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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you work well under pressure.

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 intensity.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe tricky situations.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is High Stakes.

NYT Strands word list for February 12

• Imperative

• Risky

• Pivotal

• High Stakes

• Decisive

• Critical

Looking for other daily online games? Mashable's Games page has more hints, and if you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now!

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

Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you support growth.

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 February 12, 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.

SEE ALSO: NYT Pips hints, answers for February 12, 2026 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

A spike.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

There are no recurring letters.

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

Today's Wordle starts with the letter S.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. 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...

SURGE

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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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Wordle.

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Job searching often means revamping your résumé, cover letter, and other interview prep across multiple job boards. All the steps that take up a lot of brain power and time. However, CareerSprinter Pro is designed to bring those steps into one platform, helping users organize and refine their approach without having to use multiple different tools. For a limited time, the lifetime subscription is priced at $49.99 (reg. $499).

CareerSprinter Pro focuses on the foundations of the application and interviewing process. The software offers unlimited applicant tracking system (ATS) checks and résumé enhancements, using AI to spotlight strengths and fine-tune formatting so documents mesh well with today’s screening algorithms. Cover letter generation is built in as well, so users can spin up tailored drafts in less time.

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In these times of necessity, that old laptop gathering dust in your drawer isn't just junk—it's a goldmine. Those old hard drives might have a lot of life left in them.

Entrepreneur Matt Shumer's essay, "Something Big Is Happening," is going mega-viral on X, where it's been viewed 42 million times and counting.

The piece warns that rapid advancements in the AI industry over the past few weeks threaten to change the world as we know it. Shumer specifically likens the present moment to the weeks and months preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, and says most people won't hear the warning "until it's too late."

We've heard warnings like this before from AI doomers, but Shumer wants us to believe that this time the ground really is shifting beneath our feet.

"But it's time now," he writes. "Not in an 'eventually we should talk about this' way. In a 'this is happening right now and I need you to understand it' way."

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Unfortunately for Shumer, we've heard warnings like this before. We've heard it over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over. In the long run, some of these predictions will surely come true — a lot of people who are a lot smarter than me certainly believe they will — but I'm not changing my weekend plans to build a bunker.

The AI industry now has a massive Chicken Little problem, which is making it hard to take dire warnings like this too seriously. Because, as I've written before, when an AI entrepreneur tells you that AI is a world-changing technology on the order of COVID-19 or the agricultural revolution, you have to take this message for what it really is — a sales pitch.

Don't make me tap my sign.

Why people are so worried about AI right now

Shumer's essay claims that the latest generative AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic are already capable of doing much of his job.

"Here's the thing nobody outside of tech quite understands yet: the reason so many people in the industry are sounding the alarm right now is because this already happened to us. We're not making predictions. We're telling you what already occurred in our own jobs, and warning you that you're next."

The post clearly struck a nerve on X. Across the political spectrum, high-profile accounts with millions of followers are sharing the post as an urgent warning.

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To understand Shumer's post, you need to understand big concepts like AGI and the Singularity. AGI, or artificial general intelligence, is a hypothetical AI program that "possesses human-like intelligence and can perform any intellectual task that a human can." The Singularity refers to a threshold at which technology becomes self-improving, allowing it to progress exponentially.

Shumer is correct that there are good reasons to think that progress has been made toward both AGI and the Singularity.

OpenAI's latest coding model, GPT-5.3-Codex, helped create itself. Anthropic has made similar claims about recent product launches. And there's no denying that generative AI is now so good at writing code that it's decimated the job market for entry-level coders.

It is absolutely true that generative AI is progressing rapidly and that it will surely have big impacts on everyday life, the labor market, and the future.

Even so, it's hard to believe a weather report from Chicken Little. And it's harder still to believe everything a car salesman tells you about the amazing new convertible that just rolled onto the sales lot.

Indeed, as Shumer's post went viral, AI skeptics joined the fray.

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There are a lot of reasons to be skeptical of Shumer's claims. In the essay, he provides two specific examples of generative AI's capabilities — its ability to conduct legal reasoning on par with top lawyers, and its ability to create, test, and debug apps.

Let's look at the app argument first:

I'll tell the AI: "I want to build this app. Here's what it should do, here's roughly what it should look like. Figure out the user flow, the design, all of it." And it does. It writes tens of thousands of lines of code. Then, and this is the part that would have been unthinkable a year ago, it opens the app itself. It clicks through the buttons. It tests the features. It uses the app the way a person would. If it doesn't like how something looks or feels, it goes back and changes it, on its own. It iterates, like a developer would, fixing and refining until it's satisfied. Only once it has decided the app meets its own standards does it come back to me and say: "It's ready for you to test." And when I test it, it's usually perfect.

I'm not exaggerating. That is what my Monday looked like this week.

Is this impressive? Absolutely!

At the same time, it's a running joke in the tech world that you can already find an app for everything. ("There's an app for that.") That means coding models can model their work off tens of thousands of existing applications. Is the world really going to be irrevocably changed because we now have the ability to create new apps more quickly?

Let's look at the legal claim, where Shumer says that AI is "like having a team of [lawyers] available instantly." There's just one problem: Lawyers all over the country are getting censured for actually using AI. A lawyer tracking AI hallucinations in the legal profession found 912 documented cases so far.

It's hard to swallow warnings about AGI when even the most advanced LLMs are still completely incapable of fact-checking. According to OpenAI's own documentation, its latest model, GPT-5.2, has a hallucination rate of 10.9 percent. Even when given access to the internet to check its work, it still hallucinates 5.8 percent of the time. Would you trust a person that only hallucinates six percent of the time?

Yes, it's possible that a rapid leap forward is imminent. But it's also possible that the AI industry will rapidly reach a point of diminishing returns. And there are good reasons to believe the latter is likely. This week, OpenAI introduced ads into ChatGPT, a tactic it previously called a "last resort." OpenAI is also rolling out a new "ChatGPT adult" mode to let people engage in erotic roleplay with Chat. That's hardly the behavior of a company that's about to unleash AI super-intelligence onto an unsuspecting world.

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Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

If you haven't already figured it out, I'm talking about the one and only Winamp. For all of the 2000s and a good chunk of the 2010s, Winamp was one of the first apps that I installed on a fresh Windows installation or new computer. This one app was literally the soundtrack to my life for all those years. Whether I was studying or just chilling with my friends.

TL;DR: We found the best deals on Valentine's Day candy at Amazon and Target, including budget-friendly classroom exchange packs and premium gifts from Lindt and Ferrero Rocher.

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Valentine's Day is this Saturday, but you haven't missed the window for the good stuff just yet. If you're still hunting for sweets, the strategy is simple: go to Target for the kids and Amazon for the adults.

Target has completely cornered the market on "classroom exchange" packs. You can grab 25-count boxes of Haribo Goldbears, Fun Dip, and Nerds Gummy Clusters that come pre-labeled with "To/From" tags. With prices ranging from $3.99 to $5.99, it's the most cost-effective way to host a school party. Plus, you can order online and grab your haul via Order Pickup in as little as two hours.

If you're looking for something a little more "grown up," Amazon has a ton of premium options with overnight shipping. I found markdowns on Ferrero Rocher gift boxes and Lindt Lindor truffles, plus harder-to-find treats like Whitman's S'mores chocolates and Leonessa Dubai Chocolate Cones.

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There's nothing quite like a morning cup of coffee. It's even better when you make it yourself. If you've been considering picking up a machine to do just that, you may want to turn your attention to the Amazon Presidents' Day sale, where several Breville machines have been discounted for your coffee-brewing pleasure.

From luxurious espresso machines with built-in steamers to more budget-priced models that can still whip up something delicious each morning, these deals are well worth perusing while you're enjoying your time away from work, heading out on a trip, or even going to the office this Monday (bummer).

Check out out favorite picks from the sale below:

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For at-home espresso that's just like it is at the coffee shop, this machine is your best bet.

You get a delightful cup with a single touch and extremely limited input as the machine does all the work for you. Using the four keys formula, it uses a conical burr grinder with dose control to deliver the optimal amount of coffee to get you the most flavor possible. It also controls its own water pressure, temperature, and infusion time without needing you to tweak any settings for a truly autonomous brew. If you prefer coffee drinks with milk, it has automatic microfoam milk texturing as well, which lets you adjust the tempeature of the milk and texture if you prefer, but it can handle all that on its own as well.

From straight espresso to latte art, this machine can get you what you want in just minutes, so you don't have to leave home to get the taste you're craving.

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If you're looking for a reliable way to whip up a great espresso every day, this machine is a fantastic investment. It uses a dosing system that calculates and adjusts the amount of coffee it needs to deploy every shot. Combined with assisted tamping for consistent pressure for each cup as well as 25 grind settings to customize your brew, it's a powerhouse that will get you exactly what you're looking for a personalized brew.

It also includes a steam wand that's attached to the machine to steam milk for other types of coffee drinks. And you'll get all of this at the perfect temperature thanks to the Thermocoil heating system, which can keep the temperature, flow rate, and contact time consistent enough for barista-quality coffee right from your kitchen every morning.

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If you want at-home espresso without breaking the bank, this smaller Breville machine will be your go-to pick. It still offers many of the same features you'll get with a larger machine, but you don't have the huge footprint in the kitchen. It's fast, compact, and simple to use, though it doesn't offer an included wand for milk-infused drinks nor the capacity of its larger brethren.

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James Van Der Beek has died at the age of 48 following a long battle with colorectal cancer. His wife, Kimberly, confirmed the tragic news in a heartfelt Instagram post. Van Der Beek publicly announced his cancer diagnosis in 2024 and shared health updates over the past year. Van Der Beek was the father of six children.

Amazon may be the next tech giant trying to help AI companies get their hands on publisher content.

According to TechCrunch, citing original reporting from The Information, Amazon is considering launching a marketplace that would allow media companies to license their content directly to AI firms. The company has reportedly been meeting with publishing executives and circulating slides ahead of an AWS conference that reference a "content marketplace," per The Information.

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When reached by TechCrunch, Amazon didn’t deny the plans but stopped short of confirming them, saying only that it works with publishers across AWS, retail, advertising, AGI, and Alexa and has "nothing specific to share." The move also comes amid mounting lawsuits and scrutiny over how AI models are trained on copyrighted material.

The proposal is notable given the increasingly tense relationship between publishers and AI companies. As Mashable has previously reported, investigations have accused Common Crawl — a nonprofit web archive used by major AI developers — of enabling access to paywalled journalism, claims the organization denies. At the same time, AI web browsers like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Atlas, and Perplexity’s Comet have reportedly been able to bypass some publisher paywalls by blending in with regular user traffic. If publishers don't want Google to use their content for AI training, they have to opt out of appearing in Google search results altogether.

Publishers have described the situation as a traffic apocalypse, with AI summaries siphoning clicks and revenue. A centralized marketplace could offer what some executives see as a more scalable, structured way to monetize content as AI usage grows.

Whether Amazon actually launches the marketplace remains to be seen. However, after years of scraping, lawsuits, and uneasy partnerships, Big Tech increasingly appears ready to put a price tag on the internet.

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

There are two sides to the Netflix equation. On one hand, the streamer adds a new selection of movies every month. Independence Day, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Zero Dark Thirty all arrived at the beginning of February. Unfortunately, the influx of new movies means that several popular titles must leave.

There's a pretty good chance that the computer you currently use doesn't have any hard drives with spinning magnetic platters inside it. Solid State Drives (SSDs) have matured enough that they've essentially replaced hard drives when it comes to running operating systems and software.

UniFi Drive is the network attached storage solution for UniFi NAS and UNAS systems, allowing you to set up shared folders to access from any device. Now, it's getting a significant update that includes automatic photo backups from iPhone and iPad.

Wireless Android Auto adapters promise a cleaner dashboard and a more seamless driving experience, eliminating the need to plug in your phone every time you get behind the wheel. On paper, it sounds like the perfect upgrade, especially for drivers who rely heavily on navigation, music streaming, and hands-free communication.

TL;DR: Live stream Sweden vs. Italy in men's ice hockey for free on CBC Gem. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

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Winter ice hockey is showcasing some incredible matchups between the best international sides, including Sweden vs. Italy. The hosts are going into this matchup as underdogs, but anything can happen in a tournament like this. Sweden will need to be at their best to gain victory and take one step towards qualification from the group stage.

If you want to watch Sweden vs. Italy in men's ice hockey for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Sweden vs. Italy?

Sweden vs. Italy in men's ice hockey takes place at 3:10 p.m. ET on Feb. 11. This fixture takes place at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.

How to watch Sweden vs. Italy for free

Sweden vs. Italy in men's ice hockey is available to live stream for free on CBC Gem.

CBC Gem is geo-restricted to Canada, but anyone can access this free streaming platform with a VPN. These handy tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in Canada, meaning you can access free live streams of the 2026 winter sports ice hockey from anywhere in the world.

Live stream Sweden vs. Italy in men's ice hockey for free by following these simple steps:

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5. Watch Sweden vs. Italy for free from anywhere in the world

The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but leading VPNs do tend to offer free-trial periods or money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can gain access to free live streams without committing with your cash. This is obviously not a long-term solution, but it does give you time to watch the ice hockey before recovering your investment.

What is the best VPN for CBC Gem?

ExpressVPN is the best service for bypassing geo-restrictions to stream live sport, for a number of reasons:

• Servers in 105 countries including Canada

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The price of the average new car now exceeds $50,000. As a result, many Americans are holding onto their current cars longer than ever. A study by S&P Global Mobility found that in 2025, the average age of a vehicle in the U.S. was 12.8 years.

A long time ago, in the burgeoning smartphone era, Google launched Android 4.2 Jelly Bean on the Nexus 4. Along with it came a brand new camera mode called "Photo Sphere," which allowed for taking full 360-degree photos. It was a big hit, but Google removed the feature in 2023, and that's a shame.

The 'Burbs is back! Inspired by the 1989 Tom Hanks cult classic, this Peacock TV series stars Keke Palmer, Jack Whitehall, Paula Pell, Mark Proksch, Julia Duffy, and Kapil Talwalkar as a batch of surbanites who have suspicions about the rotting Victorian house on their block.

New to the neighborhood, Samira (Palmer) is eager to make friends with her nosy neighbors. But when she learns of the cold case of a missing girl — that her husband was friends with — she begins to get her snoop on. Wild turns will be had, along with sardines and lots of laughs.

Mashable Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko spoke with Palmer, Duffy, Talwalkar, and The 'Burbs creator Celeste Hughey. For Puchko, the dark comedy of the movie was all the more exciting because she snuck watching it past her parents. So, she asked this 'Burbs cast what they remembered covertly watching without parental guidance.

Then of course, they talked tinned fish! This savory snack is having a moment on TikTok, where creators are rolling out serving suggestions for sardines and other tinned seafood. Of course, sardines were a pivotal element in The 'Burbs then, and they're in the new series too! Lucky for Palmer, she's a fan. And she knows where to go to get tinned fish for cheap.

The 'Burbs is now streaming on Peacock.

Having trouble following the latest Epstein Files revelations?

Every few weeks now it seems like there's a new release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein and his ties to the powerful, rich, and famous. Each new document dump sends shockwaves across the tech, political, and entertainment world. For example, OpenAI lost a member of its board, Larry Summers, after he resigned following November's email release, which revealed he was in close contact with Epstein. And, of course, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, and others can't help but cover the more interesting revelations.

Most recently in the Epstein Files saga, the Department of Justice released a new batch of 3.5 million pages of documents on Jan. 30, which includes 180,000 new images and 2,000 video files.

As before, the new Epstein emails and documents are basically just millions of individual text files, scanned PDFs, and images containing the contents of those emails. It's hard to sift through.

That is, it was hard to sift through until Jmail came along.

What is Jmail?

In November 2025, right after that month's Epstein Files dump from the House Oversight Committee, Riley Walz, who Wired describes as a "prankster," and developer Luke Igel released Jmail, a recreation of Epstein's email inbox. Jmail is essentially a Gmail clone interface that looks and acts as if you're viewing Epstein's emails via his jeevacation@gmail account through his actual email inbox.

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But Jmail isn't just visually stunning in its presentation of these Epstein emails. It actually makes the emails incredibly easy to search through as well. The search box at the top of the page can actually be used to find names, keywords, and other information in specific emails. The Inbox and Sent pages separate the emails that Epstein both sent and received. The Starred page acts as a crowdsourced compilation of what visitors found to be the most interesting missives. A People section in the sidebar presents itself as a contact list of all the most notable individuals who interacted with Epstein in the emails included in this dump.

Jmail is really an ingenious project that combines art and web development to create a journalistic research tool.

And since its release, Jmail has only expanded.

See the latest Epstein Files in Jmail

Jmail's creators have added every new Epstein Files Release to the Jmail archive, so even the latest released Epstein emails can be viewed as if you have unauthorized access to Epstein's personal Gmail account.

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Besides adding the latest releases in the Epstein Files, Jmail's creators have been busy creating new Google-inspired features.

Jmail now offers the whole "suite" of Google products, too. JPhotos is a Google Photos clone filled with all the photos that have been released with the documents. JDrive showcases PDFs and other Epstein-related files that have been released in a Google Drive format. JFlights maps out Epstein's travels. Jamazon provides an Amazon-like design for Epstein's Amazon order history. Jotify clones Spotify in order to deliver streams of all the audio files released with the documents. JMessage gives visitors an easy way to follow the text messages Epstein was sending to his contacts.

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There's even Jemini, a Gemini clone, which provides an AI chatbot for users to ask Epstein document-related questions.

According to Jmail's founder, the site has become so popular that it crossed 450 million pageviews as of Feb. 9.

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