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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 is a tough one. There are some crazy terms in the green group, especially. 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…

Following the surprise announcement that Milla Jovovich is joining Hitman: World of Assassination and Gemma Chan’s upcoming turn as Selina Tan in 007 First Light, the entire energy in the room changed when Lenny Kravitz stepped onto the stage at IO Interactive’s showcase. This was fresh off the reveal of his swaggering new character, the pirate king Bawma, in the next James Bond adventure.IOI wants to redefine how players connect to the Bond mythos in 2025 and beyond. During our conversation, Senior Licensing Producer Theuns Smit made one thing clear: Kravitz didn’t just join the world; they built part of…

You must have experienced it. You got a new (possibly expensive) router or Wi-Fi system, but it failed to meet your expectations for performance or coverage. This post aims to explain, in simple terms, how ambiguity leads to the wrong hardware purchase and, ultimately, to false assumptions. When you’re through, you’ll know how to set your expectations straight, which is the first step in choosing the proper hardware for your needs. Let’s start with how Wi-Fi signals work. Dong’s note: I first published this post on February 4, 2024, and updated it on December 13, 2025, to add up-to-date relevant…

An AI-generated version of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seen in a still capture from a video generated by Sora 2. Credit: OpenAI Under the new agreement with Disney, Sora users will be able to generate short videos using characters such as Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, Iron Man, Simba, and characters from franchises including Frozen, Inside Out, Toy Story, and The Mandalorian, along with costumes, props, vehicles, and environments. The ChatGPT image generator will also gain official access to the same intellectual property, although that information was trained into these AI models long ago. What’s changing is that OpenAI will allow…

John Cena began his WWE retirement tour back in January, and it’s coming to an end this weekend when the wrestling legend headlines WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event. For the last fight of his career, Cena has been matched up with “The Ring General” Gunther on the night’s fight card, which also features matches between Cody Rhodes and Oba Femi, a tag team match featuring AJ Styles & Dragon Lee vs. Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater, and a women’s matchup between Bayley and Sol Ruca. This show starts at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday and will stream with a subscription…

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 may leave you wanting to make a reservation at a fancy restaurant. Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so 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.Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Boch Tassimo Finesse Friendly: one-minute reviewThe Tassimo Finesse Friendly from Bosch is a compact capsule-based coffee maker that’s an affordable alternative to similar machines from Nespresso and Keurig. It works in much the same way as its rivals, accepting proprietary capsules, piercing them, and forcing hot water through to brew your drink.Unlike some other small coffee makers, it can also brew milky drinks such as lattes if you use…

In simple terms, ASUS’s TUF Gaming BE9400 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 router (model TUF-BE9400), which was first announced in May 2025, is the TUF-BE6500 plus a 6GHz band. However, that extra band makes all the difference. Thanks to it, the new gaming router offers a full Wi-Fi 7 experience at a relatively low cost. Here’s the bottom line: At a friendly price of less than $280, the TUF-BE9400 is an overall excellent Wi-Fi 7 router for those with 2.5Gbps or lower bandwdith needs—that is, for example, if you have 2Gbps or slower broadband. And then, the included gaming features are a…

Ed Bayes, a designer on the Codex team, described how the tool has changed his own workflow. Bayes said Codex now integrates with project management tools like Linear and communication platforms like Slack, allowing team members to assign coding tasks directly to the AI agent. “You can add Codex, and you can basically assign issues to Codex now,” Bayes told Ars. “Codex is literally a teammate in your workspace.” This integration means that when someone posts feedback in a Slack channel, they can tag Codex and ask it to fix the issue. The agent will create a pull request, and…

Amazon has responded to viewers catching errors in its AI-generated season recaps by apparently pulling them from Prime Video. The company announced its new Video Recaps feature in November as a way to make it easier to jump into a new season of a show, but the feature had issues: A recap created for Fallout included factual errors about the plot and the setting of the show.On Prime Video, recaps can be played in the “Extras” section if you’re watching on the web, or via a dedicated “recap button” on the show’s page, according to Amazon’s original Video Recaps announcement.…