October 11, 2026

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

NYT Connections hints today: Meanings for each word for Aug. 31, 2026

Looking for spoiler-free NYT Connections hints or just wondering why Connections is trending today? We’ve got what you need to understand the clues for today’s puzzle without spoiling any of the answers. Of course, Mashable has also provided daily hints and answers for Connections, Wordle, and Strands for years, so we can help you if

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Google Maps Now Shows ‘Lake America’ Instead of Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is no more on Google Maps in the US. Google changed the name of the easternmost of the Great Lakes to “Lake America” late Saturday, days after President Donald Trump ordered its rebranding in official government databases. Trump issued the executive order on Thursday as part of an ongoing feud over tariffs with

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Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals

Cars in European cities are smaller than ever. But as Europe’s appetite for microcars has grown, the cute Italian ‘yoghurt pots’ have largely given way to small Chinese EVs. Even Smart, the the iconic ultracompact car brand, has moved manufacturing to China. Spanish startup Liux thinks it can compete in a crowded market with a

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Could the Grid Handle It?

Anthropic’s Australian ambitions could require an extraordinary amount of electricity. The Claude maker expressed interest earlier this year in locating up to 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity in New South Wales, according to internal government emails obtained by ABC News. The figure would be more than three times the combined capacity of all

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Google changes ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ in Search, Google Maps

Are you visiting the Great Lakes before the end of summer? You may notice something odd when planning out the trip on Google. Lake Ontario is no more. Google Maps has renamed it to “Lake America.” Lake America on Google Maps Credit: Google Maps Try typing “Lake Ontario” into Google Search as well. Google takes

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Best Mesh Wi-Fi Systems (2026): I Tested Them All

These towering routers aren’t quite as big as the far more expensive Orbi 970 Series, but they have a similar design and are relatively large. The main router has four 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports, while the satellites make do with two 2.5 Gbps ports apiece. There’s no USB. Setup is quick and easy using the

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“We’re not doing 30 bets a year”: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z

It used to be that Vijay Pande was better known in academic circles than investor circles. That changed pretty abruptly a dozen years ago, when Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz — who’d spent their firm’s first five years explicitly avoiding healthcare and life sciences — decided the category was worth betting on after all and

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Google DeepMind Seals Gemini Test to Protect Benchmarks

AI benchmarks are supposed to reveal what models can do, but Google DeepMind is now putting the tests behind a cryptographic wall to make sure the models have not seen the answers first. Google DeepMind said Thursday that it has piloted what it describes as the first double-blind evaluation of a proprietary frontier AI model,

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Roman Space Telescope launch today: Livestream details, when to watch

If the weather plays nice, NASA plans to launch its next flagship space observatory today, and viewers can watch the coverage live online from home.  NASA and SpaceX are targeting the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope no earlier than 7:26 a.m. ET on Aug. 30 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap

Two mirrors, each small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, are set to change how we understand the cosmos. The launch window for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to open. The telescope’s primary instrument is due to inform practically every area of astrophysics, but also tucked inside the telescope

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