NYT Strands hints, answers for November 24

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If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

Strands 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

Tesla and Rivian have reached a ‘conditional’ settlement in lawsuit over trade secrets

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Four years after Tesla filed a lawsuit against Rivian alleging that the company poached its employees with a goal of obtaining trade secrets, the two appear to be nearing a resolution. According to Bloomberg, Tesla says it’s reached a “conditional” settlement with Rivian and expects to seek the case’s dismissal by December 24. In the lawsuit filed in 2020, Tesla claimed Rivian encouraged exiting

Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter

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Bluesky, the formerly Jack Dorsey-affiliated, decentralized answer to Elon Musk's X is closing the gap with Threads at breakneck speed. The browser version of Bluesky surpassed Threads in total usage weeks ago, but now the Bluesky app has exploded to 3.5 million daily active users, putting it just 1.5 times behind Meta’s Threads — an impressive feat considering the Threads app had 5x Bluesky's

A judge compared OpenAI to a video game company in its court battle with The New York Times

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The New York Times has sued OpenAI for copyright infringement. A judge in the case compared OpenAI to a video game company.

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  • The Times is one of several media organizations that have sued OpenAI for copyright infringement.
  • A judge denied OpenAI's request for information on how the Times uses AI.
  • The judge used an analogy to a video game company to explain her decision.

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What to read this weekend: A visual history of Futurama, and more

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New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention this week.

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A Florida man pretending to be Elon Musk scammed an elderly woman out of over $250,000

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A Florida man pretended to be Elon Musk on Facebook to scam a woman out of at least $250,000, police say.

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  • A Florida man scammed a woman out of $250,000 by posing as Elon Musk, police say.
  • The scam involved a fake Facebook account promising high returns on investments.
  • Musk's identity is frequently used in scams, including deepfake crypto schemes.

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1,200 readers told us what they regret about investing for retirement

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About 1,200 Americans told Business Insider what they wish they'd done differently when saving for retirement.

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  • Nearly 1,200 Americans shared with BI their financial regrets.
  • Many of the baby boomer respondents said they had regrets about preparing for retirement.
  • This is part of an ongoing series about boomer regrets.

Millions of Americans facing retirement are

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