NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, June 16 (game #736)
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AI toys are all the rage in China—and now they’re appearing on shelves in the US too
But Chinese AI toy companies have their sights set beyond the nation’s borders. BubblePal was launched in the US in December 2024 and is now also available in Canada and the UK. And FoloToy is now sold in more than 10 countries, including the US, UK, Canada, Brazil, Germany, and Thailand. Rui Ma, a China…
Exploit Against FreePBX (CVE-2025-57819) with code execution.
FreePBX is a popular PBX system built around the open source VoIP system Asterisk. To manage Asterisk more easily, it provides a capable web-based admin interface. Sadly, like so many web applications, it has had its share of vulnerabilities in the past. Most recently, a SQL injection vulnerability was found that allows attackers to modify…
Medicare Part D Premiums Are Decreasing for Many Stand-Alone Drug Plans in a Number of States in 2026
CMS has just released information about Medicare Part D plans for 2026, including plan availability and premiums for the coming year. As this year’s Medicare open enrollment period approaches, there’s some good news for Medicare Part D enrollees when it comes to monthly PDP premiums – lower on average, according to CMS – even as…
OpenAI Sneezes, and Software Firms Catch a Cold
Allan Thygesen, the CEO of Docusign, was not particularly concerned when he saw the news last week that OpenAI had created an internal tool called DocuGPT. He might have preferred that OpenAI choose a different name for its contracting tool. But still, he thought, DocuGPT barely scratched the surface of what Docusign can do. “This…
Closed announces Dieter Holzer as new CEO after acquisition
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published October 7, 2025 The Böck family, owners of Marc O’Polo, and Supervisory Board member Dieter Holzer acquired Closed out of insolvency proceedings at the end of last week. The company appointed Holzer as the new CEO of the Hamburg-based premium label. Team for the restart (from left): Lothar Hiese,…
A Current Snapshot of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit
Medicare Part D is a voluntary outpatient prescription drug benefit for people with Medicare provided through private plans that contract with the federal government. Beneficiaries can choose to enroll in either a stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) to supplement traditional Medicare or a Medicare Advantage drug plan (MA-PD) that includes drug coverage and all other…
Kiabi accelerates second-hand drive and launches home and toddler lines
By AFP Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published October 7, 2025 Kiabi, France’s favorite ready-to-wear brand, unveiled its diversification strategy on Monday to defend its market leadership in a struggling apparel sector. The plan includes second-hand clothing and toys, a household linen collection, and a new toddler footwear brand. Kiabi tests its first in-store beauty…
Physicists just built a quantum lie detector. It works
Can you prove whether a large quantum system truly behaves according to the weird and wonderful rules of quantum mechanics — or if it just looks like it does? In a groundbreaking study, physicists from Leiden, Beijing en Hangzhou found the answer to this question. You could call it a ‘quantum lie detector’: Bell’s test…
Bacteria hidden inside tumors could help beat cancer
An international team of scientists led by researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS), Imperial College London and the University of Cologne have discovered that microbes associated with tumors produce a molecule, which can control cancer progression and boost the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Most people are familiar with the microbes on our skin…
Deaf people criticise Coventry hospital over interpreter delays
Rosie EatonCoventry and Alex McIntyreWest Midlands BBC Terry Murray said he was in hospital for 24 hours without an interpreter A deaf man who spent 24 hours in hospital without the support of an interpreter said staff were shouting out his name despite being told he could not hear. Terry Murray, from Rugby, is among…
