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Amongst the many announcements made at WWDC 2024 yesterday, a certain partnership between Apple and OpenAI arguably caught the most attention. And Elon Musk now (unsurprisingly) has a lot to say about it.

The tech leader took to his platform X, formerly Twitter, to rant about Apple's new era of AI, of which we all got a sneak peek yesterday. In a series of posts, Musk declared he would ban Apple devices at his companies if Apple "integrates OpenAI at the OS level", calling it "an unacceptable security violation."

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Musk also said that any visitors at his companies — these include SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, The Boring Company, and xAI among others — "will have to check their Apple devices at the door, where they will be stored in a Faraday cage."

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He then continued to condemn Apple and OpenAI's partnership, denouncing all the privacy and safety regulations that Apple announced when introducing its AI systems and features.

"Apple has no clue what’s actually going on once they hand your data over to OpenAI. They’re selling you down the river," he wrote.

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Musk then took his criticisms to the very top of the Apple hierarchy, replying to Apple CEO Tim Cook's post on X with a less than veiled threat: "Either stop this creepy spyware or all Apple devices will be banned from the premises of my companies."

Don’t want it.

Either stop this creepy spyware or all Apple devices will be banned from the premises of my companies.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2024

But Musk's admonishing of Apple is missing the point, as several people have noted. Mashable's Chris Taylor puts it this way: "...despite what a clueless Elon Musk seems to think, this does not involve ChatGPT being baked into the OS itself; quite the opposite."

Apple's newly-announced partnership with OpenAI entails ChatGPT being integrated into Siri and its operating systems, as well as other apps and features like Messages, Mail and Compose that work with Siri, and without needing to open the separate ChatGPT app. As Apple noted throughout the event and in company blog posts, no user information is shared without permission. In OpenAI's press statement regarding the collaboration, the company also underscored these regulations: "Privacy protections are built in when accessing ChatGPT within Siri and Writing Tools—requests are not stored by OpenAI, and users’ IP addresses are obscured."

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"Of course, you’re in control over when ChatGPT is used and will be asked before any of your information is shared," said Apple SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi at yesterday's event. "ChatGPT integration will be coming to iOS 18 iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia later this year." But the option to use ChatGPT is still, as Apple emphasized, in users' hands.

Musk's reaction to OpenAI's blossoming relationship with Apple may have something to do with his own plans for AI across his platforms, which includes his AI chatbot Grok and the development of xAI, a startup that recently raised $6 billion in funding. The CEO has also picked fights with OpenAI before: just this March, Musk filed a lawsuit against the company, despite being one of its key investors back in the day.

WWDC 2024 revealed a slew of AI-powered features across iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia — including Genmoji, which lets you create your own emoji, and Summarize (gives you the "CliffNotes" of your text).

While some AI enthusiasts are fired up about Apple Intelligence (that's what Apple is calling its new suite of AI features), other skeptics may be more distrustful of AI. Apple appeared to be well aware of these concerns, so with iJustine holding a fireside chat for WWDC attendees (yes, Mashable was there), Apple's SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi and AI head John Giannandrea addressed them.

SEE ALSO: 5 'Apple Intelligence' features coming to new AI-powered iOS 18 Apple's intentional about where it places AI

"We've all seen AI hallucinations," iJustine said. "How are you doing things differently?"

iJustine interviews Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea. Credit: Apple

Giannandrea said Apple is being very careful about where, exactly, AI is being applied. In other words, there are some aspects of AI where it shines. For example, AI arguably demonstrates expertise in summarizing large swaths of text. This is why Apple has enabled the Notes app to leverage this capability to generate text summaries from recorded and transcribed audio.

Conversely, in my experience, AI isn't good at math (as evidenced by my ChatGPT vs. Gemini face-off). As such, it's highly unlikely that Apple will launch an AI-powered homework helper any time soon.

Federighi hinted that chatbots, by nature, are too open-ended for Apple's tastes — and can expose too many weaknesses to its consumers. Instead, Apple wants to play to the strengths of the AI models that underpin Apple Intelligence. "We're not taking this teenager and telling it to go fly an airplane," Federighi said.

The silver-haired SVP, who tickled the Mashable team after jumping out of a plane and engaging in parkour in a few exhilarating scenes during the WWDC keynote (likely with some excellent CGI), said that Apple's AI models are "very good" and "very safe," but acknowledges that they are not a panacea for all tasks — and require careful application for a more valuable user experience.

There's ChatGPT, but it's strategically integrated

Yes, there is some integration with ChatGPT, OpenAI's chatbot.

ChatGPT integration on iOS 18 Credit: Kimberly Gedeon / Mashable

But like Federighi insinuated, there won't be a chatbot window sitting on a right panel somewhere (ahem, Copilot) waiting for you to explore its every nook and cranny with open-ended prompts. For example, with your permission, you'll be able to ask ChatGPT, "What can I make with this?" before prompting it to recognize a food picture and giving you recipe suggestions. Or, with a wordy, verbose document, you can ask ChatGPT to generate a summary about a particular topic, weeding out other irrelevant subjects.

In both scenarios, you'll find built-in ChatGPT functionality, curated by Apple to be integrated in specific apps for optimal use.

Giannandrea said that Apple Intelligence has been "carefully designed to not surface the worse behavior of these models." He also added that Apple abides by a set of AI principles, ensuring that the Cupertino-based tech giant approaches AI responsibly.

Thanks to iOS 18 developer beta that's now available, you can play around with the new Apple Intelligence features on the iPhone 15 Pro series, as well as the iPad Pro, iPad Air, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro with the M1 chip or newer.

The official iOS 18 version is expected to launch later this year alongside the iPhone 16.

A new term has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-generated material.

The groups say they are increasingly confused and frustrated by how major technology platforms moderate posts about abortion services.

The $3,500 “spatial computing” device has gathered dust on my shelf. Can tweaks and upgrades save it from obsolescence?

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Giant asteroids slammed into each other in a far-off solar system — kicking up 100,000 times more dust than the dinosaur-killing impact on Earth.

This violent deep space event occurred in Beta Pictoris, a system 63 light-years away. Beta Pictoris is known to have two gas giant planets, and is seen as a place where rocky worlds could develop. Using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers determined that great masses of mineral dust in the system, observed with another instrument two decades ago, had largely dispersed — telltale signs of huge asteroids having collided.

"With Webb’s new data, the best explanation we have is that, in fact, we witnessed the aftermath of an infrequent, cataclysmic event between large asteroid-size bodies, marking a complete change in our understanding of this star system," Christine Chen, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University who led the research, said in a statement. The new planetary science was presented at the 244th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

SEE ALSO: NASA scientist viewed first Voyager images. What he saw gave him chills.

Our solar system is a far older, more mature place than Beta Pictoris, without the tumult that occurs in younger systems as asteroids or larger planetary bodies often collide, and at times mass together (though collisions, of course, still happen here). Beta Pictoris is some 20 million years old, while our diverse solar system is 4.5 billion years old. Yet watching such a distant system form gives us insight into our cosmic home. Is it normal, for example, for both gas giants and smaller rocky worlds (like Earth or a super-Earth) to form in solar systems?

"We're basically trying to understand how weird or average we are," Kadin Worthen, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University who worked on the new research, said in a statement.

"We're basically trying to understand how weird or average we are."

The graph below shows how a precursor to the Webb telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, spied huge clouds of rocky dust debris in 2004 and 2005 — evidence of two enormous collisions — but Webb could find none. The small dust minerals, finer than powder sugar, had dissipated by 2023.

The Spitzer Space Telescope detected clouds of dust in Beta Pictoris twenty years ago. It likely has since dispersed. Credit: ROBERTO MOLAR CANDANOSA / JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. BETA PICTORIS CONCEPT ART: LYNETTE COOK / NASA

Both the Spitzer and Webb telescopes were designed to find out how objects emit a type of light that we can't see, called infrared. Objects in space frequently emanate this radiation, allowing Spitzer to easily detect these momentous changes in Beta Pictoris twenty years ago — while allowing Webb to now clearly see the latest cosmic environs many light-years away.

Beta Pictoris — we're watching you.

An artist's depiction of objects colliding in the distant solar system Beta Pictoris. Credit: Johns Hopkins University The Webb telescope's powerful abilities

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into the deepest cosmos and reveal new insights about the early universe. But it's also peering at intriguing planets in our galaxy, along with the planets and moons in our solar system.

Here's how Webb is achieving unparalleled feats, and likely will for decades:

- Giant mirror: Webb's mirror, which captures light, is over 21 feet across. That's over two-and-a-half times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror. Capturing more light allows Webb to see more distant, ancient objects. As described above, the telescope is peering at stars and galaxies that formed over 13 billion years ago, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

"We're going to see the very first stars and galaxies that ever formed," Jean Creighton, an astronomer and the director of the Manfred Olson Planetarium at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, told Mashable in 2021.

- Infrared view: Unlike Hubble, which largely views light that's visible to us, Webb is primarily an infrared telescope, meaning it views light in the infrared spectrum. This allows us to see far more of the universe. Infrared has longer wavelengths than visible light, so the light waves more efficiently slip through cosmic clouds; the light doesn't as often collide with and get scattered by these densely packed particles. Ultimately, Webb's infrared eyesight can penetrate places Hubble can't.

"It lifts the veil," said Creighton.

- Peering into distant exoplanets: As noted above, the Webb telescope carries specialized equipment called spectrographs that will revolutionize our understanding of these far-off worlds. The instruments can decipher what molecules (such as water, carbon dioxide, and methane) exist in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets — be they gas giants or smaller rocky worlds. Webb will look at exoplanets in the Milky Way galaxy. Who knows what we'll find?

"We might learn things we never thought about," Mercedes López-Morales, an exoplanet researcher and astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics-Harvard & Smithsonian, told Mashable in 2021.

Already, astronomers have successfully found intriguing chemical reactions on a planet 700 light-years away, and as described above, the observatory has started looking at one of the most anticipated places in the cosmos: the rocky, Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST solar system.

So you want to change your VPN. Perhaps you've had enough of your VPN slowing your internet or refusing to bypass geo-restricted content. As such, it’s time to wave goodbye and change VPN services. 

Depending on where you are, and how you use one, even the best VPNs can struggle with the essentials. It’s a “not me, it’s you” type of situation, but a simple remedy is to move on (with no hard feelings, of course). Luckily, it’s easy to make the shift, but it’s a good idea to know which green flags to look out for in your next selection. 

SEE ALSO: The best VPNs for unblocking streaming sites How to change VPNs

The first step to changing your VPN is to make sure you have canceled or unsubscribed from your current VPN plan, especially if it’s a paid VPN service. While it’s all well and good to delete the app from your device, you can still be charged if you don’t head into your account and unsubscribe.

Of course, there’s nothing stopping you from having more than one VPN, but one great VPN service should be all you need to hide your IP address, jump between virtual locations, and sneak past blocked websites. At the end of the day, it will save you money. 

As an example, there are a number of ways to cancel NordVPN, depending on the device you use — like on a smartphone or laptop. However, you can generally unsubscribe from them all using the same method. Heading into your account settings, finding your billing information, and clicking something along the lines of “cancel auto-renewal” will do the job. 

If you’re using an iPhone or Android, you can follow the methods below. 

On iPhone:

1. Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.

2. Tap on the profile icon.

3. Select “Subscriptions.”

4. Tap your VPN.

5. Choose “Cancel subscription.”

On Android:

1. Go to the Play Store app on your Android. 

2. Tap on the profile icon. 

3. Select “Payments and subscriptions.”

4. Choose “Subscriptions.”

5. Tap your VPN

6. Click “Cancel subscription.”

Once you’ve canceled, go ahead and delete the application from your device. It isn’t necessary, but it will save you some space. 

Now it’s a matter of installing and setting up your next VPN of choice. There are a myriad of VPN options to choose from, including paid and free services. 

It may be worth giving a free VPN a go, especially if you only need it to occasionally access blocked websites. Do expect data limits, a limited server selection, slow speeds, and a lack of crucial features. Plus, there are only a handful of free VPNs that can be trusted, as many end up exposing your data. Yikes. 

If you’re looking to try out paid VPNs, here’s a tip: take advantage of their free trials. Many of the best services, including ExpressVPN and NordVPN, have a 30-day money-back guarantee. This way, you get to test all of its features and see if it suits your fancy before opting in. Even better, it means you can use full-fledged VPN services for free over the course of a few months. 

When you’ve made your decision, install the app, create an account, log in, and start setting up your new VPN. 

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VPNs come with plenty of perks — and the best services provide something for everyone. Whether you need complete privacy with several advanced features to keep you under the radar, or a speedy service with thousands of servers to hop between region-specific streaming libraries, there's a VPN with your name on it. 

Our list of the best VPNs will point you in the right direction. While these services score highly in nearly all aspects, some are better suited to watching U.S. Netflix while others are better for multiple users. It all depends on your personal needs. 

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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.

SEE ALSO: NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for June 11 SEE ALSO: 'Wordle' today: Here's the answer hints for June 11

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

AcrossIn need of some cheering up

• The answer is sad.

City that holds an annual "Grand Prix de la baguette" contest

• The answer is Paris.

Battery life, colloquially

• The answer is juice.

Take the wheel

• The answer is steer.

Twice-curved letter

• The answer is ess.

DownPan-fry

• The answer is saute.

Ram in the zodiac

• The answer is Aries.

Cuts into small cubes

• The answer is dices.

Attire you might wear while working from home, for short

• The answer is ser.

Spanish verb meaning "to be"

• The answer is PJs.

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Jon Stewart spoke about the corporations taking advantage of Pride during his "Daily Show" monologue on Monday.

Welcome to the weird world of Boys Go to Jupiter, where aliens hang out with delivery boys, juice factories house mutant fruits grown from moon rocks, and funky electronic songs lurk around every corner.

This world isn't some new planet or alternate dimension: It's just suburban Florida. Yet in the hands of director and 3D animator Julian Glander, Boys Go to Jupiter's Florida becomes a strange, magical place where the absurd and the mundane co-exist as nonchalant bedfellows. Bizarre, hilarious, and boasting refreshingly distinct animation, Boys Go to Jupiter is a wonderfully absurd experience.

SEE ALSO: 'Winter Spring Summer or Fall' review: Jenna Ortega's romance makes us want to scream What's Boys Go to Jupiter about? Credit: Tribeca Film Festival

Boys Go to Jupiter centers on high school dropout Billy 5000 (voiced by Jack Corbett), who's hustling his way to $5,000 by delivering food through the app Grubster. Along the way, he befriends Donut, a gelatinous, blue, donut-shaped alien who's being hunted by juice mogul Dr. Dolphin (voiced by Janeane Garofalo).

The pieces are in place for a boy-saves-alien film in the vein of E.T., but Boys Go to Jupiter take a more chill, meandering approach. Billy often stumbles into strange vignettes, including an unexpectedly philosophical encounter with a hot dog stand manager on the side of a highway, or a mini music video about the power of eggs. Glander holds on these vignettes for a while, painting Billy's world as a collage of oddities he'd rather avoid entirely in favor of getting back on his grind.

SEE ALSO: 'Fantasmas' review: Surreal Julio Torres comedy is like nothing else on TV

Of course, that grind comes with its fair share of setbacks, as Boys Go to Jupiter takes a staunchly anti-capitalist tack. Small details like how Grubster workers are not allowed to engage with customers and must repeat "grubby" catchphrases paint Billy's job as a dull dystopia. Elsewhere, Glander gets less subtle, such as when Dr. Dolphin's daughter, aspiring radical Rozebud (voiced by singer Miya Folick), hands Billy a book all about capitalism which he promptly absorbs.

Boys Go to Jupiter is strange, and proud of it.

While Billy exists as a cog in the hustle culture machine, the movie he's in works to break out of any mold and establish its own individuality. Take the voice cast, which includes singular comedians like Sarah Sherman, Julio Torres, and Cole Escola. Then there's Glander's signature animation style, a series of neon CG renderings ranging from blobby to plasticky. Characters and locations come to resemble toys or video game settings. The intentional artifice is welcome, creating a sense of play that sets Boys Go to Jupiter apart from other more photo-realistic CG animated movies.

Glander builds on the distinct look of his film with some lo-fi musical numbers, like an ode to side hustles or a catalog of an alien's favorite Florida delicacies. These add to the winding quality of the film, building out space for diversions that are often unexpected but never unwelcome. While you could fault Boys Go to Jupiter for a loss of focus as it nears its finish line, the journey to get there remains worth taking.

Boys Go to Jupiter was reviewed out of its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Its release date is TBD.

Mars just got a blast of radiation.

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, which means it's more likely to emit bursts of energy and particles into space. Recent solar storms have stoked glorious aurora on Earth, and on May 20 the strongest class of solar flare — an explosion of light (visible light, X-rays, and beyond) from the sun — hit the Red Planet. Right after, another type of solar explosion called a coronal mass ejection — a blast of energetic particles from the sun's surface — reached Mars.

These particles hit the Martian surface, and NASA's Curiosity Rover captured the effect, which you can watch below.

"During the May 20 event, so much energy from the storm struck the surface that black-and-white images from Curiosity’s navigation cameras danced with 'snow' — white streaks and specks caused by charged particles hitting the cameras," the space agency explained in a statement.

SEE ALSO: NASA scientist viewed first Voyager images. What he saw gave him chills.

Unlike Earth, which has a magnetic field that traps energetic particles in the high atmosphere, shielding the surface (and us) from such radiation, Mars lost its protective magnetic field long ago. So these charged particles can impact the Martian ground.

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This was the most radiation that Curiosity, which landed in 2012, has ever measured.

"If astronauts had been standing next to NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at the time, they would have received a radiation dose of 8,100 micrograys — equivalent to 30 chest X-rays," NASA explained. That's not in itself a "deadly" amount, the agency said, but certainly something humans would not want to be exposed to, nor ever repeatedly exposed to.

But NASA has realistic desires and designs to send astronauts to Mars as early as the 2030s, an ambitious part of its Artemis program (which will first return humans to the moon, as soon as 2026). If a massive blast of solar particles were to hit unprotected Mars, NASA would want astronauts to seek shelter, ideally underground in a Martian cave, pit, or lava tube.

"Cliffsides or lava tubes would provide additional shielding for an astronaut from such an event," Don Hassler, a scientist at the Southwest Research Institute who leads Curiosity’s Radiation Assessment Detector program, said in a statement. "In Mars orbit or deep space, the dose rate would be significantly more."

Beware, future Martians.

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We're almost halfway through the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup, and the massive games keep coming. Group D teams Sri Lanka and Nepal will go head-to-head in the next game, as team captains Wanindu Hasaranga and Rohit Paudel hope to lead their teams to victory.

If you want to watch Sri Lanka vs. Nepal in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Sri Lanka vs. Nepal?

Sri Lanka vs. Nepal in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup starts at 7:30 p.m. ET on June 11 / 12:30 a.m. BST on June 12. This match will take place at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida.

How to watch Sri Lanka vs. Nepal for free

Smartphone users in India can watch the 2024 Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup for free on the Disney+ Hotstar, app, including this fixture between Sri Lanka and Nepal.

To access T20 games outside of India you will need to use a VPN, because this free content is geo-restricted to India. VPNs can be used to hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in India, meaning you can access this free content on the Disney+ Hotstar app from anywhere in the world.

Access free T20 Cricket World Cup live streams 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 India

4. Download the Disney+ Hotstar mobile app

5. Watch Sri Lanka vs. Nepal in the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup for free from anywhere in the world

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The best VPNs for streaming aren't free, but leading VPNs do regularly offer free-trial periods or money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can gain access to free live streams without committing with cash. This is obviously not a long-term solution, but it does give you time to watch the T20 World Cup for free.

What is the best VPN for Disney+ Hotstar?

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

• Servers in 105 countries including India

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

• Strict no-logging policy so your data is always secure

• Fast connection speeds

• 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.

Watch Sri Lanka vs. Nepal in the 2024 T20 World Cup for free with ExpressVPN.

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

The 2024 Men's T20 World Cup is well underway and we've all been treated to a fantastic summer of cricket. A milestone tournament, the 2024 World Cup sees the U.S. co-host a global cricket tournament for the first time. And not only that, this year competition sees 20 teams separated into four groups of five.

If you want to watch Australia vs. Namibia in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup for free from anywhere in the world, keep reading because we have all the information you need.

When is Australia vs. Namibia?

Australia vs. Namibia in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup starts at 8:30 p.m. ET on June 11 / 01:30 a.m. BST on June 12. This fixture takes place at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua.

How to watch Australia vs. Namibia for free

Anyone in India with a smartphone can watch the 2024 Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup for free on Disney+ Hotstar, including this match between Australia and Namibia.

This free content is geo-restricted to India, but don't fret, anyone from around the world can access this free live stream with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (in other words, your digital location) and connect you to a secure server in India, meaning you can access live streams of the T20 World Cup on the Disney+ Hotstar app from anywhere in the world.

Access free T20 Cricket World Cup live streams 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 India

4. Download the Disney+ Hotstar mobile app

5. Watch Australia vs. Namibia in the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup for free from anywhere in the world

Opens in a new window Credit: ExpressVPN ExpressVPN (1-Year Subscription + 3 Months Free) $99.95 only at ExpressVPN (with money-back guarantee) Get Deal

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 T20 World Cup for free.

What is the best VPN for Disney+ Hotstar?

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

• Servers in 105 countries including India

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

• Strict no-logging policy so your data is always secure

• Fast connection speeds

• 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.

Watch Australia vs. Namibia in the 2024 T20 World Cup for free with ExpressVPN.

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

The 2024 Men's T20 World Cup is well underway and it's just as good as we all hoped it would be. The latest fixture will see Group A teams Pakistan and Canada going head-to-head. This game is one that cricket fans from around the world will not want to miss.

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

When is Pakistan vs. Canada?

Pakistan vs. Canada in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup starts at 10:30 a.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. BST on June 11. This fixture takes place at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in East Meadow, New York.

How to watch Pakistan vs. Canada for free

Smartphone users in India can watch the 2024 Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup for free on Disney+ Hotstar.

This free content is geo-restricted to India, but anyone from around the world can access this free live stream with a VPN. These powerful tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in India, meaning you can access this free content on the Disney+ Hotstar app from anywhere in the world.

Access free T20 Cricket World Cup live streams 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 India

4. Download the Disney+ Hotstar mobile app

5. Watch Pakistan vs. Canada in the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup for free from anywhere in the world

Opens in a new window Credit: ExpressVPN ExpressVPN (1-Year Subscription + 3 Months Free) $99.95 only at ExpressVPN (with money-back guarantee) Get Deal

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 Pakistan vs. Canada (plus the rest of the tournament) before recovering your investment.

What is the best VPN for Disney+ Hotstar?

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

• Servers in 105 countries including India

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

• Strict no-logging policy so your data is always secure

• Fast connection speeds

• 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.

Watch Pakistan vs. Canada in the 2024 T20 World Cup for free with ExpressVPN.

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 11'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:

Took a swing at someone.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

There are no letters that appear twice.

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 Wordle #1088 is...

SWUNG.

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.