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Earlier this month, OpenAI's ChatGPT app became available for Apple's macOS platform, but only for ChatGPT Plus subscribers.

Now, this restriction has been removed, and ChatGPT for macOS is available for all users.

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You can get the app for free through OpenAI's website, but have in mind that there are a few limitations: The app will only work on Macs running macOS 14 Sonoma or later, and only those running on Apple silicon, meaning the company's M1 chip or later.

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Oddly, the app is still not available for Windows; according to OpenAI, this should happen "later this year." As a reminder, Microsoft has a big investment in OpenAI, so you'd expect Windows to be prioritized, but this time Mac users get first dibs.

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The advantages of running ChatGPT in the app instead of a browser window include faster access to ChatGPT via the Option + Space shortcut, the ability to ask about stuff (such as documents) on your computer, upload files, or take a screenshot of a window on your desktop and ask ChatGPT about it.

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During this year's WWDC in June, Apple also announced it would integrate ChatGPT with iPhones and iPads, though those features will gradually be rolling out in beta versions as we get close to official launch of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.

The Bear's second season introduced us to an onslaught of guest stars: Jamie Lee Curtis! Olivia Colman! Bob Odenkirk! Sarah Paulson! John Mulaney! Gillian Jacobs! Will Poulter!

Now, with Season 3, The Bear does it again, bringing some new guest stars into the fray, as well as repeat appearances from many of the above. While this new crop of big-name cameos isn't as sizable as those from Season 2, these appearances still pack a punch.

Here's a guide to the new guest stars joining the cast of The Bear in Season 3.

SEE ALSO: 'The Bear' falls victim to its own success: Full Season 3 review Josh Hartnett

Between Oppenheimer, the upcoming Trap, and now The Bear, it's clear the Hartnett-aissance is upon us. Here, he plays Frank, the fiancé of Richie's (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) ex-wife Tiffany (Gillian Jacobs).

The first (and only) time we meet Frank is when Richie drops off his daughter Eva (Annabelle Toomey) at his house in episode 4, "Violet." When Frank opens the door, you can hear the sound of Taylor Swift's "Long Live" playing in the background, so he's clearly down with Eva being a Swiftie. What are the odds of a Richie/Frank "Love Story" duet in Season 4?

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Professional wrestler turned scene-stealer John Cena joins the Fak clan in Season 3 of The Bear, appearing as Neil (Matty Matheson) and Ted Fak's (Ricky Staffieri) brother Sammy.

Cena bursts on the scene in episode 5, "Children," bringing with him a floor buffer, a penchant for smoking indoors, and a vendetta against Ted for stealing his SD cards. The beef with Ted prompts Sammy to "haunt" him; basically, Sammy inconveniences and spooks Ted until he relents and gives Sammy the password he so desperately craves.

SEE ALSO: How to watch 'The Bear' online for free: when does Season 3 start streaming? So. Many. Chefs.

The Bear is no stranger to featuring stars from the culinary world. On Sydney's (Ayo Edebiri) Season 2 food tour of Chicago, she chatted with famed restaurateurs like Rob Levitt, Dylan Patel, Donnie Madia, and David Posey.

Season 3 kicks the chef cameos up a notch throughout, featuring Daniel Boulud of New York City's Daniel, René Redzepi of Copenhagen's Noma, and Thomas Keller of California's The French Laundry.

The season finale, "Forever," is also bursting at the scenes with culinary cameos, as flocks of real-life chefs join Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and Sydney at the funeral dinner for Ever, run by Andrea Terry (Olivia Colman). Among them are the heads of several Chicago-based restaurants: Grant Achatz, chef at Alinea; Anna Posey, pastry chef at Elske; Genie Kwon, chef at Kasama; and Kevin Boehm, head of the Boka Restaurant Group.

Other guests at Ever's funeral dinner include Rosio Sanchez, a Chicago native who now runs Sanchez in Copenhagen; Christina Tosi, CEO of Milkbar; Malcolm Livingston II, former pastry chef at Noma; Wylie Dufresne, chef at New York's now-closed wd~50; and Will Guidara, former co-owner of the Make It Nice hospitality group, which operates NoMad hotels and restaurants.

All episodes of The Bear Season 3 are now streaming on Hulu.

Like any exciting recipe, The Bear's first two seasons established a solid mix of tradition and experimentation.

At first glance, the show operates like a workplace dramedy. Yet the more time we spent getting to know the various workers of The Bear (formerly The Beef), the more comfortable The Bear became with playing with its own form. Season 1 treated us to the anxiety-inducing "Review," a blistering one-take episode that played out in real time. Season 2 turned up the heat with "Fishes," its nightmarish, hour-long take on a Christmas special.

SEE ALSO: 'Fishes' vs. 'Forks': What's the best episode of 'The Bear'?

But The Bear also proved it could do more than stress us out. Single character-centric episodes like "Honeydew" and "Forks" — focusing on Marcus (Lionel Boyce) and Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), respectively — served as surprisingly mindful oases in a sea of screaming chefs. By switching up its own formula with episodes like these, The Bear cemented itself as something special. It's no wonder, then, that "Review," "Honeydew," "Fishes," and "Forks" all wound up on various best-of-the-year lists.

Unfortunately, The Bear appears to have taken all the wrong lessons from these episodes' successes. Its highly anticipated third season strives (and fails) again and again to recreate these lightning-in-a-bottle moments, delivering a batch of tonally dissonant episodes that feels frustratingly inert as a whole.

The Bear is off its rhythm in Season 3. Jeremy Allen White in "The Bear." Credit: FX

The Bear Season 3's imbalance begins right with its first episode "Tomorrow," which picks up the morning after the Season 2 finale. As Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) processes his accidental imprisonment in The Bear's walk-in fridge — including all the horrible things he said to Richie and his now-ex Claire (Molly Gordon) — he begins cooking a new menu from scratch. With that project come memories of all the prior restaurant experiences and family tragedies that led him to where he is today.

The memories range from peaceful sequences of cooking to toxic experiences with an old boss (Joel McHale). It's a neat encapsulation of the show's double-edged view of restaurant work. On the one hand, there's a joy in crafting something that will nurture diners. On the other, the obsession over perfection leads to conflict and harm. (Think of "Forks" and "Honeydew" as one end of the spectrum of what it's like to work in a restaurant, and "Review" as the other.) Underscored by looping ambient music, Carmy's cycle of memories lures you into a near-meditative state. Yet after a while, the loop (all 37 minutes of it) becomes stale, repetitive, borderline tedious.

SEE ALSO: A guide to the guest stars of 'The Bear' Season 3

After the languid recollections of "Tomorrow," The Bear Season 3 switches gears for a rapid-fire episode that focuses on an extended conversation between Carmy, Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), and the rest of The Bear's staff. Then, with its third episode, Season 3 changes again for an extended montage detailing a month in the life of the restaurant.

The change-ups from episode to episode keep the audience off balance, not unlike how the staff of The Bear are constantly walking a knife's edge between competence and chaos. But as the formal inconsistency piles up across 10 episodes, it begins to read more like co-showrunners Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo trying to create standout episodes instead of a standout season.

The two clearest attempts at this come in the latter half of Season 3. "Napkins," Edebiri's directorial debut, works to capitalize on the success of "Forks" and "Honeydew," crafting a narrative centered on Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas). Only instead of focusing on Tina's current inner life and the challenges and triumphs she might face at The Bear, "Napkins" takes us back in time to show us how Tina came to work at The Beef. The flashback format of the episode is disappointing: We've already seen Tina grow leaps and bounds as a chef and a person since the beginning of The Bear. Why can't we hone in on that growth as The Bear gets up and running? Why do we have to look to the past, when other character-centric episodes root us in the present? The entire episode, while it does feature some nice story beats, stings as a missed opportunity to give both Tina and Colón-Zayas the showcase they deserve.

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Then there's "Ice Chips," a late-season response to "Fishes" that sees Natalie (Abby Elliott) in labor with only her mother Donna (Jamie Lee Curtis) to help her. Here, The Bear teases out their fraught relationship further from what we saw in Season 2, leading to some some genuinely sweet bonding between the two, as well as tense arguments. Yet just like with "Tomorrow," the pacing begins to drag, and you wonder what the rest of The Bear's ensemble is up to. More an Emmy reel for Curtis's performance than an engaging episode, "Ice Chips" — and all the episodes that came before it — reads as a fundamental misunderstanding of why people cared about "Forks" and "Fishes" in the first place.

People gravitated towards "Forks" and "Fishes" so much because they serve as special departures from The Bear's familiar (yet excellent) structure. Once we return to The Bear's "normal" state, the work these episodes do enhance the show's usual framework, letting us gain an even better understanding of our characters and why they do what they do. However, in Season 3, there is barely any standard framework to enhance or depart from. Instead, the novelty of these episodes quickly wears off and loops all the way around to being The Bear's norm. If you're always doing something different, don't the differences meld into sameness?

The excessive variety calls to mind Carmy's insistence that The Bear change its menu every night, a demand that no one else finds feasible. Confusion sets in, with characters mistaking ravioli for agnolotti for cavatelli. The Bear Season 3 finds itself in a similar identity crisis.

The Bear Season 3 is more frustrating than anything. Ayo Edebiri in "The Bear." Credit: FX

With all these constant changes, you might expect this season of The Bear to be propulsive. That's not the case. If Seasons 1 and 2 of The Bear were about letting it rip, Season 3 is about letting it stagnate, constantly teasing huge plot points — sometimes for episodes at a time — without following through.

Take the fact that Carmy needs to apologize to Claire. Or that Sydney gets offered a prestigious position at a new restaurant and needs to make a decision about where her loyalties lie. Or that the threat of a review hangs over The Bear for over half the season. All of these are key storylines built up throughout Season 3, yet none receive any kind of closure. The way the finale handles the review in particular is some of the most aggravating TV I've witnessed this year. It's less a cliffhanger than it is an infuriating moment of stringing the audience along.

Elsewhere, The Bear's over-reliance on seconds-long flashbacks proves stifling. It's almost impossible to make it through an episode without a snapshot of the "Fishes" fight, or to Sydney and Carmy's many conversations, or to Carmy and Claire's relationship. Once the review comes into play, The Bear switches up these flashes a bit, incorporating Carmy's best-case and worst-case ideas of what a restaurant review of The Bear might say. Even that isn't enough to make these memory montages feel fresh.

Of course, the reliance on memory — established extra thoroughly in "Tomorrow" — has thematic relevance. Carmy is so caught up on past mistakes and past traumas that he is incapable of moving forward. As such, he traps those around him in a cycle of miscommunication and emotional turmoil, and on and on it goes. From a stylistic standpoint, though, the nonstop flashbacks halt what little momentum The Bear Season 3 has. They also read as if The Bear doesn't trust its audience to make connections between a character's past and their present. Why, after Carmy parrots something his old toxic boss once told him, do we need a clip we've already seen of said boss repeating that exact same line? The comparison comes through even without the flashback — and given that The Bear is released all at once, you can bet that eager binge-watchers will pick up on that moment right away.

The Bear being The Bear, there are still strong moments across the season. The entire main cast continues to excel, especially the core trio of White, Edebiri, and Moss-Bachrach. Plus, discussions about everything from legacy to the reason why chefs cook in the first place make for strong emotional touchpoints throughout.

It's a shame, then, that so much good stuff is buried under mountains of dissonance and bizarre stylistic choices. Following in the footsteps of its sublime second season, The Bear Season 3 feels like an overlong exercise in experimentation that doesn't fully pay off. Perhaps it would have benefitted from one of the non-negotiables Carmy preaches this season: Subtract.

All episodes of The Bear Season 3 are now streaming on Hulu.

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TL;DR: The first Biden-Trump 2024 presidential debate will live stream for free on USA TODAY via YouTube. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

We don't know about you, but we can't think of a better way to spend an evening than watching two elderly gentlemen go back and forth over the crucial issues that could determine the future of the country (and planet). The November election might seem like a distant point on the horizon, but the first Biden-Trump 2024 presidential debate means there is no escaping it. Things are about to really heat up.

If you want to watch the first Biden-Trump 2024 presidential debate for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is the Biden-Trump 2024 presidential debate?

The first Biden-Trump 2024 presidential debate will take place at 9 p.m. ET on June 27. CNN is hosting the debate, with moderation from network anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. The debate will run for 90 minutes with two commercial breaks.

How to watch the Biden-Trump 2024 presidential debate for free

The good news is that there are a number of ways to watch the first 2024 presidential debate between Biden and Trump.

The Biden-Trump debate will air live on CNN, CNN International, CNN en Español, and Max, with live streaming available on CNN.com. The likes of Fox News, ABC, NBC, and C-SPAN will also carry a free simulcast of the debate.

Alternatively, you can access free live streams of the first Biden-Trump 2024 presidential debate on PBS and USA TODAY via YouTube.

If you're unable to access these free live streams due to geo-restrictions, you can use a VPN. These handy tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to secure servers in the U.S., meaning you can access free streaming platforms from around the world in just a few clicks.

Unblock free live streams of the Biden-Trump debate by following these simple steps:

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4. Access free live streams of the first Biden-Trump 2024 presidential debate from anywhere in the world

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but leading VPNs do tend to offer free-trial periods or money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can gain access to free live streams without committing with your cash. This is obviously not a long-term solution, but it does give you time to watch the first Biden-Trump 2024 presidential debate before recovering your investment.

What is the best VPN for streaming?

ExpressVPN is the best service for bypassing geo-restrictions to stream content from around the world, for a number of reasons:

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TL;DR: Watch India vs. England in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup semi final for free on Disney+ Hotstar. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The 2024 Men's T20 World Cup final is looming on the horizon, but only two sides can compete for the prize. India and England both came into the tournament will aspirations of winning the whole thing, and they face off in an absolutely massive semi-final clash. It's set to be one of the biggest matches of the competition, and you can watch all the action without spending anything.

If you want to watch India vs. England in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup semi final for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is India vs. England?

India vs. England in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup semi final starts at 10:30 a.m. ET on June 27. This fixture takes place at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.

How to watch India vs. England for free

Smartphone users in India can watch the 2024 Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup for free on Disney+ Hotstar, including the semi final between India and England.

This content is geo-restricted to India, but anyone from around the world can access these free live streams with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in India, meaning you can access Disney+ Hotstar from anywhere in the world. The process is actually really straightforward.

Access free live streams of the T20 Cricket World Cup by following these simple steps:

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4. Download the Disney+ Hotstar mobile app

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but top VPNs do tend to offer free-trial periods or money-back guarantees. By taking advantage of these offers, you can gain access to free live streams of the T20 World Cup without parting with any cash. This is clearly not a long-term streaming solution, but it does give you time to watch India vs. England (and the final) before recovering your investment.

What is the best VPN for Disney+ Hotstar?

ExpressVPN is the best service for streaming live sport on Disney+ Hotstar, for a number of reasons:

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TL;DR: Watch Uruguay vs. Bolivia in the 2024 Copa America for free on Sportitalia. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

Did you know Uruguay won the first ever World Cup? Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that Uruguay have won the Copa America an incredible 15 times across its 108-year history. That record is currently tied with defending champions Argentina. Can Uruguay win the 2024 Copa America and pull ahead of the Argentinians?

First Uruguay will have to beat Bolivia and advance from Group C. It's true that Bolivia aren't the strongest team in the competition, but you can never count anyone out in the group stage. That's the beauty of tournament football.

If you want to watch Uruguay vs. Bolivia in the 2024 Copa America for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Uruguay vs. Bolivia?

Uruguay vs. Bolivia in the 2024 Copa America kicks off at 9 p.m. ET on June 27. This fixture takes place at the MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey.

How to watch Uruguay vs. Bolivia for free

Uruguay vs. Bolivia in the 2024 Copa America is available to live stream for free on Sportitalia.

Sportitalia is a free streaming platform that's geo-restricted to Italy. That means that viewers outside of Italy can't usually access it, but you'll be able to bypass the geo-restrictions by using a VPN. If you've never used one before, a VPN is a handy tool that can hide your IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server based in Italy. That will allow you to access Sportitalia from anywhere in the world, as long as you have a good enough internet connection for live streaming.

Access free live streams of Copa America by following these simple steps:

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but leading VPN providers often have incentive deals such as free-trial periods or money-back guarantees. To take advantage, simply sign up and gain access for the trial period, which will give you time to watch all the 2024 Copa America action, including Uruguay vs. Bolivia. And all without spending a penny. Who knows? With the improved online security and streaming access you get with a VPN, you may decide to use it beyond the 2024 Copa America.

What is the best VPN for Sportitalia?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for unblocking Sportitalia to stream live sport for free, for a number of reasons:

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A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $99.95, including an extra three months for free. That's an impressive 40% off the standard price, but for a limited time only. This plan also includes a year of free unlimited cloud backup and a generous 30-day money-back guarantee.

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TL;DR: Watch Panama vs. United States in the 2024 Copa America for free on Sportitalia. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The 2024 Copa America is delivering a stellar lineup of massive matchups, with the likes of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay looking to win the competition. Panama vs. United States is not the biggest game on the schedule, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't matter. Both teams will be doing everything they can to win and progress to the knockout rounds.

If you want to watch Panama vs. United States in the 2024 Copa America for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Panama vs. United States?

Panama vs. United States in the 2024 Copa America kicks off at 6 p.m. ET on June 27. This fixture takes place at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

How to watch Panama vs. United States for free

Panama vs. United States in the 2024 Copa America is available to live stream for free on Sportitalia.

Sportitalia is geo-restricted to Italy, but anyone can access this free streaming platform with a VPN. These powerful tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in Italy, meaning you can access Sportitalia from anywhere in the world.

Access free live streams of Copa America by following these simple steps:

1. Subscribe to a streaming-friendly VPN (like ExpressVPN)

2. Download the app to your device of choice (the best VPNs have apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux, and more)

3. Open up the app and connect to a server in Italy

4. Visit Sportitalia

5. Watch the 2024 Copa America for free from anywhere in the world

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but top VPNs do tend to offer free-trial periods or money-back guarantees. By taking advantage of these offers, you can gain access to free live streams without committing with your cash. This is clearly not a long-term solution, but it does give you time to watch Panama vs. United States (plus every game in the 2024 Copa America) before recovering your investment.

What is the best VPN for Sportitalia?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for unblocking Sportitalia to stream live sport for free, for a number of reasons:

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• Easy-to-use app available on all major devices including iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, and more

• Strict no-logging policy so your data is secure

• Fast connection speeds free from throttling

• Up to eight simultaneous connections

• 30-day money-back guarantee

A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $99.95 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time. This plan also includes a year of free unlimited cloud backup and a generous 30-day money-back guarantee.

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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 June 27's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

Where did Wordle come from?

Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once. 

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Wordle.

What's the best Wordle starting word?

The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.

What happened to the Wordle archive?

The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles used to be available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it. Unfortunately, it has since been taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times.

Is Wordle getting harder?

It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn't any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle's Hard Mode if you're after more of a challenge, though.

Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

A certain rule to life in a community.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

The letter R appears twice.

Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...

Today's Wordle starts with the letter O.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. The Wordle answer today is...

Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution.

Drumroll please!

The solution to Wordle #1104 is...

ORDER.

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be a new Wordle for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Reporting by Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.

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 of this article for June 27's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

What is Connections?

The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer. If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

Here's a hint for today's Connections categories

Want a hit about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Pursuing someone

• Green: XOXO

• Blue: A small team of people

• Purple: Gold

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• Yellow: Pursuit

• Green: Romatinc Letter Sign-Offs

• Blue: Group Within a Group

• Purple: Gold___

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What is the answer to Connections today

• Pursuit: CHASE, HUNT, QUEST, SEARCH

• Romantic Letter Sign-Offs: ALWAYS, KISSES, LOVE, YOURS

• Group Within a Group: CAMP, PARTY, SIDE, WING

• Gold___: BOND, LEAF, MINE, RUSH

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What's this? A bipartisan politics-related decision from Elon Musk?!

The owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has weighed in more and more on politics in recent years, boosting far-right wing online influencers and spreading far right conspiracies. Musk has also altered policies on X in order to be more amenable to those right wing figures. As a result, Musk himself has become a controversial figure in politics, eliciting condemnation from civil rights groups.

However, on Monday night, Musk made a rare popular political decision: X would allow third-party streams of Thursday's presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. According to Musk, his company would not take down commentary feeds streaming the debate if CNN filed such a request.

"The public has a right to see Presidential debates however they would like," Musk said in reply to right wing YouTuber Tim Pool. "DMCA does not apply."

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This Thursday's debate, the first of only two scheduled 2024 presidential debates, will be hosted by CNN. As a result, the cable news network has the rights to airing the debate between Biden and Trump.

CNN has granted rights to other networks like ABC News, CBS, Fox News, and PBS to also air the live debate on their respective channels.

There are some rules and requirements that CNN has laid out for those networks, such as CNN's insignia being visible throughout the entire broadcast, in exchange for being able to air the debate. The most crucial CNN request that would affect livestream debate commentary, though, is the rule that any added commentary be added before or after the debate. The other networks cannot add commentary during the debate or interrupt or replace CNN's hosts during the broadcast.

However, CNN has also recently made it clear that the offer to broadcast the debate is not open to online streamers. In an email shared by Breaking Points co-host Saagar Enjeti, CNN said that it is "not offering the feed for other YouTube channels."

But, apparently, CNN might have a problem enforcing its rules over on Elon Musk's X. Right wing YouTuber Tim Pool asked Musk if "live commentary and fact checking shows for the CNN Debate" would be "taken down if CNN files a DMCA." And that's when Musk replied saying the DMCA would not apply.

DMCA refers to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which covers copyright on the internet. Rights holders typically file DMCA requests with online platforms in order to get copyrighted material removed when a platform's users publish the copyrighted material.

Politics YouTubers and Twitch streamers are very familiar with battling purported copyright holders over their commentary content. Much of what these creators publish would, the prevailing wisdom goes, fall under fair use, which allows copyrighted material to be used for educational purposes, commentary, criticism, or in transformative use cases. However, major corporations often file copyright claims against fair use material and online platforms abide by them.

Musk's stance, especially when it comes to an event as important to the voting public as a presidential debate, is a rare type of decision from the X owner lately, assuming he follows through: it's a decision that doesn't lean firmly on the right. Streamers of any political background will be able to safely stream commentary during the live presidential debate that may very well be taken down on any other online platform.

It will be interesting to see if CNN escalates matters and sues Musk and company if X does indeed refuse to remove presidential debate streams after takedown requests from the cable news network.

Annual innovation and entertainment festival SXSW is changing up its funding streams for next year's events, with the organization announcing it would stop taking sponsorship money from military affiliates.

The organization's brief official statement (found in its updated Music Showcase FAQ) reads:

After careful consideration, we are revising our sponsorship model. As a result, the U.S. Army, and companies who engage in weapons manufacturing, will not be sponsors of SXSW 2025.

SEE ALSO: On social media, the conversation about pinkwashing and Palestine is amplified

In March, several notable musicians and celebrities condemned the festival for its ties to the U.S. Army and its historic backing of Israeli militarization, with more than 80 acts and panelists dropping out of the 2024 event in total.

Activists and attendees called out SXSW sponsors RTX (formerly Raytheon), Collins Aerospace, and BAE Systems, all weapons manufacturers, in addition to the U.S. Army's involvement (it was deemed a "Super Sponsor" of the festivities). "The defense industry has historically been a proving ground for many of the systems we rely on today," SXSW explained at the time. "These institutions are often leaders in emerging technologies, and we believe it’s better to understand how their approach will impact our lives."

Among those speaking out against the ties was Irish political rap group Kneecap, which wrote in a statement on X that they would be dropping out due to "solidarity with the people of Palestine and to highlight the unacceptable deep links the festival has to weapons companies and the U.S. military who at this very moment are enabling a genocide and famine against a trapped population."

In addition, local Austin, Texas, activist groups coordinated protest shows and an anti-SXSW rally featuring several of the boycotting artists.

SXSW responded to the criticism at the time, saying the organization “fully respect[ed] the decision these artists made to exercise their right to free speech.”

Robert Zemeckis reunites with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for "Here," based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire. Trailer.

Using a Visa gift card on Amazon is more convenient than you may think. Since it seems very similar to Amazon's gift card, users might mistakenly try to register their Visa card as a gift card on Amazon. Sadly, that won't work, but there's a pretty simple way to make Amazon purchases with a Visa gift card: register the card like you register debit/credit cards on your profile to start using it as a payment method.

SEE ALSO: Prime Day 2024 is coming: Here are the best live deals to shop early How to add a Visa gift card to make purchases on Amazon:

Step 1: Go to the Amazon website and hover over Accounts & Lists at the top right corner of the webpage. Select Account from the dropdown menu that appears.

Step 2: Once the new page opens up, click on the Your Payments tab. This option will take you to your digital wallet where you can view your added payment methods.

Step 3: Click on Add a payment method. Because the gift card is a Visa, it functions like a regular debit or credit card, so scroll down to the credit or debit cards category to add the new card.

Step 4: A new webpage will appear, prompting you to add the necessary card information like your card number, card holder's name, and expiry date.

Step 5: Now, a new page will open asking for the Billing Address. Add the information to activate your card.

To add the Visa gift card on the Amazon app, click on the three horizontal lines at the bottom right of the screen and a new page will open. Go to Your Shortcuts at the bottom of the page and click on Account. Now, you can follow the same steps as mentioned above to add and activate your Visa gift card.

There are a few caveats to consider when using a Visa gift card on Amazon. First, not all Visa gift cards may work as debit or credit cards on Amazon. Some may require users to use a CVV to authorize a purchase. Since Amazon doesn't ask for this information while adding payment methods, these Visa gift cards might not go through.

Also, Amazon doesn't allow users to combine multiple Visa gift cards, or use a gift card and another credit or debit card on a single transaction. This means that every time you make a purchase from the gift card, you must keep an eye on the balance and make sure that the total order cost (including shipping and taxes) doesn't exceed the account balance.

There is, however, a workaround for tracking that Visa gift card balance. You can use the Visa gift card to add or reload funds on an Amazon gift card, which you can then apply toward future Amazon purchases. Once you add a Visa gift card as an Amazon payment method to your account following the steps above, you can purchase an Amazon gift card for the full amount of the Visa gift card balance (taking into account any fees the Visa card may deduct upon use), or follow these steps to access your existing Amazon gift card balance and reload funds.

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Hawk Tuah Girl is the internet's latest viral star, and her origin story is all too common in the digital age. It started with one of those man-on-the-street interviews designed to go viral. The questions were sexual in nature, and that, combined with the setting (a.k.a. the party scene in Nashville), was a recipe for success.

In case you haven't been on TikTok lately and missed it, Hawk Tuah Girl first surfaced in a Tim & Dee TV video. She's asked, "What's one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time?"

In a Southern accent, she answers, with enthusiasm and in a ridiculous way: "Aw, you gotta give 'em that 'hawk TUAH' and spit on that thang! You get me?" She says this while miming, well, spitting on that...thang...in the form of a microphone angled toward her.

This clip, in turn, went viral on TikTok with videos featuring the moment, reacting to it, or updating folks on it, gaining millions and millions of views. It's since been revealed that Hawk Tuah Girl is named Hailey Welch. As the internet is wont to do, people began digging and starting random rumors.

Chief among them? That Welch was a teacher and fired for the viral clip. That started when a parody account fooled people online.

But while Welch initially seemed a bit hesitant to cash in on the viral moment, she has begun selling merchandise now, which is a pretty foolproof way to pull in money. She's working with a local Tennessee company called Fathead Threads to sell merchandise capitalizing on all the Hawk Tuah virality. Among the items: a "Hawk Tuah 2024" trucker hat, graphic tees, and New Jersey-Boardwalk-esque shirts making crude Hawk Tuah jokes.

Some reporting has also suggested Welch could soon have representation. Page Six reported that industry buzz suggests she's in talks with major talent agencies.

Honestly, it's good for Welch. She was funny in the interview and probably never expected to go viral for something some people consider embarrassing. But now she can laugh all the way to the bank.

Crypto scam victims are being pegged as easy marks by fraudsters who are targeting these individuals – after they've already been scammed.

According to a new warning by the FBI, there's a new, growing trend of scammers masquerading as law firms and targeting those who have already been victims of cryptocurrency scams. These nonexistent law firms offer services to the scam victims, claiming that they can recoup their stolen funds. In reality, these fake companies just scam these victims again.

SEE ALSO: Fake Elon Musk livestreams promoting crypto scams keep popping up on YouTube

The FBI first put out a warning about this scam last year. However, according to the FBI's update, targeting crypto scam victims has been quite lucrative for scammers.

Between February 2023 and February 2024, the FBI reports that $9.9 million has been stolen from crypto scam victims by fake law firms via this scheme.

Victims report being contacted by the scammers, who claim they can investigate their stolen crypto cases and claw back their funds. Others initiated the contact themselves after being duped by fake websites offering crypto recovery services. 

After a crypto scam victim decides to work with the fake law firm, the scammer will extract funds from the victims in numerous different ways. For example, the scammer may request that the victim pay fees upfront for the fake services or trick them into having to pay "back taxes" or other necessary legal fees in order to recover the funds. The scammers also make requests for personal information and banking information from the crypto scam victim.

The scammers routinely mention connections to the FBI, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), or other government agencies in order to help bolster their legitimacy.

Those who believe they have been scammed are encouraged to file a report with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.

Fashion label Collina Strada has made a name for itself by claiming to prioritize sustainable production and climate awareness, but a recent release has buyers doubting whether the brand is truly committed to the cause.

A highly anticipated collaboration between Collina Strada and bag-maker Baggu, released yesterday, has been revealed to have been created using AI tools. As part of a larger discussion of the brand's use of AI, a Reddit user fed photos from the whimsical collection, which featured horse-shaped purses and trippy prints, into a program that purports to detect whether an image has been created using AI. The result? An 86.4 percent likelihood that one of the designs had been created using AI or deepfake tech.

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Buyers were confused. On its website and throughout its marketing, Collina Strada calls itself "a platform for climate awareness, social awareness, change and self expression [sic]." But AI is hugely taxing on the environment. One report suggests that, due in large part to AI, demand for electricity to power data centers may grow by up to 20 percent in the next six years — a potentially disastrous obstacle for the transition to climate-friendly energy sources. It is also considered by some to be an encroachment on the work and rights of artists, whose work is often used — without permission — to train AI models.

SEE ALSO: The 2024 Met Gala was filled with floral fashion. The internet had thoughts.

On its website, Baggu has since added a note on two of the prints, "Blue Thorns" and "Boxer Plaid," disclosing that they are both "AI-conceptualized" and created using the generative artificial intelligence program Midjourney. "The [Collina Strada] team used Midjourney as a tool to remix old Collina prints and drive them further," the description reads. "After they used Midjourney to mix two of their prints together, their graphics team transformed the concept into a repeat, inserting logos and adding new elements and layers to complete the print."

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When reached for comment, Collina Strada told Mashable that "For the record, we only used AI for the Boxer Plaid and Blue Thorn prints" and that "Midjourney does not take away the process of using print designers this was just used as an experiment for this season and translated by the designers."

The prints were first shown alongside other designs made with the help of AI at the label's SS24 "Soft is Hard" runway show where — ironically — models glided down the runway to a song with the lyrics "Why are we here, the Earth’s on fire."

Comments under a Collina Strada Instagram post about the collection are filled with customers expressing disappointment. "I did not know about the AI pattern," read one, "I will be cancelling my order." Another opined, "Using AI is unforgivable. Horrible for artists and even more importantly the environment. Hurts my heart but I will not be buying from Baggu anymore." A third said, "You can still cancel and get a refund if ur like me and expected better from the designer and baggu... show companies ai isn't welcome as long as its unregulated and unethical."

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Buyers on Reddit were even more disappointed by screenshots that appeared to show Art Director of Collina Strada, Charlie Engman, reacting dismissively to concerns. On an Instagram story that included a screenshot of a comments section critical of the release, Engman wrote "Endlessly fascinated by the punitive urge to foment public judgement over an artistic process in the name of protecting artists." Engman has been publicly enthusiastic about the use of AI in his own work.

NBC will offer a customized, daily highlight reel with A.I.-generated narration that sounds like the longtime broadcaster.

As state and federal governments pursue AI regulation, Google has chimed in with its with own thoughts.

On Wednesday, the tech giant published a blog post titled "7 principles for getting AI regulation right." Unsurprisingly, the overall message is that AI should be regulated, but not to the extent that it hampers innovation. "We’re in the midst of a global technology race," wrote Kent Walker, president of global affairs for Google and parent company Alphabet. "And like all technology races, it's a competition that will be won not by the country that invents something first, but by the countries that deploy it best, across all sectors."

Google and AI companies like OpenAI have publicly taken a cooperative attitude towards AI regulation, citing the threat of existential risk. Google CEO Sundar Pichai participated in the Senate's AI Insight Forums to inform how Congress should legislate AI. But some in favor of a less-regulated, more open-source AI ecosystem have criticized Google and others of fear-mongering in order to achieve regulatory capture.

"Altman, Hassabis, and Amodei are the ones doing massive corporate lobbying at the moment," said Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, referring to the the CEOs of OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic respectively. "If your fear-mongering campaigns succeed, they will inevitably result in what you and I would identify as a catastrophe: a small number of companies will control AI."

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Walker referenced the White House AI executive order, the AI policy roadmap proposed by the U.S. Senate, and recent AI bills in California and Connecticut. While Google says it supports these efforts, AI legislation should focus on regulating specific outcomes of AI development, not broad strokes laws that stifle development. "Progressing American innovation requires intervention at points of actual harm, not blanket research inhibitors," said Walker who noted in a section about "striving for alignment" that more than 600 bills in the U.S. alone have been proposed.

The Google post also briefly touched on the issue of copyright infringement and how and what data is used to train AI models. Companies with AI models argue that utilization of publicly available data on the web constitutes fair use, they've been accused by media companies, and more recently major record labels of violating copyright and profiting from it.

Walker, essentially reaffirms the fair use argument, but acknowledges that there should be more transparency and control over AI training data, saying "website owners should be able to use machine-readable tools to opt out of having content on their sites used for AI training."

The principle about "supporting responsible innovation" covers "known risks" in general terms. But it doesn't get into specifics about, say, regulatory oversight to prevent flagrant inaccuracies in generative AI responses that could fuel misinformation and cause harms.

To be fair, no one actually took it seriously when Google's AI summary recommended putting glue on a pizza, but it's a recent example that underscores the ongoing discussion about accountability for AI-generated falsehoods and responsible deployment.