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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 thought it was exceptionally tough today, and was convinced 1-Across was “MAD” Max. (Spoiler, it’s not.) I also figured 1-Down was BOOZE, which did not work with 1-Across, and was wrong either way. 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…

As if things couldn’t get any worse for Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) in Landman season 2, he’s suddenly been fired by Cami (Demi Moore) after butting heads over the offshore drilling project.Cooper (Jacob Lofland) might face jail face after beating up the guy who tried to sexually assault Ariana (Paulina Chavez), and Ainsley (Michelle Randolph) is kicking off at university after taking a dislike to her roommates. Another day in the life, then.As our season finale, Landman season 2 episode 10 is sure to bring some explosive head ahead of the already-confirmed third season. But when does it arrive on…

Wi-Fi has become so popular that, nowadays, obtaining a router without it—a non-Wi-Fi router—can be a challenge. Yet such a router is the best way to start when building a robust network, including one with the optimal Wi-Fi coverage. In fact, now that Wi-Fi 8 is on the horizon, getting a non-Wi-Fi router today is the sure way to avoid being left “behind”. This post explains how non-Wi-Fi routers are the sensible way to build a robust Wi-Fi network, and includes the five best standard routers without built-in Wi-Fi that I’ve tested and used in real-world applications. Let’s dig in! Dong’s note:…

The cost of “free” knowledge The push for paid licensing follows years of rising infrastructure costs as AI companies scraped Wikipedia content at an industrial scale. In April 2025, the foundation reported that bandwidth used for downloading multimedia content had grown 50 percent since January 2024, with bots accounting for 65 percent of the most expensive requests to core infrastructure despite making up just 35 percent of total pageviews. By October, the Wikimedia Foundation disclosed that human traffic to Wikipedia had fallen approximately 8 percent year over year after the organization updated its bot-detection systems and discovered that much of…

Verizon’s network is experiencing technical issues that are impacting calls and wireless data. Verizon customers on X have reported seeing “SOS” rather than the traditional network bars on their smartphones, and even the network provider’s own status page struggled to load, likely due to the number of customers trying to access it.Based on the experience of Verizon users on Engadget’s staff, the services that are impacted appear to be calls and wireless data. Text messages continue to be delivered normally, at least for some users. On DownDetector, reports of a Verizon outage started growing around 12PM ET and numbered in…

Joseph Maldonado/CNETVerizon said late Wednesday that it has resolved a major service outage on Wednesday that reportedly affected more than 2 million customers, rendering them unable to use their devices.In a comment to CNET sent late Wednesday, a Verizon spokesperson apologized for the outage and promised that the company would give credits to customers who were affected:Today, we let many of our customers down and for that, we are truly sorry. They expect more from us. We are working non-stop and making progress. Our teams will continue to work through the night until service is restored for all impacted customers. We will make…

Global copper demand will outpace supply by millions of metric tons soon, experts warnRecycling alone cannot meet growing copper demand over the next two decadesChina dominates nearly half of the global copper smelting and refining capacityCopper demand continues to rise as electrification expands across transport, power generation, and industrial systems, experts have warned, with potential shortages possibly not too far away.Electric vehicles, grid upgrades, renewable energy installations, and data center infrastructure all rely heavily on copper for wiring, motors, and interconnects.Even components closely tied to a CPU and high-speed memory subsystems rely on dense copper pathways at both board and…

In a network, everything goes through the router. As a result, its security determines the entire system’s overall security. This post explains simple steps to keep your Wi-Fi router secure, enough to give you peace of mind. Security is nuanced—the only way to be absolutely secure in networking is to unplug. Dong’s note: I originally published this post on April 17, 2018, and last updated it on January 13, 2026, to add up-to-date, relevant information. Related stories on home network security and privacy Wi-Fi router security: You can’t tell how secure your router is by looking at it intensely. Home…

RAM prices have soared, which is bad news for people interested in buying, building, or upgrading a computer this year, but it’s likely good news for people exasperated by talk of so-called AI PCs. As Ars Technica has reported, the growing demands of data centers, fueled by the AI boom, have led to a shortage of RAM and flash memory chips, driving prices to skyrocket. In an announcement today, Ben Yeh, principal analyst at technology research firm Omdia, said that in 2025, “mainstream PC memory and storage costs rose by 40 percent to 70 percent, resulting in cost increases being…

Several of Meta’s VR studios have been affected by the company’s metaverse-focused layoffs. The company has shuttered three of its VR studios, including Armature, Sanzaru and Twisted Pixel. VR fitness app Supernatural will no longer be updated with fresh content.Employees at Twisted Pixel, which released Marvel’s Deadpool VR in November, and Sanzaru, known for Asgard’s Wrath, posted on social media about the closures. Bloomberg reported that Armature, which brought Resident Evil 4 to Quest back in 2021 has also closed and that the popular VR fitness app Supernatural will no longer get updates.“Due to recent organizational changes to our Studio,…