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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 3, #753

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-26 10:00:09

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 tough. The green category came together quickly for me, but purple, as usual, was tricky. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to re

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Elon Musk's X goes down for some users

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-08-26 14:17:37

The X logo appears on a phone, and the xAI logo is displayed on a laptop in Krakow, Poland, on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Elon Musk's social media platform X was hit with an outage on Wednesday, leaving some users unable to load the site. More than 15,000 users reported issues with the platform at around 9:53 a.m. ET, according to analytics firm Downdetector, which gathers data from users who spot glitches and report them to service. The issues appeare

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Crunchyroll Accidentally Left AI Slop in Anime Subtitles

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-26 14:20:56

Crunchyroll, the massively popular anime streaming service and distributor, just got caught using obvious AI slop in its subtitles. The slipup was made in the premiere episode of a new series called "Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show" — and trust us, there's no guesswork involved in sniffing out the AI here. Around the 19:12 mark, the show's German subtitles feature a big fat "ChatGPT said:" jammed into the dialog. A classic, lazy error. (We double checked, and it's still there as of this

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MindsDB (YC W20) is hiring an AI solutions engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-26 12:29:55

ABOUT US MindsDB is a fast-growing AI startup headquartered in San Francisco, California. MindsDB is an AI Analytics solution that connects to diverse data sources and applications then unifies structured and unstructured data, at petabyte scale. Powered by an industry-first cognitive engine that can operate anywhere (on-prem, VPC, serverless), it empowers both humans and AI with highly informed decision-making capabilities. MindsDB was founded in 2017 by Adam Carrigan and Jorge Torres, inspir

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Former SpaceX manager alleges harassment, retaliation, and security violations in lawsuit

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-08-26 17:02:57

A former SpaceX security manager, who was privy to top secret information on U.S. government programs, is suing the company and one of its senior employees for alleged discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation. Jenna Shumway, who was promoted to senior contractor program security officer after being hired in 2022, also alleges the senior employee — Daniel Collins, a former Defense Department official hired to run security compliance for the company’s government work — violated top secr

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TikTok lays off more employees working on TikTok Shop US

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-08-26 18:04:35

In Brief Despite all of the ads you’re getting for collagen supplements and electric scrub brushes, TikTok Shop US is apparently not doing so hot. Per a report from Bloomberg, TikTok has conducted its third round of layoffs for this team since April, but has not disclosed how many jobs were impacted. TikTok Shop US, the company’s e-commerce retailer, launched less than two years ago, selling a variety of products and offering creators commissions for their videos that trigger sales. While Shop

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India’s Max Financial says hacker accessed customer data from its insurance unit

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-08-26 18:18:39

In Brief Max Financial Services on Wednesday said its insurance subsidiary Axis Max Life Insurance received communication from an anonymous sender about unauthorized access to its customer data. Without disclosing specifics, the Noida-based financial services company said in its stock exchange filing that Axis Max Life Insurance subsequently initiated an information security assessment and data log analysis. “A detailed investigation is also underway in consultation with information security

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The Flame Fatales 2025 speedrunning event includes Blue Prince, Hades 2 and Clair Obscur runs

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-26 22:14:51

Awesome Games Done Quick and Summer Games Done Quick aren't the only speedrunning marathons in town. There are others dotted throughout the year, such as Frost Fatales and Flame Fatales. Those all-women and femmes events are also operated by the Games Done Quick organization. The schedule for this year's Flame Fatales has just dropped, and there are lots of fascinating runs on deck. For one thing, you'll be able to watch an Any% run (i.e. beating the game with any percentage) of Hollow Knight.

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MindsDB (YC W20) Is Hiring for an AI Solutions Engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-26 22:29:55

ABOUT US MindsDB is a fast-growing AI startup headquartered in San Francisco, California. MindsDB is an AI Analytics solution that connects to diverse data sources and applications then unifies structured and unstructured data, at petabyte scale. Powered by an industry-first cognitive engine that can operate anywhere (on-prem, VPC, serverless), it empowers both humans and AI with highly informed decision-making capabilities. MindsDB was founded in 2017 by Adam Carrigan and Jorge Torres, inspir

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Business Class Ain’t What It Used to Be. Don’t Tell First Class

wired.com Jaclyn Trop 2025-08-26 18:00:00

Five years ago, Covid-19 largely brought business travel to a halt. Now companies are getting their employees back in the air, and carriers are reinventing themselves to appeal to post-pandemic fliers willing to pay more. Airlines worldwide are reconfiguring the real estate on their planes by segmenting their cabins into higher-margin business-class seating. They’re beefing up their traditional business cabins to snag higher fares while providing more luxurious premium economy seating for trave

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Ether and related stocks gain amid the latest crypto craze: Tokenization

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2025-08-27 02:35:33

A representation of cryptocurrency Ethereum is placed on a PC motherboard in this illustration taken on June 16, 2023. Stocks tied to the price of ether , better known as ETH, were higher on Wednesday, reflecting renewed enthusiasm for the crypto asset amid a surge of interest in stablecoins and tokenization. BitMine Immersion Technologies , a bitcoin miner that announced plans this week to make ETH its primary treasury reserve asset, jumped about 20%. It's gained more than 1,000% since the an

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The 10 Best Carry-On Luggage for Business Travelers

wired.com Meaghan Kenny 2025-08-27 02:01:07

A well-made, durable carry-on is an essential piece of luggage for every traveler, but especially for those hitting the road for business. Whether you're flying across the country for a conference or heading overseas for an off-site retreat, you'll need sleek, sophisticated luggage that’s as functional as it is polished. The best carry-on luggage for business travelers offers thoughtful compartments to keep you organized, smooth-rolling wheels to glide through security, and tough exteriors that

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Amazon Echo Pop (Newest Model) Hits Almost Free a Week Before Prime Day, Stock Is Running Low

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-08-27 06:40:48

A smart assistant is a big win for a lot of people. Being able to just shout out commands when they pop into your head, like setting alarms, asking about the weather, or finding out where you can get an emergency coffee, are all essential things these days. There are a few ways to add more of this usefulness into your life, but one of the best ways is with a good smart speaker. See at Amazon Right now you can get a lot of savings as Prime Day approaches, which means it really pays to be an Ama

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A Trans Pilot Was Falsely Blamed for a Plane Crash. Now She’s Fighting the Right-Wing Disinfo Machine

wired.com Varsha Bansal 2025-08-27 01:00:00

On January 29, a Blackhawk helicopter crashed into a commercial airliner in the skies over Washington, DC. The collision killed all 67 people on board both aircraft, including the pilots. But online, a different pilot—one that wasn’t even present—was being blamed for the tragedy. Within two days, the rumor spread like wildfire. The morning of January 31, Jo Ellis, a part-time pilot with the Virginia Army National Guard, woke up to messages from a friend warning that she was being named online a

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Meta users say paying for Verified support has been useless in the face of mass bans

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-27 06:54:35

When Meta launched its paid verification service, Meta Verified, in 2023, the tech giant promised users and businesses alike that part of the offering would include direct access to customer support. However, amid a mass ban wave affecting Facebook and Instagram accounts, as well as Facebook Groups, some Meta Verified paying subscribers say they’re receiving little to no help from Meta’s customer service reps, even when they’re facing their most serious crisis yet: a mistakenly suspended account

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Elon Musk's X is down for some users

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-08-27 10:40:30

The X logo appears on a phone, and the xAI logo is displayed on a laptop in Krakow, Poland, on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Elon Musk's social media platform X was hit with an outage on Wednesday, leaving some users unable to load the site. More than 15,000 users reported issues with the platform at around 9:53 a.m. ET, according to analytics firm Downdetector, which gathers data from users who spot glitches and report them to service. The issues appeare

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Crunchyroll's lazy AI subtitles have anime fans furious

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-27 10:56:21

At the start of last year, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini told The Verge the company was "very focused on testing" generative AI tools for subtitling and captioning speech to text. The comment came just months after the streamer temporarily took down the debut episode of one of its newest shows, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, after people complained about poor subtitles. Much of the translation was nonsensical, with missing punctuation in many sentences. At the time, some fans speculated th

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8 ways every Linux distro could make things a lot easier for newbies

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-27 10:07:18

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET For the past two decades, I've been beating the Linux drum as loudly as I can. There have been moments when it seemed to have worked, and moments when I felt like I was the only one dancing to the beat. Over time, I've drawn more conclusions than I care to admit, but some of those conclusions have held fast and strong since I began this journey: conclusions that I believe could help make it easier for the masses to adopt Linux as its default OS. Also: Want to save

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Azure API vulnerability and roles misconfiguration compromise corporate networks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-27 09:59:55

TL;DR Token Security researchers have discovered several Azure built-in roles that are misconfigured to be over-privileged - they grant more permissions than intended by Azure. In addition, we discovered another vulnerability in the Azure API that allows attackers to leak VPN keys. Combined, these two issues create a new attack chain that lets a weak user gain access to both internal cloud assets and on-premises networks. In this report, we detail the research process that led to the discove

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Google quietly revamps Android’s permission dialogs for a sleeker design for some

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-27 14:04:39

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR Google has redesigned the permissions dialogs that appear in Android. This change appears following the June Google Play system update when applied to the latest Android 16 QPR Beta 2.1. Google has dropped the older design in favor of slimmer buttons and better readability. Even though Google first released a beta for Android 16 last year, its biggest design change didn’t start rolling out until the final beta, just weeks before the final release. With

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Take the tediousness out of pool care with the Beatbot AquaSense 2 series

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-27 14:41:59

Summer is in full swing, and jumping in your pool to stay cool during those sweltering days sounds ideal. Of course, keeping your outdoor pool open for the entire season also means hours and hours of tedious maintenance and cleaning. That’s where Beatbot steps in! With the Aquasense 2 series of automatic robot pool cleaners handling the chore of pool care, you’ll now be able to enjoy more time in the water than outside of it. Here’s everything you need to know. Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra – The

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Dozens of fake wallet add-ons flood Firefox store to drain crypto

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-27 14:16:01

More than 40 fake extensions in Firefox’s official add-ons store are impersonating popular cryptocurrency wallets from trusted providers to steal wallet credentials and sensitive data. Some of the extensions pretend to be wallets from Coinbase, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Phantom, Exodus, OKX, Keplr, and MyMonero, and include malicious code that sends stolen information to attacker-controlled servers. Fake wallet extensions on the Firefox add-ons store Source: BleepingComputer Researchers at Koi

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More assorted notes on Liquid Glass

news.ycombinator.com Riccardo Mori 2025-08-27 09:18:22

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been trying to make sense of Apple’s latest user-interface redesign — Apple calls it Liquid Glass — that will affect all their platforms in the next iteration of their respective OS versions. But it’s hard to make sense of it when, after checking Apple’s own guidance, I’m mostly left with the feeling that at Apple they’re making things up as they go. If you’ve been following me on Mastodon, you’ll be already familiar with a lot of what follows. I just wanted

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Xbox Elite Wireless Controller 2 Is Overkill for Most People, but Still Delivers an Epic Gaming Experience

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-27 13:00:14

The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (or Elite 2 for short) has arguably been the industry gold standard for a pro-level game controller for the past decade. Over the years dozens of competitors have cropped up, hoping to give Microsoft a run for its money. While the Elite 2 still isn't perfect, it still sets the bar high. What I like about the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 One of the best things the Elite 2 has going for it is the layout -- it's almost identical to the standa

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Microsoft is laying off as many as 9,000 employees

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-08-27 14:20:20

Today we are sharing decisions that will impact colleagues across our organization. To position Gaming for enduring success and allow us to focus on strategic growth areas, we will end or decrease work in certain areas of the business and follow Microsoft’s lead in removing layers of management to increase agility and effectiveness. Out of respect for those impacted today, the specifics of today’s notifications and any organizational shifts will be shared by your team leaders in the coming days.

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The Download: how AI could improve construction site safety, and our Roundtables conversation with Karen Hao

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-08-27 18:10:00

More than 1,000 construction workers die on the job each year in the US, making it the most dangerous industry for fatal slips, trips, and falls. A new AI tool called Safety AI could help to change that. It analyzes the progress made on a construction site each day, and flags conditions that violate Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules, with what its creator Philip Lorenzo claims is 95% accuracy. Lorenzo says Safety AI is the first one of multiple emerging AI construction sa

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Microsoft: DNS issue blocks delivery of Exchange Online OTP codes

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-27 18:21:59

Microsoft is working to fix a DNS misconfiguration that is causing one-time passcode (OTP) message delivery failures in Exchange Online for some users. Recipients may receive a single-use access code via a separate email to open an encrypted message in Gmail, Yahoo, or other email clients without a Microsoft 365 subscription. This OTP message allows them to view the encrypted email on the Office 365 Message Encryption portal. However, as the company explains in a new service alert published in

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HP 15.6″ Touchscreen Laptop (64GB RAM, 2TB SSD) Is Nearly $2,000 Off, Lowest Price for This New Model

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-08-28 03:40:02

Being able to use your laptop however you want is a must for a lot of us. Whether you’re working from home, on a train, or just studying, a good laptop is a huge deal. There are loads of great options out there, but these often come with hefty price tags that put them out of reach of a lot of people. That’s why it’s such a big deal when there’s a really good sale going on. See at Amazon Well, we’ve found an amazing deal that lets you pick up a 2025 HP 15.6-inch laptop for $900, which is a mass

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 2, #282

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-28 13:00:03

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. Today's Connections: Sports Edition has some oddball categories today. I feel like I could say that several times a week, though. Hope you know your soccer! 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

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 2, #752

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-28 13:00:05

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 tough. It boasts one of those classic purple categories where you have to hammer out a word (really, part of a word) that's hidden in another word. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections B

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 3, #753

Elon Musk's X goes down for some users

Crunchyroll Accidentally Left AI Slop in Anime Subtitles

MindsDB (YC W20) is hiring an AI solutions engineer

Former SpaceX manager alleges harassment, retaliation, and security violations in lawsuit

TikTok lays off more employees working on TikTok Shop US

India’s Max Financial says hacker accessed customer data from its insurance unit

The Flame Fatales 2025 speedrunning event includes Blue Prince, Hades 2 and Clair Obscur runs

MindsDB (YC W20) Is Hiring for an AI Solutions Engineer

Business Class Ain’t What It Used to Be. Don’t Tell First Class

Ether and related stocks gain amid the latest crypto craze: Tokenization

The 10 Best Carry-On Luggage for Business Travelers

Amazon Echo Pop (Newest Model) Hits Almost Free a Week Before Prime Day, Stock Is Running Low

A Trans Pilot Was Falsely Blamed for a Plane Crash. Now She’s Fighting the Right-Wing Disinfo Machine

Meta users say paying for Verified support has been useless in the face of mass bans

Elon Musk's X is down for some users

Crunchyroll's lazy AI subtitles have anime fans furious

8 ways every Linux distro could make things a lot easier for newbies

Azure API vulnerability and roles misconfiguration compromise corporate networks

Google quietly revamps Android’s permission dialogs for a sleeker design for some

Take the tediousness out of pool care with the Beatbot AquaSense 2 series

Dozens of fake wallet add-ons flood Firefox store to drain crypto

More assorted notes on Liquid Glass

Xbox Elite Wireless Controller 2 Is Overkill for Most People, but Still Delivers an Epic Gaming Experience

Microsoft is laying off as many as 9,000 employees

The Download: how AI could improve construction site safety, and our Roundtables conversation with Karen Hao

Microsoft: DNS issue blocks delivery of Exchange Online OTP codes

HP 15.6″ Touchscreen Laptop (64GB RAM, 2TB SSD) Is Nearly $2,000 Off, Lowest Price for This New Model

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 2, #282

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 2, #752

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