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Social Security COLA 2026: When will the increase be announced? How the government shutdown could impact plans

Social Security COLA 2026: When will the increase be announced? How the government shutdown could impact plans

Social Security recipients typically learn the next year’s cost of living adjustment, or COLA, in mid-October. The ongoing government shutdown could delay that announcement, however. There are two scenarios facing Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. The first is the government reopens soon and the COLA is announced on Oct. 15. The other is that the shutdown continues and …

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Pixel 10 series can barely handle Genshin Impact anymore

Pixel 10 series can barely handle Genshin Impact anymore

Google’s Pixel 10 series just effectively lost access to the popular game Genshin Impact, as a loss of support for Tensor G5’s GPU has led to the game being largely unplayable on the new phones. Update 10/7: Google, in a statement to 9to5Google, says that Genshin Impact has in fact not removed GPU support for the Pixel 10, and that …

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Rain could impact Seattle Mariners’ ALDS Game 3 in Detroit – Seattle Sports

Rain could impact Seattle Mariners’ ALDS Game 3 in Detroit  Seattle Sports Mariners-Tigers ALDS Game 3 lineups, FAQ (Tues., 4 p.m. ET, FS1)  MLB.com Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners, ALDS Game 3 ticket price and guide  Detroit Free Press Tigers finally return home, where they haven’t won in more than a month  The Detroit News Playoff baseball is returning to Detroit, get your Tigers …

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Trump’s use of Guard may have lasting impact on cities and troops – The Washington Post

Trump’s use of Guard may have lasting impact on cities and troops  The Washington Post Live updates: National Guard deployments and Trump administration lawsuits  CNN Blue states fight back against Trump’s National Guard moves: From the Politics Desk  NBC News National Guard troops in limbo as Trump battles courts over Chicago, Portland deployments  USA Today MAGA calls for Trump to overrule judges on National …

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Ben Stiller Discusses The Impact Of Separation On Family

Ben Stiller Discusses The Impact Of Separation On Family

Ben Stiller is opening up about an incredibly vulnerable time in his life. The “Severance” director talks about his 2017 separation from his wife, Christine Taylor, in a new documentary he made about his late parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Stiller says in the documentary, “Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost,” that because of how connected his actor parents’ …

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Pixel 10 series can barely handle Genshin Impact anymore

Pixel 10 series can barely handle Genshin Impact anymore

Google’s Pixel 10 series just effectively lost access to the popular game Genshin Impact, as a loss of support for Tensor G5’s GPU has led to the game being largely unplayable on the new phones. Genshin Impact is a hugely popular mobile game, but also a very demanding one in terms of its graphics. The game has over 100 million …

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New Yale Study Finds AI Has Had Essentially Zero Impact on Jobs

New Yale Study Finds AI Has Had Essentially Zero Impact on Jobs

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT was introduced in November 2022, experts and executives have been predicting that it and other AI models will eliminate untold jobs — forecasts that seem, at a first glance, to have been borne out by the plethora of tech sector layoffs in the wake of its debut. …

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EA’s takeover, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, and “vanity mega projects”: Human Rights Watch assesses the impact of gaming’s latest controversy

EA’s takeover, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, and “vanity mega projects”: Human Rights Watch assesses the impact of gaming’s latest controversy

Earlier this week, history was made in both the world of video games and private equity. The trio of Affinity Partners, Silver Lake, and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund announced a plan to take EA private for $55bn. This leveraged buyout would be the largest in history and, if approved, will mean the industry giant would be a private company …

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How the US government shutdown can impact travel

How the US government shutdown can impact travel

Museums The Smithsonian Institution, which includes 21 museums and the National Zoo in and around Washington DC, will remain open until at least 6 October 2025, according to a notice on its website. The Smithsonian receives 62% of funding from the federal government and admission to its museums is free, but officials have not said what will happen if the …

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