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NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Saturday, April 18 (Thu #1042)

Want a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Friday, April 17 (Thu […]

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Tor Project Takes Major Step Towards Launch of Its Mobile VPN With Successful Cure53 Audit

Security company Cure53 conducted a penetration test on TorVPN for Android and its Onionmasq network layer in June 2025. The assessment did not reveal any fundamental flaws in the way the application routes traffic or establishes secure tunnels to the Tor network. Developers are currently fixing low-level DNS and input validation bugs that could potentially

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A Chinese AI just solved a decade-old math problem in 80 hours without any human help and proved it

Dual-agent AI system autonomously solved Anderson’s 2014 conjecture Rethlas explores problem-solving strategies like a human mathematician would Archon turns potential evidence into projects for the Lean 4 verifier A research team led by Peking University has developed a dual-agent AI system capable of solving advanced mathematical problems while verifying its own results. The system solved

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NASA has built a spacecraft computer capable of losing three systems mid-flight while keeping astronauts alive 250,000 miles from Earth.

The Orion spacecraft uses eight processors executing identical instructions simultaneously Security design prevents faulty computers from sending incorrect commands Triple-redundant memory automatically corrects single-bit errors upon access NASA’s Artemis II mission relies on a computer system designed to remain operational in extreme conditions and in the event of hardware failures. Unlike the Apollo program, where

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Cisco is asking Webex users to immediately patch critical security vulnerabilities as experts discover its Wi-Fi boxes are filling their drives with undeletable data every day.

Cisco Fixes Four Critical Vulnerabilities in Webex Services, Including SSO and Identity Services Engine RCE Bugs No exploits reported before patches; users must update SAML certificates in Control Hub Separate IOS XE bug causes Wi-Fi hotspot logs to overload and updates to fail, affecting more than 230 models Cisco has released a new patch to

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Age Rating Leak Suggests Starfield Could Really Come to Nintendo Switch 2

A new note for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Star Field was spotted online The port has been rated by the Taiwan Entertainment Software Rating Information Board Bethesda has yet to officially announce the port A Nintendo Switch 2 version of Star Field is apparently real as Bethesda’s space role-playing game (RPG) gets a

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“As threats evolve, Gemini keeps our defenses one step ahead”: Google says its AI helped it block more than 8.3 billion malicious ads in 2025

Google says Gemini has blocked 99% of malicious ads in 2025 AI tools removed 8.3 billion ads and suspended 24.9 million accounts, including millions linked to scams. Gemini analyzes billions of signals to preemptively stop misleading ads designed by GenAI Google revealed that its Gemini AI platform helped the company filter almost all malicious ads

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‘It’s not fun and games…’: OpenAI exec says AI ‘convicts’ are holding back the ‘incredible economic opportunities’ the technology can offer ‘to families and society as a whole’

OpenAI’s Chris Lehane says negative views on AI ‘have consequences’ AI can “create incredible economic opportunities,” he says Public opinion on AI as a whole is not very positive Chris Lehane, vice president of global policy at OpenAI, wants to reframe conversations around AI and its benefits for humanity, telling San Francisco Standard“”This isn’t fun

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TCL is adding three new mini-LED and QLED models to its 2026 TV lineup, and one of my favorite budget models I tested last year continues

TCL adds three more models to its 2026 lineup This includes the TCL P8L, another QD mini-LED model Two more QLEDs have been introduced, including a Fire TV model TCL has announced the addition of three new models to its 2026 TV lineup, including another mini-LED. The three new models include the TCL P8L, a

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“I waited seven years!” : Tesla owners in Europe demand $7,500 refund as fully autonomous driving blocked for older vehicles

Fully autonomous driving was recently legalized in the Netherlands Furious Dutch Model 3 owner feels many are being left behind Thousands of participants have joined a growing petition against Tesla There is growing pressure on Tesla to compensate buyers after a Dutch Model 3 owner took to X to express anger at the company for

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