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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be

• Layoffs are hitting Americans hard, and business leaders predict things may only get worse.
• The career coach Kyle Elliott shared three mistakes you should avoid after a layoff.
• Don't air your frustrations to former colleagues, or be afraid to network, he said.

A storm of layoffs is

• OpenAI and Tesla alum Andrej Karpathy wrote that there was no more "business as usual" in software, thanks to AI.
• AI agents are "extremely disruptive to the default programming workflow," Karpathy wrote on X.
• Karpathy, who coined "vibe coding," said that

Despite an ultimatum from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Anthropic said that it can't "in good conscience" comply with a Pentagon edict to remove guardrails on its AI, CEO Dario Amodei wrote in a blog post. The Department of Defense had threatened to cancel a $200 million contract and label Anthropic a "supply chain risk" if it didn't agree to remove safeguards over mass surveillance and

• A former data analyst at Block had survived three rounds of layoffs and wasn't a low performer.
• Ivan Ureña-Valdes suspected AI cuts were coming, and he was one of the many laid off this week.
• He saw how AI was automating his work, and believed the tech would continue to

Stardew Valley is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade since cosy gamers were first invited to move into Grandpa's old farmhouse in Pelican Town. The popular farming simulator has grown significantly in the intervening years, with official updates adding new areas to explore, multiplayer mode, divorce, and even the ability to drink mayonnaise.

Now developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone

• Faye Bradley was born and raised in Hong Kong with a Chinese mom.
• When she first started seeing "Chinamaxxing" on social media, she felt a surprising sense of pride.
• Even though these habits are trending now, they've been part

• Ukraine released footage on Thursday of a helicopter crew destroying multiple Russian drones.
• It's an extended look at how Ukraine is deploying chopper-mounted machine guns to fight Shaheds.
• The clips show the chopper crew using thermal cameras and an M134

• OpenAI and Google employees are signing a petition opposing military AI use.
• They oppose using AI for mass surveillance and autonomous killing without human oversight.
• The petition comes as the

• Jack Dorsey's approach to layoffs at Block struck a different tone than other tech sector cuts.
• Block announced it will lay off roughly 40% of its employees, citing "intelligent tools."
• Dorsey offered a base of 20 weeks of severance pay and struck a sympathetic tone.

The CEO

• Anthropic is negotiating with the Defense Department over the terms of use for its frontier model.
• CEO Dario Amodei said in a statement that it will not budge on two red lines.
• Several hours after Amodei's statement, an official slammed him on X, calling the CEO a "liar."

Anthropic's CEO is prepared to walk away from its contract with the