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Today's Connections: Sports Edition is simple if you understand basketball.

As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of


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As we've seen with Toyota's Prius Prime, putting a solar panel on a car's roof is a nifty idea but can only gain you a few free miles a day due to the limited size. With a new prototype of its hyper-popular Sakura "kei" EV, Nissan has the answer: a bigger solar panel roof called the AO-Solar Extender. When fully stretched out on a sunny day, it can add about 1,864 miles of driving distance a year


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True AGI may be civilization-changing, but "functional AGI" is already economically transformative and enough to reshape society, said Replit CEO Amjad Masad.
  • "Functional AGI" is good enough to transform the economy, said Replit CEO Amjad Masad.
  • Masad said AI systems that learn from real-world data could automate much of today's work.
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Encrypted emails are the oldest trick in the book. These scams can often appear as messages from close relationships, deal opportunities, lottery winnings, or lost inheritance. They may even look like a simple social media notification (with a secret phishing scam buried just beneath the surface). While you might think you can easily spot and avoid potential threats from snatching your information


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OPPO is onto a good thing this year with the Find X9 Pro. The phone has a new design, but it's the cameras that are noteworthy. I tested the cameras extensively in China, and I believe they're the ideal alternative to the Vivo X300 Pro.



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Jon Bon Jovi.
  • Jon Bon Jovi, 63, said he would've quit performing if he couldn't recover his voice post-surgery.
  • "I have other things in my life. It's what I do. It's not who I am," he said.
  • The rock star had major surgery in 2022 to repair his damaged vocal cords.

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Andre Neveling has been traveling around Southeast Asia for 15 years and Luang Prabang (pictured) is one of his favorite cities.
  • After traveling the world solo, Andre Neveling realized that nowhere compares to Southeast Asia.
  • Phuket, Luang Prabang, and Ho Chi Minh City are his favorite cities for traveling on his own.
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Nokia CEO Justin Hotard said AI is a "super cycle" whose "long-term prospects are massive."
  • Justin Hotard became Nokia's president and CEO in April.
  • The former Intel executive said AI is in the middle of a "super cycle."
  • "I think this is a secular growth trend for many years," he said.

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President Trump's tariffs on imported cars and trucks are likely to increase prices for US consumers by thousands of dollars, trade groups and experts warned.
  • Ford is doubling down on its F-150 pickup trucks and planning to increase production by 50,000 units in 2026.
  • It's adding 1,000 new jobs and moving over some EV workers to achieve this target.
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The moon is slowly making its comeback as we work towards November's full moon. We're on day three of the new lunar cycle, so keep reading to find out what this means.

What is today’s moon phase?

As of Friday, Oct. 24, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. There will be 8% of the moon lit up tonight, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

But sadly there's still too little lit up to see anything



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If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give


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