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If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

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If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

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A poker term.

Hurdle Word 1 answer

BLUFF

Hurdle Word 2 hint

Copy, ___.

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PASTE

Hurdle Word 3 hint

Stopwatch.

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TIMER

Hurdle Word 4 hint

To climb.

Hurdle Word 4 answer

MOUNT

Final Hurdle hint

Comedian.

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COMIC

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Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you're stylish.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for October 1 2026 Where did Wordle come from?

Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once. 

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

What's the best Wordle starting word?

The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.

What happened to the Wordle archive?

The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles was originally available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it, but it was later taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times. However, the New York Times then rolled out its own Wordle Archive, available only to NYT Games subscribers.

Is Wordle getting harder?

It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn't any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle's Hard Mode if you're after more of a challenge, though.

Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

Ostentatiously fancy.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

There are no recurring letters.

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Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...

Today's Wordle starts with the letter R.

The Wordle answer today is...

Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution.

Drumroll please!

The solution to today's Wordle is...

RITZY

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be a new Wordle for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

Reporting by Chance Townsend, Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.

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Today's NYT Strands hints will be easy if you've ever broken something.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

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By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

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The words are related to breaking things.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe adjectives of something shaterring in pieces

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

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NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is Beyond repair.

NYT Strands word list for October 1

• Crumble

• Break

• Collapse

• Fragment

• Dissolve

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Strands.

Looking for spoiler-free NYT Connections hints or just wondering why Connections is trending today? We've got what you need to understand the clues for today's puzzle without spoiling any of the answers.

Of course, Mashable has also provided daily hints and answers for Connections, Wordle, and Strands for years, so we can help you if that's also what you need.

While we are focused more on meanings than hints in this story, sometimes learning that many of the words have completely unrelated meanings is a clue in and of itself. Connections frequently includes clues that involve words within words and other visual clues.

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A position in relation to other things or people.

Position meaning

The place where someone or something is.

Situate meaning

To put something in a particular position.

Stick meaning

To cause something to be fixed in place.

Chest meaning

Upper front part of the body.

Neck meaning

Part of body that joins the head and shoulders.

Sleeve meaning

Part of clothes that covers the arm.

Waist meaning

Body part that's above and slightly narrower than the hips.

Decemberists meaning

Rock band from Portland, OR.

National meaning

Rock band from Cincinnati, OH.

Shins meaning

Rock band from Albuquerque, NM.

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Walkmen meaning

Rock band from New York City, NY.

Acro meaning

Abbreviation for NYT game.

Cross meaning

Abbreviation for NYT game.

Ken meaning

Abbreviation for NYT game.

Sud meaning

Abbreviation for NYT game.

Have you learned the meanings and still want the things? Check out the hints and answers for today's NYT Connections puzzle.

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Connections.

The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you don't know James Bond.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

SEE ALSO: NYT Pips hints, answers for September 29, 2026 Here's a hint for today's Connections categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Stop moving

• Green: Body sizes

• Blue: Rock

• Purple: Puzzles

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Here are today's Connections categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Put

• Green: Dress Shirt Measurements

• Blue: 2000s Indie Rock Bands, with "The"

• Purple: Starts of NYT Print Puzzles

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections #1208 is...

What is the answer to Connections today

• Put: PLACE, POSITION, SITUATE, STICK

• Dress Shirt Measurements: CHEST, NECK, SLEEVE, WAIST

• 2000s Indie Rock Bands, with "The": DECEMBERISTS, NATIONAL, SHINS, WALKMEN

• Starts of NYT Print Puzzles: ACRO, CROSS, KEN, SUD

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Like most people running Windows, I rely on the built-in security to keep my device safe. I know my way around Windows Security, but I kept my settings mostly at default until recently, when I read a Microsoft report about a recent threat. In short, malware disguised as legitimate, popular apps tried to weaken Windows' own security settings by silently disabling them.

Android may have begun as a mobile operating system, but it has blossomed into much more. Unfortunately, system administrator tools are still playing catch-up, and certain information about apps is harder to access than it is on desktop PCs. Fortunately, there’s an app you can install that will tell you everything you want to know, and it happens to be open source.

The release of Grand Theft Auto VI is still weeks away, yet anticipation for the game is already fueling PlayStation 5 Pro shortages in Japan.

While the much-anticipated title from Rockstar Games will be available for multiple consoles, players seeking the ultimate GTA 6 experience may be eyeing Sony's most powerful console.

So, what's Sony's solution for the PS5 Pro shortage? A lottery that will determine who can buy the console. 

But, there's an extra catch. The PlayStation maker is requiring that consumers prove they've put in time playing on a PlayStation before they can even enter for a chance to buy a console.

To enter the Sony Store lottery in Japan, consumers must use a Sony account that shows at least 60 hours of confirmed playtime on PS4 or PS5 consoles between September 27, 2024 and September 27, 2026.

If users meet those requirements, they can apply to purchase one PS5 Pro through October 7. Lottery winners will be informed by October 26 and can then make their purchase. They'll receive the console in the first half of November.

GTA 6 comes out November 19.

The merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery is one step closer to becoming a reality.

Amazon's October Prime Day event, Prime Big Deal Days is coming at the best time. Thanks to RAMaggedon, it's been a year of brutal price increases on tech. iPads have been hit with prices going up by $200 in some cases. So with Prime Big Deal Days running Oct. 6 and 7, it's a great time to think about buying an iPad.

But here's the big question: Will iPads be on sale during Prime Big Deal Days? Yes, in fact, they already are. The savings are majorly lackluster, but we do hope prices drop once October Prime Day actually kicks off.

Will iPads be on sale during October Prime Day?

In 2026, Apple raised prices across the board, and iPads were hit hard. Prices were raised between $100 and $200 on Apple's tablets, drawing them much farther away from previous all-time low prices. Leading up to Prime Day, most iPads are technically on sale, but the savings are very minimal, most just 5% off.

Once the sale actually starts on Oct. 6, we hope to see much bigger savings of $100 to $200 off iPads. At the very least, I'd like to see iPads reach their 2025 prices. However, it would be much better to see iPads get closer to their all-time lows.

For the iPad with A16 chip, that would be all the way down to $271.29, which the tablet fell to last Black Friday. The iPad Air with M4 chip had a more recent all-time low of $519.99, reached on May 17, 2026. But both of those prices occurred before the 2026 price increase, so we're not expecting to see any sales that good.

So while we know that iPads will be on sale, we just don't know how big the discounts will be. Once Prime Big Deal Days kicks off, make sure to check back on our coverage for the latest insights into iPad deals.

While movies with an R rating can often signal something grim, gross, or too serious, it can also simply mean that it's just a license to be silly, stupid, and flat-out misbehave. If you're like me and admire all the colors of the English language, that letter tag allows filmmakers to let the profanity fly and chase jokes that might otherwise end up on the cutting-room floor (or on a director's cut DVD).

SAVE OVER $150: As of Sept. 29, the Ninja Luxe Cafe Pro Series is available for $599.95 at Amazon. That's a 39% saving on the regular list price of $749.99.

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Shopping events like October Prime Day, which launches on Oct. 6, are the perfect opportunity to pick up a new coffee machine. Because let's face it: A good quality coffee machine doesn't come cheap. And though we're still a week out from the latest Prime Day, there are deals already live at Amazon, including a great saving on a machine from Ninja.

As of Sept. 30, the Ninja Luxe Cafe Pro Series is marked down to $599.95, saving you $150.04 off the regular list price of $749.99. That's actually this machine's best-ever price on Amazon.

Ninja is already well ahead of the game when it comes to air fryers, and this coffee machine is another winner from the on-trend kitchen brand. It's a multi-function espresso machine that makes drip coffee and cold brew and boasts five espresso styles. It also has a hot water system for making Americanos and tea.

You also get an integrated tamper, a dual-froth system, and a built-in grinder with Barista Assist Technology that adjusts grind size for maximum flavor. In other words, it does pretty much everything you want an espresso machine to do — and now you can get it for $150 less.

Grab the Ninja Luxe Cafe Pro Series, priced at just $599.95 ahead of Prime Day.

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TL;DR: Through Oct. 4 at 11:59 p.m. PT, a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows is $16.97 (reg. $229). That’s 92% off, with no subscription.

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Nobody gets excited about spreadsheets. But sooner or later, someone sends you an Excel file, a Word doc with tracked changes, or a PowerPoint you have to edit. Free alternatives can scramble the formatting at the worst possible moment.

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 handles those files for a one-time $16.97 until Oct. 4. You get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Access, installed on one Windows PC for home or work.

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Compatibility is the big draw. Office 2019 uses the same .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx file formats as newer versions, including Microsoft 365. You can open coworkers’ files in newer versions, edit them, and send them back. A few features added after 2019, like some newer Excel functions, may not work, but everyday documents should open without trouble.

The price difference adds up fast. Microsoft 365 Personal costs $99.99 per year. This license costs $16.97 once, so you’d save more than $80 in the first year alone.

Here’s the trade-off. Microsoft ended support for Office 2019 on Oct. 14, 2025, so it no longer gets security updates or new features. Publisher support ends in October 2026. This version also doesn’t include Teams or the cloud features that come with Microsoft 365. It requires Windows 10 or 11.

Get a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows for $16.97 (reg. $229) through Oct. 4 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

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TL;DR: A Dead Cells Steam key is $17.99 (reg. $24.99), which saves you 28%. It includes every free update released since 2018.

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You probably remember your first Dead Cells run. You died fast, then kept going back. Maybe you played it on console, or maybe you haven’t picked it up in years.

If you’ve been meaning to return, a Dead Cells Steam key is $17.99 for a limited time.

The game has grown since launch. This key includes the Rise of the Giant expansion, with its new biomes, bosses, weapons, and enemies. It also includes the full run of free post-launch content from Motion Twin and Evil Empire. If you stopped playing early, there’s a lot waiting for you.

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It’s the game you know and love. Cells from fallen enemies permanently unlock weapons, skills, and mutations, and there are 150+ to build around. Traversal runes open new routes through the island. If you already beat the game back in the day, Boss Stem Cells raise the difficulty for a tougher run. There are also 121 achievements to work through.

A few things to know before you jump back in. This is the base game only, and the four paid expansions are sold separately. That includes The Bad Seed, Fatal Falls, The Queen and the Sea, and Return to Castlevania.

Progress from another platform won’t carry over, so you’ll be starting fresh. You’ll need a Steam account and Windows 10 or later to run the Steam client. You’ll also need to redeem your code within 30 days of purchase.

Want more games like this? Browse the full video game collection. Get a Dead Cells Steam key for $17.99 (reg. $24.99).

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AI bots are making it harder to be a human who just wants to read Reddit.

The company is shutting down its RSS feeds on Nov. 13, 2026, and ending public API access in March 2027. Announced on Wednesday, Sept. 30, in a channel for moderators (and reported by TechCrunch), the changes are a response to automated scraping, but they will also affect people who use outside tools to follow conversations and manage Reddit communities.

What’s happening to Reddit’s RSS feeds?

RSS, short for Really Simple Syndication, lets you subscribe to website updates and read them in a feed reader. Think of it as bringing posts from different places into one inbox, without visiting each site individually.

For Reddit users, that means following favorite subreddits or setting up moderation alerts. But the company says RSS has become a "common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse," and is pulling the plug.

Reddit recommends that moderators move common alerts to Discord Relay, an app on its developer platform, Devvit. For everyone else, the options are less promising: "If you use RSS for feeds outside of a community you moderate, there is no replacement," the company wrote.

That leaves some readers figuring out how to keep up. "That sucks because I use a Chrome extension called RSS Feed Reeder to be notified of every new post in my subs," wrote one user. "I don't know how I'll do that now on my desktop computer." Another commenter said their team uses an RSS feed to send Reddit status updates to its moderation Discord. "It’s really important for us when we’re in the queue and Reddit goes down to get that alert," they wrote, asking whether a developer app could replace it. "Any site clamping down on RSS is bad news," wrote another user.

The public API is going, too

Feed readers aren’t the only tools affected. Reddit’s public API, which lets software interact with the platform, is also winding down. The company will stop accepting new requests for access on Oct. 31. Starting Jan. 12, 2027, it will begin removing access for apps and users that haven’t registered or engaged with its outreach. Remaining public access ends in March.

Community bots can still have a future on Reddit — provided they move to Devvit. The company says more than 14,000 apps and bots have registered, and it’s offering migration funding and technical support while working to address remaining capability gaps.

Even browsing the classic site will come with more conditions. In the coming months, Old Reddit access will be limited to logged-in moderators and logged-in users who have used it within the previous six months. Moderators are exempt from the recent-use requirement.

Reddit’s conversations have become big business

These changes follow Reddit’s August announcement that third-party apps would need to move onto its developer platform. Wednesday's update puts deadlines on that plan.

SEE ALSO: Old Reddit might be on the chopping block. Here’s why.

The company has been closing other routes to its content, too. In August 2025, Reddit restricted the Internet Archive’s ability to archive posts, comments, and profiles, saying AI companies were collecting its content through the Wayback Machine.

Reddit isn’t closing its doors to AI altogether. Its partnerships with Google and OpenAI give those companies access to its content for AI products. Taken together, these moves point to Reddit drawing tighter boundaries around its conversations. And while AI companies with licensing deals can still get access, users who followed their favorite subreddits through RSS will have to find another way to keep up.

With the new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max now available and the iPhone Duo launch just around the corner, Apple is also prepping its latest iOS update for its devices.

Along with various bug fixes, the new iOS 27.2 is also going to be packed with new features as well.

Here are the biggest new features headed your way in iOS 27.2

Dual Capture for group FaceTime calls

Dual Capture allows users with compatible iPhone models to capture a video simultaneously with both their rear main camera and selfie camera. Dual Capture for FaceTime allows users to utilize both the front and rear camera when on a FaceTime video call, but this feature only works with a call with an individual person.

Now, 9to5Mac reports that with iOS 27.2, users will be able to utilize Dual Capture when on Group FaceTime calls, too.

Redesigned Health app

Apple showed off the new Health app at its September event when it unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and iPhone Duo. It will finally arrive with the rollout of iOS 27.2, per MacRumors.

The redesigned Health app is now organized into three main tabs: Insights, Longevity, and Browse. Insights includes vitals, heart rate, and other related current health information, whereas the Longevity tab includes your health data over a period of time.

Suggestions in Messages

Messages is getting a new feature that offers suggestions based on the context of a conversation in your texts. For example, if a contact texts you about a date for an event, Suggestions will provide one-tap options to add that event to your calendar or set up a reminder. 9to5 Mac reports this feature will finally arrive on iPhones that support Apple Intelligence with iOS 27.2

With this feature, Messages can also help users find photos, locations, contacts, and other pertinent information as it relates to the context of the conversation.

Interestingly, Suggestions was included in the original iOS 27 beta, but was later pulled, according to 9to5Mac. This is also a case of Apple playing catch-up, as Galaxy and Pixel phones already have this AI feature (it's called Magic Cue on Pixel phones and Now Nudge on Galaxy phones).

SEE ALSO: The best smartphones of 2026: Compare Apple, Galaxy, and Pixel's best Revamped 'Up Next' in Apple Podcasts

Apple is splitting up the "Up Next" section in Apple Podcasts into two different sections, according to MacRumors.

New Episodes will appear where Up Next is currently, and show users the latest episodes for the podcasts that they subscribe to. Continue Playing is a brand new section that will appear below New Episodes and will display all episodes in the queue that the user was listening to. 

Anniversaries via Call Context

This isn't a huge new feature, but it could be a fun one. If you have an anniversary setup with someone in your Contacts, the new Call Context feature will remind you of this fact if that contact calls you at that time. You can see this feature in action at MacRumors.

Profiles on Apple TV app

It's incredible that it took this long for this to happen, but the Apple TV app on iOS will now support user profiles. (We're also expecting Apple to release a new Apple TV device in early October.)

Apple TV viewers on tvOS have long been able to create separate user profiles, which include different movie and TV show suggestions based on the user's watch history. This same ability did not exist on iPhone, until now, with the upcoming release of iOS 27.2, also per MacRumors.

With GPUs and memory chips in incredibly high demand, 2027 is shaping up to be one of the more unusual graphics card release cycles. NVIDIA has been dominating the segment for years, but if recent rumors suggesting that the RTX 60 series is delayed until 2028 turn out to be true, AMD could find itself in a unique position to lure users toward its upcoming cards.

I've been self-hosting for more than 15 years now, and despite my best efforts, my friends and family just don't care about all the cool things on the network. As it turns out, Grafana dashboards are only interesting to me.

SAVE $100: As of Sept. 30, get the UGREEN DXP4800 GT 4-Bay NAS for $559.99 at Amazon. That's down from its usual price of $659.99.

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Now that the temperature is dropping outside, it's a good time to stay inside and work on those home DIY projects that have been piling up. One such thing you may have been putting off? Building a home server. Now's a great time to get started, as Amazon is offering $100 off one of UGREEN's NAS (network-attached storage) boxes that you can use to create a home server.

With Amazon's October Prime Day right around the corner, now's the time to splurge on the foundation for your new build.

As of Sept. 30, get the UGREEN DXP4800 GT 4-Bay NAS for $559.99 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $659.99. That's $100 off and a 15% discount.

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Like a private Dropbox or Google Drive that lives in your home, you can fill a NAS with hard drives, plug in your router, and get long-term storage with full control of your data. This 4-bay option can support hard drives up to 32TB each, with two NVMe SSD slots for a maximum of 144TB. It utilizes an AMD Ryzen Embedded R2514 with 4 cores, 8 threads, and a 3.7GHz max boost with 8GB of upgradeable DDR4 RAM to power it all.

Beyond its hardware features, it uses Docker and VMs for any devices you connect, including Surveillance Center for live camera feeds, a photo app for sorting, storage, and other administrative options, and security tools that help manage permissions, encryption, and remote access.

If you're ready to build your own NAS server, this is a great way to get started. You don't even have to wait until Prime Day to save, which is always a bonus. You'll be on your way to home storage in no time.

SAVE $220: As of Sept. 30, the Roborock RockNeo Q110H robot lawn mower is marked down to $679.99 at Amazon. That's $220 off the regular list price of $799.99.

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You've got to love a sale event like October Prime Day — one of those rare opportunities to stock up on the devices and tech that cost more than your budget will allow for most of the year. That includes the robot lawn mower, a luxury device that's usually stuck firmly at a premium price point.

Prime Day isn't quite here yet — it starts properly on Oct. 6 and runs for 48 hours — but some deals have arrived early, including a tempting discount on the Roborock RockNeo Q110H robot lawn mower.

As of Sept. 30, the Roborock RockNeo Q110H robot lawn mower is marked down to $679.99 on Amazon, a $220 saving on the regular list price of $799.99. According to price tracker camelcamelcamel, that's a record-low price for this model — and by a significant margin.

If you know anything about robot vacuums, you'll already know that Roborock is one of the key names in that category. It stands to reason that the brand knows its stuff when it comes to the garden.

Controlled by the Roborock app, the RockNeo Q110H has an arsenal of smart features all designed to get the garden in excellent shape with zero effort from you. It offers smart mapping and navigation, plus AI-assisted obstacle avoidance. It then puts the finishing touches to the mowing with close edge cutting and even climbs over some obstacles. Meanwhile, a floating cutting deck helps it deal with bumpy and uneven ground so the grass length is always consistent. If you do have an uneven garden, it can handle a 45% slope.

Save $220 when you buy the Roborock RockNeo Q110H robot lawn mower ahead of Prime Day. Now priced at just $679.99.

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