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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…

A US District Judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Paramount from closing its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery, NBC reports.  US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern District of California has paused the merger after attorneys general from 12 states filed a lawsuit last week against…

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle was a stumper for me. I saw “Tube,” “Gram” and “Book” and thought maybe they referred to the second part of various social media programs — YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. It was a typical Times red herring, though, as that was not where they were going…

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 offers up a tasty challenge and a fun theme. Some of the answers…

Apple is once again raising its prices, this time targeting Apple Music and its Apple One subscription bundle, Music Business Worldwide reported Friday. The prices aren’t going up by more than a dollar or two each, but since many people have these services billed as a monthly subscription, it will take…