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Steve Jobs liked to quote Alan Kay's famous "People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware," line, and you could almost say that the Apple empire was built on that philosophy—to great effect.

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.

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Lukewarm.

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TEPID

Hurdle Word 2 hint

To contact someone.

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AHOLD

Hurdle Word 3 hint

A potato stem.

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TUBER

Hurdle Word 4 hint

Mickey and Minnie.

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MOUSE

Final Hurdle hint

A design often seen on a skirt.

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PLEAT

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So, for some inexplicable reason, cassette tape collecting is now also a thing alongside vinyl. This time there aren't even any arguments about analog sound quality, it just seems to be a vibe but, hey, you do you!

The Valve Steam Deck may not have sold Nintendo Switch numbers (it would help if you sold it where I live, Valve), but its impact on PC gaming goes far beyond how many people bought one.

If you’re a fan of horror, fantasy, and the supernatural, and you don’t subscribe to AMC+, now is the perfect time to rethink that decision, not just because we’re venturing deeper into the Halloween season. The streaming platform is home to some of the best Anne Rice adaptations of witch and vampire lore, and they’re about to come face-to-face with the secret order that oversees them all.

Back in 2013 my wife, who is a keen photographer, called me over to look at something on her laptop. This was the new phone she wanted, but what I saw on that screen didn't look anything like a smartphone.

The world of PC cases is nearly endless, which makes buying a new one a chore, even after deciding on your form factor, features, and budget. But every so often, a case comes along that checks every box while still being reasonably priced—meet the ASUS Prime AP202 ARGB mATX case.

Despite my internet connection being literally thousands of times faster than my old dial-up connection was decades ago, it often feels like websites still take just as long to load.

Mechanical keyboard fans have seen huge innovation lately, particularly with magnetic switches in Hall Effect keyboards. Now, a new contender is here—one that uses those same magnetic switches but with better precision, efficiency, and responsiveness. Its name? TMR.

When you use a VPN service, your internet service provider (and other users on the network) can only see that you are connected to a VPN service. They can't see what sites you're visiting, or what you're doing there.

LAIKA, the studio behind stop-motion films like Coraline, ParaNorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings, has released a first look at its upcoming film, Wildwood. From just the teaser alone, it already looks like another gorgeous, technical model.

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Based on the novel by Colin Meloy, Wildwood invites viewers into a magical world just outside of Portland, Oregon, where Prue McKeel (voiced by Peyton Elizabeth Lee) must brave bandits and talking animals in a quest to save her baby brother.

The watchful guardian of Wildwood is the General (voiced by Angela Bassett), a massive golden eagle who is also a fierce warrior. In clips from the first look, the General teams up with Prue to help her on her journey.

The first look reveals the intense technical preparation that goes into bringing the General to life. Animators designed several models inspired by nature in order to perfect the General's avian movement, while designers placed 9,000 individual feathers on the General's two specialized puppets, one for flight sequences, and the other for more fine-tuned performance control. The effect is breathtaking, as is the footage of the animators crafting the General's movement.

The same goes for the rest of the concept art and footage on display in the first look, which teases an enchanted forest teeming with magic and intriguing creatures. Take a look at the full teaser above for more behind-the-scenes footage and for clips of Prue venturing into the unknown of Wildwood.

Wildwood is coming soon to theaters.

Some smart home devices cost a small fortune and don't save you any money at all. Other smart home devices are incredibly cheap but can save you a significant amount of money. As the weather gets colder, there's one smart home device I use that pays for itself multiple times over.

If you remember the early days of mobile phones, you'll clearly recall the big, bulky antennas that formed part of their signature look. It'd be unthinkable for a new iPhone or Pixel to have an external antenna these days, and unnecessary too. So when exactly were they phased out?

I have been using Windows for over a decade, and there are plenty of apps I used during my childhood that have since been discontinued. Here are six such Windows apps I wish were still available today.

In practice, Windows Fast Startup is supposed to be helpful, but after disabling it, a lot of things actually got a little better for my computer. I wish I had turned it off sooner, and for some of you, there are a few reasons you might want to do the same thing.

For such a beloved franchise, Looney Tunes has had a bizarrely rough go of it over the past few years.

In 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery scrapped the already completed Looney Tunes film Coyote vs. Acme for a tax cut. That disheartening move managed to have a happy ending, though, as Ketchup Entertainment acquired the film in 2025, slating it for a 2026 release. Ketchup Entertainment also released The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes movie, another film Warner Bros. chose to shop around instead of releasing itself.

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Warner Bros. continued its efforts to distance itself from Looney Tunes in March of 2025, when it yanked the entire classic Looney Tunes shorts library from HBO Max. However, in August, the free, ad-supported streamer Tubi acquired 789 of those pulled Looney Tunes shorts. (Warner Bros. Discovery chose to keep about 200 in the vault due to depictions of offensive stereotypes.) In the two months since the Looney Tunes acquisition, Tubi has reaped the rewards.

As Tubi's head of acquisitions, Samuel Harowitz, told Vulture, "On its own, Looney Tunes is a huge win for us."

Since its arrival on Tubi, Looney Tunes has landed in the streamer's top 10 best-performing series by viewing time. Originally released theatrically, the classic shorts have been repackaged into 30-minute episodes, with Tubi's ad breaks occurring between each short. The goal? Recreating the experience of watching classic cartoons on TV.

"In my mind, AVOD [ad-supported video on demand] and FAST [free ad-supported streaming TV] is ad-supported TV in a different candy wrapper," Harowitz told Vulture. "I get to experience it through the eyes of my kids but also evoke the same emotional response I remember as an 8-year-old sitting in front of a CRT Toshiba TV."

Tubi hopes to keep up the momentum of Looney Tunes' success. "We are in active negotiations to ensure that Tubi can be the home of Looney Tunes for quite a while. Likely years," Harowitz told Vulture.

Tubi's attention to Looney Tunes is just one part of its focus on classic cartoons. Its library also includes Tom and Jerry, The Pink Panther, Popeye the Sailor, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, making it the closest streaming equivalent to the Saturday morning cartoon feel.

Looney Tunes is now streaming on Tubi.

If your setup is anything like mine, then your NAS is likely also your Plex server. While that might seem like a great idea at first, over time, your NAS just might not have the power to keep up with the demands of Plex streaming and transcoding.

Adobe is changing the game with the recent release of a free version of its flagship video editing app for iPhone users. Not only can you use advanced tools on the desktop app, but you can also build projects from scratch using just your iPhone.

If you have a spare Raspberry Pi sitting around unused, it’s time to put it to work. While you can go all-out and build elaborate contraptions with Pis, here are five lightweight services that you can self-host on your spare (or aging) Pi without spending any extra cash on accessories.

Kindles are great at their primary function, but other than reading books, you can't do much else with them. That USB port at the bottom only supports charging and file transfers, but you can plug a few niche accessories into your Kindle, especially if you own an older model.