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Government Shutdown Panic: Stocks Tumble, Jobs Data Vanish & Millions Brace for Impact

Is the U.S. Government Shutdown Over? Status Update for Today, November 15, 2025

Updated: November 15, 2025 As of today, Saturday, November 15, 2025, the U.S. federal government shutdown is over. Federal agencies are in the process of fully reopening, and hundreds of thousands of federal employees are back at work, although some services and payments are still catching up. Below is a detailed look at the current status of the shutdown, what changed this week, and what’s happening on November 15, 2025. Quick answer: Is there a government shutdown today (15.11.2025)? No. There is no active federal government shutdown today. Here’s what happened: Since Thursday, November 13, federal workers have been returning
15 November 2025
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Government Shutdown Triggers 8,800+ Sunday Flight Disruptions: FAA Orders Up To 10% Cuts At 40 Major Airports (Nov. 9, 2025)

Government Shutdown Triggers 8,800+ Sunday Flight Disruptions: FAA Orders Up To 10% Cuts At 40 Major Airports (Nov. 9, 2025)

Airline cancellations and delays surged again Sunday as the federal funding lapse squeezes air-traffic staffing and forces nationwide capacity reductions. Date: Sunday, November 9, 2025 Key takeaways What’s happening today Flight operations across the U.S. were snarled again Sunday as the government shutdown strained air‑traffic control staffing and triggered mandatory, rolling schedule reductions. FlightAware’s live dashboard showed 1,975 cancellations and 6,875 delays affecting flights within, into or out of the U.S., totaling about 8,850 disruptions by mid‑afternoon. FlightAware The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began a phased cut to flight activity Friday—4% initially, rising to 6% on Tuesday and 10% by
9 November 2025
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Apple’s July 2025 Bombshells: Foldable iPhone, AI Secrets, Encryption Showdown & More

Apple Quietly Cuts Trade‑In Values Across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch (Nov. 7, 2025)

Updated: November 7, 2025 (7.11.2025). Apple has reduced maximum U.S. trade‑in credits across most product lines, with cuts that in many cases range from ~15% to 25%, just as holiday shopping kicks off. PhoneArena+1 Why it matters Apple’s in‑house trade‑in credits help many shoppers offset the cost of upgrades. With the latest adjustments, you’ll likely pay more out of pocket compared to last month—especially if you were planning to trade an older iPhone or desktop Mac. The timing (right before Black Friday) further raises the stakes for anyone trying to time an upgrade. Digital Trends Key changes at a glance
8 November 2025
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IT Crash at Alaska Airlines: All Flights Grounded, Hundreds Canceled

IT Crash at Alaska Airlines: All Flights Grounded, Hundreds Canceled

Outage Timeline and Airline Response On Thursday afternoon (Oct. 23), Alaska Airlines reported a “significant IT outage” at its Seattle-area data center news.alaskaair.com. Soon after 3:30 pm Pacific, the airline imposed a system-wide ground stop on all Alaska and Horizon flights news.alaskaair.com. (Hawaiian Airlines flights were not halted.) By 11:30 pm PT the carrier announced the ground stop was lifted and flights were resuming news.alaskaair.com. In a midnight Pacific statement, Alaska said it was “working to get our operations back on track as quickly and safely as possible” news.alaskaair.com. Alaska urged passengers to check flight status before going to airports and noted it
24 October 2025
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Power Bill Bombshell: Synergy’s $40 Million Overcharge Scandal Shakes WA Customers

Power Bill Bombshell: Synergy’s $40 Million Overcharge Scandal Shakes WA Customers

Synergy’s $40 Million Billing Blunder – What Happened? Synergy, WA’s largest electricity retailer, has been caught overcharging customers by a staggering $40 million over 16 years abc.net.au. The revelation, made public on 10 October 2025, sent shockwaves through Western Australia. It turns out that nearly 174,000 customers who had closed their electricity accounts continued to unknowingly send payments to Synergy – payments the company accepted into those closed accounts instead of returning them abc.net.au. This went on from 2009 until now, unnoticed as a systemic issue. Synergy’s CEO Kurt Baker explained the root cause: a flaw in the billing system allowed automatic or mistaken payments to closed accounts to slip through abc.net.au.
10 October 2025
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Sam’s Club Shocker: Warehouse Giant Extends Sunday Hours – Members Thrilled as Shopping Windows Expand

Sam’s Club Shocker: Warehouse Giant Extends Sunday Hours – Members Thrilled as Shopping Windows Expand

Why the Change Now Sam’s Club says members “overwhelmingly” asked for longer weekend hours economictimes.indiatimes.com. In practice, extending Sunday hours helps spread out crowds and gives big-shopping members more flexibility. Plus members keep their 8–9 am head start, preserving that perk for a higher fee tier economictimes.indiatimes.com. The move also simplifies scheduling: most clubs will now run 8 am–8 pm every day (except a few local exceptions) economictimes.indiatimes.com. Walmart spokesman Steven Zapata confirmed to reporters that customer feedback prompted this shift economictimes.indiatimes.com. Analysts see this as a savvy member-driven strategy. A TechSpace2 analysis notes warehouse clubs are gaining share amid retail headwinds, with
10 October 2025
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Lithium Americas (LAC) Soars as US Govt Takes 5% Stake – Analysts Weigh In on EV Lithium Boom

Lithium Americas (LAC) Soars on U.S. ‘White Gold’ Stake – Latest News, Stock Rally & Expert Outlook

Latest News & Recent Developments (October 2025) U.S. Government Takes a Stake: The headline news propelling Lithium Americas in early October 2025 is the U.S. Department of Energy’s decision to take equity stakes in the company and its flagship project. On Oct 1, LAC announced a non-binding deal in principle with the DOE and GM to draw an initial $435 million from a previously approved federal loan lithiumamericas.com lithiumamericas.com. In return, the DOE will receive warrants for 5% of Lithium Americas’ common shares (exercisable at $0.01) and a 5% non-voting interest in the Thacker Pass JV on similar terms lithiumamericas.com. This effectively
6 October 2025
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Capital One Savers Cheated Out of Billions – $425M Settlement Payout Deadline Fast Approaching

Deadline Looms: Capital One’s $425 Million Settlement Could Put Cash Back in Your Pocket—Here’s What You Need to Know

In‑depth report In January 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accused Capital One of luring savers with promises of “high interest” returns on its 360 Savings account while quietly freezing that rate at 0.3%. The bureau said the bank simultaneously rolled out a 360 Performance Savings account with the same terms and conditions but far better returns—up to 4.3% during the Federal Reserve’s rapid rate hikes eu.usatoday.com. According to the CFPB, Capital One did not notify existing customers about the higher‑earning product and kept them in the dark about the rate differential masslive.com. The bureau’s director, Rohit Chopra, alleged that the practice “cheated families out of billions
2 October 2025
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rockets 28 More Starlink Satellites – Ties Monthly Launch Record

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rockets 28 More Starlink Satellites – Ties Monthly Launch Record

Falcon 9 Launch Details and Milestones On Sept. 28, SpaceX executed a textbook launch from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4E. The Falcon 9 booster B1063, standing vertically on the pad, ignited and soared away at 7:04 p.m. PDT spaceflightnow.com. After clearing the pad, it flew on a south-easterly trajectory toward orbit. About 8½ minutes later the first stage used its grid fins and engines to steer back to Earth, touching down cleanly on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean spaceflightnow.com thenews.com.pk. The second stage continued upwards and deployed the 28 Starlink satellites roughly an
29 September 2025
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Apple’s Siri Gets ChatGPT-Like Brain – But You Won’t Get to Use It

Apple’s Siri Gets ChatGPT-Like Brain – But You Won’t Get to Use It

Apple’s new testing app Veritas represents a big step in Apple’s AI push macrumors.com appleinsider.com. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the app “essentially takes the still-in-progress technology from the new Siri and puts it in a form employees can test out more efficiently” au.investing.com appleinsider.com. Internally, Veritas is run on engineers’ iPhones to try features that Siri will eventually have. In practice it “behaves more like a chatbot,” says AppleInsider, referencing past chats and enabling longer back-and-forth conversations appleinsider.com. This lets Apple’s AI team rapidly prototype capabilities without constantly reworking Siri’s voice interface. What kind of new skills is Apple
28 September 2025
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Camera World Explodes: 48-Hour Blitz of New Cameras, Lenses, and Shocking Industry Moves (Sept 9–10, 2025)

Camera World Explodes: 48-Hour Blitz of New Cameras, Lenses, and Shocking Industry Moves (Sept 9–10, 2025)

Major Camera Announcements and Releases Nikon Enters Cinema: ZR Launch with RED DNA Nikon stole headlines by unveiling the Nikon ZR, its first-ever digital cinema camera, on September 10. Nikon teamed up with RED Digital Cinema to infuse the ZR with true Hollywood DNA – even co-branding it with RED’s logo. The ZR packs a 24.5MP full-frame sensor (apparently the same sensor as the Nikon Z6III) but repurposed for video, minus any mechanical shutter. It can record up to 6K/60p internally and introduces a new “R3D NE” RAW codec based on RED’s Redcode RAW format. This means ZR users can
10 September 2025
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Crypto Turmoil and Triumph: Ether’s Plunge, Trump’s $105M Token Bet & Stripe’s New Blockchain (Sep 5–6, 2025)

Crypto Turmoil and Triumph: Ether’s Plunge, Trump’s $105M Token Bet & Stripe’s New Blockchain (Sep 5–6, 2025)

Key Facts Market Whiplash Amid Fed Hopes and Fears Cryptocurrency prices saw sudden whiplash on Friday (Sep. 5) as macroeconomic news rattled traders. Early in the day, markets rallied on a soft U.S. jobs report – only 22,000 jobs added in August – which cemented bets that the Federal Reserve would finally cut interest rates coindesk.com. But euphoria was short-lived. Following the U.S. stock market open, crypto reversed course violently, led by a sharp plunge in Ethereum. Ether (ETH) collapsed nearly 4% within minutes, falling below a key bull-trend support coindesk.com. Bitcoin proved slightly more resilient, dipping about 2.5% to
6 September 2025
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