Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Aug. 14

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Aug. 14

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. Today’s Mini Crossword isn’t too tough, and it has some fun movie and TV references. Just remember that “poster” can mean a … Read more

The Kryptos Key Is Going Up for Sale

The Kryptos Key Is Going Up for Sale

Ever since artist James Sanborn unveiled Kryptos, an outdoor sculpture that sits at CIA headquarters, amateur and professional cryptanalysts have been feverishly attempting to crack the code hidden in its nearly 1800-character message. While they have decoded 3 of the 4 panels of ciphertext in the S-shaped copper artwork, the final panel, known as K4, … Read more

Windows 10 users looking for a new OS? Apple’s $599 MacBook can’t come at a better time

Windows 10 users looking for a new OS? Apple’s 9 MacBook can’t come at a better time

Kerry Wan/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways Apple could be developing a new budget-friendly MacBook for around $599.  Rumors state it would house an A18 Pro chipset — the processor found in the iPhone 16 Pro.  Despite corroboration by industry experts, information is speculative.  About a month ago, rumors starting surfacing that Apple was developing a lightweight … Read more

Apple Reportedly Planning AI Comeback, Complete With a Tabletop Robot

Apple Reportedly Planning AI Comeback, Complete With a Tabletop Robot

Apple wants a bigger place in your home, according to a report Wednesday from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. While you might think of Apple primarily as the maker of the iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, MacBook, AirPods and more, the tech giant reportedly hopes to use artificial intelligence to sell you a number of new smart home devices. Those … Read more

OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs

OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs

OpenAI is trying to make its chatbot less annoying with the release of GPT-5. And I’m not talking about adjustments to its synthetic personality that many users have complained about. Before GPT-5, if the AI tool determined it couldn’t answer your prompt because the request violated OpenAI’s content guidelines, it would hit you with a … Read more