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Before you ship your college kid back to campus, you might consider the quality of water coming out of their dorm or apartment taps. In partnership with ZeroWater, Culligan has released the first-ever ranking of US college towns based on tap water quality, grading the largest college towns in each…

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle has a pretty straightforward theme. But some of the answers are long and could be difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.  NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far Hint for today’s Strands puzzle Today’s Strands…

Drivers who’ve been blinded by the lights, it’s not just your imagination. There are cars on the road with headlights that are so bright they’re illegal. Two years after Tesla informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that low-beam headlights on some Tesla EVs exceed brightness limits, the company’s move…

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It helps if you know your past Saturday Night Live stars. Read on for all the answers. Mini across clues and answers 1A clue: Mother chickenAnswer: HEN 4A clue: Word after “leading” and “first”Answer: LADY 5A clue: Just peachy … or a hint…

Read on for help with Wordle.James Martin/CNET 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 tricky. It’s not a word Americans use…

Apple doesn’t appear to be interested in making its increasingly expensive devices cheaper. Instead, it may make the price easier to ignore. The company plans to launch Apple Upgrade, a Klarna-backed leasing program for most iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches, on July 28 in the US, according to a…

Google released three new AI models on Tuesday, all built on Gemini 3.5 Flash. The new models are more token-efficient, faster and more reliable across the board. The tech giant also provided an update on the much-anticipated Gemini 3.5 Pro and what’s to come after.  A new AI model from…

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 tricky, with one very unusual letter included. If you need a new starter word,…

If you still doubted it, a new Samsung Galaxy Z foldable looks like a sure thing for the company’s upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event this month — a Spider-Man tie-in teaser posted on X on Wednesday pretty much confirms it. And it’s likely the Z Fold 8 or one of the…

Apple has sued OpenAI, accusing the company of stealing its trade secrets. In a complaint filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday, Apple alleges it “uncovered a pattern of theft of Apple’s trade secrets by OpenAI employees who were formerly at Apple.” Along with ChatGPT-maker…