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[ad_1] Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Hope you’re familiar with a certain blond actor (8-Across)! Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New…

[ad_1] Below is the list of the current best dual-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems. These are hardware without the 6GHz band among those I’ve reviewed. This list complements the top 5 list of dual-band Wi-Fi 7 routers, and some brands allow for combining multiple specific standalone routers into a single system. If you want a system with three bands, consider one of the top five “traditional” Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems instead. Dong’s note: I first published this post on August 28, 2025, and last updated it on February 20, 2026, with the latest picks. Dual-band Wi-Fi 7 hardware has become increasingly…

[ad_1] The project developer for one of the Internet’s most popular networking tools is scrapping its vulnerability reward program after being overrun by a spike in the submission of low-quality reports, much of it AI-generated slop. “We are just a small single open source project with a small number of active maintainers,” Daniel Stenberg, the founder and lead developer of the open source app cURL, said Thursday. “It is not in our power to change how all these people and their slop machines work. We need to make moves to ensure our survival and intact mental health.” Manufacturing bogus bugs…

[ad_1] Software development no longer happens within the walls of a single office. As technology evolves and businesses expand beyond borders, development teams have become increasingly global. One result of this shift is the growing interest in working with external development partners. Conversations about the best offshore development companies are now common among startups, established businesses, and even large enterprises looking to stay competitive.Offshore development is not simply about reducing costs. It is about accessing talent, increasing flexibility, and building systems that can scale with changing demands. Understanding the uses, importance, and reasons behind offshore development helps explain why it…

[ad_1] by Taylor Soper on Jan 22, 2026 at 3:59 pmJanuary 22, 2026 at 4:18 pm Amazon’s Seattle headquarters. (GeekWire File Photo) Amazon is preparing for another round of corporate job cuts next week, according to a report from Reuters on Thursday. Bloomberg also reported that layoffs could begin next week. We reached out to Amazon for comment. Amazon laid off about 14,000 workers globally in October. The company indicated that more layoffs could occur in 2026 while it would continue to hire in key strategic areas. Reuters reported that the latest cuts will be “roughly the same as last…

[ad_1] Despite lots of hype, "voice AI" has so far largely been a euphemism for a request-response loop. You speak, a cloud server transcribes your words, a language model thinks, and a robotic voice reads the text back. Functional, but not really conversational. That all changed in the past week with a rapid succession of powerful, fast, and more capable voice AI model releases from Nvidia, Inworld, FlashLabs, and Alibaba's Qwen team, combined with a massive talent acquisition and tech licensing deal by Google DeepMind and Hume AI.Now, the industry has effectively solved the four "impossible" problems of voice computing:…

[ad_1] TikTok has finalized the deal for its US entity, with its parent company ByteDance selling majority of its stake to a group of non-Chinese investors. The deal was closed just before the Trump Administration’s latest deadline, banning the app in the US unless it was divested from ByteDance, which will only retain 20 percent of the new entity. TikTok’s investors will own 80 percent, with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, an Emirati-state owned investment firm, taking 15 percent each. Other investors include the investment firm of Dell’s CEO.The terms of the deal were first leaked last month, after TikTok…

[ad_1] Thursday was a tough work day for many — or maybe, a great one, depending on how eager you are to access work-related programs. Microsoft services, including Outlook, Teams and Microsoft 365, experienced a significant outage.”We are working to address a service functionality issue,” a Microsoft spokesperson told CNET in an evening email. “A subset of customers may be intermittently impacted. For more information, please see updates via Microsoft 365 Status on X.”The latest X post from the company offered some hope.”We’re seeing continued improvements in service availability and functionality as a result of our load-balancing efforts,” a post…

[ad_1] With the Bruins hosting “Hockey is for Everyone” night during their 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights, McAvoy was asked post-game about the hit HBO show Heated Rivalry and how the acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community is changing in hockey. “I haven’t seen it but from what I’ve heard of that show, it’s been growing the game a lot and in support of that community, so that stuff’s all awesome. It’s awesome for hockey. It’s awesome for everybody,” McAvoy said, before later adding, “I’ve heard so much support from people within those communities that it means a lot…

[ad_1] Undefeated Russian fighter Asadula Imangazaliev respects Kongthoranee’s credentials, but trusts his own preparation before he shares the global stage with the Thai veteran. He locks horns against the former two-time Rajadamnern Stadium Muay Thai world champion in the co-main event of ONE Fight Night 39: Rambolek vs. Dayakaev on Prime Video. Their scheduled three-round flyweight Muay Thai tiff goes down inside the historic Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, this Friday, Jan. 23. Leading up to the battle, the Team Mehdi Zatout martial artist—10-0 in his career—has declared that he’s on a different level than the Sor Sommai warrior. Get…