NYT Strands hints, answers for June 11
Every hint, nudge and outright answer you need to complete today’s NYT Strands puzzle. If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, […]
Samsung’s $1,300 flagship phone has a glue problem, user says
The Galaxy S25 has a quirky adhesive flaw. Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra might have a strangely mundane design flaw: the adhesive on its camera rings doesn’t always hold. At least one user reported on X that, after three months of daily use, a camera ring on his S25 Ultra detached. Despite the device’s titanium …
How Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Humanoid Robot Sees the World
Boston Dynamics reveals new details about Atlas, its humanoid robot, and how it perceives the world around it.
All the Vision Pro and visionOS 26 features you may have missed during WWDC 2025
Apple announced updates at a breakneck pace during WWDC 2025, so catch up on the latest Vision Pro news. The Wall Street Journal and other outlets have reported that Apple is struggling to sell the Vision Pro, a futuristic augmented reality wearable with a depressing (for me) $3,500 price tag. While the rumor mill has […]
Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot program loses its head
A big setback for Musk’s envisioned robot future. Elon Musk’s Optimus robotics program now teeters on shaky ground following the abrupt exit of its engineering chief. On Friday, Milan Kovac, one of the architects behind Musk’s bid to build humanoid helpers, tendered his resignation, effective immediately. Kovac took to X shortly thereafter, calling his …
Apple will soon be ending support for Intel-based Macs
MacOS Tahoe marks the end for non-Apple-silicon machines. During Apple’s WWDC keynote yesterday, the company announced the upcoming launch of macOS Tahoe 26 — the operating system update for MacBook laptops and iMac desktops. The macOS 26 update will launch in the fall, and Apple also said this will be the final …
The next batch of Samsung foldables will be the thinnest and lightest yet
There seems to be a trend here. After years of smartphone size inflation, the tide is turning the other way. Samsung announced in a brief, almost hilariously vague blog post on its website on Tuesday that the “the newest Galaxy Z series” will be the thinnest and lightest batch of foldables from …
iOS 26 lets you make custom Genmoji with ChatGPT and emoji
Custom Genmoji are easier than ever. Apple’s new iPhone operating system could seriously change the way you use emoji and Genmoji. The tech giant announced and previewed iOS 26 on Monday during its highly anticipated keynote address at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). There was lots of …
Zuckerberg is reportedly assembling a ‘superintelligence group’ for Meta AI
Kind of like ‘The Avengers’ but for AI supremacy. AI researchers, assemble! Frustrated by Meta‘s progress in the AI arms race, Mark Zuckerberg is personally recruiting AI experts for a “superintelligence group,” according to Bloomberg. The report said Zuckerberg wants to assemble a supergroup with around 50 members, with the goal of …
Getty’s Landmark AI scraping trial begins in UK
It’s the first of many, I’m sure. Generative AI is new enough that its training data seems to be constantly up for debate — and that debate is heading to the courts in the UK in a new, sure-to-be landmark case between Getty Images and Stability AI. In January 2023, Getty Images announced it was […]
