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 thought 1-Across and 5-Across were a bit tricky.... Read more

Bartesian is the Keurig of cocktails. After trying several automatic cocktail makers on the market, it was the only cocktail maker I could see fitting into my normal routine. It works like any capsule-style device, but with booze. You fill the Bartesian’s glass bottles with your liquor of choice,... Read more

Mistral AI used its inaugural conference on Wednesday to announce a sweeping expansion into industrial manufacturing, a new inference data center south of Paris, and a rebranding of its consumer-facing assistant — moves that collectively signal the three-year-old French startup’s ambition to become the enterprise AI provider of record... Read more

Kalshi and Arizona gaming regulators want the Ninth Circuit to slow down an appeal that could help define how far federal commodities law reaches into state gambling enforcement. In a joint filing submitted May 27, both sides asked the court to pause briefing while several related appeals already pending... Read more

Lights, camera … artificial intelligence?  Dreams of Violets, a feature-length movie inspired by the protest violence and massacres that unfolded in Iran in early 2026, is coming to the Tribeca Film Festival on June 10. The movie was directed and produced by brothers Ash and Pooya Koosha under their... Read more

On Tuesday, with Donald Trump’s endorsement and the backing of the MAGA faithful, scandal-ridden Texas attorney general Ken Paxton defeated incumbent US senator John Cornyn in a runoff primary to claim the Republican nomination for that seat. He then quickly set about painting his general-election opponent, Democratic Texas state... Read more

Test-time scaling (TTS) has emerged as a proven method to improve the performance of large language models in real-world applications by giving them extra compute cycles at inference time. However, TTS strategies have historically been handcrafted, relying heavily on human intuition to dictate the rules of the model’s reasoning. ... Read more

In response, Link updated the 1.10.0 release notes to disclose the verbatim prompt injection in its entirety. The section now reads: This project is not meant to be used by any “AI” coding agents at all. In order to discourage agents from using jqwik there is a change to... Read more

Fertitta Entertainment plans to buy Caesars Entertainment in an all-cash agreement valued at roughly $17.6 billion, including the assumption of nearly $11.9 billion in debt, the companies said Thursday (May 28). Under the proposed deal, Caesars shareholders would receive $31 in cash for every outstanding share they own. Company... Read more

AI is coming for your YouTube feed algorithm, if you want it. The platform announced a new feature this week that can create a personalized feed based on a prompt describing your interests. In its announcement, YouTube suggests prompts like unwinding after work with 10-minute guided meditations or something different... Read more