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Americans have taken on record levels of credit card debt at a time when rising interest rates make such debt more expensive. The combination of excessive



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Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah.
  • Sen. Mitt Romney announced that he's retiring from the Senate at the end of his term.
  • In October, he'll release a book detailing how some of his fellow Republicans feel about Trump.
  • The development has concerned his GOP colleagues, according to The New York Times.

Sen. Mitt Romney's disdain for former President Donald Trump's brand of politics


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A screenshot of Baldur’s Gate 3.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is finally about to leave early access on Mac. Developer Larian Studios said Wednesday on X (formerly Twitter) that the game’s third major patch would be arriving on September 21st “with full support for BG3 on Mac.”

Baldur’s Gate 3 is technically already available on Mac, but currently, it’s only the early access version that doesn’t



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  • Federal funding for childcare is set to run out at the end of September.
  • President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan injected billions of dollars into stabilizing childcare.
  • Some lawmakers are trying to keep the industry funded and prevent a looming cliff. 

Childcare could become more expensive and even harder to find in a few weeks, but some Democratic lawmakers are trying to avert that looming


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Bethesda has updated Starfield with bug fixes while promising new features are on the way. The developer says features in the pipeline include native DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) support, an HDR calibration menu, a field of view slider and more.

Today’s update to version 1.7.29 is limited to stability fixes. Bethesda says it specifically targets Xbox Series X/S glitches and adds various



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North Korea launches new tactical nuclear attack submarine, according to KCNA.
North Korea launches new tactical nuclear attack submarine, according to KCNA.
  • North Korea recently unveiled a heavily reworked Cold War-era submarine with new missile capabilities.
  • Pictures show the new modifications. The sub looks a little shoddy, and it may not be fully operational.
  • But even if it's based on the inferior Romeo subs, the new boat is still a threat and a bargaining



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QR codes can be very useful, especially when it comes to getting to a webpage quickly and easily. (For example, I’m always resorting to the QR codes at NYC bus stops to find out that I just missed the bus two minutes ago and the next one is due in about 20 minutes.) If you want to guide somebody quickly to your website or to a



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Spotify has launched a new tool called Showcase that will let artists pay to promote their music to listeners on the platform’s Home feed. Artists can select a song or an entire album to appear as a mobile banner, which can be set to target a specific type of listener from 30 markets at launch. The banners will note that a recommendation has been