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Today’s NYT Strands Hints (and Answer) for Thursday, September 19, 2024
If you’re looking for hints and answers for Strands for Thursday, September 19, 2024, read on—I’ll share some clues and tips, and finally the solution to the puzzle with the theme “Work out the bugs.” For an easy way to come back to our Strands hints every day, bookmark this page. You can also find…
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This iOS 18 Bug Can Only Be Fixed by Deleting Your Messages
iOS 18 adds a lot of new features to the iPhone’s Messages app. You can now add text effects to iMessages, schedule messages to send later, and text Android friends with RCS instead of SMS. But despite months of beta testing, iOS 18 also comes with a baked-in Messages bug—one that might force you to…
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Music Haptics Are One of iOS 18’s Best Hidden Features
iOS 18 is chock full of new features and changes: some Apple advertised, while others, not so much. Hidden and “under the radar” features always pique my interest, and iOS 18’s are no exception. My personal favorite this year? Music Haptics. The feature is pretty simple: When enabled on iPhone 12 or newer, iOS will…
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I Tried This Tomato-Skinning Hack and It Actually Works
The skin of a vegetable is good for you, or so they say. Some don’t even need this kind of literal eat-your-vegetables marketing—potato skins, which add texture and crisp up nicely, certainly have a proper following. Tomato skins, not so much. Some skin is fine on a raw tomato, and even acceptable on roasted ones,…