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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 1, #1473

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle is kind of a funny word. It's not unknown, but I just never guess these letters, and it took me a while to solve. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read o

The Nintendo Switch 2 will be available in-store at Best Buy on July 1st

Finding a Nintendo Switch 2 hasn’t been easy since its launch on June 5th, with sporadic availability over the past few weeks at various retailers. Luckily, if you’ve missed chances to pick one up, Best Buy will have more stock at its retail stores across the US starting tomorrow, July 1st. The Verge has reached out to Best Buy as to whether locations will primarily stock the standalone system ($449.99), the console bundle $499.99) that comes with Mario Kart World , or both. We’ll update this po

9to5Mac Daily: June 30, 2025 – Future iOS 26 features, MacBook rumors

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Bitwarden: Check out Bitwarden Password Manager, featuring a new Apple Watch authenticator integration, secure autofill on Safari and iOS apps, and enterprise-grade security tools that help you manage credentials with confidence. New episodes of 9to5Mac D

Apple may power Siri with Anthropic or OpenAI models amid AI struggles

The company has failed to ship the more capable version of its voice assistant it demoed in 2024. Apple is considering using AI models from OpenAI or Anthropic to deliver the more capable version of Siri it debuted at WWDC 2024, Bloomberg reports. The company has promised it could deliver a new version of its voice assistant that understands personal context and takes action inside of apps since last year, but officially delayed the updated Siri in March 2025. As part of this proposed new plan

The New Skill in AI Is Not Prompting, It's Context Engineering

June 30, 2025 5 minute read Context Engineering is new term gaining traction in the AI world. The conversation is shifting from "prompt engineering" to a broader, more powerful concept: Context Engineering. Tobi Lutke describes it as "the art of providing all the context for the task to be plausibly solvable by the LLM.” and he is right. With the rise of Agents it becomes more important what information we load into the “limited working memory”. We are seeing that the main thing that determine

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 1, #281

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. O Canada! Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle pays tribute to the Great White North. So grab your poutine and a Nanaimo bar and read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the g

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 1, #751

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle could be tricky. The purple category requires you to really think about how four words fit with another word that's not in the puzzle. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for W

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 1, #485

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle could be tricky, depending on your knowledge of carnival-style rides. And the spangram is stupendously long. But it makes a fun shape that's related to the topic. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands i

'Buy Now, Pay Later' Plans Will Start to Impact Your Credit Score Later This Year. Here's How

CNET/Getty Images You can use "Buy Now, Pay Later" for just about everything now, from Costco purchases to DoorDash (although that doesn't mean you should). About 86.5 million people used BNPL in 2024, according to Capital One's research. But the one thing BNPL couldn't do was improve your credit. Although some of Affirm's plans do report to Experian and TransUnion, most BNPL services don't report on-time payments to credit bureaus. However, that could change later this year. FICO, one of the

The Original LZEXE (A.K.A. Kosinski) Compressor Source Code Has Been Released

Last year, I discovered that the Kosinski compression format is actually LZEXE, which was used for compressing DOS executables back in the 90s and the late 80s. Its developer catalogues three versions on his website: v0.90, v0.91, and v0.91e. While only binaries of v0.91 and v0.91e can be found on the website, v0.90 can be found mirrored on various other websites. I got in touch with LZEXE’s developer, Fabrice Bellard, and he was able to release LZEXE’s source code, untouched since 1990! It i

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There are no new ideas in AI only new datasets

Most people know that AI has made unbelievable progress over the last fifteen years– especially in the last five. It might feel like that progress is *inevitable* – although large paradigm-shift-level breakthroughs are uncommon, we march on anyway through a stream of slow & steady progress. In fact, some researchers have recently declared a “Moore’s Law for AI” where the computer’s ability to do certain things (in this case, certain types of coding tasks) increases exponentially with time: the

Apple might ditch internal AI efforts for Siri revamp, use OpenAI or Anthropic instead

Apple is in talks with Anthropic and OpenAI to power the revamped version of Siri, potentially sidelining its own in-house AI models in the process. Here are the details. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has asked both OpenAI and Anthropic to train customized versions of their large language models that could run on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute infrastructure. Rather than relying on third-party cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, these models would live on servers powered by Apple s

Scribble-based forecasting and AI 2027

AI 2027 forecasts that AGI could plausibly arrive as early as 2027. I recently spent some time looking at both the timelines forecast and some critiques [1, 2, 3]. Initially, I was interested in technical issues. What’s the best super-exponential curve? How much probability should it have? But I found myself drawn to a more basic question. Namely, how much value is the math really contributing? This provides an excuse for a general rant. Say you want to forecast something. It could be when you

I write type-safe generic data structures in C

June 25, 2025・7 minute read I write type safe generic data structures in C using a technique that I haven’t seen elsewhere. It uses unions to associate type information with a generic data structure, but we’ll get to that. My approach works for any type of data structure: maps, arrays, binary trees… but for this article I illustrate the ideas by implementing a basic linked list. Since many people aren’t aware you can do C generics at all, I figured I’d start simple and build up to this: typede

Topics: data foo list node type

Robinhood gives out tokens of OpenAI and SpaceX in Europe. Stock hits record

CANNES — Robinhood stock climbed 10% to an all-time high Monday after the company rolled out tokenized shares of OpenAI and SpaceX to users in Europe as part of a larger crypto rollout. It is the company's first move to make private equity accessible via blockchain. The announcement, which came Monday during the company's product showcase in Cannes, is part of a broader push to expand Robinhood's crypto footprint globally. The tokenized assets will be available exclusively through Robinhood's

The Pixel 10 Pro XL may boast the largest battery in Pixel history

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak suggests that the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL may offer few changes compared to last year’s models. The devices will reportedly feature the new Tensor G5 chipset, 16GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage. Although the camera hardware is expected to remain the same as last year’s models, the devices will bring some improvements on the battery and charging front. While we’re still weeks away from the rumored Pixel 10 series launch event, we alr

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Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) briefed Capitol Hill staff recently on hardening the security of their mobile devices, after a contacts list stolen from the personal phone of the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was reportedly used to fuel a series of text messages and phone calls impersonating her to U.S. lawmakers. But in a letter this week to the FBI, one of the Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers says the feds aren’t doing enough to recommend more appropriate secur

Helix: A Modern, High-Performance Language

Helix: A Modern, High-Performance Language. Key Goals of Helix: High-performance: The language is designed to be as fast as C, with modern features and a more expressive syntax. Safety: Focused on safe memory management without sacrificing developer productivity and freedom. Borrow Checker: Implements a Advanced Memory Tracking system for memory safety, while being far less strict than other languages. Robustness: Provides tools and features that ensure code stability and reduce runtime err

I Write Type Safe Generic Data Structures in C

June 25, 2025・7 minute read I write type safe generic data structures in C using a technique that I haven’t seen elsewhere. It involves unions and typeof , but we’ll get to that. My approach works for any type of data structure: maps, arrays, binary trees… but for this article I illustrate the ideas by implementing a basic linked list. Since many people aren’t aware you can do C generics at all, I figured I’d start simple and build up to this: typedef struct { int value ; } Foo ; List ( int )

Topics: data foo list node type

There Are No New Ideas in AI Only New Datasets

Most people know that AI has made unbelievable progress over the last fifteen years– especially in the last five. It might feel like that progress is *inevitable* – although large paradigm-shift-level breakthroughs are uncommon, we march on anyway through a stream of slow & steady progress. In fact, some researchers have recently declared a “Moore’s Law for AI” where the computer’s ability to do certain things (in this case, certain types of coding tasks) increases exponentially with time: the

Make Sure to Stay on Top of These 6 Blood Tests When Monitoring Your Health

Having your blood drawn might not be much fun, but regular diagnostic tests of your blood can detect diseases early for treatment and give your doctor and medical providers critical information about how well your body is functioning. The proper frequency of these blood tests depends on your age and personal health status -- the most important thing is to ask your doctor which tests you need and when you need them. With all the different types of blood tests out there, it's good to go into you

Anker Recalls More Power Banks for Fire, Explosion Risk: How to Get a Free Replacement or Gift Card

Electronics company Anker expanded an official global recall of some of its Power Bank products, adding five more models to a recall of the Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks with the model number A1263 announced earlier in June. The recall was initiated following 19 reports of the portable chargers catching fire and exploding. Anker's products are made in China. In addition to the June recall of the A1263 and a previous October 2024 recall of the A1642 PowerCore 10000, new products recalled are

Cursor launches a web app to manage AI coding agents

The company behind Cursor, the viral AI coding editor, launched a web app on Monday that allows users to manage a network of coding agents directly from their browser. The launch marks Cursor’s next big step beyond its integrated development environment (IDE), the core product developers use to access its tools. While Anysphere, the company behind Cursor, initially offered only this AI-powered IDE, the company has made a concerted effort to put its products in more places, and develop more agen

Apple's USB-C AirPods Max are $69 off ahead of Prime Day

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Amazon's Prime Day is fast approaching and the early deals are coming through thick and fast. One that is perhaps worth your attention is a discount on Apple's USB-C AirPods Max. The headphones have dropped to $480 , which is a $69 discount. The deal is available for all AirPods Max co

PSA: Stop Using These Fire-Prone Anker Power Banks Right Now

Anker, one of the leading power bank manufacturers in the world, has issued yet another global recall for five more external chargers this month after discovering a fault that could lead to overheating and melting, presenting a potential fire risk. This is starting to sound like déjà vu. Just this month, Anker recalled 1.15 million units of a separate power bank due to an issue that could potentially set the battery alight. The company detected these issues after implementing new “enhanced qual

So you want to serialize some DER?

So you want to serialize some DER? (Editor’s Note: My day job is at Anthropic.) This story starts where all good stories start, with ASN.1. ASN.1 is… I guess you’d call it a meta-serialization format? It’s a syntax for describing data abstractly (a notation, you might say), and then there’s a bunch of different actual encodings that you can use to turn data into bytes. There’s only one encoding I choose to acknowledge, which is DER (the Distinguished Encoding Representation, it’s got a monocle

Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors

Microsoft has taken “a genuine step towards medical superintelligence,” says Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the company’s artificial intelligence arm. The tech giant says its powerful new AI tool can diagnose disease four times more accurately and at significantly less cost than a panel of human physicians. The experiment tested whether the tool could correctly diagnose a patient with an ailment, mimicking work typically done by a human doctor. The Microsoft team used 304 case studies sourced from t

Are software professionals truly an endangered species? It's complicated

islander11/Getty Images Industry eyebrows were raised recently at New York Federal Reserve Bank data showing software engineering graduates face higher unemployment rates than art history majors. The unemployment rates for computer engineering and computer science were 7.5% and 6.7% respectively. By contrast, the unemployment rates for art history and social services majors were 3% and 1.7% respectively. Also: The best AI for coding in 2025 (including a new winner - and what not to use) In a

Anker is recalling another five power banks over fire risks

Anker has issued its second product recall so far this month, warning customers that five additional power bank models should stop being used “immediately due to the risk of overheating, melting, smoke, or fire.” “While the likelihood of malfunction is considered minimal, out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to initiate a voluntary global recall of several Anker power bank models,” Anker announced. The concerns mirror those that Anker mentioned in its earlier recall of model A1263 Po