep-cut villains for its 60th anniversary specials, Beep the Meep, will be suitably voiced for such a triumphant return by acting icon Miriam Margolyes.

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• DeSantis' Disney board may cut $3 million for roadway repairs and maintenance from its 2024 budget.
• The tentative budget cuts come as the board expects millions in legal fees in its battle against Disney.
• The

Microsoft is overhauling its Snipping Tool and Photos app with useful features for copying text from screenshots and adding background blur to photos. Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels now have access to updated versions of the Snipping Tool and Photos apps for Windows 11.

The test version of the Snipping Tool now has a

For years, Sony’s PS Remote Play app has been a neat way to sling your PS5 and PS4 games to another room of your house — with clients for PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and as of 2020, the PS4 itself. I’ve spent hours playing Yakuza and Genshin Impact from the unofficial Steam Deck version.

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• Micro influencers are pitching brands and landing lucrative paid partnerships.
• Some slide into a brand's DMs while others create and send a media kit.
• Several micro influencers shared templates they use, including one that helped land 40 brand deals.

The creator economy has grown so much there are now

• US stocks rose Thursday, with the Dow Jones notching its biggest gain in a month.
• Investors cheered more signs of consumer strength and Arm's blowout IPO.
• The producer price index for August showed wholesale prices rising faster than expected. 

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• The Federal Reserve needs to pay more attention to the US deficit, Larry Summers said.
• He also told Bloomberg TV that the chances of a soft landing are 1-in-3.
• "People need to be very careful about declaring victory — to be very careful about some assets, particularly in the stock market."

The expansion of the US deficit needs to be a factored in by the Federal

A lab-made antibody could one day make organ transplants less of an ordeal, recent research suggests. In experiments with nonhuman primates, the antibody appeared to be safe and effective at preventing the rejection of transplanted kidneys and pancreatic cells. Scientists hope that this treatment could reduce or even…

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