Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 5

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections:…

Metroid Prime 4 doesn’t stand up to Nintendo’s best

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is finally out after a long and difficult development — and despite some bright spots, the game really shows its age. Nintendo has a long and…

Researchers find what makes AI chatbots politically persuasive

Roughly two years ago, Sam Altman tweeted that AI systems would be capable of superhuman persuasion well before achieving general intelligence—a prediction that raised concerns about the influence AI could…

Former USIP Lawyer on DOGE: ‘Brass Knuckles on an Authoritarian Fist’

George Foote still has vivid memories of the day operatives from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency arrived at the headquarters of the United States Institute of Peace. The…

All the biggest news from AWS’ big tech show re:Invent 2025

Amazon Web Services’ annual tech conference AWS re:Invent has wrapped. And the singular message, amid a deluge of product news and keynotes, was AI for the enterprise. This year it…

Amazon reportedly considering ending ties with the US Postal Service

Amazon is reportedly considering discontinuing use of the US Postal Service and building out its own shipping network to rival it, according to The Washington Post. The e-commerce behemoth spends…

The Mystery of the iPhone 17 Pro’s Missing Night Mode for Portraits

It’s a mystery. Night mode isn’t available in Portrait Mode on the iPhone 17 Pro, and no one seems to know why. Yet. Night mode automatically brightens photos and captures…

Pentagon’s Signalgate report finds Pete Hegseth violated military policies

It has been months since a group of Trump administration officials put together a Signal group chat to discuss classified military intelligence ahead of a military strike in Yemen while…

Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private

As Fondrie-Teitler noted, Kohler’s privacy policy says Kohler can use customer data to “create aggregated, de-identified and/or anonymized data, which we may use and share with third parties for our…

Check Out Highlights From WIRED’s 2025 Big Interview Event

WIRED’s Big Interview series prides itself on being the place for engaging conversations with political leaders, creators, executives, and scientists moving the world forward. In 2024, we brought those talks…