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Sports Duran double puts Celtic in command of Champions League play-offTechnology Why OpenAI is slowing down, and what it means for the AI raceCulture Harry and Meghan to move back to the UK after six years in CaliforniaBusiness US national debt tops $40 trillion for the first timeWorld Ecuador's intelligence chief and five Americans killed in Kenya safari helicopter crashSports LIV Golf Vows to Carry On as McIlroy Questions What Its Players Bring BackWorld How the Iran War Made Africa's Richest Man Even RicherTechnology OpenAI Pauses Frontier Training After Its AI Hacked Hugging FaceSports Duran double puts Celtic in command of Champions League play-offTechnology Why OpenAI is slowing down, and what it means for the AI raceCulture Harry and Meghan to move back to the UK after six years in CaliforniaBusiness US national debt tops $40 trillion for the first timeWorld Ecuador's intelligence chief and five Americans killed in Kenya safari helicopter crashSports LIV Golf Vows to Carry On as McIlroy Questions What Its Players Bring BackWorld How the Iran War Made Africa's Richest Man Even RicherTechnology OpenAI Pauses Frontier Training After Its AI Hacked Hugging Face

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Wednesday, 8/19, 10:24 PM

US national debt tops $40 trillion for the first time

  • The US government's total debt crossed $40 trillion this week, Treasury figures show, a milestone that arrived months sooner than forecast.
  • On the same day the news landed, the Treasury moved to calm bond markets by doubling its buybacks of long-dated debt.
People watching a World Cup match on a large screen
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Thousands of World Cup Piracy Domains Seized in Two Big Operations

  • Two coordinated crackdowns, one led by the US Justice Department and one across Latin America, seized or blocked thousands of illegal sports-streaming domains during the World Cup.
  • The specialist site TorrentFreak, which tracked both, notes some operators had already prepared fallback domains abroad.

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People playing Pokemon Go outdoors (file image)
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Pokemon Go at 10: Still Getting People Off the Sofa

  • A decade after it sent millions of people wandering city streets in search of virtual creatures, Pokemon Go is marking its 10th anniversary, with fans gathering in Times Square and beyond.
  • The 2016 craze has faded, but a devoted core, and a lucrative business, have kept the game alive through a change of ownership.

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