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SAVE OVER $100: As of Oct. 11, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is on sale for $541.34 at Amazon. That's a saving of 17% on list price.

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If a smartwatch upgrade is in your sights, you're probably looking at the classics: Garmin, Apple, and Samsung. Price can always be a big sway in a purchase of that size, so why not check out the latest deal on the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra.

A fantastic offering from Samsung, it truly is a great option for fitness enthusiasts across all activities, specifically those who enjoy endurance sports. It has built-in fitness tracking tools like heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen measurements, and dual-frequency GPS for tracking accuracy, as well as advanced sleep tracking.

The watch design boasts a bright AMOLED display with vibrant colors and brightness, and is controlled both by a touchscreen and physical buttons. A 60-hour battery will keep you going for a couple of days without needing charge and the 10ATM water-resistance classification allows you to enjoy both pool and ocean swimming.

As of Oct. 11, you can snag the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra for $541.34, a saving of 17% on list price. Not to mention, this is the cheapest it has ever been at Amazon. This deal is specific to the Titanium Silver, 42mm LTE model only.

Amazon has listed this as a limited time deal, so if you're interested, head there now.

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.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

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Things often get this before they get better.

SEE ALSO: Mini crossword answers for October 11 Hurdle Word 1 answer

WORSE

Hurdle Word 2 hint

Joining together.

SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for October 11 Hurdle Word 2 Answer

UNION

Hurdle Word 3 hint

Quite a smell.

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MUSKY

Hurdle Word 4 hint

Opposite of outer.

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INNER

Final Hurdle hint

Could describe wind.

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GUSTY

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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

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Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Friday, October 11, 2024:

AcrossFlower awarded on "The Bachelorette"

• The answer is Rose.

Insurgent takeovers

• The answer is Coups.

Admit (to)

• The answer is Ownup.

Condemn publicly

• The answer is Decry.

The paradise referred to in "Paradise Lost"

• The answer is Eden.

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DownTook to the oars

• The answer is Rowed.

"An ___ of prevention is worth a pound of cure" (proverb)

• The answer is Ounce.

Reject, as a lover

• The answer is Spurn.

Get a glimpse of

• The answer is Espy.

Something of concern to a building developer … or software developer

• The answer is Code.

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Featured Video For You The Wordle Strategy used by the New York Times' Head of Games

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

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

SAVE OVER $90: As of Oct. 11, Beats Solo 4 are on sale for $99.99 at Amazon. That's a saving of 50% on list price.

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As of Oct. 11, you can grab these headphones for just $99.99, saving almost $100 on list price. This deal is available across all colorways at Amazon, including Black/Gold, Cloud Pink, Matte Black, and State Blue. This is also the lowest these headphones have ever been priced at Amazon. However, this price is only available when purchasing without AppleCare+. You can add this on for a price of $118.99 (down from $228.95).

The Beats Solo 4 were only released earlier in the year, so to see such a big discount already is truly a win. This latest model in the Solo range boasts a battery life of up to 50 hours, a super-quick 10 minute charge time, and personalized Spatial Audio with head tracking. As with all Beats devices, the sound quality is stellar for all types of listening.

This is a limited time deal at Amazon, so act fast if you want to make the most of this deal.

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

Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an 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.

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By 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 October 11 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections today: Hints and answers for October 11 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Let's experiment

These words help make science happen.

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Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

Words for lab equipment.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is ChemistryLab.

Featured Video For You Strands 101: How to win NYT’s latest word game NYT Strands word list for October 11

• Beaker

• Goggles

• Flask

• ChemistryLab

• Pipette

• Thermometer

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

Tesla just unveiled its long-awaited Robotaxi aka Cybercab, an automated electric car that CEO Elon Musk claims can drive itself without human intervention. If it works, you may end up having fewer awkward conversations with cab drivers about presidential elections. However, this wasn't the only tech Musk revealed during Tesla's We, Robot event.

SEE ALSO: How to watch Tesla's big Robotaxi unveiling

Taking place at Warner Bros. Discovery in Burbank, California, Tesla's Cybercab reveal had initially been scheduled for August, but was pushed back to October at the end of July. Speaking on an earnings call at the time, Musk stated that the delay was so that Tesla could "improve the Robotaxi, as well as add in a couple other things for the product unveil."

Said "other things" have turned out to be the latest look at Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus, as well as the surprise unveiling of an automated van called the Robovan (pronounced by Musk as "Robo-ven" for reasons unknown).

Musk reveals the Robovan, Tesla's autonomous van Credit: Tesla

While the Cybercab was the expected star of Thursday night's event, the unexpected reveal of the box-like Robovan received its fair share of attention as well. Allegedly capable of carrying up to 20 people or transporting goods, Musk claimed that the apparently fully autonomous vehicle had the potential to reduce travel costs to five or ten cents per mile.

"What happens if you need a vehicle that is bigger than a Model Y?" said Musk, introducing the Robovan as it rounded a corner to let several passengers emerge from its sliding door. "We're going to make this, and it's gonna look like that."

"That" is a bulky white vehicle with practically no clearance between it and the road, and no windscreen either. Instead, strip windows run across the edges of the Robovan's roof down to its nose and rear, following its left and right edges, with two more placed on the sides. 

Comparing the design philosophy behind the Robovan to that of the Cybertruck, Musk stated that Tesla aims to "change the look of the roads, and that "the future should look like the future." The Cybertruck's design was widely derided when it was first revealed in 2019, and common opinion hasn't changed. 

Credit: Mashable screenshot: Tesla

Fortunately, the Robovan at least doesn't look like an extremely low-poly rendering of Halo's Warthog, which is for the best if Tesla hopes that anyone but diehard Musk stans will want to ride in it.

"The Robovan is what's gonna solve for high density," said Musk.

Screens inside the Robovan where the windscreens would typically be located appear to show the vehicle's surroundings, as rows of white chairs face each other rather than in the direction the van is travelling. While the lack of steering wheel or controls is no doubt a deliberate exclusion, the Robovan also doesn't appear to have any seat belts. Hopefully this is simply because the vehicle is still under development. 

Tesla provides an update on the Optimus robot Credit: Mashable screenshot: Tesla

Tesla's vehicles weren't the only products shown off at this event. Musk ended his presentation by showing off Tesla's humanoid Optimus robots, having a procession of them shuffle in. The billionaire stated that Optimus has "progressed dramatically year after year" since Tesla first revealed the concept in 2021, when it was infamously illustrated by a person wearing a robot suit. 

"It'll be [able to] do anything you want," said Musk, sharing his dreams for Optimus' capabilities. "It can be a teacher, babysit your kids, it can walk your dog, mow your lawn, get the groceries. Just be your friend, serve drinks. Whatever you can think of, it will do."

Such functionality is likely still a while away, judging by the tentative approach Optimus appeared to take when merely walking. Though at least that gives you plenty of time to save up if you do want an Optimus of your own.

Upping his 2022 Optimus pricing estimate of "probably less than $20,000," Musk predicted that these robots will set you back $20-30,000. However, this prediction came with the caveat that such pricing would only eventually be reached in the long term, once the Optimus is produced "at scale." As such, we can infer that Optimus' launch price is likely to be notably higher.

Considering this predicted pricing, Musk's assertion that a personal Optimus robot could be "something that anyone could own" seems fairly far off. Though Musk declared that Optimus would cost "less than a car," it's still a pretty penny to shell out. Car prices skyrocketed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with the average price of a new car in the U.S. now at over $48,000.

Credit: Mashable screenshot: Tesla

"I think this will be the biggest product ever of any kind," said Musk. "I predict actually, provided we address the risks of digital superintelligence, [an] 80 percent probability of good, a good outcome."

Musk didn't say much about that other 20 percent, apparently preferring to picture an alternate, utopian take on I, Robot without the robot murder.

"The costs of products and services will decline dramatically, and basically anyone will be able to have any products and services they want. It will be an age of abundance, the likes of which almost no one has envisioned," said Musk, sounding an awful lot like a presidential candidate he's been hanging out with lately.

Musk ended the We, Robot presentation by directing the audience to observe a group of Optimus robots doing the robot in a gazebo, and declaring that more would be serving drinks at the bar. It wasn't clear whether the Optimus bartenders would deal with the issue of checking IDs, or if such tasks would still fall to their human minders hovering to the side.

Tesla recalls encourage caution regarding autonomous cars

While Musk's claims of fully autonomous cars and vans may sound exciting, it's prudent to approach such technology with caution and scepticism before entrusting it with your well-being. Tesla doesn't have the best track record when it comes to vehicular safety, to put it mildly. 

The infamous Cybertruck has been the subject of multiple massive recalls, with problems ranging from accelerator pedals getting stuck while pressed down, to windshield wipers malfunctioning, to the rear view camera going blank while drivers are backing up. Then there's the issues that haven't sparked recalls, such the Cybertruck's finger-crushing tendencies. This dangerous problem is facilitated both by the design of the Cybertruck's doors as well as an obstacle detection system which appears to work sporadically at best.

Other vehicles in Tesla's lineup haven't fared much better. In August, Tesla issued a recall for over 9,100 Model X cars due to an issue where a cosmetic applique could detach and increase the risk of a crash. The company had previously issued a recall of the same model for the same issue in 2020. In July, around 1.8 million Tesla cars were recalled due to an issue with detecting unlatched hoods, leaving potential for them to pop open and obstruct a driver's view, and in January nearly 200,000 Teslas were recalled over a rear view camera problem.

Last year, there was a December recall for auto steering issues, May recall for faulty seat belt warnings, July recall for faulty seat belts, and a February recall because Tesla's Full Self-Driving software enabled cars to "exceed speed limits or travel through intersections in an unlawful or unpredictable manner increases the risk of a crash."

During the We, Robot event, Musk announced that several dozen Model Ys and Cybercabs were circling the set without drivers or passengers as he spoke, with attendees invited to ride in them afterward.

"There's no steering wheel or pedals, so I hope this goes well," the billionaire said. "We'll find out."

Tesla's robotaxi is finally a real thing, and it's called Cybercab.

Unveiled by CEO Elon Musk at Tesla's big "We, Robot" event at Warner Bros studios, the Cybercab is a futuristic-looking, fully autonomous electric vehicle that can ferry passengers around completely on its own.

At the start of the event, the Cybercab (or Robotaxi — the name isn't entirely clear right now as both names were used throughout the event) actually took Musk through a short series of mock-up streets and onto the stage (with 20 other Cybercabs autonomously roaming around those same streets).

The Cybercab, as shown, isn't meant to be driven. It doesn't have a steering wheel, or pedals. It's got two butterfly wing doors, letting the passengers in — and only the passengers, as the car does not need a driver.

No charging port! Credit: Tesla

According to Musk, "you could fall asleep, and wake up at your destination."

Inside, there's a large display similar to those in today's Tesla cars, and the whole idea is for the car to be like a nice little lounge in which you chill while the car does its thing.

The Cybercab also doesn't have a charging plug; it will use wireless induction charging instead. Battery capacity, charging speed and other details weren't mentioned during Tesla's presentation.

As for the problems the Cybercab is meant to solve, Musk says traffic as it is today is slow, unsustainable, too expensive, and not safe enough. If most or all those cars on the streets were autonomous, "driving" would allegedly be ten times safer, cars would be cheaper, and they could actually make money for their owners while they sleep, by ferrying other passengers around, (robo)taxi-style.

The price for all this goodness if you were to buy one? About $30,000, said Musk.

We sort of knew most of this, as Musk has been talking about this as one of Tesla's primary goals (a fleet of robotaxis) for years. And given Tesla's (sometimes painfully slow) progress on its Full Self-Driving package, we know Tesla is trying hard to solve the autonomous driving problem. So the big question here is: When can we expect to see Cybercabs on the streets?

The answer is quite murky. According to Musk, Tesla plans to start fully autonomous, unsupervised FSD in Texas and California in 2025, with the Model 3 and the Model Y. Cybercab production should start in 2026, Musk said, but then immediately added that he tends to be "a little optimistic with time frames" and changed that timeframe to "before 2027." And all of this unsupervised, autonomous driving business needs to be approved by regulators before it can happen, both in the U.S. and abroad.

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If you read the fine print, that means not much has changed for Tesla: The company still plans to launch autonomous driving on existing cars first via its FSD package. The problem is that Musk has been talking about this for nearly a decade, and while FSD is in parts impressive, it's not yet ready to be unleashed into the world as a fully autonomous, unsupervised driving package. It all boils down to whether Tesla can make this happen, how long will it take, and when regulators will put their stamp of approval on the whole idea.

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The UEFA Nations League continues to deliver games between some of the best international sides in the world. Would fans like a return to domestic football? Probably, but these high-profile games are a welcome distraction from the lack of club competition.

If you want to watch Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Germany in the UEFA Nations League for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Germany?

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Germany in the UEFA Nations League kicks off at 7:45 p.m. BST on Oct. 11. This fixture takes place at the Bilino Polje.

How to watch Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Germany for free

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Does anyone really care about the UEFA Nations League? Fans probably aren't too concerned about winning this competition, but that doesn't mean individual games aren't going to be competitive. Take the next game between Hungary and Netherlands, for example. Both sides will be desperate to secure the win.

If you want to watch Hungary vs. Netherlands in the UEFA Nations League for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Hungary vs. Netherlands?

Hungary vs. Netherlands in the UEFA Nations League kicks off at 7:45 p.m. BST on Oct. 11. This fixture takes place at the Puskás Aréna.

How to watch Hungary vs. Netherlands for free

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