Month: August 2025
NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 16 (game #797)
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers…
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Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble
In the far-ranging interview, Altman compared the market’s reaction to AI to the dot-com bubble in the ’90s, when the value of internet startups soared before crashing down in 2000. “When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth,” Altman said. “If you look at most of…
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Amazon’s data center spend tops $100bn – more than the GDP of most countries
Amazon’s data center capex has now surpassed $100 billion, analysts claim Global data center spend could top $657 billion AWS revenue continues to grow, and shows no sign of slowing down Amazon‘s annual capital expenditure for data centers has now topped $100 billion, according to new Omdia data (via The…
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For Legends: Z-A’s battle system, I rewired the Pokémon part of my brain
Even if you’ve never played a Pokémon game before, you can probably figure out how the type chart works. Fire types are weak to water types, water is weak to grass, and grass is weak to fire. Type matchups are foundational to Pokémon battles, far before you get into the…
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Vibe coding through the GPT-5 mess
Last week, we ran into an issue: no one on the show had ever vibe coded. So for today’s episode, we set out to fix that. Everyone came prepared with a vibe coded project — and some misadventures to go along with it. This week on The Vergecast, we’re discussing…
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Lucid reveals off-road version of Gravity SUV, which it has definitely sold more than 9 of
The off-road concept includes redesigned front and rear fascias, improved approach and departure angles, a widened track, lifted ride height, and custom wheels with all-terrain tires. But it was the automaker’s forceful renunciation of Automotive News’ report that it had sold less than 10 Gravity SUVs in the first six…
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