NordVPN review 2025: Innovative features, a few missteps

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When we say that NordVPN is a good VPN that's not quite great, it's important to put that in perspective. Building a good VPN is hard, as evidenced by all the shovelware VPNs flooding the market. NordVPN may not be perfect, but it's easily top-five caliber and excels in certain use cases.

First, the bad: NordVPN's apps could all stand to undergo a little more quality control, with elements

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Feds charge a California man with trying to profit from Nancy Guthrie's disappearance with a bogus ransom

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Savannah Guthrie poses alongside her mother Nancy Guthrie
Savannah Guthrie's mom, Nancy Guthrie, was last seen on January 31.

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  • The FBI arrested a California man accused of sending a bogus ransom demand for Savannah Guthrie's mom.
  • Police believe Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Arizona home five days ago.
  • Authorities said they are taking a separate ransom letter distributed to the media "seriously."

A California man whom an FBI official

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OpenAI releases GPT-5.3-Codex, a coding model that helped build itself

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chatgpt app logo on phone screen with same logo as background

OpenAI released a new coding model today, GPT-5.3-Codex. The company said the new model has improved "reasoning and professional knowledge capabilities" and will operate 25 percent faster than its predecessor.

Anthropic, one of OpenAI's chief rivals, also released a new coding model today, Claude Opus 4.6. Earlier this week, OpenAI also launched the Codex app for macOS, a new app interface for

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I tasted and ranked 6 brands of frozen tater tots. Only one had the flavor and texture I was looking for.

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Six bags of tater tots from brands including Sonic, Signature Select, Ore-Ida, Alexia, McCain, and Cascadian Farm on a brown table
I taste-tested frozen tater tots from Sonic, Signature Select, Ore-Ida, Alexia Foods, McCain, and Cascadian Farm.

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  • I compared six brands of frozen tater tots from the grocery store to find the best one.
  • The tots from Sonic and Ore-Ida were a little too plain for my taste.
  • Alexia Foods' crispy seasoned potato puffs were delicious and crunchy.

Tater tots, potato puffs, potato rounds, potato

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