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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.

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Donald Trump.
  • Project 2025 is a road map for the next Republican president.
  • The Heritage Foundation, a prominent conservative think tank, authored the plan.
  • It calls for eliminating the Education Department, among some other surprising things.

Well before the disastrous presidential debate during which President Joe Biden may have handed the keys to the White House back to former President


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Across his 37-year career, Landau worked with James Cameron on some of the biggest films of all time like the Avatar movies and Titanic, and smaller flicks like Alita Battle Angel and Dick Tracy.



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After 378 days inside a mock Mars habitat, the four volunteers for NASA’s yearlong simulation of a stay on the red planet are coming home. The crew — Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones — is scheduled to exit the 3D-printed habitat in Houston this evening. You can watch the livestream of their return on NASA TV (below) starting at 5PM ET.

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Rooster Teeth may be gone, but its action-fantasy anime gets another shot at life from the biggest manga publisher and anime company around.



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The Epic Games Store app for EU iPhones has passed Apple’s notarization process, putting the alternative app store a step closer to selling apps directly to iOS users outside of the App Store. AppleInsider reports that while Apple confirmed the app had passed, it has asked Epic to “fix the buttons” in a future submission to the company



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A basic income allowed Hope Davis to get back on her feet and give back to her community.
  • Hope Davis is a 47-year-old mom and community activist in New Orleans.
  • She receives $1,000 monthly from the state ACLU's guaranteed monthly income program.
  • Framed as reparations, the program supports people who have been racially targeted by police.

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BlackRock acquired Mark O'Hare's data company, Preqin.
  • Preqin employees are getting paid after BlackRock acquired the company for $3.2 billion.
  • Staffers will share about $650 million, making some of them millionaires.
  • Preqin founder Mark O'Hare and his wife will walk away with about $2 billion after taxes.

Some Preqin employees are poised for a big payday after BlackRock



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The Epic Games Store is coming to Apple devices in Europe, but as usual, it couldn't just happen without some minor fighting between Apple and Epic first.

Apple announced the EGS would get the green light in Europe on Friday, per Reuters. However, that only came after Epic took to X to publicly accuse Apple of slow-rolling the submission by rejecting the app for seemingly trivial reasons. For



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It pains me to say this, but it’s been 20 years since David Firth’s Salad Fingers made its debut and irrevocably altered the humor of the internet. The first episode of the web series hit Newgrounds on July 1, 2004. To mark this milestone birthday, Firth dropped a 20th anniversary special earlier this week that sees the titular Salad Fingers taking a walk down memory lane, bringing us all the way