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Meta is removing Facebook’s dedicated news tab in some European countries starting in early December, the company announced on Tuesday. The social giant claims users do not visit the platform for news and political content and claims the change will affect a limited number of users.

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• China's economy risks falling into a vicious cycle of debt and deflation, said economist Shang-Jin Wei.
• To avoid that, the central bank could launch an aggressive bond-buying campaign, he wrote in Project Syndicate.
• While that could also weaken the value of the yuan, "it is a price worth paying," Wei added.

China's economy risks

• United Airlines has issued a nationwide ground stop, the company confirmed with Insider. 
• All United flights are being held at their departure airports due to a "systemwide technology issue." 
• The airline is currently investigating the issue, a spokesperson for the

There’s a Barbie blowout celebration planned for all of September, so get your Barbies and Kens together—and all their outfits, of course—for encore fun.

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• Vladimir Putin apparently couldn't believe how fit Biden was in 2021, per a new book.
• In The Last Politician, Franklin Foer wrote about how the Russian president couldn't believe his eyes.
• Apparently, Putin had taken it to heart that Biden was a feeble man before their 2021 summit.

Russian President

Microsoft is set to launch its abusive-voice reporting feature for Xbox consoles. Announced in July, it lets gamers submit inappropriate remarks heard while playing multiplayer titles. The system captures a 60-second clip saved to the console; you then have 24 hours to complete the report. The feature arrives this week in the September update for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One. However, it’s

• Brett Alder moved to Austin, Texas, for work and regrets the choice. 
• He says there are negatives like pricey utilities, oppressive heat, and a lack of public space.
• Alder also says that Austinites are rude. 

A lot of people, including myself, move from California to Austin because of the hype and the perception that California and Austin are reasonably comparable in

On the heels of the Labor Day weekend, United Airlines briefly issued a nationwide ground stop order, citing a “systemwide technology issue.” The order was lifted around 10 minutes later.

“We are experiencing a systemwide technology issue and are holding all aircraft at their departure airports. Flights that are already airborne are

The critically-acclaimed cat-based adventure gameStray is getting an actual animated movie. Even cooler? The title's original publisher Annapurna is making the flick, after it scored a surprise hit on Netflix with its first animated feature Nimona. The creative team is still under wraps, but Annapurna Animation head Robert Baird told Entertainment Weekly that the film is in active development and

• OAN settled a defamation lawsuit brought by former Dominion executive Eric Coomer.
• The network falsely claimed Coomer participated in an "Antifa conference call" to rig the election.
• Coomer's lawsuit is distinct from Dominion's defamation lawsuits.

The far-right media organization

You might have faced an unexpected but perhaps brief delay if you were catching a United Airlines flight today. The company issued a nationwide ground stop because of a "computer issue," as ABC News first reported. "United Airlines asked the FAA to pause the airline’s departures nationwide," the Federal Aviation Administration told Engadget. At 1:45PM ET, however, United lifted the ground stop and