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• Because of the pause on student-loan repayments, I saved a lot of money for a down payment.
• But now that they're starting again, I can no longer save for a home.
• I have to make a lot of tough decisions now, and I'm putting my dreams on hold.

In March 2020, my student-loan worries disappeared practically overnight.

For years, my $35,000 debt hung over my head. Every

Dennis Austin, who co-created PowerPoint, passed away at his home in Los Altos, California, on September 1st, reports The Washington Post. His son, Michael Austin, said he’d had lung cancer that had

• Elon Musk's biographer clarified a key detail from his upcoming book on the SpaceX CEO. 
• It had said that Musk thwarted a Ukrainian offensive by turning off Starlink coverage near Crimea.
• His biographer clarified that "Ukrainians THOUGHT coverage was enabled all the way to Crimea, but it was not."

Elon Musk's biographer clarified a key detail about how the SpaceX

• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a celebration for a new 'nuclear attack' submarine on Friday.
• He watched the event and gave an address while wearing a cream suit, sun hat, and huge smile.
• Experts say the submarine will need to undergo

• Palmer Luckey told Breaking Defense the ChatGPT hype is making politicians interested in AI weapons.
• Luckey said people on Capitol Hill and the Pentagon had a "come-to-Jesus moment" on AI capabilities. 
• Luckey, who founded defense tech startup Anduril, said he's happy to leverage the interest. 

The buzz around AI-powered chatbots like

• At the G20 summit, officials expressed a desire for a "just and durable peace" in Ukraine.
• But a statement on the war was ultimately watered down at Russia's request.
• The Kremlin is no longer described as waging a war "against" Ukraine.

Ukraine is not

• High mortgage rates and short supply of housing are just part of the pricing story, according to Barclays.
• Strong demand among older Americans is keeping prices high, with analysts saying "Blame the Boomers."
• That's as older age groups tend to spur more household formation, adding pressure on the market.

There's a paradox in the housing market that explains what

• Erlend Bore needed to get more exercise, so he bought a metal detector and started walking more. 
• He found what he thought were chocolate coins, but they were gold jewelry from about 500 AD.
• Bore's discovery has been dubbed the "find of the century," but he can't keep the treasure.

A Norwegian man who was just trying to

Throughout the Hollywood strikes happening this summer, the WGA has been frank in giving updates on its attempted negotiations with studios and the AMPTP. Said talks haven’t really gone well on account of the AMPTP reportedly not operating in good faith or only wanting to meet some (but not all) of the WGA’s demands.…

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