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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle is a tricky one. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Yellow group hint: Cheerio! Green group hint: H-town stars. Blue group hint: Title for Dracula. Purple group hint: Hockey
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In Brief 1:12 PM PDT · August 19, 2026 AI accounting startup Rillet announced a $100 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation on Tuesday, led by Iconiq. Returning investors included Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia. Rillet, which emerged from stealth in 2024, is quickly becoming one of the hottest
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Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. In order to beef up its ability to accurately measure viewership data in the streaming era, Nielsen is
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* Product Finder * Smartphones Overview Pros/ConsReviewsPrice: $1,299 All in all, the Pixel 11 Pro models are yet another strong entry that deliver the camera prowess expected of a Pixel and the software smarts. There are still some areas where Google needs to catch up with its competitors, namely graphical
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* The reMarkable Paper Pro doesn't come with Android installed, but a YouTuber fixed that * The port isn't perfect, but solves several flaws with the ereader * The YouTuber wants to release a more accessible Android 13 port We adored the reMarkable Paper Pro when we first reviewed
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Worried about intruders sneaking around inside your house when you’re out of town? You could get one of the best home security cameras, but what if your existing router could do some of the heavy lifting? That’s what Comcast has just started offering its customers, but the move
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1:01 PM PDT · August 19, 2026 Have we tried turning off society and turning it back on again? We need a complete cultural reset, because there are actually sports betting providers that let people gamble on Little League World Series (LLWS) outcomes. For the uninitiated, the LLWS is an
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Sam Altman is headed to the Hamptons, according to Puck. Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly sending invites for a “private, off-the-record” dinner honoring the tech mogul on August 29th at her home out East. Paltrow is an actress and founder of the wellness brand Goop. But she’s also a noted
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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The Pixel Watch 5 starts at $400 for the 41mm wifi only model. / Vanessa Hand Orellana/CNET 8.4 Pros & Cons * Sleek design with wide range of great color options * Fast charging, 0 to 100% in under 45 min * Improved HR and GPS accuracy * Repairable design makes fixes easier
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Save $150: The Verbatim Pocket 1TB external SSD is currently 50% off at Amazon, dropping the price to a more palatable $150. This is the lowest price we’ve seen on this SSD. That means, you can score a tiny but powerful external solid state drive for all your photos,
