Day: June 11, 2026

[ad_1] America at 250: The Revolutionary Spark A Smithsonian magazine special report Sequoyah’s syllabary faced suspicion initially, but after a demonstration, his version of “talking leaves” was widely embraced. And then the word spread Andrew Lawler Illustration by Mer Young Summer 2026 Mer Young At first, they laughed. Then they scoffed. Finally, they accused him …

[ad_1] Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off Thursday, and today’s Connections: Sports Edition celebrates the tournament in every single category. If you’re struggling with …

[ad_1] Wired headphones are back in style in 2026, with everyone from Steph Curry to Bella Hadid sporting a pair.  I never go anywhere without mine. I’m not trying to get in on the “Wired It-Girl” trend, and I’m not nostalgic about Y2K (OK, maybe a little). I was a fan of wired earbuds long …

[ad_1] Amid intense backlash, the head of the American Diabetes Association posted a video Wednesday apologizing for the organization’s decision on Friday to forcefully remove five leading diabetes scientists from the association’s annual meeting. The scientists were ejected for handing out copies of an April editorial—published in the ADA’s own journal Diabetes Care—that sharply criticizes the …

[ad_1] Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are all saying versions of the same thing.  An entrepreneur at …

[ad_1] Satellite internet provider Starlink has begun charging new users a monthly fee to rent its standard hardware, marking a shift from its previous model, which offered equipment rental at no cost. Under the updated pricing structure, US customers will pay $10 per month to lease the Starlink kit, which includes a satellite dish, Wi-Fi …

[ad_1] Airbnb has partnered with FIFA to get seats filled for the upcoming World Cup. The short-term rental company announced on Tuesday that select listings in the soccer event’s 16 host cities will include complimentary match tickets for games from the group and knockout stages through the final. These bookings average $385 per night and …

[ad_1] Security company Eufy has announced a redo of its smart lock line into a full line of FamiLocks, each with its own set of access options. Eufy has long specialized in no-subscription security devices, and in this age of AI-in-everything, the company is also finding ways to offer advanced features while keeping data more private …

[ad_1] Bluesky will be getting “communities,” which will function as smaller spaces where you can “go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff” sometime this year, according to head of product Alex Benzer. They will be built on the decentralized AT Protocol that underpins Bluesky, with Benzer saying that “it’s …

[ad_1] Introduction The AF_UNIX garbage collector is an interesting piece of the kernel. It exists because sockets can be sent with SCM_RIGHTS but they can become unreachable from user-space while still being kept alive by the kernel, which is not memory efficient; in this situation, the garbage collector intervenes to free them. Not long ago, …