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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the Super Bowl.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the Super Bowl.
  • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged after two years of dating.
  • Swift and Kelce announced the news with photos of the proposal on Instagram.
  • "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," the caption reads.

Baby, she just said yes: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged after dating for two years.

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Almost a year out from his viral essay, Paul Graham reflected on the difference between going "founder mode" and micromanaging.
  • Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham reflected on "founder mode" almost a year after coining the leadership term.
  • "Founder mode" means staying in the details even as your company grows, and never becoming a "professional manager."
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Each handheld pocket features adequate room on the sides, and a layer of padding covering the screen area.
Each handheld pocket features adequate room on the sides, and a layer of padding covering the screen area.

Embracer Group-owned CRKD recently launched a backpack, the $99.99 Vortex 1.0. During a recent vacation, I swapped it in place of my go-to for the past eight or so years, the 20-liter Peak Design Everyday backpack, which CRKD has thoroughly cribbed the look of. However, the Vortex has



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Younger generations' slang is changing rapidly thanks to social media.
  • Gen Z slang, powered by the internet, changes quickly.
  • Some popular slang terms in 2025 originated in Black, LGBTQ+, and gamer communities.
  • "Crashing out" and "locking in" are some of the most popular slang terms this year.

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry hold hands and walk through a tunnel.
Meghan launched American Riviera Orchard in 2024.
  • Meghan Markle said on her Netflix show that her family's last name is Sussex.
  • Some British royals use Mountbatten-Windsor as a last name, but Prince Harry never has.
  • The change to Sussex aligns with decadeslong royal traditions.

Meghan Markle isn't Meghan Markle anymore.

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Raheel Khawaja runs Pebble Ridge Capital Group.
  • Raheel Khawaja was laid off from Microsoft in 2023.
  • He had already started investing and building up alternative income streams before he was let go.
  • Instead of returning to corporate, Khawaja focused on his ventures. He feels better off for it.

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A Russian Su-34 bomber drops a glide bomb to strike Ukrainian positions in August 2024.
A Russian Su-34 bomber drops a glide bomb to strike Ukrainian positions in August 2024.
  • NATO and Ukraine are developing low-cost defenses for Russia's most challenging threats.
  • The defenses are in various stages of testing, several officials involved in the projects said.
  • But the challenge is to develop and field the defenses quickly before they're

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It's been only a, *checks watch*, casual 15 years since the last Skate game came out. Now, we finally have an early access release date for skate. (styled lowercase, with a period): September 16, 2025. The early access version is free and heading to PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store and the EA app.

Today's announcement gave us not only the date, but



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Donald Trump speaks at the White House, August 2025
Donald Trump says he wants to do more deals like the one he just did with Intel, where the U.S. took a 10% stake in the chip-maker.
  • The US is now the proud owner of 10% of Intel.
  • Donald Trump probably won't stop there.
  • You could make a national security argument for the Intel deal. But this looks like Trump doing something because he can.

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Dish's parent company, EchoStar, is selling a broad swath of its 5G spectrum licenses to AT&T for $23 billion. Under the deal, the Dish-owned Boost Mobile will primarily operate using AT&T's growing network - a move that marks "the end of the road for the fourth carrier," says Roger Entner, founder and lead analyst at Recon Analytics.

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