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Connections is the latest New York Times word game that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the … Read more

Every month or so, we like to ask our staff about their favorite stuff — whether it’s board games, smart tech, or kitchen gadgets. And the results are usually very different, very interesting, and a lot of fun. Since Amazon is pushing a lot of deals as part of its October Prime Day event, we looked through … Read more

Brazil’s Supreme Court said on Tuesday that Elon Musk’s X could return online in the country, marking the end to a months-long battle between the social media platform and Brazilian officials. Addressing the reasons that X was banned in the first place, Musk agreed to take down some user accounts and appoint a legal representative … Read more

Do you remember the rush of sitting down to play a brand-new game on a brand-new console that you got? I sure do, and it’s a feeling that I’ve been chasing for years. Thanks to the explosion in popularity of gaming handhelds, it’s easier than ever to just sit back and fire up a game … Read more

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority It was a little disappointing to see that the Amazon Prime Big Deals Days sale hasn’t triggered an early discount on the Pixel 9 series, but the best discount we could have hoped for is maybe $100 off. The next best thing is a massive 42% price drop on … Read more

“Plasma is a popular desktop (and mobile) environment for GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems,” writes longtime Slashdot reader jrepin. “Among other things, it also powers the desktop mode of the Steam Deck gaming handheld. The KDE community today announced the latest release, Plasma 6.2.” From the report: Plasma 6.2 includes a smorgasbord of new … Read more

Apple appears to be slowly moving away from regular, timed hardware and software releases that come on an annual basis, instead favoring more of a staggered product release cycle, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman highlighted in his most recent Power On newsletter. Gurman suggests that Apple Intelligence is evidence that Apple is “ever-so-slightly” moving away from a … Read more

Look, there are a lot of Prime Big Deal Days discounts floating around. No one would argue otherwise. That includes a ton of fantastic smart home deals. But we can all agree that sometimes, there are deals worth calling out separately when they are really good. That applies to this next deal on the new … Read more

Microsoft’s OneDrive is receiving a major update that will allow you to “work smarter, stay organized, and relive life’s best moments—all through the magic of AI,” the company announced Tuesday. With the update, you’ll be able to build and deploy a Copilot Agent, a custom, project-based AI assistant fine-tuned on your relevant files, documents, and … Read more

EBay will clamp down on the sale of e-bikes and e-bike batteries in the UK from 31 October, the BBC has learned. The firm says that only “eligible business sellers” will be allowed to list them after this date. It did not explain what the necessary criteria would be. E-bikes, which have electrically-assisted pedals and … Read more