The 2 Best Slushie Machines of 2025 for a Chill Summer
No and yes. Slushies rely on a helpful property of water: Sugar (and salt) dissolved in water lowers its freezing point below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Why? Solubles like sugar are…
Layoffs Looming, Xbox Union Members Argue For Transparency And Good-Faith Bargaining
Rumor has it that Microsoft is preparing to enact mass layoffs across its gaming division this July, following multiple reports out of Bloomberg plus recent comments made by new Xbox…
U.S. Loosens Restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos A.I. Model
Anthropic and the Trump administration reached a deal on Friday to bring one of the company’s most powerful artificial intelligence models back online, after days of tense negotiations. In a…
Get Ready to Add an Email Address to Each Netflix Profile, Even Within One Family
Three years after Netflix began more aggressively policing the sharing of streaming accounts, the company is taking another step that could help ensure passwords aren’t shared: requiring an email address…
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs
Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta were instructed to pose as minors online and probe how competitor chatbots responded to prompts involving suicide, sex, eating disorders, and…
Sony’s next-gen PlayStation will go ‘beyond the living room’
Q: Considering consumer behavior, could you update us on your current thinking regarding hardware pricing and profitability? For the next-generation platform, is it reasonable to assume that your pricing will…
T-Mobile is booting customers from its oldest plans
We’re retiring our oldest plans, some of which were built nearly 15 years ago – in the 3G and 4G eras, and well before our 5G network was fully deployed.…
Tidal Isn’t Banning AI Music, But It Won’t Pay People Who Upload It
The streaming service’s new policy says that 100-percent AI-generated music will be demonetized. Tidal Tidal revealed its sweeping policy on AI-generated music that details exactly how the music…
Many Child Safety Features on Social Apps Don’t Work, Report Finds
Child safety features on the most popular social media apps often don’t work as advertised, a new report found. Researchers at New York University and Northeastern University tested dozens of…
Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 30 #1837
Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections:…