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2026-08-21

Treasury secretary claims U.S. budget deficit has peaked as debt tops $40 trillion

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made the claim a day after the U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion for the first time [...]

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2026-08-21

Airbus is backing down on its push to get workers back in the office after union strikes

The planemaker will allow staff to maintain existing two-days-a-week remote work arrangements after on-off strikes at its Spanish facilities [...]

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2026-08-21

Nvidia is in talks to invest in clean-energy data center power developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure

The chip maker has been building a stake in the data center ecosystem, recently taking equity in SoftBank's SB Energy and investing $2 billion in Lancium [...]

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2026-08-21

New York is overtaking San Francisco as the top market for tech workers, driven by AI hiring

New York City's 394,300 tech talent jobs edged out the San Francisco Bay Area's 375,730, the first time NY has led in 13 years of CBRE analysis [...]

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2026-08-21

Hyundai Motor workers staged their first full strike in 10 years over wages and AI job fears

About 40,000 union members walked off the job Friday, halting production at plants in Ulsan, Asan, and Jeonju [...]

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2026-08-21

Pixel Watch 5 review: A fantastic watch that's missing features at launch

Our thoughts on Google's new smartwatch as it currently stands. [...]

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2026-08-21

7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, and more this weekend (August 21)

From Outer Banks' final season to Anne Hathaway's recent A24 film, here's what you'll want to be seated for this weekend. [...]

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2026-08-21

Proton VPN on Linux gets a huge accessibility boost with 20 new languages

Proton VPN’s Linux application is about to get a lot more accessible, as the privacy provider announces automatic localization support for 20 different languages arriving in the next major update. [...]

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2026-08-21

This TeamGroup 16GB DDR5-6000 RAM kit drops to $215 in a memory market where prices have tripled since last year

We can't stop the memory price hikes, but this discount on TeamGroup's 16GB DDR5-6000 with CL38 timings helps save a few dollars in the RAMpocalypse. [...]