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Hurdle game on a smartphone

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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The Moon is so very close to being full, but believe it or not, there's still a few days to go. While it continues to appear bigger and brighter in the sky, keep reading to find out exactly what you can see on its surface.

What is today’s Moon phase?

As of Saturday, Feb. 28, the Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 88% of the Moon will be lit up tonight.

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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you like the finer things in life.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an



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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you're into astrology.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some


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President Donald Trump has ordered all US government agencies to stop using Claude and other Anthropic services, escalating an already volatile feud between the Department of Defense and company over AI safeguards. Taking to Truth Social on Friday afternoon, the president said there would be a six-month phase out period for federal agencies, including the Defense Department, to migrate off of


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President Donald Trump unveiled a new retirement saving policy in his 2026 State of the Union speech.
  • Trump ordered agencies to stop using Anthropic amid a dispute between the AI giant and the DoD.
  • Shortly after Trump's announcement, the DoD moved to label Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
  • Anthropic said no "intimidation" would shift its stance against mass

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Negotiations between the Pentagon and the AI company Anthropic were severely complicated on Friday when President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the government would stop utilizing the company’s tech. The president ordered the Pentagon to begin a six-month phase-out, accusing Anthropic of being run by "Leftwing nut jobs."

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Jack Dorsey's Block is looking for more senior AI engineering talent amid a 40% workforce reduction at the company.
  • Seven former Block workers say they used AI to varying degrees and weren't convinced it would replace them.
  • CEO Jack Dorsey's decision to cut the workforce in half came as a shock.
  • AI-driven layoffs are raising fears among white-collar workers about job

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The NTSB says an anti-collision system called ADS-B In could have prevented the DC air crash.
  • A bill that would have implemented NTSB safety recommendations failed in the House.
  • Opponents cited cost and security concerns with broadcasting aircraft positions to avoid collision.
  • The bill's advocates say a Republican counter-proposal lacks the monitoring system pilots need.

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The US military has long-standing ties with Scouting, with many bases hosting Scout troops.
The US military has long-standing ties with Scouting, with many bases hosting Scout troops.
  • The Pentagon will keep ties with Scouts, as long as the group complies with military directives.
  • Scouts will end DEI initiatives and seem poised to ban transgender youth, per Pentagon requests.
  • The move is part of a larger federal effort to force private groups to

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