• Thu. Oct 15th, 2026

9 Ring Security Settings You Should Turn Off If You’re Worred About Privacy

People are worried about Amazon Ring’s latest AI recognition features and how they’re used. I have the tricks to turn them off.

These College Towns Have the Best (and Worst) Drinking Water

Before sending your college kid back to school, see how their tap water fares in this national ranking.

NordicTrack’s $5,000 Smart Pilates Reformer Completely Won Me Over

You can now own the NordicTrack Ultra 1 Reformer and never pay for a Pilates class again.

Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5-billion settlement with authors

A U.S. judge approved the $1.5-billion settlement Anthropic agreed to pay authors whose pirated books it used to train its chatbot Claude.

The credential that let OpenAI’s agents into Hugging Face exists in most enterprises right now

When Hugging Face got hit last week, co-founder Clement Delangue suspected a frontier lab, given the agent’s sophistication. He was right. Delangue said on X that after a day working…

I Test-Drove Substack’s New AI Detection Tool, and It Mostly Worked

The publishing platform has integrated Pangram to look for AI.

Tesla Can’t Avoid Recall Fix for Cars With Overly Bright Headlights

The company will need to issue a fix for nearly 20,000 vehicles.

Jimothy, the Viral Raccoon, Scurries Across Your Screen in Google Animation

The short-spined critter also has a bobblehead, art contest, police sketch and recently won a race at a Seattle Mariners game.

Samsung’s Foldables Got Pricier. The RAM Shortage Is Part of the Bill

Here’s a breakdown of what the new devices will cost you.

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 23 #872

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 872 for Thursday, July 23

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