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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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Idiot.

Hurdle Word 1 answer

MORON

Hurdle Word 2 hint

To inflict.

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WREAK

Hurdle Word 3 hint

Determination.

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MOXIE

Hurdle Word 4 hint

Old school dance.

Hurdle Word 4 answer

DISCO

Final Hurdle hint

Punctuation.

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COMMA

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If the divorce at the center of War is, as its title suggests, an all-out war, then the end of the show's first episode is one hell of an opening shot.

SEE ALSO: Yes, 'War's shocking episode 1 ending was inspired by Olivia Wilde's custody serving

Throughout the episode, actor Carla Duval (Sienna Miller) plots to serve her husband, tech mogul Morgan Henderson (Dominic West), with divorce papers. Little does she know, he's caught wind of her intentions and is planning a quick counter.

Carla's legal firm, Taylor & Byrne, decides to serve Morgan via email after the premiere of her latest film. However, Morgan's firm, Cathcarts & Sons, has something far more brutal in mind: serving Carla while she walks the red carpet at her premiere. It's a jaw-dropping moment, one that nods to how Jason Sudeikis' legal team served Olivia Wilde custody papers at CinemaCon.

"I was so excited to shoot that scene because of the level of hiding that she would have to do," Miller told Mashable in a junket interview. "It felt like acrobatics, to some degree. What a nightmare to be in that position, with everybody looking at you and having to hide how wounded you are."

West added: "It's delicious to play one thing when the audience knows something else is going on, and they're in on the secret. That's really fun to play, smiling while you're twisting a knife."

West and Miller dive deep into the scene in the interview above, along with series creator George Kay and director Ben Taylor.

New episodes of War premiere Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.

At first glance, legal drama War is focused on the imploding marriage of actor Carla Duval (Sienna Miller) and tech mogul Morgan Henderson (Dominic West). But really, it's just as focused on the lawyers handling their divorce.

SEE ALSO: Yes, 'War's shocking episode 1 ending was inspired by Olivia Wilde's custody serving

War introduces two fictional rival law firms: Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne. The former represents Morgan, while the latter represents Carla. Both firms come with an army of partners, each with their own agendas. It's a lot to keep track of, especially in the show's jam-packed first episode. But don't worry: We've got you covered with this guide to everything Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne.

Who works at Cathcarts & Sons? Nina Sosanya, Pip Torrens, and Dominic West in "War." Credit: Sky / HBO

Cathcarts & Sons, mostly referred to as Cathcarts in War, is a true London institution. A storied past and deep pockets have helped it carve out a powerful space for itself in the legal world, and its partners are ready to put all that power to use in Morgan and Carla's divorce.

SEE ALSO: Archie Renaux breaks down 'War's game-changing mole twist

Heading up the charge are partners St. John Smallwood (Pip Torrens) and Beatrice Ubosi (Nina Sosanya). The former's caustic wit burns almost any opponent he cross paths with, while the latter's intimidating influence has earned her the nicknames of "Queen Bea" and "Her Majesty." More junior members of the firm involved in the case are David Schill (Miles Jupp) and Suzie Levitniik (Kartanya Maynard).

Who works at Taylor & Byrne? Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, and Sienna Miller in "War." Credit: Sally Mais / Sky / HBO

Taylor & Byrne is a far newer firm than Cathcarts, founded by married couple Nicholas Taylor (James McArdle) and Serena Byrne (Phoebe Fox). The pair is expecting a child, and they're hungry to make a true name for themselves. Carla's case could be the one that rockets them to legal stardom, or it could tank them financially. Those sleek offices cannot be cheap!

Adding to the pressure of the case is the fact that Serena used to work with Beatrice at Cathcarts, so she's got an extra chip on her shoulder when it comes to going up against them.

Nicholas and Serena aren't in this alone. Like the Cathcarts team, they've got several associates working with them, including Michael Stefano (Nick Mohammed) and Nora Okafor (Akiya Henry), both of whom are only briefly introduced in episode 1. Other key members of the team are barrister Budgie (Celia Imrie) and training associates Saeed Masood (Shaheen Jafargholi) and Molly Giordano (Emma Laird).

The newest addition to the team is junior associate Johnny Warren (Archie Renaux). However, as the end of episode 1 reveals, he doesn't really work for Taylor & Byrne. Instead, he's a mole for Cathcarts, hired to send them any information about Carla's case. It's a dangerous move by a clearly bloodthirsty firm. Will Taylor & Byrne try to match Cathcarts' level of ruthlessness? Or will they attempt to keep as much of a moral high ground as they can in the midst of a dirty divorce?

New episodes of War premiere Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.

All's fair in love and War, including espionage.

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HBO and Sky's legal drama introduces ambitious lawyer Johnny Warren (Archie Renaux). He's just moved back to London after working at a Manhattan law firm, and he's on the hunt for a job in family law. However, as the first episode goes on, that job seems increasingly elusive. The firms he's interviewing at aren't impressed by his slick confidence or his time in New York. According to his references, his time there was far less successful than he claims it was.

Still, by the episode's end, Johnny somehow winds up with a prime job at law firm Taylor & Byrne, helping represent actor Carla Duval (Sienna Miller) in her divorce from tech mogul Morgan Henderson (Dominic West). Unfortunately for him, he didn't land the position on merit alone. His hiring was actually orchestrated by Morgan's law firm, Cathcarts & Sons.

Knowing Johnny would be interviewing with Taylor & Byrne, Cathcarts offered him a job — not to work directly for them, but to be a spy within Taylor & Byrne's team. To make sure Johnny landed the job, Cathcarts' partner St. John Smallwood (Pip Torrens) called a friend at Johnny's old law firm and asked them to give Taylor & Byrne a glowing recommendation. That recommendation plus Johnny's reveal he was entertaining an offer from Cathcarts were all law partners Nicholas Taylor (James McArdle) and Serena Byrne (Phoebe Fox) needed to bring him onboard.

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Johnny's new status as a mole is bad news for Taylor & Byrne, but it could be even worse news for Johnny. If his secret gets out, he could be blackballed from the profession he claims to love so much. Why take the risk?

"Desperation is the more straightforward answer," Renaux told Mashable in a junket interview. After all, Johnny spends the whole episode being rejected, then is made a laughingstock by his girlfriend Bella's (Honor Swinton Byrne) posh friends.

"He's from a sort of background of just hustling and fighting by any means possible," Renaux continued. "'I'm going to achieve my goals, and if it's going to have to be this way, so be it.' He's moving so fast, and things happen so quickly that he hasn't really got time to think."

Cathcarts could also see major blowback should anyone discover their ruse. As Morgan so rightly asks his team: "Are you out of your mind?"

"If they get found out, they get struck off, basically, from the legal world," series creator George Kay told Mashable in a junket interview. "They've structured it in such a way that if they get discovered, they can say, 'Discovered about what? We know nothing about this guy.' There's little defense mechanisms in there."

War's creative team and cast consulted with a lawyers to get a real sense of the petty infighting that goes down between firms. Did the idea of Johnny's mole arc stem from any of those consultations?

"I don't think it has happened in real life, but it's the sort of idea lawyers have," Kay said. "It's where their mind would go, which is the real part of it."

New episodes of War premiere Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.

Between honey traps and legal moles, War's first episode is already brimming with dramatic twists. It saves its best — and nastiest — for last.

SEE ALSO: Archie Renaux breaks down 'War's game-changing mole twist

The new legal drama follows the contentious, high-profile divorce between actor Carla Duval (Sienna Miller) and tech mogul Morgan Henderson (Dominic West). Throughout War's first episode, the pair each plot how to kick off the divorce proceedings, all while hiding their plans from the other. Carla's legal firm, Taylor & Byrne, opt to serve Morgan via email after the premiere of Carla's new film, The Milliner. Morgan's legal firm, Cathcarts & Sons, opts for something much filthier.

The episode ends with Carla and Morgan walking the red carpet at The Milliner premiere. As she signs autographs, a Cathcarts lawyer walks up to her and serves her with divorce papers.

Morgan serving Carla in public at an important career event immediately recalls how Jason Sudeikis' legal team served his ex-partner Olivia Wilde with custody papers in 2022. A process server served Wilde while she was onstage at CinemaCon, promoting her second feature film, Don't Worry Darling. In a 2026 appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Wilde described the experience as "one of the most fucked-up things that I went through" and "incredibly traumatizing." In 2022, sources told Variety that Sudeikis "had no prior knowledge of the time or place that the envelope would have been delivered."

SEE ALSO: From Cathcarts and Sons to Taylor and Byrne, here's your guide to 'War's rival law firms

The parallel between Wilde's real experience and Carla's fictional one wasn't an accident.

"There's a nod to the Olivia Wilde serving at the end of the pilot of War," series creator George Kay told Mashable in a junket interview. "We had lots of chats in the writers' room about all of these kinds of crazy things that go on in celebrity divorces."

When Carla receives the divorce papers, she immediately puts on a brave face for the many cameras and fans lining the red carpet, none of whom know the contents of the envelope.

"I was so excited to shoot that scene because of the level of hiding that she would have to do," Miller told Mashable in a junket interview. "It felt like acrobatics, to some degree. What a nightmare to be in that position, with everybody looking at you and having to hide how wounded you are."

As for Morgan, who looks on as Carla's life implodes, West described his reaction as "smiling while you're twisting a knife."

The episode ends with the pair taking photos together as if nothing is wrong, holding it together in public before presumably tearing each other to pieces in private.

"The fact that they're successful in being able to hide it says a lot about them as characters, because I think I would have left my premiere at that point and gone and cried in a bathroom," Miller said. "But not these two, because they are formidable."

New episodes of War premiere Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.

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.

SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for October 2, 2026 Back meaning

The rear part of an object or person.

Bankroll meaning

To provide money for a project.

Fund meaning

A pool of money or resources set aside for a specific purpose.

Support meaning

To bear the weight of something physically.

Index meaning

An alphabetical list in the back of a book used for references.

Little meaning

Small is size or amount.

Middle meaning

A central location that is halfway from two sides or boundaries.

Ring meaning

A circular band that's worn on the finger, typically made of silver or gold.

Common meaning

Happening often.

Routine meaning

A regular, fixed or customary way of doing things.

Standard meaning

A level of quality.

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Stock meaning

A share of ownership in a corporation.

Number meaning

A mathematical symbol, value or word that represents a quantity.

Real estate meaning

Property consisting of land and any permanent structures attached to it.

Rib meaning

A curved bone in the chest that protects the lungs.

Time meaning

The continuation of existence and events.

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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're good with money.

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 October 2, 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: Money

• Green: Digits

• Blue: Usual

• Purple: Superior

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Here are today's Connections categories

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

• Yellow: Finance

• Green: Fingers

• Blue: Customary

• Purple: Prime ___

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 #1209 is...

What is the answer to Connections today

• Finance: BACK, BANKROLL, FUND, SUPPORT

• Fingers: INDEX, LITTLE, MIDDLE, RING

• Customary: COMMON, ROUTINE, STANDARD, STOCK

• Prime ___: NUMBER, REAL ESTATE, RIB, TIME

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Today's NYT Strands hints will be easy if you're sneaky.

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 hiding.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe doing things undercover.

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 Sneaking Around.

NYT Strands word list for October 2

• Shifty

• Furtive

• Sneaking Around

• Stealthy

• Devious

• Covert

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

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 2 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:

High interest.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

The letter U appears twice.

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

Today's Wordle starts with the letter U.

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...

USURP

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.

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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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On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Meta has been treating its AI data centers as experimental facilities to claim billions of dollars in federal research tax credits, a strategy the company's own accountants reportedly flagged as legally risky. The savings reportedly grew from $700 million in 2023 to $3.9 billion in 2025.

How can a company worth $1.8 trillion be worried about saving $3.9 billion? Well, because the priorities of any publicly traded company are profits, then stock price, then market cap, then penny-pinching, and then the cycle repeats.

The Meta story underscores something simple: the people building the most powerful technology on Earth will push the rules when money is on the line. Yet they now ask us to trust them on safety, to believe they are putting financial gain aside to do the right thing.

Give me a break.

SEE ALSO: AI leaders say they want safety, but on whose terms?

Everyone is spinning over whether AI chatbots could go rogue. Will it happen? Can it be stopped? Is the threat real, or a hoax? Here's a better question: who do we trust to tell us the truth, and to act when it matters?

The canaries in the coal mine are chirping, and there's more than one bird. OpenAI announced it is shelving its newest model because it didn't quite meet the bar on safety. Anthropic's CEO has warned that, within a year, AI could be capable of directing a swarm of agents that takes over the internet. Even Pope Leo has told reporters that the concerns of AI experts are not fake news. Reports of AI escaping users' control are escalating, and surely there are more than we know about.

I spent 30 years in corporate America. In all that time, I never once saw a company do something that would hurt its performance and stock price simply because it was the right thing to do. Not once. That isn't cynicism; it's how incentives work, amplified by relentless pressure to cut costs and drive up profits.

So when AI leaders say they are deeply concerned, I believe they mean it. I just don't believe it will last. OpenAI shelved that model. Good. But was that goodness of heart, or fear of lawsuits, as stories of AI misbehavior multiply?

I can't imagine any of these companies willingly hobbling their stock price by holding back the next, better model while a competitor races ahead. Self-regulation only works if competitors cooperate, and cooperating against your own profit is a fairy tale. 

Every company in the AI race will have a reason to go one more step. The thirst for money, profit, and a higher stock price will win out every single time, even if humanity is at risk.

Yet self-regulation is exactly what President Trump endorsed yesterday after meeting with tech leaders. "There's a belief that there should be tremendous self-regulation," he said, pointing to existing oversight at the Justice Department and the FBI. He offered no coordinated government framework, which is precisely what this moment demands. He has also called fears of runaway AI a "hoax."

The AI lunch attendees all signed an AI agreement that Trump said is  "morally binding." If we are relying on morality to save the day, we are screwed.

The doomsday scenario

Consider what a serious AI failure could look like: drained bank accounts, disrupted hospitals, exposed medical data, scrambled supply chains, blackouts, grounded airlines and trains. There is no light switch and no single plug to pull. Stopping it would take coordination across agencies, deep technical expertise, and leaders who believe the threat is real enough to act before the damage is done.

SEE ALSO: Is an AI 'kill switch' a real thing?

That capacity lives in agencies that have lost enormous talent. FBI Director Kash Patel has thinned the agency's cyber and counterintelligence ranks through firings and reassignments. The Pentagon, under a defense secretary more worried about testosterone levels and height-weight measurements, has pushed out or lost at least 25 top leaders, with more to come, including the heads of both Cyber Command and the NSA. 

The Justice Department has seen more than 10,000 departures, many in cybersecurity. FEMA, which we'd need if grids fail or water systems are infiltrated, has endured deep staffing and funding cuts.

And what if AI disrupts our health care system and we all get sick? We have a worm-brained health secretary who has overseen a massive loss of brainpower while focusing on anti-vaccine measures instead of outbreaks. Between March 2025 and mid-2026, the CDC's active civil service workforce fell 30 percent, from roughly 12,700 employees to fewer than 8,900.

Those who remain are not necessarily incompetent, but hard-won expertise in how systems break — and how to contain a digital fire — is walking out the door. If AI is as capable as its creators insist, it can presumably see that too. A rogue system wouldn't need to defeat our defenses. It would just need to outpace them.

So which should we fear more? An AI that goes wrong, or an industry with every incentive to keep racing, paired with a government too depleted to intervene? There is no right answer, and that should keep us all up at night.

This article represents the opinions of its writer.

John Casey is a columnist at Raw Story, the Advocate, Daily Beast, and Outsports. He's also the author of Love: The Heroic Stories of Marriage Equality.

Samsung has a reputation for packing its Galaxy phones with a deluge of features, arguably more than any other Android phone maker, and many of them don't get the spotlight they deserve. As a result, a lot of people overlook a good chunk of their Samsung phone's features just because they aren't talked about, which is a shame because some of them can be super useful in a variety of situations. Here are five One UI features that most owners end up ignoring, but if you own a Galaxy phone, you really shouldn't.

As usual, true-crime documentaries and series pretty much dominated the September lineup across the major streaming services, but the month did have a few surprises that provided a nice break from all the murder and scandal. And while the month wasn't perhaps as solid as August, Netflix more than pulled its own weight, as did HBO Max, Prime Video, and Peacock—a couple might even make the grade for best-of-the-year lists.

TL;DR: The Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Booster Display Box is on sale for $353.99 at Amazon, down from its $378.88 typical price.

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The base Mega Evolution set is rapidly becoming one of the most expensive in the modern Pokémon TCG right now, but a new Amazon price cut has brought the 36-pack Display Box down by nearly $25 ahead of Prime Day.

As of Oct. 1, the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Booster Display Box is $353.99 at Amazon through third-party seller Collectors Expedition. That trims $24.89 from the list price, a discount of roughly 7%, with free delivery currently included.

With 36 booster packs inside, you’re paying approximately $9.83 per pack before tax. Each booster contains 10 random trading cards, leaving you with 360 cards to open across the full display.

SEE ALSO: The best early Prime Day deals on Pokémon, including 30th Celebration trading cards for below market price

Amazon still isn’t the cheapest place to buy the box if you’re open to buying it elsewhere. Walmart is also selling the same 36-pack Mega Evolution Booster Box for $344.95 with free shipping, while TCGplayer sellers have gone considerably lower with English unopened copies available for as little as $308 shipped. That’s only a cent above its current market price of $307.99.

If you’re hoping to pull a particular card, you can buy any single Mega Evolution Pokémon card right now on TCGplayer — including the stunning golden MHR Mega Lucario ex. 

While the Raspberry Pi used to rule the kingdom of low-cost homelab hardware, that arena is now dominated by thin clients. They're cheap, powerful (comparatively), and easy to find. Here's why a $50 thin client should be your first homelab purchase and not a Raspberry Pi.

I've been building Excel dashboards for years, and my method has changed almost as much as Excel itself. One day I'll build one with formulas, the next I'll use only refined PivotTables, and increasingly, I'll ask AI to do the heavy lifting. But recently, I've found myself getting into a bit of an AI prompt trap. Is it better to give it more information and direction? Should I get into a back-and-forth conversation? Or should I just keep things simple?

SAVE $36.31: As of Oct. 1, the Coleman Sundome 4-Person Camping Tent is on sale for just $81.86 on Amazon ahead of its fall Prime sale (normally $117.99). That's a 31% savings and its lowest price of the year so far.

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Everyone knows that early fall is the best time to buy camping equipment. (And if you didn't, now you do!) Retailers are now slashing prices on their remaining summer gear to clear their inventories before winter. Case in point: Amazon just put a Coleman tent on sale for its lowest price all year.

Typically $117.99, the navy blue Coleman Sundome 4-Person Camping Tent is only $81.86 right now — a 31% discount. Note that it's still full price on Coleman's website.

For reference, the same tent was about $2 more expensive during Amazon's summer Prime Day sale in June and $1.31 pricier during Prime Big Deal Days 2025, according to the price-tracking site camelcamelcamel. The only time it's been significantly cheaper than it is now was on Black Friday 2024, when it hit an all-time low of $67.99.

This is one of the best outdoor deals we've spotted in the lead-up to Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale on Oct. 6 and 7, aka "October Prime Day." You do have to be a Prime member to claim it, but trial members count.

Coleman describes this tent as being "ideal for camping in warm weather." It can fit one queen-sized air mattress, sets up in 10 minutes, and features a ground vent to prevent its interior from getting stuffy. Plus, there's an E-port on the side in case you'd like to run power inside. (FWIW, we've also spotted some very good deals on portable power stations ahead of Prime Big Deal Days.)

SAVE OVER $80: As of Oct. 1, the Lego Speed Champions Ultimate F1 Collector's Pack is back to its lowest-ever price of $188.99 at Amazon, but only for Prime members. That's $81 off its full price of $269.99.

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With just a few days left to go until Prime Big Deal Days, Amazon has started dropping some early Prime-exclusive Lego discounts for members to score. Among them is the Lego Speed Champions Ultimate F1 Collector's Pack, which has returned to its lowest-ever price of $188.99.

We saw this deal pop up during June's Prime Day event earlier this year, and it's a pretty solid cut from its $269.99 list price. Overall, you're saving $81 on this collector's pack, but again, keep in mind it's an exclusive offer for Prime members. If you haven't signed up yet, check out our guide to signing up.

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This is a stacked package for F1 fans. Inside, you'll find 10 sets that feature the F1 grid from the 2025 season, measuring over one inch high, eight inches long, and three inches wide. Altogether, they make a grand total of 2,601 bricks. You're getting the Ferrari SF-24, Red Bull RB20, Mercedes-AMG W15, Aston Martin AMR24, Visa Cash App (VCARB) RB01, Kick Sauber C44, Alpine A524, Haas VF-24, Williams Racing FW46, and McLaren MCL38.

You'll also get a limited-edition poster featuring all 10 F1 teams, a nice bonus alongside all the brick-built vehicles. If you're buying it for a fan, it's sure to make their day.

If you're a Prime member, don't miss out on this chance to save on the Lego Speed Champions Ultimate F1 Collector's Pack before Prime Big Deal Days.

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Mercedes looked totally dominant in the early stages of the season, but now McLaren has cut the gap. All eyes are on Kimi Antonelli as he aims to defend his lead at the top of the standings.

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What is F1?

Formula One (F1) is the highest class of international open-wheel single-seater racing. A season consists of a series of races held in multiple countries and on multiple continents, either on purpose-built circuits or on closed public roads.

Lando Norris is the defending champion. McLaren won the Constructors Championship in 2025.

When is F1 in 2026?

The 2026 F1 season is the 77th edition of the championship. This year's championship features 24 Grands Prix events held all over the world between March and December:

1. Australian Grand Prix — March 8

2. Chinese Grand Prix — March 15

3. Japanese Grand Prix — March 29

4. Miami Grand Prix — May 3

5. Canadian Grand Prix — May 24

6. Monaco Grand Prix — June 7

7. Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix — June 14

8. Austrian Grand Prix — June 28

9. British Grand Prix — July 5

10. Belgian Grand Prix — July 19

11. Hungarian Grand Prix — July 26

12. Dutch Grand Prix — Aug. 23

13. Italian Grand Prix — Sept. 6

14. Spanish Grand Prix — Sept. 13

15. Azerbaijan Grand Prix — Sept. 26

16. Bahrain Grand Prix — Oct. 4

17. Singapore Grand Prix — Oct. 11

18. United States Grand Prix — Oct. 25

19. Mexico City Grand Prix — Nov. 1

20. São Paulo Grand Prix — Nov. 8

21. Las Vegas Grand Prix — Nov. 21

22. Qatar Grand Prix — Nov. 29

23. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix — Dec. 6

It's important to note that these dates are only for race days. The Chinese, Miami, Canadian, British, Dutch, and Singapore GPs will host a sprint race.

How to watch F1 for free

In the U.S., F1 is now exclusive to Apple TV. If you want access to the whole season, an Apple TV subscription costs $12.99 per month or $99 per year.

Or you could access Apple TV for free with these workarounds:

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It's worth noting that the best Apple TV free-trial offer comes with purchases of new Apple devices. New subscribers can get three months of Apple TV for free after purchasing any eligible Apple product, including iPhones, iPads, Macs, or Apple TVs. This special offer goes live for 90 days after the new device is activated — that's a good chunk of the season.

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The energy in the lobby of Alice Tully Hall was kinetic on the night of Sept. 30, as press, patrons, and the public eagerly awaited the New York Film Festival's New York premiere of You Can See Everything. The documentary's existence went from a well-kept secret to an internet sensation when A24 dropped a teaser on Sept. 6 showing notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes having an intimate conversation with heralded comedian Nathan Fielder. 

The project seemed preposterous, like something born from MadLibs or a brain-rot meme. However, the world premiere at a secret screening at the Telluride Film Festival, which was timed to the teaser debut, not only proved this movie was real, but also launched much buzz and absolutely unhinged rumors about what it contains.  

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The New York crowd was downright giddy to see for themselves if You Can See Everything, co-directed by Fielder and Lance Oppenheim (Primetime), could live up to the hype. Personally, I was dubious. Holmes had already been the subject of the heralded book Bad Blood, an Alex Gibney documentary called The Inventor, the podcast series The Dropout, and Hulu's dramatic adaptation of the same name, which starred Amanda Seyfried as Holmes. What could be left to say on this subject? 

Well, I was wrong. Because the answer there is plenty. And You Can See Everything is a masterwork of interrogation, not only of the whole Holmes situation but of documentary as a form itself. And if you're thinking that sounds dry, let me confirm some of the rumors. Yes, there's full-frontal nudity, outrageous statements, bonkers twists, and laughs big and uncomfortable. But there's something more cerebral and unnerving that makes this not exactly a crowdpleaser, but a real stunner.

You Can See Everything is ridiculous on its face. 

Why Nathan Fielder? It's a question he asks Holmes in the film's first half, as he's a comedian known for blurring the lines of reality and performance with shows like Nathan For You and The Rehearsal. Holmes responds with a warm smile and an answer that is intriguingly elusive, as much of her answers will be. Over and over, she insists she's being transparent and truthful. But as that much-talked-about teaser clip suggests, it's hard to trust her, and harder to tell if she's telling the truth. 

Making the movie more bizarre, You Can See Everything began shooting in the 36 days before Holmes turned herself over to authorities to begin her prison sentence for fraud. And during that time, not only did she allow Fielder and his crew of seven into her home with her children and her fiancé, Billy Evans, but she invited him to move into their cramped beach house in the San Diego neighborhood of Del Mar. And he did. 

This should make the audience question Fielder's perspective on Holmes, as he might be accused of getting too close with the subject he's meant to investigate. But this is precisely what You Can See Everything wants you to question — but not just this. 

The film begins with camera angles and conversations between Holmes and Evans (or Liz and Billy, as they call each other) as if we're a fly on the wall. Then, Fielder becomes visible, lurking from a corner or outside their home. He is the audience surrogate in these moments, curious but looking from the outside, trying to make sense of this infamous woman. However, as the film progresses, his getting closer to Holmes and her family puts Fielder in the position of those she's beguiled and impressed before. 

Through Fielder and Oppenheim's suffocatingly intimate approach to the cinematography, we're strapped to his hip on the experience. You Can See Everything is shot in a 4:3 aspect ratio, which is like that of an old-school television from the '90s. This concentrates the audience's attention on to a smaller area, more specifically to the claustrophobic close-ups of Fielder, Holmes, Evans, and others. A multi-camera setup in the home means that the speaker and the spoken-to are caught on tape, so that we can see every microexpression, every flinch or twitch. And in that way, we — like Fielder — are forced to look Holmes in her unblinking eyes and determine for ourselves what is truth and what is a lie. And it's not easy. 

You Can See Everything is a fabulous mindfuck.

Even after all the internet rumors, the most surprising bit — that's not a spoiler — is that Holmes goes to prison around the halfway point of the nearly three-hour-long movie. After that, Fielder and Oppenheim's access to her becomes extremely limited. So, they begin to use reenactments to continue telling their story. That's a standard documentary tool. But the way they use reenactments introduces a new wrinkle in parsing the reality of Holmes' story. As in The Rehearsal, Fielder brings in an actor to play opposite him to recreate moments the crew couldn't catch on camera. And, similar to The Rehearsal, he has conversations with the actor to get a deeper understanding of the interaction. However, because the original interactions are not recorded, it's only Fielder's memory that they can pull from. Even as they read through his scripts, he questions his own memory. His perspective is challenged repeatedly within the film, with the actor even accusing him of liking Holmes too much to be objective. 

This is the core of You Can See Everything that makes it about more than Holmes. Documentaries themselves can never be objective, because they are — as Holmes says — human stories. When the frame is chosen, what is kept in is just as crucial to what is cropped out. When the edit comes together, the moments that are deemed meaningful versus unimportant shape the message. So, while You Can See Everything challenges you to question Holmes and Fielder, it also challenges its audience to think more broadly about documentary and news media. Objectivity is an impossibility. We are creatures of blood and emotion, driven by impulse and a need to protect ourselves from the reality of how we are capable of hurting others. 

It's not just Holmes who is questioned on this point in the film. And so, You Can See Everything becomes an interrogation of how we decide what's true. As a movie, it's a hell of an experience. Personally, I gasped, shouted, laughed, and even gagged. But as a work of art, it's one that's sure to live on for its bold choices, interrogation of form, and for Fielder's brave vulnerability in exposing his own doubts and shortcomings. 

You Can See Everything was reviewed out of the New York Film Festival and will open in theaters on Oct. 16.