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Pioneering mathematician Dr. Gladys West has passed away at the age of 95. Her name may not be familiar to you, but her contributions certainly are; West’s work laid the foundation for the global positioning system. As you likely know from experience, GPS is now an essential component of industries ranging from aviation and emergency response, as well as ensuring that you get to that dinner date or job interview on time.West was born in 1930 in Virginia. Despite the oppression of Jim Crow laws in the south, she was able to pursue higher education at Virginia State College (now…

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 isn’t too tough, but the purple category might stump you. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for…

Internet restored in Uganda after four days of restrictions during electionsAccess to social media and messaging apps is still restrictedProton VPN confirms usage has now hit “an all-time high”Uganda’s internet shutdown has ended after four days but VPN services are still needed to access social media and messaging apps.Connectivity was gradually restored on Sunday, though the latest data from internet watchdog NetBlocks shows that authorities are still restricting access to several social media platforms.David Peterson, General Manager of Proton VPN, said that usage in the country has hit “an all-time high.” You may like This follows an 8,000% increase in…

Financial pressures and a changing tune OpenAI’s advertising experiment reflects the enormous financial pressures facing the company. OpenAI does not expect to be profitable until 2030 and has committed to spend about $1.4 trillion on massive data centers and chips for AI. According to financial documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal in November, OpenAI expects to burn through roughly $9 billion this year while generating $13 billion in revenue. Only about 5 percent of ChatGPT’s 800 million weekly users pay for subscriptions, so it’s not enough to cover all of OpenAI’s operating costs. Not everyone is convinced ads will…

ExpressVPN is back on sale again, and its two-year plans are up to 78 percent off right now. You can get the Advanced tier for $101 for 28 months. This is marked down from the $392 that this time frame normally costs. On a per-month basis, it works out to roughly $3.59 for the promo period.We’ve consistently liked ExpressVPN because it’s fast, easy to use and widely available across a large global server network. In fact, it’s our current pick for best premium VPN. One of the biggest drawbacks has always been its high cost, and this deal temporarily solves…

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 pretty challening. You’ll need to guess one of the letters in the alphabet that rarely appear in words. Super spoiler: It’s No. 23 on our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.Read more: New Study Reveals Wordle’s Top 10 Toughest Words of 2025Today’s Wordle hintsBefore we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some…

InfinityBook Max 16 delivers desktop-class Intel Core Ultra 9 performanceRTX 5060 and 5070 GPUs allow customizable power and fan noise levels8mm low-profile cooling handles combined CPU and GPU power up to 170wTuxedo has unveiled the InfinityBook Max 16, a 16-inch Linux workstation built around the Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, a 24-core processor derived from desktop-class designs.The company says the CPU can sustain power levels of up to 140 watts at maximum fan speed, which is notable for a device weighing just over 2kg.Tuxedo also claims about 90% of its peak performance is achievable below 100 watts, which could reduce…

When configuring a home router, you’ll run into many Wi-Fi settings with cryptic names. If you have no idea what they mean and find it hard to know the correct value to enter, you’re not alone. I myself have a hard time remembering all those acronyms or keeping track of the various ways different networking vendors inconsistently call the same things. This post will explain the common ones among these pesky Wi-Fi settings in friendly language. When you’re done, you’ll be able to configure your home network more confidently. It’s worth noting, though, that many of these settings are like…

Rackspace’s new pricing for its email hosting services is “devastating,” according to a partner that has been using Rackspace as its email provider since 1999. In recent weeks, Rackspace updated its email hosting pricing. Its standard plan is now $10 per mailbox per month. Businesses can also pay for the Rackspace Email Plus add-on for an extra $2/mailbox/month (for “file storage, mobile sync, Office-compatible apps, and messaging”), and the Archiving add-on for an extra $6/mailbox/month (for unlimited storage). As recently as November 2025, Rackspace charged $3/mailbox/month for its Standard plan, and an extra $1/mailbox/month for the Email Plus add-on, and…

Six years after the announcement of plans to build Atari Hotels in eight cities across the US, including Las Vegas, only one now seems to be moving forward, in Phoenix, Arizona. The Las Vegas deal ultimately “didn’t come to fruition,” spokesperson Sara Collins told Las Vegas Sun this week, and Atari Hotels is putting its focus into the Phoenix site “for the time being.”Phoenix was always meant to be the first site, followed by other hotels in Austin, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle. But Las Vegas is now apparently off the table, and there haven’t…