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. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and … Read More “Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for June 16 #631” »
Early signs of market fatigue have prompted some tech companies to find alternative avenues for financing. Anthropic has turned to private credit investors to seal a $35 billion deal backed by Broadcom. Google’s parent Alphabet decided to issue equity for the first time in more than two decades, bringing in $85 billion in fresh capital … Read More “Chipmaker Nvidia seeks to raise over $25B in first bond deal since 2021” »
Galaxy S23 users are reporting display issues after installing Samsung’s One UI 8.5 update. There are multiple claims of green and pink lines appearing on affected devices. The reports suggest the problem is showing up shortly after updating. Some users say the issue appears during or after the installation process. In a few cases, overheating … Read More “If you’re a Galaxy S23 user, proceed with caution when updating to One UI 8.5” »
There is a version of buying a flagship phone where you pay full price at launch, watch the price drop four months later, and spend the rest of the year quietly annoyed about it. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has dropped to £999, down from its £1,279 launch price, which means £280 off one of … Read More “The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has dropped to its best price ever” »
During an exchange of war stories, a colleague of mine told one from back in the days when Windows included a processor emulator for x86-32 on systems that natively ran some other processor. (This has happened many times. And no, I don’t know which processor this particular story applied to.) This particular emulator employed binary … Read More “The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad that they fixed it during emulation” »
As the hype surrounding the Xiaomi 17T pair died down a little, the Samsung Galaxy A57 returned to the top of our trending chart. The 17T Pro took the silver medal, while the Galaxy S26 Ultra completed the podium. Samsung Galaxy A57 5G These are the best offers from our affiliate partners. … Read More “Top 10 trending phones of week 24” »
Samsung has apparently leaked its next mid-range phone, and while most of it looks like a solid upgrade, there’s one change that could genuinely split opinion. The Galaxy A27 briefly appeared on Samsung’s Czech Republic website before being pulled. However, key specs were spotted and widely shared. On paper, this is shaping up to be … Read More “Samsung’s next popular phone leaks with a durability sacrifice” »
As the rest of the country celebrated the USA’s first World Cup win and the New York Knicks championship, Anthropic spent its weekend fighting the Trump administration over its latest model release. At 5:21 PM on Friday, the company received a US export control directive to suspend access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 … Read More “Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5” »
Samsung’s next foldable line-up may have just leaked ahead of schedule. A new image appears to show screen protectors for the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra side by side. While leaked screen protectors aren’t usually the most exciting reveal, this one offers an early look … Read More “Samsung’s upcoming foldables leak in a very interesting size comparison” »
The U.S. government’s enforcement letter to Anthropic, which effectively forced the company to pull its latest AI models offline just before the weekend, should be a wake-up call for any U.S. tech company — AI lab or otherwise. To catch you up on the news blitz: On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Commerce Department sent Anthropic … Read More “The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak” »
