Today's Connections Hints & Answers For June 27, 2025 (Puzzle #407)

Today’sConnectionspuzzle has some tricky pieces to it as some of the words are fraudulent in nature. There are a lot of words that could be in other categories andonly slight nuances to differentiate them. Luckily, we have some hints, some category names, and some spoilers for you if you need to make sure you get today’s puzzle right. If you want to solve a puzzle similar toConnectionsbutmore focused on individual letters, you should try theNYTWordlepuzzle....

July 12, 2025 · 4 min · 645 words · Kristen Harris

WhatsApp is working on native multi-account support

WhatsApp is among the world’s most popular messaging platforms. Given that it is used for everything from personal to business conversations, you might want to have two accounts to keep your personal and private life separate. Since the Meta-owned service does not support multi-account functionality, creating a secondary copy of the app is the only way to use two WhatsApp accounts on the same phone. Thankfully, this could soon change as WhatsApp has been spotted working on letting you log into multiple accounts from its app....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Wendy Dyer

Which Apple Devices Support Apple Intelligence?

Quick Links Unfortunately, Apple Intelligence isn’t available for all devices that support iOS/iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. But does your iPhone, iPad, or Mac make it to Apple’s list of compatible devices? Let’s find out below. iPhones That Support Apple Intelligence Apple severely limits the iPhone models that support the variousApple Intelligence features announced at WWDC 2024. Unfortunately, you need an iPhone with at least the A17 Pro chip or newer to use Apple Intelligence....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Scott Thomas

"It Was Frustrating": Viggo Mortensen Candidly Reflects On Controversial Oscar-Winning Movie 6 Years Later

Summary Viggo Mortensen reflects onGreen Booksix years after its release. Mortensen starred opposite Mahershala Ali in the 2018 movie, which focused on the story of a Black classical pianist in the 1960s and his relationship with his white chauffeur, who drives him around while he is on tour.Green Bookwas nominated for copious awards, and ended upwinning the coveted Oscar for Best Pictureat the 2019 ceremony. Green Bookalso won Oscars for Best Original Screenplay andBest Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali....

July 11, 2025 · 5 min · 1022 words · Norma Schwartz

#RenewTheAcolyte Trends As Star Wars Fans Call For The Acolyte Season 2

Summary While there seems to have been a collective effort to review bombStar Wars’newest TV show,The Acolyte, that clearly isn’t working, as #RenewTheAcolyte is currently trending online.The Acolyteis the newest addition toStar Wars’movies and TV shows, set 100 years beforeStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, inthe High Republic Era. While many were excited for the show, there was also an overwhelming amount of negativity and backlash online, even before the show premiered....

July 11, 2025 · 4 min · 713 words · Jeffrey Montgomery

11 Great Ways You Can Use Canva's App: Memes, Wallpapers, and More

Quick Links Beyond user-friendliness, Canva’s biggest advantage is that it’s incredibly versatile. You can use the app for social media content, to create wallpapers, and much more. Here are some of the best ways that you can use Canva, even if you have no design experience. 1Instagram Posts and Reels One of the most frustrating things is posting content to Instagram and noticing that it’s blurry. It’s impossible to stop all compression, but resizing your posts and Reels goes a long way....

July 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1205 words · Frank Fritz

Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Chipmunks' Name Inspiration Explained

Alvin and the Chipmunkshave been singing in their high-pitched voices since the 1950s, and the tiny animated crooners' names give a nod to their creation.The original animated boy band, Alvin and the Chipmunks, was the brain child of Ross Bagdasarian, who, in 1958, was struggling to come up with a hit song (viaBusinessInsider). He spent the last of his money making “Witch Doctor”, for which you may recognize from the lyrics, “Ooh ee ooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang”, made famous for later generations byThe Rugrats Movie​​​​​​....

July 11, 2025 · 4 min · 646 words · Dillon Berry

ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED (2024) Review: The World's Thinnest OLED Laptop

When I reviewed theASUS Zenbook 14 OLED, it was evident that the Windows laptop was the closest matching equivalent to Apple’s incredibly well-rounded MacBook Air. With theZenbook S 13 OLED—the little brother of the Zenbook 14—I would argue that this slightly smaller and slimmer laptop may be the best portable productivity Windows laptop from its larger brother. If you already read my Zenbook 14 review, the Zenbook S 13 will sound very familiar....

July 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1228 words · Eric Washington

Best Scanners For At-Home Offices

Best Scanners For At-Home Offices Whether you call yourself a freelancer or run a small business, an at-home office needs to function like an office. Apart from a computer and a printer, scanners are essential for documenting important papers, invoices, receipts, and even ID cards. Some are exceptional at digitizing family photos; those don’t last forever, after all. Scanners come in all shapes and sizes, however. So, depending on your needs, there’s a variety of scanners available that may suit your requirements....

July 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1276 words · Daniel Alvarado

ChatGPT Can Now Reason Using the Images You Upload: Why This Is Amazing

On June 29, 2025, OpenAI introduced two new AI reasoning models—o3 and o4-mini. These represent a significant jump in the company’s AI capabilities, which is perhaps nowhere more evident than with their new image reasoning capabilities. These New Models Can “Think” With Images OpenAI says these new models can interpret any image you upload, like a whiteboard sketch, textbook diagrams, or a graphic PDF. Therelease announcement for OpenAI o3 and o4-minisays:...

July 11, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Priscilla Evans

David Harbour's New Red Guardian Suit Revealed for Marvel's Thunderbolts*

Summary AtSan Diego Comic Con 2024, David Harbour showed off Red Guardian’s newMCUsuit, which he will wear in the upcomingThunderbolts*. Most members oftheThunderbolts*MCU castattended San Diego Comic Con 2024, where Marvel Studios revealedThunderbolts*footage featuring the titular teamclashing together before assembling for the first time. Of all the actors in the Phase 5 movie, however, David Harbour was the only one who attended the panel wearing his character’s superhero suit. During San Diego Comic Con’sThunderbolts*panel,Screen Rantsaw Alexei Shostakov actor David Harbour introduce the movie in full Red Guardian gear....

July 11, 2025 · 3 min · 448 words · Maria Gamble

Did You Know Premium Games Can Contain Advertising? 3 Annoying Examples

Quick Links EA’s proposed plans to add advertising to premium games have attracted backlash, with ads usually associated with free games. But here are some of the ways that premium games already advertise to paying players. What Does In-Game Advertising Look Like? When it comes to premium games, in-game ads can look a lot like real-world ads. It could be a billboard you see in the game’s world, a character interacting with a real-life product, or even a game built around a real-world organization or franchise....

July 11, 2025 · 4 min · 817 words · Jerry Stokes

Download Google’s new Pixel wallpapers, launched with the December Feature Drop

Download Google’s new Pixel wallpapers, launched with the December Feature Drop TheGoogle Pixel 7 Proand its smaller sibling have been on sale for a few months now, and they just keep getting better. RegularFeature Dropspack improvements like macro mode controls for the Pro model and other camera features for older Pixel phones. TheDecember Feature Dropalready brought a handful of snazzy new live wallpapers, but there are even more backgrounds in tow for you, as Google has announced....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Jeff Palmer