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Waymo’s driverless taxis are making their way to London, starting with a pilot this month (April 2026), with a full launch coming in September, but what does that mean for the UK’s capital?Will the city’s notoriously difficult-to-drive streets become a chaotic mess of robot carnage? Well, hopefully not — in fact, if the London experience is anything like the Waymos I’ve ridden in San Francisco, it might be the Uber replacement you’ve been waiting for.These robocabs might even make London’s streets a bit safer.Article continues below You may like (Apologies for the over-enthusiastic start to the video)Waymo has been operating…

Multi-Link Operation, or MLO, is arguably the most exciting and promising feature of Wi-Fi 7 on paper. In reality, its real-world applications can be complicated. This post will explain this feature in detail and set the right expectations, including when you can expect MLO from your hardware, and what that actually means in terms of real-world throughput rates. All of this is based on my years of real-world testing and serious use of Wi-Fi 7 hardware. Unfamiliar with Wi-Fi 7? Check out the primer post on this Wi-Fi standard first. Dong’s note: I first published this piece on April 18,…

Artemis II and its four-person crew have entered the Moon’s “sphere of influence,” meaning the spacecraft is more affected by lunar gravity than the Earth’s pull. The transition occurred at a distance of 39,000 miles from the Moon, four days, six hours and two minutes into the mission. The next and most important phase will happen tomorrow when the craft loops around the Moon’s far side, taking humans deeper into space than they’ve ever been before.At their apogee, Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen will be 252,757 miles from Earth. That will break the previous…

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? I must say, 6-Across really stumped me, but I get it now. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving…

Looking for a different day?A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, April 5 (game #1029).Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve…

While the US and Anthropic are in the midst of a major dispute, the UK is trying to sway the San Francisco-based AI company to expand its presence on English soil. According to a report from The Financial Times, staffers at the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have worked on proposals that include expanding Anthropic’s office in London, along with a potential dual stock listing.The UK’s strategy follows a public fallout between Anthropic and the US Department of Defense earlier this year. After the AI company said it wouldn’t budge on certain AI guardrails, the Department of Defense…

When to watch the 2026 NCAA Championship FinalsSunday at 3:30 p.m. ET (women’s)Monday 6 at 8:50 p.m. ET (men’s)Where to watch The men’s NCAA Championship game will be broadcast across TNT, TBS and truTV and streams on HBO Max.The women’s NCAA Championship game will be broadcast on ABC and streams on ESPN Unlimited. See at DirecTV Carries every channel for March Madness DirecTV MySports package Show more (2 items) It’s all come down to this at the NCAA Basketball Tournament: the men’s and women’s Championship Finals are here. While we can’t predict a winner, we do know that at both tournaments,…

Have you noticed? We are entering a new era of wearables, as the screen-free tracker trend picks up the pace.Everyone from Fitbit (an official tracker teased by Steph Curry) to Garmin (leaked information on the in-development Garmin Cirqa) has one cooking. These lifestyle wearables won’t pull your attention away with flashing notifications. And they will record your daily stats and exercise sessions while demanding no intervention at all.While there are plenty more in-development, let’s take a look at the best of the bunch out there right now. Whoop has become the best-known name in this area and is, miraculously, a…

There’s finally a release date for the Spaceballs sequel — but before you get too excited, it’s a whole year away. As first reported by Deadline, Amazon MGM Studios announced on Friday night that the upcoming Spaceballs movie will hit theaters on April 23, 2027, right around the 40th anniversary of the first film. Several members of the original cast will be reprising their roles, according to Deadline, including Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, George Wynder and Daphne Zuniga.Whispers of a potential Spaceballs 2 go back a couple of years, but Brooks officially confirmed in an extremely on-brand announcement…

Nathan Fielder, best known for his Comedy Central show, Nathan For You (and cringe comedy), writes, directs and stars in this new HBO series. In the show, the comedian goes to extraordinary lengths to let people rehearse moments before they happen. In the first episode, Fielder helps a man prepare for a confession to a friend, and builds an exact replica of the bar they’re planning to meet at (the attention to detail is incredible). After planning for any outlandish thing that might happen, we see how the real exchange between the two friends plays out. Bizarre and truly fascinating,…