The best rice cooker for 2026
Capacity (cups): 6 cups (uncooked) / 12 cups (cooked) | Features: Twin pressure cooking (high and soft); 14 menu options including GABA rice, porridge, and scorched rice; nonstick inner pot;…
SpaceX will lower Starlink satellites to reduce collision risk
Of the over 9,000 Starlink satellites currently operating in low Earth orbit, SpaceX says it’ll lower about 4,400 from 550km above the Earth’s surface to about 480km in the months…
Samsung adds much needed brightness to its Freestyle projector
The Freestyle Plus all-in-one portable projector features 430 ISO Lumens, or “nearly twice the brightness of the previous generation,” according to Samsung. Great! But also a little strange since both…
ChatGPT Glossary: 61 AI Terms Everyone Should Know
AI is moving rapidly, becoming a critical component in everything from Google searches to content creation. It’s also eliminating jobs and flooding the internet with slop. Thanks to the massive popularity…
Petkit’s automatic wet food feeder tracks how much your pet eats
Petkit has announced two new automated machines at CES 2026 designed to feed and care for your pets using AI-powered cameras that track their behavior and provide health insights that…
Surveillance Self-Defense: 2025 Year in Review
Our Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) guides, which provide practical advice and explainers for how to deal with government and corporate surveillance, had a big year. We published several large updates to…
Even as global crop prices fall, India’s Arya.ag is attracting investors — and staying profitable
Arya.ag, an Indian agritech company offering storage facilities near farms and offering lending services to hundreds of thousands of farmers, has drawn investor interest and remained profitable even as global…
The Year States Chose Surveillance Over Safety: 2025 in Review
2025 was the year age verification went from a fringe policy experiment to a sweeping reality across the United States. Half of the U.S. now mandates age verification for accessing…
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Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and…














