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Following Apple's announcement of enabling third-party app stores for iOS users in the European Union, Epic Games confirms that it'll be bringing Fortnite back to the iPhone and iPad in Europe later this year — by way of a new Epic mobile games store. This will mark the title's official return to Apple's platform since it was yanked back in August 2020, after Epic offered discounts to payments

• Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday.
• He was executed with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the US at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment.
• The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel and experimental.

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a convicted murderer

• Ross Levinsohn resigned as the chairman of The Arena Group, the publisher of Sports Illustrated.
• Levinsohn wrote an explosive letter accusing the board of "illegal" and negligent behavior.
• He also cited the recent layoffs at Sports Illustrated and union-busting tactics.

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• OpenAI announced a new generation of embedding models and decreased prices on Thursday.
• The company is lowering prices on a new GPT 3.5 Turbo model, which powers ChatGPT.
• OpenAI is also unveiling a new GPT-4 Turbo model.

OpenAI is set to introduce a new GPT 3.5 Turbo model — the same model used to power ChatGPT — and will lower prices on the product for the

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for Jan. 26's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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Connections is the latest New York Times word game 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 hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end

• NASA says its Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, broke beyond repair during a mysterious communication lapse.
• Imagery suggests that at least one of the helicopter's blades was damaged during its final flight.
• Ingenuity soared past NASA's wildest dreams by flying 72 times. It was a huge success.

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The excitement over Dune: Part Two’s March 1 arrival is building—so much so that other movies are trying to capitalize on it. Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is returning to theaters accompanied by a special tease of Denis Villeneuve’s sequel—but first, David Lynch’s take on Dune will be getting its due.

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Apple is granting more access to its manicured walled garden to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union (EU). In a press release, the company announced a heaping of forthcoming iOS, Safari, and the App Store changes, including support for apps from third-party app stores and the ability to set…

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Sometimes you just want a portrait of your favorite characters from TV and movies on your wall. And when that happens, artist Dakota Randall is there. In conjunction with the Hero Complex Gallery, Randall has been creating beautiful, affordable, realistic-looking portraits for a few years now, inspired by dramas,…

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