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• China's property sector has faced mounting stress in recent years, with developers struggling to service their enormous debt.
• Investor anxiety about the property crisis has fueled a rout in Chinese developers' dollar bonds, which have lost 87% of their value, according to Debtwire.
• As many as 53 Chinese developers have collapsed in recent years.

China's economy is facing many

Wi-Fi-connected kitchen appliances have struggled to prove their worth, but Samsung’s not entirely new app could help realize the potential of connected cooking.

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• US stocks traded mixed on Thursday and ended August in the red.
• The S&P 500 closed off the month 1% lower, while the Dow and Nasdaq shed 2%.
• Investors are eyeing the release of Friday's job report, which will inform the Fed's next policy move.

US stocks traded mixed on Thursday, snapping a four-day winning streak and ending the month of August with a loss.

Major indexes

New York’s subway pass system has turned off a feature that could enable others to track your travels if they have access to your bank card number. In a statement to The Verge, Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson Eugene Resnick says the agency “disabled the feature” as part of its “ongoing commitment to customer

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced today that it’s disabling the “feature” on its website that made it possible to track people’s movements by entering their credit card info. The MTA says it’s turning off the seven-day history feature for OMNY as part of its commitment to privacy.

“This feature was meant to help our customers who want access to their tap-and-go

• A high percentage of Germany's wild boars are radioactive while other animals in the region are not.
• Scientists have a surprising theory about what makes them so radioactive.
• A new study found that fallout from nuclear weapons and Chernobyl

Google just made it easier to grab high-quality still images from videos — and it works in a bunch of browsers. In a post on Google’s Keyword blog aimed at students, the company announced a new feature built into

It brings me no joy to say this, but I can’t play Baldur’s Gate 3 for the foreseeable future. Is it because my plate of games is full and will remain so for the next eight years? That’s true, but it’s not the reason. Or is it because the game has taken over my life such that I ignore my personal and professional responsibilities? Also true — but still

Nintendo has just announced the latest Switch special edition, one that’s steeped in nostalgia. The new colorway has been dubbed the Mario Red Edition and pays tribute to one of Nintendo's most popular video game characters. The system will feature a console, dock and Joy-Con controllers all in Mario’s iconic red. On the back of the dock, there's a tiny silhouette of Mario as he leaps into action

The Webb Space Telescope recently imaged Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), one of the brightest supernovae in the night sky and the nearest observed in centuries, according to NASA.

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• On his 2022 financial disclosure form, Justice Clarence Thomas noted that GOP megadonor Harlan Crow had paid for his travel expenses on multiple occasions.
• Thomas is the longest-serving and oldest justice on the Supreme Court.
• His vote helped overturn Roe v. Wade, suggesting the same should be done for same-sex marriage and

In an unprecedented decision, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee announced on Thursday that he will allow not only a press pool, cameras and laptops to be present in the courtroom during the election interference trial of former President Donald Trump, but that the entire proceedings will be livestreamed on YouTube as well. That stream will be operated by the court.

Trump and 18 co-defendants are