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SAVE $60: As of July 28, the Beelink SER5 Mini PC is on sale for $389 at Amazon. That's 13% off the list price.
Opens in a new window Credit: Beelink Beelink SER5 Mini PC $389 at AmazonMini PCs have become a popular choice for anyone who wants a compact setup without sacrificing performance. And if you've been looking for the right model to add to your space, the Beelink SER5 Mini PC is on sale at Amazon.
As of July 28, this model is reduced by $60, taking the price down from $449 to $389. This price is for the SER5 16G/480G/5500U size, but there are discounts on smaller models too.
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TL;DR: The latest Stuff Your Kindle Day takes place on July 18. Romance Book Blast, hosted by Romance Booklovers, offers free romance books in a variety of subgenres.
Rejoice, because another Stuff Your Kindle Day is going live on July 28.
Romance Book Blast, hosted by Romance Booklovers, is offering free romance books from a variety of subgenres. The chance to bolster your reserve of reading material for free is special, but it actually gets better: Everything that you download is yours to keep forever. That means you can stock up without a care in the world.
SEE ALSO: T-Mobile is giving away the new Motorola Razr for free — how to get yoursLooking to make the most of the latest Stuff Your Kindle Day? We've lined up everything you need to know about this popular event.
When is Stuff Your Kindle Day?Romance Book Blast takes place on July 28. This 24-hour giveaway is a little more stressful than some of the events that drag on for multiple days. With this free event, you will need to act fairly quickly to secure everything on your list.
Which books are free?Romance Book Blast is a (you guessed it) romance book giveaway with everything listed for free. There's a helpful hub page with everything organized by subgenre. Take some time to properly peruse your options, or head directly to the sub-category that works best for you:
Everything you download on Stuff Your Kindle Day is yours to keep forever, and there's no limit on the number of books you can download. Stuff Your Kindle Day downloads don't count towards the 20 books that Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscribers can borrow at the same time.
The best Stuff Your Kindle Day deal Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Kindle (16GB) + Kindle Unlimited (3 Months) $109.99 at AmazonThese popular e-readers let you take your entire library on the go. With weeks of battery life and an anti-glare display, you can read anywhere and anytime with the Kindle. Plus, you can get three months of Kindle Unlimited for free with your purchase for a limited time.
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.
There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.
An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.
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If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.
SEE ALSO: Hurdle: Everything you need to know to find the answers Hurdle Word 1 hintWhat a toilet does.
SEE ALSO: Apple’s new M3 MacBook Air is $300 off at Amazon. And yes, I’m tempted. Hurdle Word 1 answerFLUSH
Hurdle Word 2 hintDeepness.
SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for July 28, 2026 Hurdle Word 2 AnswerDEPTH
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Hurdle Word 3 hintWifi equipment.
SEE ALSO: NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for July 28 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for July 28, 2026 Hurdle Word 3 answerMODEM
Hurdle Word 4 hintA machine.
Hurdle Word 4 answerROBOT
Final Hurdle hintRobot.
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Today's Connections: Sports Edition will be easier if you've ever watched football.
As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.
Like the original Connections, 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 the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable What is Connections: Sports Edition?The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. The sports Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.Each puzzle features 16 words, and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise 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 before the game ends.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.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.
SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. Here's a hint for today's Connections: Sports Edition categoriesWant a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:
Yellow: Type of football roles
Green: Ways to hit a tennis ball
Blue: Extra points
Purple: Sounds like a number
Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:
Yellow: Football Positions
Green: Tennis Shot Descriptions
Blue: Worth Two Points/Runs
Purple: Ends in a Number
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Drumroll, please!
The solution to today's Connections: Sports Edition #673 is...
What is the answer to Connections: Sports Edition today?Football Positions: GUARD, LINEBACKER, RUNNING BACK, TIGHT END
Tennis Shot Descriptions: BACKHAND, DROP, SLICE, SMASH
Worth Two Points/Runs: 2-RUN HR, LAYUP, SAFETY, WRESTLING REVERSAL
Ends in a Number: CONINE, END ZONE, HEAVYWEIGHT, WITTEN
Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new sports Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.
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Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.
Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.
Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move on to the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you covered! Below are piecemeal answers that will serve as hints so that you can find your way through each difficulty level.
How to play PipsIf you've ever played dominoes, you'll have a passing familiarity with how Pips is played. As we've shared in our previous hints stories for Pips, the tiles, like dominoes, are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other. The main difference between a traditional game of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded conditions you have to address. The touching tiles don't necessarily have to match.
SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for July 28, 2026The conditions you have to meet are specific to the color-coded spaces. For example, if it provides a single number, every side of a tile in that space must add up to the number provided. It is possible — and common — for only half a tile to be within a color-coded space.
Here are common examples you'll run into across the difficulty levels:
Number: All the pips in this space must add up to the number.
Equal: Every domino half in this space must be the same number of pips.
Not Equal: Every domino half in this space must have a completely different number of pips.
Less than: Every domino half in this space must add up to less than the number.
Greater than: Every domino half in this space must add up to more than the number.
If an area does not have any color coding, it means there are no conditions on the portions of dominoes within those spaces.
SEE ALSO: NYT Strands hints, answers for July 28, 2026 Easy difficulty hints, answers for July 28 PipsLess Than (3): Everything in this space must be less than 3. The answer is 2-0, placed horizontally.
Equal (0): Everything in this space must be equal to 0. The answer is 2-0, placed horizontally; 5-0, placed vertically.
Equal (1): Everything in this space must be equal to 1. The answer is 1-1, placed horizontally; 1-0, placed horizontally.
Less Than (1): Everything in this space must be less than 1. The answer is 1-0, placed horizontally.
Greater Than (5): Everything in this space must be greater than 5. The answer is 6-0, placed horizontally.
Medium difficulty hints, answers for July 28 PipsEqual (6): Everything in this space must be equal to 6. The answer is 1-6, placed horizontally; 6-6, placed horizontally.
Equal (0): Everything in this space must be equal to 0. The answer is 0-0, placed horizontally; 0-2, placed vertically.
Number (7): Everything in this space must add up to 7. The answer is 1-3, placed vertically; 4-2, placed vertically.
Number (7): Everything in this space must add up to 7. The answer is 0-2, placed vertically; 5-6, placed vertically.
Number (8): Everything in this space must add up to 8. The answer is 4-2, placed vertically; 5-6, placed vertically.
Hard difficulty hints, answers for July 28 PipsNumber (5): Everything in this space must add up to 5. The answer is 5-1, placed vertically.
Number (2): Everything in this space must add up to 2. The answer is 2-1, placed vertically.
Number (5): Everything in this space must add up to 5. The answer is 5-2, placed horizontally.
Number (2): Everything in this space must add up to 2. The answer is 5-2, placed horizontally.
Number (1): Everything in this space must add up to 1. The answer is 5-1, placed vertically.
Number (1): Everything in this space must add up to 1. The answer is 2-1, placed vertically.
Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 3-6, placed horizontally.
Greater Than (0): Everything in this space must be greater than 0. The answer is 3-6, placed horizontally.
Number (2): Everything in this space must add up to 2. The answer is 2-4, placed vertically.
Number (5): Everything in this space must add up to 5. The answer is 5-4, placed horizontally.
Number (4): Everything in this space must add up to 4. The answer is 5-4, placed horizontally.
Number (2): Everything in this space must add up to 2. The answer is 2-3, placed vertically.
Number (4): Everything in this space must add up to 4. The answer is 2-4, placed vertically.
Number (1): Everything in this space must add up to 1. The answer is 1-3, placed vertically.
Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 2-3, placed vertically.
Number (4): Everything in this space must add up to 4. The answer is 4-0, placed vertically.
Number (2): Everything in this space must add up to 2. The answer is 0-2, placed vertically.
Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 1-3, placed vertically.
Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 3-0, placed vertically.
Number (1): Everything in this space must add up to 1. The answer is 1-0, placed horizontally.
Number (1): Everything in this space must add up to 1. The answer is 1-4, placed vertically.
Number (5): Everything in this space must add up to 5. The answer is 5-0, placed horizontally.
Number (4): Everything in this space must add up to 4. The answer is 4-3, placed vertically.
Number (4): Everything in this space must add up to 4. The answer is 1-4, placed vertically.
Number (5): Everything in this space must add up to 5. The answer is 5-3, placed horizontally.
Greater Than (0): Everything in this space must be greater than 0. The answer is 5-3, placed horizontally.
Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 4-3, placed vertically.
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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you love fruit.
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games 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 today's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable 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.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.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.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.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.
SEE ALSO: NYT Pips hints, answers for July 28, 2026 Here's a hint for today's Connections categoriesWant a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:
Yellow: Guide
Green: America's fruit
Blue: New kicks
Purple: Same front to back
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Here are today's Connections categoriesNeed a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:
Yellow: Command
Green: How do you like them apples
Blue: Shoe brands starting with "C"
Purple: Starting with palindromic names
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Drumroll, please!
The solution to today's Connections #1143 is...
What is the answer to Connections todayCommand: CAPTAIN, DIRECT, HEAD, LEAD
How do you like them apples: EMPIRE, FUJI, GALA, HONEYCRISP
Shoe brands starting with "C": CAMPER, CLARKS, CONVERSE, CROCS
Starting with palindromic names: ANNAPOLIS, BOBSLED, EVEREST, OTTOMAN
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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're complete.
Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, 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 answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on MashableBy providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.
If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.
SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for July 28, 2026 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Leave nothing outThe words are related to amounts.
Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explainedThese words describe wholeness.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.
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NYT Strands spangram answer todayToday's spangram is Its All There.
NYT Strands word list for July 28Complete
Entire
Its All There
Undivided
Total
Whole Full
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Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you're a good listener.
If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for July 28, 2026 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.
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 was originally available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it, but it was later taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times. However, the New York Times then rolled out its own Wordle Archive, available only to NYT Games subscribers.
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.
SEE ALSO: NYT Pips hints, answers for July 28, 2026 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:Sound navigation.
Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?There are no recurring letters.
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Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...Today's Wordle starts with the letter S.
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 today's Wordle is...
SONAR
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. Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.
Reporting by Chance Townsend, Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.
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In case you haven't heard, T-Mobile's mobile network appeared to go down for a lot of users on Monday afternoon.
Users in the United States reported a widespread outage, with mobile service in particular being disrupted, and some users reported they were stuck in "SOS mode," which can happen if service is interrupted. As usual, customers took to social media apps like X and Reddit to vent their frustrations, sometimes directly at T-Mobile itself.
On X, one user reported being stranded and unable to order a Lyft home (though, apparently, still able to post to X), while another said they were seeing a long line at their local T-Mobile store. Over on Reddit, a post about the outage has already collected more than 5,500 comments, with users trading rumors about the possible cause and potential fixes.
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As of this writing, "T-Mobile" was trending on X, and search terms such as "Is t mobile down" and "t mobile outage" were trending on Google Search.
Mashable reached out to T-Mobile with questions about the outage, which the brand still hasn't acknowledged. We'll update this story if we receive more information.
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Elon Musk has just taken one more step towards turning X into "the everything app."
On Monday, Musk's social media platform X announced the launch of a new service on the platform called X Money.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.What is X Money? The new service on X basically provides banking and financial services for paying X Premium and Premium+ subscribers right within the app. X Money includes peer-to-peer payments and money transfers within the X platform, as well as a deposit account. Users will also receive "the X card," a physical Visa debit card for ATM withdrawals and in-person transactions.
According to the announcement post, X Money users will be able to conduct a variety of everyday transactions directly within X, just as they would with any other bank account. Some core functions of X Money include:
Sending wire transfers
Mailing checks
Paying bills
Paycheck direct deposit
Send and receive money to anyone on X
X also says that users can get paid up to two days early with direct deposit.
Elon Musk's gets one step closer to his "everything app" with the launch of X Money. Credit: XPremium+ subscribers on X are immediately eligible for 6% APY, whereas X Premium subscribers can also reach that rate after meeting Qualifying Direct Deposit requirements.
X Money's Visa Debit Card, which the service is calling the X Card, will provide 3% cash back on eligible purchases and no-fee cash withdrawals at any ATM worldwide. X Card supports digital wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay as well.
Deposit accounts are held with X Money partner Cross River Bank, Member FDIC and insured up to $250,000.
Musk has long planned to launch an X Money-type service within the X app. The owner of the social media platform certainly has experience in the industry. Before X was a social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Musk ran a payment services company called X that later merged with PayPal in the early dot-com era. Musk has long had a goal of creating a true "everything app," according to biographers and other sources.
Musk previously claimed that it would "blow his mind" if his social media company didn't launch financial services within X by the end of 2024. X Money went through an initial test phase earlier this year and is now rolling out to a subset of its user base in the U.S. with plans to further expand in the near future.
Updated on July 27 at 5:47 p.m. ET — Users on X are still complaining about a T-Mobile outage, and the topic is currently trending. However, user error reports on Downdetector have slowed since reaching a peak at 4:58 p.m. ET.
So far, T-Mobile still hasn't acknowledged any network problems.
T-Mobile users appear to be experiencing disrupted mobile service on Monday afternoon.
More than 64,000 users reported problems as of 5:15 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector. User error reports started to spike at 3:48 p.m. ET, and as of this writing, they're continuing to climb. The majority of users listed the problem as either "No signal" or "Mobile phone."
Credit: Screenshout courtesy of Downdetector SEE ALSO: T-Mobile is giving away the Apple iPhone 17 for free — how to qualifyShortly after the issues were reported on Downdetector, searches surged on Google for SOS mode, which can appear on devices when service is disrupted. SOS mode means your phone should still be able to make emergency calls if needed.
On X, dozens of users complained of an outage, with some users specifically complaining about SOS mode.
So far, T-Mobile hasn't acknowledged any problems.
Mashable reached out to the company, and we'll update this story if we receive a response.
This is a developing story. More details will be provided as they become available.
At this point, anyone who leaves the house risks ending up in the background of someone else's video. Phones have made filming strangers routine, while Meta glasses have made some cameras nearly impossible to spot. Once that footage reaches TikTok, a brief encounter can land in front of millions of viewers — and the people in the video might never know.
But every so often, the camera appears to catch something more salacious: a possible affair. It’s less common than the usual viral fodder...though it happens more often than it probably should.
SEE ALSO: When did it become OK to film strangers in public?On July 23, TikTok creator Jay Guapõ, who boasts 3.5 million followers, posted a video showing a man and woman kissing near Central Park West and West 63rd Street. Guapõ approaches them while continuing to record.
"Get a room. There's kids around," he tells them.
The video received more than 2 million views within its first several days. As it spread, commenters began searching for the couple's identities, examining their body language, and speculating about why they seemed so uncomfortable being recorded, besides the obvious.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.By July 25, both social media users and the New York Post had identified the lovebirds as Nathaniel Cullerton, 45, and Kelsey Borenzweig, 29, attorneys at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. According to the company's website, Cullerton is a partner in Wachtell's litigation department, while Borenzweig is an associate in the same department. Neither has publicly confirmed the nature of their relationship, and the video does not establish that either person was having an affair.
The Daily Mail initially reported that Cullerton was married and that Borenzweig had recently been in a relationship; however, the outlet later cited a source who said Borenzweig and her reported partner had separated. Nevertheless, viewers are skeptical.
"Most obvious affair ever," one person wrote.
"That’s definitely her boss," another speculated.
The internet had already begun treating the kiss like the Coldplay concert scandal's unofficial sequel. For those who need a refresher, in July 2025, former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and the company’s chief people officer, Kristin Cabot, were shown embracing on a stadium screen during a Coldplay concert. Once they realized they were on camera, they ducked out of view.
Footage of their reaction spread like wildfire across social media, amassing over 130 million views. Viewers identified the individuals, and both executives resigned from Astronomer after the video spread. Cabot later filed for divorce, although she has said she and her husband were already separated when the concert took place.
The Central Park video appeared to offer the internet a similar mystery to investigate, while reopening the debate over whether strangers can be turned into content simply because they are in public.
The video has revived a familiar privacy debateWhile some viewers focused on whether the lawyers were having an affair, others questioned why Guapõ had filmed two strangers kissing in the first place.
"This is creepy, this not an episode of Cheaters," one TikTok user commented.
"It is morally wrong to film strangers just living their lives outside," another argued. "This? Just two people kissing. Idgaf if they are lawyers, working together, cheating, whatever."
Others saw it differently. One commenter argued that people making out in public "low-key want others to see," while another wrote, "Don’t cheat and we have the right to record in public."
The disagreement soon expanded beyond this particular couple. "We are living in a surveillance state," one user wrote. "Forget about the government, your neighbor is already doing it."
Another blamed the incentives created by social media, arguing that an "attention economy" rewarding views encourages people to point cameras at strangers in the hope of capturing something scandalous.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.That argument has followed social media, specifically TikTok, for years. Videos featuring strangers are now common across the platform, from street interviews and pickup attempts to public pranks and staged acts of kindness. The people who appear in them do not always know they are being filmed or understand how the footage will be presented, especially as smart glasses and other wearable cameras make recording increasingly difficult to notice.
Increased discretion has fueled the rise of pickup, prank, and "troll" accounts that film unsuspecting people. Creators have secretly recorded attempts to get women's phone numbers in gyms, airports, bars, and stores, while others have targeted shoppers and service workers with deliberately uncomfortable pranks. In February, one woman said a man posted smart-glasses footage of himself asking for her number even though she had refused permission for it to be shared.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.The same week the Central Park video went viral, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the platform would remove smart-glasses videos showing people being harassed or taken advantage of.
"We don’t want people to be surreptitiously taking videos of other people and harassing them and then posting them on our platform," Mosseri reportedly said in an Instagram Story.
Instagram also deactivated two pickup artist accounts that used smart glasses to film women in public with more than 1 million followers.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.The Central Park video may not involve the explicit harassment that Instagram's policy targets, but it raises the same underlying concern: a stranger can be filmed without meaningfully agreeing to become content, then identified and judged by millions of people who have only a few seconds of footage to work with.
A new report accuses TikTok of failing to appropriately moderate a growing "gray market" for GLP-1 weight loss drugs as they continue to surge in popularity.
The content analysis, conducted by gender justice nonprofit UltraViolet, pinpointed hundreds of TikTok accounts promoting unregulated GLP-1 drugs, including GLP-1 alternatives advertised as "research-grade." Accounts often directed users off the platform to purchase drugs on WhatsApp, Discord, and Telegram.
Content about the pharmaceuticals, including the non-FDA approved retatrutide, was easily accessible to users with and without TikTok accounts before and after TikTok's ownership transition in early 2026, the organization found. In addition, the platform's Discover page automatically generated related searches suggesting the sale and purchase of GLP-1s.
SEE ALSO: GLP-1s are inescapable online. Here's why that's a problem.Many of the posts specifically targeted women or used photos of real and AI-generated women on account profiles, according to UltraViolet. A large portion of off-market GLP-1 content used harmful messaging about weight loss and appearance, included sexual imagery, or made false claims about women's health, according to the researchers.
UltraViolet reported 202 accounts to the platform for violating Community Guidelines. On average, around one-third of them were removed.
"The volume and accessibility of this content — and the way this content is surfaced and recommended by TikTok’s curation features — suggest the issue is widespread, persistent, and TikTok is not doing enough to stop it," UltraViolet writes.
The organization surveyed the platform in two phases, one prior to TikTok's transition in ownership in late 2025 and one shortly after it was turned over to an American board of investors in early 2026. The analysis notes TikTok updated its Community Guidelines in line with the new ownership before the first phase of the study. The platform also edited its Terms of Service in January.
TikTok's Community Guidelines don't prohibit the discussion or mention of GLP-1 products. The platform also allows pharmaceutical advertising in line with regional laws.
However, the platform prohibits showing or promoting disordered eating or dangerous weight loss behaviors, as well as ads and sponsored posts that are "marketed for weight loss, weight gain, fat reduction, detox, appetite suppressants, or that promote unsafe mental health behaviors." This includes "products that use 'Glucagon-like peptide (GLP), 'GLP-1,' or similar terms in the product title or branding," the company's advertising guidelines state. The policy does not apply to products marketed to support those taking GLP-1 drugs.
In addition, the platform doesn't allow "trading, marketing, or providing access to regulated, prohibited, or high-risk goods and services," or directing users to third-party platforms to acquire such goods. Previously, TikTok explicitly cited both black and gray markets as prohibited "unofficial markets."
"We’ve seen this movie before: Tech oligarchs gain control of huge swaths of the internet and shape the content and ads we see for their own political and financial gain at the cost of user safety and the public good," said UltraViolet campaign director Jenna Sherman. “The twist this time is that we are in an unprecedented age of sophisticated algorithms, groundbreaking weight loss medications, and unhealthy weight-loss obsession. Altogether, it’s a disaster.”
As of publication, TikTok declined to provide Mashable with an official response to UltraViolet's report.
Last week, Novo Nordisk, makers of Wegovy and Ozempic, filed a lawsuit against competitor Eli Lilly, makers of Zepbound and Mounjaro, accusing the pharmaceutical giant of deceptively marketing its drugs. In the first half of 2025, the two companies spent a total of $700 million marketing their drugs.
Many social media users have reported feeling inundated by GLP-1 advertisements, including those who are in active eating disorder recovery and those who have attempted to block posts about GLP-1s and weight management from their feeds.
The information contained in this article is not intended as health or medical advice. Always consult a qualified professional with questions about a medical or health issue.
Microsoft's Xbox is currently experiencing widespread service disruption. The tech giant's games division has confirmed outages affecting multiple parts of its online ecosystem, according to VGC.
As of this writing, Xbox's own status page lists "major outage" conditions across four services: Account & Profile, Games & Gaming, Store & Subscriptions, and Apps & Mobile.
The Account & Profile status warns that users may be unable to sign in, may get disconnected mid-session, or may lose access to features that require sign-in, including most games, apps, and social features. The Store & Subscriptions page notes that some games may not appear in the Store, while the Apps & Mobile status flags problems launching apps.
All four services list the issue as identified, with a fix still pending.
SEE ALSO: Microsoft cuts 3,200 Xbox jobs, spins off four studios in major layoffsData from outage-tracking site Downdetector shows the bulk of user complaints center on launching games, which accounts for 65 percent of reported problems, followed by gameplay issues at 13 percent and server connection problems at 12 percent.
The official Xbox Support account acknowledged the issue on Sunday morning, stating that engineers were "actively working to mitigate" errors affecting sign-in, game libraries, and game launches, and pointed users to its status page for updates.
Team Xbox then posted a follow-up update at 2:03 PM EST, stating "our teams are focused on multiple investigation angles and remain hard at work. Thanks for your patience while teams keep working — we'll share more details as they become available."
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.The outage comes just a week after PlayStation Network suffered its own multi-hour outage, which VGC reported began shortly after the open beta launch for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, leaving PS5 owners locked out of PSN and any games requiring a sign-in.
If you've used Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude, and shared any of your Claude conversations with friends, those chats may have been publicly available via Google.
That's what emerged this weekend when Reddit users noticed that shared Claude conversations were being indexed by Google Search. Seemingly private conversations between users and the AI chatbot, in other words, were publicly searchable on Google.
According to Reddit, those affected included a Claude user who was creating a crypto wallet and accidentally exposed keys to the currency, and a lawyer asking the chatbot for legal advice on whether they had to self-report a breach of conduct.
RedditAnthropic has since addressed the issue. Google appears to have de-indexed and removed all shared Claude conversations from its search engine as of this writing.
How did this happen?By default, Claude conversations are private. However, there is a feature which lets users share specific Claude chats. When doing this, Anthropic creates a static page that allows users to share the chat with others — and also made it indexable by search engines.
Simple "noindex" tags can be included in a web page's code, telling search engines not to index a page. It does not appear that Anthropic used those tags. That means each shared Claude conversation had the potential to be indexed by Google.
Reddit users were able to find shared Claude conversations by searching for "site:claude.ai/share." This query would pull up all indexed pages using that URL structure, which every shared Claude conversation utilized.
Does AI have a privacy problem?The shared Claude chats have since been removed from Google. But this isn't the first time we've seen insecure AI chatbot conversations.
Last year, ChatGPT users experienced the same issue; their shared conversations were also being indexed by Google. OpenAI pulled the feature once users began finding shared conversations in Google Search.
The same thing happened with Claude before too. Just one month after the ChatGPT incident, shared Claude conversations were discovered in Google Search. Anthropic was able to remove them from Google and addressed the issue at the time, saying it had blocked search engine crawlers. Yet it seems shared Claude chats were still being indexed.
Mashable has reached out to Anthropic for more information, and we will update this piece if we hear back.
How can I check privacy on my Claude conversations?If you've never shared a Claude conversation, you have no need to worry. This wasn't a leak of private conversations, which is what all Claude chats are by default. The issue affected only shared Claude chats.
If you have shared Claude chats, then there's a chance your conversation was publicly available via Google Search.
To manage that feature, simply login to your Claude account, go to Settings, followed by Privacy, then Shared Chats, and click on Manage. You should see a list of all your shared chats, and sharing can be turned off for all of them.
Influencers have been barred from cafes, prevented from filming inside workout classes, and blamed for overwhelming picturesque towns. Now, a Nantucket craft store has condensed that years-long backlash into two words: "No influencers."
The sign hangs inside the Four Winds Craft Guild, which has sold handcrafted Nantucket baskets, purses, artwork, and carvings on the island since 1948. When the store shared a photo of it on Instagram over the weekend of July 26, the post revived a familiar debate over what businesses gain — and what customers, employees, and residents may lose — when creators turn physical spaces into content.
SEE ALSO: Why are cafes, restaurants, and even towns banning influencers?Influencers have become increasingly important in modern advertising. A single TikTok video or Instagram post can introduce an independent shop, restaurant, or destination to prospective customers without the business having to pay for a traditional ad campaign.
In a 2025 Sprout Social survey, 32 percent of consumers said they had purchased something through an influencer’s sponsored post within the previous year. That figure climbed to 53 percent among Gen Z and 48 percent among millennials. Businesses can easily track at least some of those purchases through personalized discount codes, affiliate links, and in-app storefronts.
But the attention creators generate can also lead to crowded rooms, tripods blocking walkways, customers recording strangers, and elaborate photo shoots unfolding while employees try to do their jobs. For businesses in small or already crowded destinations, an influx of visitors can create more disruption than revenue.
The sign quickly sparked reactions in Four Winds's Instagram comments, including from Paige Paul, the influencer and Dairy Boy founder formerly known as Paige Lorenze, who took her husband's surname after marrying tennis player Tommy Paul. Paul, who launched her own Nantucket storefront for Dairy Boy in May, pushed back against the sign, arguing that it dismissed an industry in which women have built businesses and gained economic independence.
"If you call yourself a feminist but proudly put up a 'No Influencers' sign, it’s worth asking who you are attempting to delegitimize, and why," Paul wrote. "Mocking women when they become powerful in a new industry isn’t new. It’s just a strange message coming from a store that celebrates a craft with such a rich history of women shaping the island and its economy."
“For those who don't know, the creator economy is overwhelmingly driven by women," she continued. "One woman with a loyal audience can successfully launch a business at a scale that would have once required corporate backing and massive advertising budgets. That’s a win. This sign isn’t."
Four Winds did not back down from the controversy. Although the store deleted its original Instagram post, it shared a notice indicating that its account had been reported and responded through its Instagram Story, according to Page Six.
"Imagine being so bored with life that you spend your pastime trying to report a photo on IG that makes you feel uncomfortable," the business clapped back.
Businesses are still setting boundaries around influencer filmingThe disagreement did not begin on Nantucket. Businesses have spent years attempting to capture the benefits of social media exposure without allowing their spaces to become unrestricted sets.
In 2023, Mashable reported that Dae, a design shop and cafe in Brooklyn, had introduced a no-photo-shoot policy after creators began bringing tripods into the space and staging elaborate productions. Customers could still take quick pictures of their food and drinks, but larger shoots were no longer allowed.
SEE ALSO: The Mashable 101: The creators defining the internet in 2026"We love food and drink photos (clearly),” Dae wrote on Instagram at the time, "but the TikToks and Instagram photoshoots have gotten a bit out of control for us."
Similar conflicts have unfolded elsewhere. After an influencer requested a free stay in exchange for coverage, a hotel in Ireland banned all bloggers. A cafe in Taiwan prohibited influencers after customers began staging disruptive photo shoots. In Pomfret, Vermont, officials temporarily closed roads near popular fall foliage locations after residents complained about traffic, trespassing, property damage, and visitors blocking roads to take pictures.
As marketing director Sarah Blocksidge told Mashable at the time, "The reality is that some businesses just aren’t suited for the influx of people an influencer can attract, which can wind up hurting the business more than helping it."
2026 brought more of the same conversation. In May, Tracy Anderson Method studios began prohibiting drop-in visitors from filming during workouts. Monthly members, who reportedly pay around $900, could still record. Steven Beltrani, president of Tracy Anderson’s studios, said the policy was intended to reduce disruptions, preserve the studio environment, and protect members’ privacy, though some found it hypocritical and "insane."
Nantucket is already confronting the effects of online attentionNantucket residents and officials are still grappling with how to manage the island’s growing number of visitors.
That debate surfaced again in May, when Paul opened Dairy Boy’s first permanent store on Nantucket over Memorial Day weekend. Videos and photos soon showed customers lining up outside, prompting residents on the r/Nantucket subreddit to debate whether businesses like Dairy Boy were capitalizing on the island’s social media appeal — and making it feel more “commercialized and trend-driven” in the process.
The island received another burst of buzz on July 9, when Peacock released The Five-Star Weekend, an adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s 2023 novel set on Nantucket.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.Even before filming began, members of the Nantucket Select Board worried that a major television production could disrupt the island and ultimately draw even more visitors during its already crowded summer season. The board approved the production but revised Nantucket’s filming policy after the shoot concluded.
Officials have also introduced restrictions at the Sconset Bluff Walk, a scenic public path that passes through the yards of privately owned homes. Residents have reported visitors leaving the path, trespassing, damaging landscaping, and gathering near homes for photo shoots. Influencers are not solely responsible for those problems, of course, but viral photos and videos shared online have introduced the location to a much larger audience.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.Enforcing boundaries around that attention is becoming more difficult. Producing content no longer requires a tripod or professional camera. A smartphone, or even camera-equipped smart glasses, can record an entire visit without attracting much notice.
Four Winds has not said whether the sign represents an actual ban, a rule against filming, or simply a joke about disruptive visitors. Without that explanation, the sign became the center of a much bigger debate over whether influencer attention helps businesses — or creates more problems for the people around them.
And in the process, Four Winds received exactly the kind of online attention its sign appeared to reject.
Save 30%: As of July 27, you can grab the Sonos Ace headphones in black for $279 at Amazon, knocking $120 off their $399 list price.
Opens in a new window Credit: Sonos Sonos Ace $279 at AmazonMany flagship headphones prices would suggest otherwise, but it is actually possible to get ultra-comfortable headphones with top notch sound quality and not pay over $400.
Part of the play? Knowing when to shop. As of July 27, the Sonos Ace headphones are just $279 at Amazon, which puts them $120 below their $399 list price. While not their most rare price drop, it's still an excellent value for headphones that look great and have the performance to match.
In the long line of headphones Mashable's team has tested, the Sonos Ace stand out as one of the most comfortable pairs, alongside options like the Bose QuietComfort Ultras. In her review of the Aces, Mashable's Miller Kern wrote that they compared to Sony in terms of sound quality, stand out for their Sonos soundbar compatibility, and an excellent battery life (at 30 hours per charge, it is on par with the aforementioned Bose's and the Sony XM6 headphones).
Other notable features include on-ear tactile controls, replaceable ear cups for future proofing, and solid ANC. At the time of writing, the deal is only available on the black colorway of the headphones.
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