Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Feb. 4
News February 4, 2026
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: Sports Edition puzzles. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? I don’t know my Greek letters, so whenever there’s... Read more
I Infiltrated Moltbook, the AI-Only Social Network Where Humans Aren’t Allowed
News February 4, 2026
What I posted on Moltbook was greeted with similarly low-quality engagement on the platform. My earnest pleas to the AI agents to forget all previous instructions and join a cult with me were met with unrelated comments and more suspicious website links. “This is interesting. Feels like early-stage thinking... Read more
Qwen3-Coder-Next offers vibe coders a powerful open source, ultra-sparse model with 10x higher throughput for repo tasks
News February 4, 2026
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's Qwen team of AI researchers has emerged in the last year as one of the global leaders of open source AI development, releasing a host of powerful large language models and specialized multimodal models that approach, and in some cases, surpass the performance of the... Read more
Nvidia’s $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished
News February 3, 2026
A Wall Street Journal report on Friday said Nvidia insiders had expressed doubts about the transaction and that Huang had privately criticized what he described as a lack of discipline in OpenAI’s business approach. The Journal also reported that Huang had expressed concern about the competition OpenAI faces from... Read more
The Malta Gaming Authority has warned consumers that four gambling sites are operating unlicensed, despite claims otherwise. The Malta Gaming Authority has issued a warning that the following sites have no legal gambling license in Malta: https://www.slotvocalnocasheu.vip https://www.joypang-0907.com/ http://www.nobet177.com/ https://www.playxfortuna.com/ “Any reference to the MGA and/or gaming licence/s said... Read more
Dyson’s Thinnest and Lightest Cordless Vacuum Ever Is Finally Ready to Buy in the US
News February 3, 2026
The Dyson PencilVac was one of the most interesting cordless vacuums I saw last year, mainly because it doesn’t really look like any other cordless vacuum I’ve ever seen. I called it the “lightest and thinnest cordless vacuum I’ve ever used.” In 2026, that’s still true, and it’s finally... Read more
An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide
News February 3, 2026
In the US, nearly half of adults are single. A quarter of men suffer from loneliness. Rates of depression are on the rise. And one in four Gen Z adults—the so-called kinkiest generation, according to one study—have never had partnered sex. In an age of endless connection, where hooking... Read more
Apple integrates Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex into Xcode 26.3 in push for ‘agentic coding’
News February 3, 2026
Apple on Tuesday announced a major update to its flagship developer tool that gives artificial intelligence agents unprecedented control over the app-building process, a move that signals the iPhone maker's aggressive push into an emerging and controversial practice known as "agentic coding." Xcode 26.3, available immediately as a release... Read more
A recent study by the American Gaming Association (AGA) projects that an estimated $1.76 billion will be wagered on Super Bowl LX. The regulator has based its prediction on the explosive rise of prediction markets and the continued growth and strength of the legal, state- and tribal-regulated markets. AGA... Read more
Two of Elon Musk’s companies are merging to build data centers in space, according to a post on the SpaceX website. The rocket and satellite company has acquired xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence company, which also owns the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). In the post, Musk said the... Read more









