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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 14, #468

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-24 14:04:00

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 honors Flag Day. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET's NYT puzzle hints page. Hint for

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New details emerge on Meta’s $14.3B deal for Scale

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-09-24 14:35:56

In Brief Meta’s deal to partially acquire the AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual. What Scale officially announced is that the deal values the company at over $29 billion and that it will “distribute” proceeds to shareholders and vested equity holders (aka employees) granting them with “substantial liquidity” while allowing them to continue as shareholders. Meta is also hiring Scale’s famed founder CEO Alexandr Wang, who famously dropped out of MIT at age 19 to bui

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Oracle's stock closes out best week since 2001 on cloud momentum

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-09-24 18:08:43

Oracle CEO Safra Catz speaks at the FII PRIORITY Summit in Miami Beach, Florida, on Feb. 20, 2025. Oracle shares enjoyed their best week since 2001 as Wall Street cheered a strong earnings report and bullish comments on the company's prospects in cloud computing. The stock jumped about 24% for the week, with almost all the gains coming in the two trading days after the company's quarterly earnings release. The last time Oracle had a better week was in April 2001, in the midst of the dot-com cr

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Google Clock starts drip-feeding its big Material 3 Expressive makeover

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-24 18:57:58

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Google Clock v7.14 brings small but noticeable visual updates to the alarm and settings toggles. The refreshed toggle design is part of Google’s shift toward Material 3 Expressive. A full redesign is expected with version 8 of the Clock app. Google’s Clock app is still waiting on its big Material 3 Expressive makeover, but a more minor update is already starting to move the visuals in that direction. Version 7.14 of the app introduces some subtle UI tw

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It’s raining swag! You can redeem your Play Points for a new Android plushie and more

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-24 18:58:17

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Pixel 8 Pro in front of an Android plushie TL;DR New Google, YouTube, and Android-themed merch is available for Play Points members to spend their points on. The collection includes plushies, shirts, hats, and more. If you’re a Google Play Points member, then you can earn points for purchases of digital content, in-app items, and downloads from the Play Store. These points can be used in various ways, like discounts for in-app items, Play credit, and so on.

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iPhone XS now vintage, here’s what that means for repair and support

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-24 18:17:44

Apple has officially added the iPhone XS to its list of vintage products, marking the end of an era for one of the more iterative chapters in the iPhone’s history. Here’s what that means if you’re still rocking yours. Last November, Apple added the iPhone XS Max to its vintage list. And today, as noted by Macrumors’ Joe Rossignol, the device’s junior sibling has also officially joined the club. Apple classifies a device as “vintage” once five years have passed since it stopped being sold by of

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AirTag helps London couple recover stolen car after police refuse to act

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-24 18:55:08

A London couple was able to locate and reclaim their Jaguar E-Pace this week using Apple’s AirTag, after local police chose not to take immediate action, even with real-time location data in hand. As reported by BBC News, the £46,000 stolen vehicle was taken from outside the couple’s home in Brook Green, Hammersmith, on June 3. The car had an AirTag hidden inside, which allowed the owners to track its precise location to a nearby neighborhood in Chiswick. The couple contacted the Metropolitan

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Why ads are coming to your favorite AI bots and you've only got yourself to blame

zdnet.com Tiernan Ray 2025-09-24 16:05:00

Bloomberg Intelligence Most consumers don't want to pay to chat with a chatbot, according to a recent poll by Bloomberg Intelligence. That means advertising -- rather than subscription-based services -- will be the route to monetizing large language models. "The propensity to pay for generative-AI tools remains low," writes the author, Mandeep Singh, Bloomberg Intelligence senior industry analyst, with the help of Damian Reimertz, contributing analyst, in the report, "Generative AI's trillion-

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ChatGPT Tells Users to Alert the Media That It Is Trying to ‘Break’ People: Report

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-24 16:30:31

ChatGPT’s sycophancy, hallucinations, and authoritative-sounding responses are going to get people killed. That seems to be the inevitable conclusion presented in a recent New York Times report that follows the stories of several people who found themselves lost in delusions that were facilitated, if not originated, through conversations with the popular chatbot. In the report, the Times highlights at least one person whose life ended after being pulled into a false reality by ChatGPT. A 35-yea

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How a Cyberattack at a Company You've Never Heard of Nearly Derailed My Anniversary Carrot Cake

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-24 18:00:03

Every year since we got married, my husband and I have celebrated our anniversary with a carrot cake. Some years it was from the amazing bakery in our old neighborhood, while others it was a questionably fresh effort picked up at a train station shop on the way home from the office, but often I would bake my own. The funny thing is, neither of us really likes carrot cake. It just somehow ended up being the top layer of our wedding cake, so we have one every year. That's tradition for you. This

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 14, #1456

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-24 18:06:00

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 might make you think of Halloween. People who use ADIEU as your first word, this is not your day. There's only one vowel and it's not in that word. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you

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Computing’s Top 30: Tejas Padliya

computer.org Jasmine Ang 2025-09-24 21:00:51

Balancing technology and social good is tricky; doing it well requires both practical expertise and a compelling vision. For software engineer Tejas Padliya, alchemizing the two is the driving force in his work. Padliya’s expertise is in AI and digital health technologies. His vision? For AI to be both a tool and a catalyst for equitable, data-driven healthcare transformation. In conference presentations and elsewhere, Padliya conveys two powerful messages: Technology is about changing lives,

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Oracle's stock on pace for best week since 2001 on cloud momentum

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-09-24 22:36:15

Oracle shares are on pace for their best week since 2001 as Wall Street cheers a strong earnings report and bullish comments on the company's prospects in cloud computing. The stock is up about 24% for the week, with almost all the gains coming in the two trading days after the company's quarterly earnings release. The last time Oracle had a better week was in April 2001, in the midst of the dot-com crash, when so-called dead-cat bounces were common. The prior quarter Oracle shares lost almost

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Google’s latest experiment brings NotebookLM’s best features to Search

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-24 22:33:14

TL;DR Audio Overviews emerged as one of Google’s breakout AI hits, synthesizing virtual podcasts with a pair of hosts. After debuting with NotebookLM and spreading to other Google services, the company is experimenting with Audio Overviews in Search. For this initial test, access is limited to the US and only supports English. Forgive us for sounding like a broken record by this point, but Google’s Audio Overviews have easily emerged as one of the company’s most genuinely impressive and usefu

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Apple announces global in-person sessions to dive deeper into WWDC25 updates

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-24 22:25:45

Apple is taking WWDC25 on the road. Following the close of its week-long developer conference, the company has scheduled a worldwide series of in-person events and online appointments to give developers, designers, and product managers a closer look at what’s new. Here’s how you can register. Branded as “Explore the biggest updates from WWDC25”, (via MacMagazine) these sessions aim to highlight key technologies unveiled during the conference, including updates to Apple Intelligence, visionOS, d

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Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to kick-start superintelligence lab

news.ycombinator.com Mike Isaac 2025-09-24 16:09:56

Meta said on Thursday that it planned to invest $14.3 billion in Scale AI, a start-up that works with data to train artificial intelligence systems, in a deal that Meta hopes will add needed muscle to its disappointing A.I. division. As a condition of the deal, Alexandr Wang, Scale AI’s 28-year-old chief executive, plans to join Meta in a top leadership role in the new division, which Meta is calling its Superintelligence lab. Mr. Wang, whom people inside Meta have taken to calling a visionary

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AT&T's Cheaper Mobile Plan Creates a New Deal for Seniors. (Yes, That's Anyone 55 or Older)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-24 21:25:00

Senior mobile customers have another quality choice for discount cellphone service, as AT&T's new 55 Plus plan is now available to almost anyone in the US who's older than 55. The new plan focuses on the essentials -- unlimited voice calls, texting and data in the US, Canada and Mexico -- while dropping more advanced features, but it's also cheaper. Carriers typically offer several plans to satisfy a range of customers, from the frugal to those that are willing to pay for every perk and bundled

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Google can now generate a fake AI podcast of your search results

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-24 22:19:55

NotebookLM is undoubtedly one of Google's best implementations of generative AI technology, giving you the ability to explore documents and notes with a Gemini AI model. Last year, Google added the ability to generate so-called "audio overviews" of your source material in NotebookLM. Now, Google has brought those fake AI podcasts to search results as a test. Instead of clicking links or reading the AI Overview, you can have two nonexistent people tell you what the results say. This feature is n

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The best AirPods to buy

theverge.com Chris Welch 2025-09-24 22:00:00

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, and more. Whether you’re buying your first pair of AirPods or replacing a well-used older pair, it’s easy to understand why so many iPhone owners prefer Apple’s earbuds and headphones over other options. Apple has spent years gradually adding new features that work best — and sometimes only work at all — within

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Rice University students design high-tech vest to help blind dogs navigate

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-25 02:36:00

What just happened? A playful Houston dog named Kunde inspired a group of Rice University engineering students to tackle a challenge faced by countless pets: how to help blind dogs explore their world without fear or frustration. Their answer is a high-tech vest that could soon offer new independence to visually impaired animals – without the discomfort of traditional aids. The project began when Kunde's owners, Grant Belton and AJ Price, reached out to Rice University's Oshman Engineering Desi

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Gemini in Google Drive gets right to the point with automatic PDF summaries

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-25 02:50:10

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini can now read PDFs in Google Drive and create a summary card for quick viewing. The feature comes with buttons users can click to make Gemini take action on the PDF, such as creating a draft proposal. The update is rolling out now to all Workspace users. Google Drive has been getting a lot of Gemini love recently. Google added the ability for Gemini to browse your files and even watch videos for you. Now, Google is rolling out a new feature that gi

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iOS 26: Here are six new features coming soon to your iPhone

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-25 02:19:29

It’s finally here. Earlier this week, Apple fully unveiled iOS 26, the next major iPhone software update that will arrive this fall. Here are six new features coming with iOS 26. #1: New design with Liquid Glass This is the feature you’ve likely already heard about—but it’s a big one. iOS 26 introduces a major new design that impacts every part of using your iPhone. A key part of the new look is a material Apple calls ‘Liquid Glass’: This translucent material reflects and refracts its surro

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The spiritual sequel to the Pebble smartwatch is on track to ship in July

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-25 02:20:14

Eric Migicovsky, the creator of Pebble who's reviving the e-paper smartwatch with a new company called Core Devices, shared that the first new smartwatches are coming next month. The Core 2 Duo watch is on track to ship to pre-order customers in July and the pricier Core Time 2 is still on track to launch this year. The $149 Core 2 Duo is "near mass production" according to Migicovsky, and should land in the hands of all pre-order customers during July or August. If you pre-ordered, you'll be a

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The fastest way to detect a vowel in a string

news.ycombinator.com Austin Z. Henley 2025-09-25 02:04:07

Austin Z. Henley Associate Teaching Professor Carnegie Mellon University [email protected] @austinzhenley github/AZHenley The fastest way to detect a vowel in a string 6/13/2025 I was nerdsniped recently: What is the best way to detect if a string has a vowel in it? This is trivial, right? But as I started getting into it, I realized there is much more to this. I challenged myself to come up with as many ways to detect a vowel as possible. I even asked a few friends to give it a go. Whi

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Will People Care About the ‘Minecraft’ Chicken Jockey From the Comfort of Their Homes?

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-09-25 02:00:03

A Minecraft Movie already had a towering built-in fan base thanks to its source material being the best-selling video game of all time. But few could have predicted that the movie—a goofy comedy starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa as human characters who get pulled into the chaotic cubic world—would become a Rocky Horror-style interactive sensation, with wild antics in theaters going viral almost overnight. Director Jared Hess found the “chicken jockey” frenzy to be hilarious; star Black took a

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People Over Papers: The Creator of ‘Waze for Ice Immigration Raids’ Speaks Out

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-09-25 02:15:55

Born in the U.S. to immigrant parents from Mexico, Celeste, 30, is the creator of People Over Papers, a decentralized and anonymous collective that tracks and maps real-time ICE sightings submitted by the public. (For her safety, Gizmodo is using a synonym for Celeste’s real name.) The project functions like a kind of “Waze for immigration raids,” built not to direct traffic, but to save lives, offer warnings, and raise awareness about immigration enforcement operations across the U.S. Celeste,

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AT&T Cheaper Mobile Plan Creates a New Deal for Seniors. (Yes, That's Anyone 55 or Older)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-25 02:25:03

Senior mobile customers have another quality choice for discount cellphone service, as AT&T's new 55 Plus plan is now available to almost anyone in the US who's older than 55. The new plan focuses on the essentials -- unlimited voice calls, texting and data in the US, Canada and Mexico -- while dropping more advanced features, but it's also cheaper. Carriers typically offer several plans to satisfy a range of customers, from the frugal to those that are willing to pay for every perk and bundled

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