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Fact of the Week – 10/5/2026 - Connected World

What if a rebound in home construction doesn’t mean the housing market is recovering? Single-family housing starts increased 7.6% in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 918,000 units, according to the NAHB (National Assn. of Home Builders). That sounds encouraging—but builders are still facing

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The new Fitbit Edge leaks

Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths. We don’t know a ton about the Fitbit Edge, but it appears to be a successor to the midrange Charge line.

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These Prime Day Deals Slash Up to $501 Off TCL TVs and Gaming Monitors - CNET

Save up to $501: Amazon’s Prime Day sale kicks off on Tuesday, but you don’t have to wait until then to score some massive savings on a new TV or monitor from TCL. Ready for a TV upgrade? Deals are already live on Amazon with savings of up

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Hurry, Amazon Prime Big Deal Days ends tonight — last chance to check out these 100+ expert-approved offers on…

Over 9,000 Aussie shoppers have joined me so far on my deal-hunting expedition on Amazon, and I'm very grateful for your company — hopefully I've been able to help you not just find tech you need or like, but also save you some cash in the

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Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions

Blaming a “significant rise” in AI submissions, Google has paused its open source bug bounty program until next year. Last year, TechCrunch reported that cybersecurity experts were warning of that AI slop posed a serious risk to bug bounty programs. Looks like that’s the issue confronting Google’s Open

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Save Up to $120 on KitchenAid Mixers for Your Fall Baking With These Prime Day Deals - CNET

Save $120: KitchenAid makes some of our favorite stand mixers, and right now, you can snag several models on sale for Amazon Prime Day. Grab the KitchenAid Artisan tilt-head mixer for $380, down from $500. You could also opt for the larger 7-quart bowl-lift mixer on sale now for $530

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Oct. 5, #1934 - CNET

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? CNET publishes daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. And here’s a page that Wordle players should be sure to bookmark. We’ve made a list, with help from the Oxford

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Oct. 5, #946 - CNET

Looking for the most recent NYT Strands puzzle answers? CNET publishes daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Strands is like a word find game, but without the list of words to find. Sometimes I see the theme and

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Oct. 5, #1212 - CNET

Looking for the most recent NYT Connections puzzle answers? CNET publishes daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. In Connections, you look at a grid of 16 words and pick four words that have a connection to each other.

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Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem?

President Donald Trump hosted many of the biggest names in artificial intelligence this week — in part to announce that the U.S. government isn’t calling it artificial intelligence anymore. Now it’s super intelligence. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and

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Prick’s theatrical industrial punk is perfect for spooky season

While deep in the recording process for The Downward Spiral, Trent Reznor lent some of his production talents to old friend Kevin McMahon, from the new wave band Lucky Pierre (which Reznor was briefly a member of). While Reznor is only credited as the producer on four tracks off Prick’

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These Popular JBL Earbuds Just Got Slashed by 40% Ahead of Prime Day - CNET

Save $40: Prime Day is a good time to shop for budget-friendly earbuds, and this JBL deal is particularly hard to resist. Amazon has dropped the JBL Tune Buds to just $60, down from its usual price of $100. That’s a nice 40% off on an excellent pair of