902 NYT Strands today: hints, spangram and answers for Wednesday, March 26

Trump Demands Microsoft Fire Head of Global Affairs

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AJ Dellinger @ Gizmodo 1 place · today 14:30 EDT

Looks like Laura Loomer still has the President's ear. Read more ›

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Hugging Face Researchers Warn AI-Generated Video Consumes Much More Power Than Expected

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 1 place · today 13:34 EDT

"Researchers have found that the carbon footprint of generative AI-based tools that can turn text prompts into images and videos is far worse than we previously thought," writes Futurism: As detailed in a new paper, researchers from the open-source AI platform Hugging Face found that the energy demands of text-to-video generators quadruple when the length of a generated video doubles — indicating that the power required for increasingly sophisticated generations... Read more ›

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How America's trash fuels toxic tofu in a country across the globe

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Olivia Nemec,Yuelei Song,Sufiani Dartunis Luan @ Business Insider 1 place · today 09:13 EDT

Workers in Indonesia risk their lives cooking toxic tofu over furnaces powered by US plastic waste, poisoning food and communities. Read more ›

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Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K dial-up modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · today 09:39 EDT

Can you stream YouTube via dial-up? You'll need at least four bonded 56K modems. But what if you have 12? Read more ›

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Now that my kids are adults, I don't plan our family trips anymore. I'm struggling with just being a guest with no say.

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Susan Solomon Yem @ Business Insider 2 place · today 13:52 EDT

After decades of being in charge of our family travel, it was weird at first to not have to do anything. I let my adult kids plan our time together. Read more ›

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An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead

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Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman @ Wired 1 place · today 10:25 EDT

Plus: A ransomeware gang steals data on 8,000 preschoolers, Microsoft blocks Israel’s military from using its cloud for surveillance, call-recording app Neon hits pause over security holes, and more. Read more ›

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Apple's A19 becomes the fastest single-core CPU in the world on PassMark, beating PC chips and Apple's own M3 Ultra — passively-cooled iPhone 17 chip catapults past power-hungry competitors

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · today 08:44 EDT

Apple's latest mobile chip, the A19, has officially become the world's fastest CPU, at least in PassMark's single-threaded benchmark. It outperformed every flagship desktop processor from both Intel and AMD, as well as Apple's own M3 Ultra, while requiring less cooling and consuming significantly less power. Read more ›

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The US government is increasingly likely to shut down next week. Here's why.

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Bryan Metzger @ Business Insider 3 place · today 04:09 EDT

Lawmakers must pass a funding bill by the end of September, or the government will shut down. Republicans and Democrats are at an impasse. Read more ›

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Trump's H-1B visa crackdown could cut US jobs instead of creating them

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Tim Paradis @ Business Insider · today 05:57 EDT

Higher H-1B visa costs might not boost hiring in the US, as companies might turn to workers abroad. Read more ›

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I spent $35 on a business-class train ticket in Malaysia. My trip was a wildly good value, from the private lounge to the tasty food.

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Alice Levitt @ Business Insider · today 10:18 EDT

My ride on Malaysia's KTM ETS train from Kuala Lumpur to Penang in business class was great, from the private Ruby Lounge to the onboard meal. Read more ›

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Genndy Tartakovsky releases Black Knight test footage to rally fan support

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Mashable 1 place · today 13:50 EDT

Genndy Tartakovsky released "Black Knight" test footage on Instagram to prove to Sony that the film has an audience. Read more ›

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Trump calls for the firing of Microsoft's president of global affairs, Lisa Monaco

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Sarah Gray @ Business Insider · 09/26/2025 17:53 EDT

President Donald Trump on Friday called for the firing of Microsoft's president of global affairs, Lisa Monaco, on Truth Social. Read more ›

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The real cost of Trump’s $100,000 visas

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Sean Rameswaram @ Vox 1 place · today 07:30 EDT

With one declaration, President Donald Trump upended an aspect of our immigration system. Last week, Trump announced that the US would begin imposing a $100,000 fee for all new H-1B visa applications — that is, the visa that high-skill foreign professionals use to work in the US. By hiking the fee to such an exorbitant […] Read more ›

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Scalpers sell ROG Xbox Ally X preorders for as much as $2,500 even though they are still in stock — stay away from eBay and buy from retailers

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · today 11:13 EDT

While you can spend $2,000 or more on a $1,000 machine, instead, don't. Read more ›

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I often feel lost because I'm not married and have no kids. My 93-year-old great aunt gave me a freeing piece of advice.

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Anna Zucker @ Business Insider · today 09:47 EDT

At 37, I travel full-time and have no kids. I worry that I'm falling behind, but my great aunt, a superager, says to stop worrying. Read more ›

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Russia outlines EUV litho chipmaking tool roadmap through 2037 — country eyes replacing DUV with EUV, but plans appear unrealistic

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Tom's Hardware · today 11:12 EDT

The Russian Academy of Sciences has unveiled a 2026–2037 roadmap for domestic 11.2 nm EUV lithography tools that reject ASML's architecture in favor of xenon plasma, Ru/Be mirrors, and solid-state lasers, aiming for simplified, tin-free, cost-effective alternatives. Read more ›

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The best dating apps for women in 2025, tested and reviewed

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Mashable 2 place · today 06:10 EDT

Looking for the best dating apps for women? Get our honest reviews on which apps are actually worth your time. Read more ›

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AMD's memory patent outlining a 'new, improved RAM' made from DDR5 memory isn't a new development — HB-DIMMs already superseded, probably won't come to market

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Tom's Hardware · today 08:02 EDT

AMD's HB-DIMM concept probably isn't coming to market, as the company has already thrown its support behind the similar JEDEC MRDIMM standard. Read more ›

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The current war on science, and who’s behind it

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Diana Gitig @ Ars Technica 1 place · today 07:30 EDT

A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book. Read more ›

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Windows 10 Support Ends in Two Weeks but You Can Still Keep Your PC Secure

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Jason Chun @ CNET 1 place · today 06:45 EDT

Your Windows 10 PC can get an extra year of security updates if you take advantage of this program. Read more ›

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