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HBO's Industry has never shied away from current events, from Season 2's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic to Season 4's centering of online age verification in the UK. However, in its Season 4 premiere, Industry goes one step further by bringing in a real-life political figure: President Donald Trump.

SEE ALSO: 'Industry' Season 4 review: HBO's criminally underrated drama thrills in most ambitious season yet

The show's version of Trump, played by a Trump look-alike, makes a brief appearance during a scene in which a now-retired Eric Tao (Ken Leung) hits the golf course. He and his fellow millionaire retirees spot Trump from afar, sporting his usual red MAGA hat, and exchange a wave with him.

"Has 47 ever allowed anyone to play through?" one of Eric's friends wonders.

"Not in this lifetime," another responds.

It's a surprising allusion, the ultimate move in Industry's portrayal of a world of wealth, access, and power that the vast majority of its viewers will never see. But more than that, it's a crucial character moment for Eric, indicating just where life has taken him post-Pierpoint.

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For starters, the routine of the golf course is a far cry from the high-stakes, high-pressure, high-speed trading floor Eric used to lord over. It's stagnant, whereas Eric would rather monitor the market's every change — the last thing on his golfing companions' mind.

"He's surrounded by these older white guys who have made loads of money. They have this passive wealth that is constantly compounding, so they just play golf and go to the same restaurant over and over again," Industry co-creator Mickey Down told Mashable over Zoom. "Eric is trying to convince himself that this is the good life and that he isn't feeling the pull of the old life that he experienced in the first three seasons."

Trump's presence on the golf course does actually call back to Eric's "old life." Not his time as a leader in Industry's first three seasons, but his earliest days on the trading floor.

In Industry's second season, the series explores Eric's relationship with his own mentor, a man named Newman. The audience never meets him before his death, but in one key scene in Season 2, episode 4, Eric spends time in his New York office, which has been left untouched since his passing. On the desk is a MAGA hat, a symbol that speaks volumes not just about Newman's ideologies, but also about what his relationship as a white man in a person of power may have been like with his Asian subordinate.

"You go under [Eric's] hood a little bit more in Season 2, you realize that he has this background where he [experienced] some sort of racial abuse from the trading floor in the '90s," Down explained.

Eric's Season 4 interaction with Trump, even if it's from afar, feels like "the apogee" of Eric's complicated relationship with his mentor, according to Down. He recalled adding a reminder of Newman's racism into the premiere script to truly drive the moment home.

"In the script [Industry co-creator Konrad Kay and I] wrote, [Eric's] mentor was this person. Now he's here, waving at number 47," Down said. "It felt like a real moment of, 'Where the fuck am I? How did I get here? How did a kid like me, from where I am from, end up waving at the president, who represents all these things?'"

New episodes of Industry Season 4 premiere Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.

The 83rd Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held in California tonight, with actors and filmmakers flocking to the Beverly Hilton hotel once more to celebrate the last year in entertainment. Hosted by Nikki Glaser for the second consecutive year, the 2026 Golden Globe Awards introduced the new Best Podcast category for the first time. Even so, the primary focus was still squarely on television and film.

One Battle After Another kicked off the night with the most bites at the apple, boasting a total of nine nominations including Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy and Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson). It ultimately took both awards, as well as Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture (Teyana Taylor) and Best Screenplay (Paul Thomas Anderson).

SEE ALSO: The biggest moments of the 2026 Golden Globes

Also competing for Best Director were Sinners (Ryan Coogler) and Hamnet (Chloé Zhao), which followed One Battle After Another in nomination count with seven and six respectively. Both won two Golden Globes each, with Hamnet also taking Best Motion Picture — Drama.

Meanwhile, The White Lotus dominated the television nominations with six, while Adolescence nabbed five and Only Murders in the Building and Severance scored four each. Replicating its performance at the Critics' Choice Awards a week ago, Adolescence swept the board by winning every single category it was nominated in. This netted the limited series four Golden Globes, as two of its actors had been nominated for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television.

Here is the full list of nominees and winners at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards. Winners have been bolded. The Golden Globe Awards ceremony was broadcast live from 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and Paramount+. 

Best Motion Picture — Drama

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• It Was Just an Accident

• The Secret Agent

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

• Blue Moon

• Bugonia

• Marty Supreme

• No Other Choice

• Nouvelle Vague

• One Battle After Another

Best Motion Picture — Animated

• Arco

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba — Infinity Castle

• Elio

• Kpop Demon Hunters

• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

• Zootopia 2

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• Avatar: Fire and Ash

• F1

• Kpop Demon Hunters

• Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning

• Sinners

• Weapons

• Wicked: For Good

• Zootopia 2

SEE ALSO: Ryan Coogler thanks 'Sinners' audiences 'for showing up' in Golden Globes speech Best Motion Picture — Non-English Language

• It Was Just an Accident (France)

• No Other Choice (South Korea)

• The Secret Agent (Brazil)

• Sentimental Value (Norway)

• Sirāt (Spain)

• The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama 

• Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

• Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)

• Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)

• Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)

• Tessa Thompson (Hedda)

• Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

SEE ALSO: Jessie Buckley's Golden Globes speech is a moving watch Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama

• Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)

• Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)

• Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)

• Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

• Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

• Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy 

• Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)

• Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)

• Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)

• Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)

• Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)

• Emma Stone (Bugonia)

SEE ALSO: Rose Byrne's Golden Globes speech is a hilarious delight Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy 

• Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

• George Clooney (Jay Kelly)

• Leonardo Dicaprio (One Battle After Another)

• Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)

• Lee Byung-Hun (No Other Choice)

• Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

SEE ALSO: Timothée Chalamet squeezes a great joke into his Golden Globes acceptance speech Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

• Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)

• Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)

• Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)

• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)

• Amy Madigan (Weapons)

• Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

SEE ALSO: Teyana Taylor's Golden Globes speech is 2 minutes of pure emotion Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture 

• Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)

• Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)

• Paul Mescal (Hamnet)

• Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

• Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)

• Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

Best Director — Motion Picture

• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

• Guillermo Del Toro (Frankenstein)

• Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)

• Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)

• Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

• Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

• Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)

• Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)

• Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)

Best Original Score — Motion Picture 

• Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)

• Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)

• Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)

• Kangding Ray (Sirāt)

• Max Richter (Hamnet)

• Hans Zimmer (F1)

Best Original Song — Motion Picture

• "Dream as One" (Avatar: Fire and Ash)

• "Golden" (Kpop Demon Hunters)

• "I Lied to You" (Sinners)

• "No Place Like Home" (Wicked: For Good)

• "The Girl in the Bubble" (Wicked: For Good)

• "Train Dreams" (Train Dreams)

SEE ALSO: 'KPop Demon Hunters' wins best song at Golden Globes, Ejae gives moving speech Best Television Series — Drama 

• The Diplomat

• The Pitt

• Pluribus

• Severance

• Slow Horses

• The White Lotus

Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy

• Abbott Elementary

• The Bear

• Hacks

• Nobody Wants This

• Only Murders in the Building

• The Studio

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Adolescence

• All Her Fault

• The Beast in Me

• Black Mirror

• Dying for Sex

• The Girlfriend

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series — Drama 

• Kathy Bates (Matlock)

• Britt Lower (Severance)

• Helen Mirren (Mobland)

• Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)

• Keri Russell (The Diplomat)

• Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)

SEE ALSO: Rhea Seehorn's Golden Globes speech is delightfully candid Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series — Drama 

• Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)

• Diego Luna (Andor)

• Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)

• Mark Ruffalo (Task)

• Adam Scott (Severance)

• Noah Wyle (The Pitt)

SEE ALSO: 'The Pitt' star Noah Wyle thanks healthcare workers in Golden Globes speech Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy 

• Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)

• Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)

• Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)

• Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)

• Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)

• Jean Smart (Hacks)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy 

• Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)

• Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)

• Glen Powell (Chad Powers)

• Seth Rogen (The Studio)

• Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)

• Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television 

• Claire Danes (The Beast in Me)

• Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)

• Amanda Seyfried (Long Bright River)

• Sarah Snook (All Her Fault)

• Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)

• Robin Wright (The Girlfriend)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television 

• Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)

• Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror)

• Stephen Graham (Adolescence)

• Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)

• Jude Law (Black Rabbit)

• Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television 

• Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)

• Erin Doherty (Adolescence)

• Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)

• Catherine O’Hara (The Studio)

• Parker Posey (The White Lotus)

• Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television 

• Owen Cooper (Adolescence)

• Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)

• Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)

• Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus)

• Tramell Tillman (Severance)

• Ashley Walters (Adolescence)

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

• Bill Maher (Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?)

• Brett Goldstein (Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life)

• Kevin Hart (Kevin Hart: Acting My Age)

• Kumail Nanjiani (Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts)

• Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Mortality)

• Sarah Silverman (Sarah Silverman: Postmortem)

Best Podcast

• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

• Call Her Daddy

• Good Hang with Amy Poehler

• The Mel Robbins Podcast

• Smartless

• Up First

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Walmart is building out its on-demand drone delivery service to an additional 150 stores across the country in another major partnership with Wing.

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The drone company is owned by Google parent Alphabet and first partnered with Walmart in 2023. Since then, Wing has made an aggressive push to service additional retail locations and scale its operations across the country. With the new drone offerings, the company will operate its autonomous delivery drones in 270 locations and service about 10 percent of the U.S. population, or around 40 million Americans, TechCrunch reported. The company has referred to it as the "largest residential drone delivery service."

Building off of infrastructure in the Dallas-Forth Worth and Atlanta areas, customers will see drone delivery options roll out gradually throughout 2026 and into 2027, pushing into major metropolitan cities like Los Angeles, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Miami.

In June, Walmart expanded its drone delivery service to five cities — Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa — and more than 100 store locations, marking the first major retailer to scale drone delivery across five states and hundreds of locations. According to the company, Walmart has completed more than 150,000 successful drone deliveries since launch.

"Whether it’s a last-minute ingredient for dinner, a must-have charger for a phone, or a late-night essential for a busy family, the strong adoption we’ve seen confirms that this is the future of convenience,” said Greg Cathey, senior vice president of digital fulfillment transformation at Walmart, in a press release.

UPDATE: Jan. 11, 2026, 2:04 p.m. EST We have updated this story, initially published on January 10, to include a statement from Instagram responding to concerns about password reset scams, saying that there was no breach of the platform's systems. Mashable Team contributed to this update.

If you get an unexpected password reset email that appears to be sent by Instagram, it's likely a good idea to ignore it. Users on social media have reported an uptick in a scam relying on fake — but very convincing — password reset emails from Instagram.

The cybersecurity-focused TikTok account @ohhackno posted a helpful explainer about the apparent scam, which has racked up some 4 million views.

A thread on the cybersecurity help subreddit has garnered hundreds of upvotes and comments, too. The scam is particularly frightening because the emails do appear to be quite convincing. Folks have reported that the email appears to come from a legit Instagram address and the design looks good, too.

Forbes reported that the sudden uptick in the scam was "related to a breaking story about a leak of 17.5 million Instagram user accounts by a threat actor on BreachForums." In a statement later posted to X, Instagram said there had been no system breach, and that it fixed an issue that "let an external party request password reset emails for some people."

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The best advice in most scam situations is to avoid clicking on any links. It's unclear what scammers could be after, but clicking a sketchy link can put your data and account at risk.

If you receive a password reset email, @ohhackno helpfully pointed out that you can check recent emails sent by Instagram in the "password and security" section of your account settings. That'll allow you to confirm if the message you received was, indeed, a fake.

So be careful what you click out there — as always, slow down and think it over.

NASA is getting ready to finally send off the crew of the Artemis II, the first crewed expedition to the Moon since the Apollo missions ended in 1972.

Following several test rounds and small delays, the team is now readying to transport its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Kennedy Space Center. NASA says it's preparing for a potential wet dress rehearsal at the end of January and a launch as early as Feb. 6, the agency wrote in a Jan. 9 blog post. "It is another step toward new U.S.-crewed missions to the Moon’s surface, leading to a sustained presence on the Moon that will help the agency prepare to send the first astronauts — Americans — to Mars," said NASA.

SEE ALSO: Who is the sick astronaut on the ISS? What we know.

The Artemis II mission was originally slated for Nov. 2024, with astronaut Reid Wiseman appointed as commander of a 4-person crew aboard the agency's brand new space vehicle. The scheduled date was pushed back to April 2026, however, and now appears to be ramping up for an even earlier 2026 blast off.

Members of the team include NASA’s Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. The crew will be testing the ship's life support systems over a 10-day period and travel more than 4,000 miles to the far side of the moon.

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The mission, if successful, may push the U.S. space agency closer toward winning the modern space race, a decades-long effort to get astronauts back on the lunar surface and prime the space body for further scientific discovery, surface mining, and a potential interplanetary existence. The U.S. is up against China's National Space Administration, which has landed multiple crew-less missions on the moon and is shooting for a human touchdown in 2030, and India's Space Research Organization, which became the first agency to get a moon lander to the space rock's south pole. Private sector efforts, including Elon Musk's SpaceX, have also advanced missions toward the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Grok access has been cut off for users in Indonesia and Malaysia following concerns that the xAI chatbot's safeguards were ineffective.

Both countries issued temporary suspensions intended to remain in effect until xAI implements safeguards that comply with regulators' demands.

"The government views the practice of non-consensual sexual deepfakes as a serious violation of human rights, dignity, and the security of citizens in the digital space," wrote Indonesia’s minister of communications and digital affairs Meutya Hafid in a statement released Saturday. Indonesia has sweeping internet censorship laws governing content deemed "obscene."

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Malaysia had recently launched an investigation into "misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools on the X platform," part of a wave of intervening actions taken by regulators. That investigation followed on the heels of an Indian IT ministry notice directing X to take immediate action on Grok's alleged misuse. The notice alluded to potential violations of the country's Information Technology Act.

French authorities in the Paris prosecutor's office and other foreign governments, including the UK and an EU probe, have announced similar investigations into xAI's technology and its regulation under relevant online safety laws. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese also issued a statement concerning Grok's deepfake problems, reiterating the country's decision to ban social media for users under the age of 16. In addition, the U.S. based National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has called on the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to investigate X under existing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) laws and the recent Take It Down Act.

UK technology secretary Liz Kendall recently said she would support blocking X outright, should the UK's Office of Communications (Ofcom) conclude the platform violates the Online Safety Act. Kendall said she expects a decision to made in the next few days.

Elon Musk, who has previously said users should face consequences for "uploading illegal content" on X, responded to the threats of a ban by accusing the UK government of being overly eager to censor the company. In a post on X, Musk wrote: "They just want to suppress free speech." Musk also shared several X posts claiming that Grok is being targeted by government officials.

A recent Wired investigation found that the desktop and app versions of Grok Imagine were able to produce sexually violent and graphic material, depictions of celebrities in sexual scenarios, and potential AI-generated CSAM, despite built-in safeguards. The chatbot has a now well-documented track record of producing sexualized deepfakes, including at the request of users who ask Grok to non-consensually "undress" individuals in publicly-uploaded photos.

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Wild Card Weekend continues what has already been something of a wild season. The New England Patriots certainly want to make this a playoffs to remember. At one time in time the Patriots were almost guaranteed to appear in the playoffs, but they now qualify for the first time since 2021, posting an impressive record of 14-3.

As AFC East champions and No. 2 seed, they'll host the Los Angeles Chargers in this Sunday Night Football playoffs showdown. The Chargers finished runner-up in AFC West, nabbing a Wild Card berth with their 11-6 record.

The Chargers will have their work cut out and will need to rely on their robust defense. The Patriots' QB Drake Maye has had a superb season and New England are coming off a three-game winning streak. Both teams are sure to give it their all and as they battle for a place in the Divisional Round. All which means this game is one to watch closely.

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It's one of the big questions of the NFL playoffs as Wild Card Weekend continues: Can the Philadelphia Eagles follow the Kansas City Chiefs and make it two-for-two? In other words, can they win back-to-back Super Bowls? With the Chiefs out of the playoffs picture, the Eagles don't have their regular Super Bowls rivals to worry about but it's not a sure thing. It's been a patchy season for the reigning Super Bowl Champions, particularly on offense.

The Eagles clinched the NFC East title with 11-6 but ended the season with a loss to the Commanders. The No. 3 seed now face the San Francisco 49ers, the No. 6 seed, in the Wild Card Round. The 49ers are always chasing that Quest for Six — that elusive sixth Super Bowl win — but their season has also seen some ups and downs.

That said, San Francisco won more games than the Eagles this season, with a 12-5 record, despite finishing third against tough competition in NFC West. But that's all in the past. Postseason has kicked off and both the Eagles and 49ers are looking forward, with a spot in the Divisional Rounds in their sights.

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It's certainly been a dramatic NFL season. With teams such as the mighty Kansas City Chiefs crashing out, missing the playoffs for the first time in 11 years, Wild Card Weekend seems all the more unpredictable.

All eyes are on games such as this one, as the Buffalo Bills, the AFC No. 6 seed, face perennial underdogs and No. 3 seed the Jacksonville Jaguars on the road in the second day of postseason action. This could prove one of the most intriguing matchups of the weekend.

Entering their seventh straight playoffs, the Bills have arguably underperformed while the Jaguars had a hugely exciting season under first year coach Liam Coen. Their 13-4 record certainly whipped up excitement for fans. Even as a higher seeded team, the Jaguars are still aiming to prove themselves on the national stage and make a postseason statement.

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If you want to watch Bills vs. Jaguars in the NFL playoffs for free from anywhere in the world, here's all the information you need.

When is Bills vs. Jaguars?

Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars takes place at 1 p.m. ET on Jan. 11. This fixture will be played at Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida.

How to watch Bills vs. Jaguars for free

Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguar in the NFL is available to live stream for free on TVNZ+.

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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.

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

SEE ALSO: Hurdle: Everything you need to know to find the answers Hurdle Word 1 hint

To brush aggressively.

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SCRUB

Hurdle Word 2 hint

Prickly.

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SPINY

Hurdle Word 3 hint

After six.

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SEVEN

Hurdle Word 4 hint

Cool.

Hurdle Word 4 answer

CHILL

Final Hurdle hint

Where sand meets ocean.

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SHORE

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We're now in the last lunar phase before the New Moon, which means we're almost at the end of this lunar cycle. The lunar cycle lasts about 29.5 days, during which the Moon completes a full orbit around Earth and passes through all eight of its phases.

What is today’s Moon phase?

As of Sunday, Jan. 11, the Moon phase is Waning Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 42% of the Moon will be lit up tonight.

When you look up tonight, you won't need any visual aids to see features on the Moon's surface, with just your naked eye you'll should be able to see the Aristarchus Plateau, Kepler Crater, and Tycho Crater. If you have binoculars, you'll also be able to see the Grimaldi Basin, Clavius Crater, and the Mare Humorum. A telescope will help you see even more, including the Apollo 12 landing spot and the Schiller Crater.

When is the next Full Moon?

The next Full Moon will be on Feb. 1. The last full moon was on Jan. 3.

What are Moon phases?

NASA explains that the Moon takes about 29.5 days to complete a full orbit, a period known as the lunar cycle. As it moves around Earth, the Moon goes through a series of distinct phases. While the same side of the Moon always faces our planet, the sunlight hitting it changes depending on its position in orbit. This is why the Moon can appear fully lit, partially lit, or completely dark at different times. The lunar cycle includes eight main phases:

New Moon - The Moon is between Earth and the sun, so the side we see is dark (in other words, it's invisible to the eye).

Waxing Crescent - A small sliver of light appears on the right side (Northern Hemisphere).

First Quarter - Half of the Moon is lit on the right side. It looks like a half-Moon.

Waxing Gibbous - More than half is lit up, but it’s not quite full yet.

Full Moon - The whole face of the Moon is illuminated and fully visible.

Waning Gibbous - The Moon starts losing light on the right side. (Northern Hemisphere)

Third Quarter (or Last Quarter) - Another half-Moon, but now the left side is lit.

Waning Crescent - A thin sliver of light remains on the left side before going dark again.

The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you ride horses.

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 January 11, 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: A gang

• Green: Deep dive

• Blue: Found in a bathroom or kitchen

• Purple: Horse fashion

Here are today's Connections categories

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

• Yellow: Group

• Green: Plunge

• Blue: Parts of a sink

• Purple: Equestrian gear

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

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 #945 is...

What is the answer to Connections today

• Group: BAND, CREW, PACK, TEAM

• Plunge: CRASH, CRATER, DROP, TANK

• Parts of a sink: BASIN, DRAIN, FAUCET, STOPPER

• Equestrian gear: BIT, CROP, HALTER, SADDLE

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections 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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Are you also playing NYT Strands? Get all the Strands hints you need for today's puzzle.

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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're always positive.

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 positivity.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe a positive responses.

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 That's Great.

NYT Strands word list for January 11

• Hooray

• Huzzah

• Yippee

• That's Great

• Whoopee

• Booyah

• Awesome

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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're a science fanatic.

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.

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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 January 11, 2026 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

A particle.

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 Q.

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...

QUARK

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.

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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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We've gotten a look at what 2026's new emoji could be and the big additions? A pickle and a meteor.

The good folks at Emojipedia spotted that Unicode had quietly updated its archives with nine proposed new emoji concepts for September 2026's Emoji 18.0.

Here's the full list of proposed additions, as described by Emojipedia:

• A smiley face with squinting eyes

• A leftward thumb sign gesture

• A rightward thumb sign gesture

• A monarch butterfly (as opposed to the non-specifying 🦋)

• A pickle (as opposed to a 🥒 Cucumber)

• A lighthouse

• A meteor (as opposed to a ☄️ Comet)

• An eraser, for removing pencil markings from paper

• A net with a handle, like those used to catch bugs

In my opinion, the pickle and meteor are the big additions here. A pickle is distinct from a cucumber and could come in handy. And, well, with the way things have been going, a crashing meteor emoji could prove useful, too. Here's what the proposed new emoji look like.

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To be clear, just because these emoji are proposed doesn't mean they'll ultimately be approved. And even if they are approved, there's quite a long process before you'll see the new emoji on your keyboard. Unicode is the organization that approves designs for new emoji, but then the big tech companies need to implement the changes.

But, still, we could soon have a pickle and meteor emoji at our disposal. So that's nice.