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In a world before ubiquitous high-speed cellular data, someone came up with the idea of sticking USB flash drives into walls as a way for passersby to privately exchange files. These days, there are all kinds of security concerns surrounding the idea of trusting random flash drives, and we've largely settled on using the cloud for exchanging files—but you can still recreate private file sharing without involving the cloud. All you need is the right open source app.

What would you do if you find out your best friend of 20 years was an international assassin?

That's the dilemma at the heart of Ride or Die, an upcoming action comedy series starring and executive produced by Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham. The Oscar winner and Emmy winner join forces as longtime besties Debbie Claybourne (Spencer) and Judith Burton (Waddingham).

After two decades of friendship, Debbie thinks she knows everything there is to know about Judith. But as it turns out, Judith has been living a double life. She's actually an international assassin who takes down bad guys for money. Now, though, a mysterious figure from her past has resurfaced, putting her in more danger than usual. And since Debbie is Judith's ride or die, that means she's in the crosshairs too.

The first trailer for Ride or Die teases what follows in this (literally) explosive tale of friends on the run. Waddingham gets to go full action hero mode, shooting enemies and kicking butt in hand-to-hand combat. While Debbie is newer to this world of international intrigue, she gets in on the action too. She takes the wheel during a serious car chase, takes down a man using a fire extinguisher, and even jumps off a moving train. Is there nothing these BFFs won't do for one another?

Ride or Die also stars Ed Skrein, Calam Lynch, Savannah Steyn, Jamie Parker, Jacky Ido, Sylvia Hoeks, and Bill Nighy.

All eight episodes of Ride or Die premiere July 15 on Prime Video.

Running AI locally sounds like it should be straightforward until you realize that the app making it feel easy is quietly eating the resources you actually need. I spent time with LM Studio before I started noticing that my hardware was working harder to keep the interface alive than to run the model itself. However, Llamma.cpp is much better and can even run on Raspberry Pi.

As we dive deeper into the most nostalgic season of the year, I can’t fight the urge to return to some of the best cult classic movies currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. They’re endlessly quotable, unconventional, and quirky; challenge mainstream storytelling; and carve out their own identity.

In some parts of the world, Japan being a popular example, the idea that a toilet should be a smart and sophisticated appliance is normal. In the rest of the world, “smart home” usually means cameras, lighting, and network-connected appliances, such as smart fridges or TVs.

If I had a penny for every person who simply set up their router and never thought about opening the settings again, I'd have a whole bunch of pennies. And that's just the people I know.

Smartwatches used to be all the rage. They were—and still are—devices that let you perform many of the same tasks you would typically do on your phone, but from your wrist.

Pixel devices aren’t generally known for having tons of options for people to play around with. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some goodies tucked away in the settings. Here are a few Pixel Watch features you should enable right now.

The Ford F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle in the United States for more than four decades. The 2021 model year brought the most significant redesign in a generation, with new exterior styling, a reworked interior, and a powertrain lineup that expanded to six options.

TL;DR: Amazon has Magic: The Gathering's Avatar The Last Airbender Jumpstart Booster Box on sale for $85.43, with $9.03 taken off its $94.46 list price. As a  24-pack display box, this means you’ll be paying around $3.56 per Jumpstart Booster before tax.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender expansion is still one of the most fun crossovers with the Magic: The Gathering trading card game in recent memory, and you can now grab two dozen packs for the equivalent of just over $3.50 each. 

As of June 8, Magic: The Gathering's Avatar The Last Airbender Jumpstart Booster Box is on sale at Amazon for $85.43. That's 10% off its usual $94.46 price, saving you $9.03 on a sealed display shipped and sold by Amazon. 

This even undercuts other sellers on the site with the next-lowest pricing listed for $94.33. At $85.43, this 24-pack box equates to you paying only $3.56 per pack. 

If you want to save as much money as possible, however, TCGplayer goes even lower — with listings as low as $82.65. That’s actually $1.01 below its market price of $83.66. 

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In each of the box’s 24 packs are 20 Avatar-themed Magic cards. For those newer to Magic: The Gathering, the whole point of Jumpstart is speed: take two boosters, shuffle them together, and you have a playable deck with all the Lands already included. 

The Avatar expansion even has 46 themes altogether, letting you mix scenes, characters, and elemental ideas from the show into different quick-play combos. The boosters are compatible with other Jumpstart packs as well, so you can keep the mash-ups going once you have worked through the Avatar box.

For more boxes of MTG packs, you can preorder the 30-pack Marvel Super Heroes Play Booster Box for under $140. What’s more, the anticipated Magic: The Gathering's Reality Fracture Play Booster Box is available to preorder for $154.99 — still on sale at Amazon, too. 

If you’re also a Pokémon TCG fan, although currently not available on Amazon, the newly announced Pitch Black expansion — Booster Packs, ETBs, Display Boxes, and Booster Bundles — is available to preorder at TCGplayer.

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Cloud-based coding assistants are definitely helpful, but they come with recurring subscriptions or pay-as-you-go costs, and you're putting potentially proprietary information onto the internet.

There's nothing quite like a good movie night. A projector and screen combined with a surround sound system give me a taste of the real movie experience, and a bowl of popcorn adds to the impression. What's missing is a movie poster for whatever I'm watching, so I decided to see if I could find a way to make that happen, too.

TL;DR: Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution — Ascended Heroes Mega Feraligatr ex Box on sale for $69.79, with a 15% slice off its base $81.89 price. With that $12.10 saving included, you’ll be getting a sealed box with four valuable Ascended Heroes Booster Packs, one foil Mega Feraligatr ex promo card, and one oversize lenticular card.

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Ascended Heroes is still one of the most pricey expansions in the Pokémon TCG right now, but you can get a lower cost per pack by taking advantage of grabbing one of the coveted ex Boxes on sale right now. 

As of June 8, Amazon has cut the Pokémon TCG’s Ascended Heroes Mega Feraligatr ex Box to $69.79 — $12.10 down from its current $81.89 price. This 15% discount, with the listing shipped and sold by Collectors Expedition, also comes with free delivery estimated for June 12-15 at the time of writing, while the fastest delivery option is currently shown for June 9. 

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At $69.79, the box works out to about $17.45 per Ascended Heroes Booster Pack before you even factor in the playable foil promo card or oversize lenticular card. 

Compared to buying single Ascended Heroes Booster Packs, currently as low as $18.94 on Amazon, you’re saving at least $1.49 per pack — saving you $5.96 in total for all four, with the Feraligatr promo trading cards as essentially a free bonus. 

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TCGplayer is still cheaper overall if you’re comfortable buying from marketplace sellers. Its lowest unopened listing is $20.01 plus $29.99 shipping, while higher-feedback sellers are closer to $54 with shipping included — all fitting well within the range of the box’s $53.74 market price. 

Scarce since launch, Ascended Heroes still packs some amazingly valuable chase cards you can pull (or buy individually on TCGplayer) — including SIR Mega Gengar ex, SIR Pikachu ex, and SIR Mega Dragonite ex. 

If you’re also hunting cards from the newest expansion, you can buy the Pokémon TCG’s Chaos Rising Elite Trainer Box for $91 in its newest sale.  For an even lower cost per pack, you can grab the 36-pack Chaos Rising Booster Display Box for under $265 — equal to around $7.35 per pack.

Although currently not available on Amazon, the Pokémon TCG’s newly announced Pitch Black expansion — Booster Packs, ETBs, Display Boxes, and Booster Bundles — is available to preorder at TCGplayer.

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The 2026 World Cup is drawing closer, and scams are on the rise.

With people scrambling to buy tickets, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center has issued a public service announcement about the number of fake websites out there. The short version? There are a lot. And they're after your data and money.

"Threat actors create a deceptive version of a legitimate website (www.fifa.com) with the goal of tricking users into believing they're interacting with an official brand," the FBI release states. "The FBI has identified actors engaging in this activity to collect personal information, sell fake World Cup tickets and hospitality products, and to possibly facilitate other malicious activity. If a threat actor gains access to a victim's PII, they can create new accounts in a victim's name and ultimately defraud the victim."

SEE ALSO: How to watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup online for free

Here's a list of scam websites the FBI has identified so far:

• www.fifa[.]cab

• www.fifa[.]pink

• www.fifa[.]blue

• www.fifa[.]pub

• FIFA[.]city

• Fifa[.]bio

• fifa[.]beer

• fifa[.]click

• fifa[.]cam

• fifa[.]ceo

• fifa[.]help

• filfa[.]org

• fifa-online[.]com

• https://fifa-2026[.]xyz

• jobs-fifa[.]com

• fifa-hr[.]com

• fifa-careerhub[.]com

• fifaworldcup-careers[.]com

• fifa-hiring[.]com

• fifahiring[.]com

• fifa-ticket[.]live

• fifastore.us[.]com

• fifaworldcup26[.]sale

• fifaworldcup26.xcover-staging[.]com

• worldcup2026-tickets.com[.]mx

• worldcup26ticket[.]com

• 2026fifaworldcuptickets[.]online

• fwc2026[.]net

• fwc2026.web[.]app

• www.fifa2026p[.]com

• fifa2026fworldcup[.]com

• wvvw-fifa[.]com

• ww-fifa[.]com

• fifa-com[.]com

• www.fifa-com[.]services

• quiniela-fifa-2026.pages[.]dev

How to safely buy World Cup tickets

There's only one way to do it: through FIFA's official website. The URL is www.fifa.com, and you need to watch out for typos — often scam sites will target speedy typers who've swapped out a character by mistake.

The FIFA site has a hub for ticket sales, which currently has three options: last-minute sales, marketplace (this allows ticket resales), and hospitality packages. Users must sign in to book.

If you'd rather watch the World Cup games at home for free, though, then we've got you covered.

SAVE $101: As of June 8, the Garmin vívoactive 5 is on sale for $198.99 at Amazon. That's a 34% discount on the list price.

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Looking for a new fitness tracker to assist your workout and lifestyle goals? Look no further than the Garmin vívoactive 5. This is an ideal offering from Garmin that gives you both advanced fitness tracking stats and health, wellness, and lifestyle features. And it looks good, too.

As of June 8, this smartwatch is currently on sale for $101 off the list price, bringing it down to $198.99. This deal is for the ivory colored watch, but you can browse other colors, too (although currently this is the only option on sale).

This Garmin has a bright and colorful AMOLED display that offers up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode (or up to 5 days with the display always on). It is controlled both by a touchscreen and buttons, which makes use during workouts nice and easy.

With this watch, you'll get access to advanced Garmin features like Body Battery (a stat that monitors your energy levels), sleep tracking with a sleep score, personalized sleep coaching, and other metrics, including HRV (heart rate variability) status.

It also includes more than 30 indoor and GPS sports apps, ranging from walking and running to cycling and HIIT. It also includes a wheelchair mode, which tracks pushes instead of steps and provides tailored workouts and activities for wheelchair users, including strength and cardio.

Health monitoring is another big plus, with features like wrist-based heart rate, stress tracking, morning reports, fitness age, and menstrual cycle all included.

Find this Garmin deal at Amazon now.

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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you love being by the water.

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 June 8, 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: By the sea

• Green: Noggin

• Blue: Pointed

• Purple: Popular films

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Here are today's Connections categories

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

• Yellow: Landforms by water

• Green: Slang for head

• Blue: Things that can be spiked

• Purple: "The ___ Man" movies

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 #1093 is...

What is the answer to Connections today

• Landforms by water: DELTA, ISLAND, ISTHMUS, PENINSULA

• Slang for head: COCONUT, DOME, MELON, PATE

• Things that can be spiked: MOHAWK, PUNCH, SEA URCHIN, VOLLEYBALL

• "The ___ Man" movies: COCONUT, DOME, MELON, PATE

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.

SEE ALSO: NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for June 8, 2026

Are you also playing NYT Strands? Get all the Strands hints you need for today's puzzle.

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

Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're a gamer.

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.

SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for June 8, 2026 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Play time

The words are related to gaming.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe popular games.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

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NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is Game Night.

NYT Strands word list for June 8

• Spinners

• Tokens

• Dice

• Game Night

• Cards

• Tiles

• Boards

• Chips

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're part of a clan.

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 June 8, 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 June 8, 2026 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

A gang.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

The letter A appears twice.

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

Today's Wordle starts with the letter M.

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...

MAFIA

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.

As much as I love tinkering in the garage and mowing, trimming, or edging the lawn, not everyone enjoys the process or has the time. And as a new dad with a toddler running around the house, my time is limited. After using the latest Segway Navimow X430 robot lawn mower, I'm convinced this is the future.

SAVE $10.99: As of June 8, the Roku Streaming Stick 4K Plus is on sale for $29 at Amazon. That's a 27% discount on the list price.

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Streaming devices are a simple and affordable way to make your entertainment setup easier. Whether you have an older TV that doesn't have built-in streaming options, or you travel a lot and don't want to sign in and out of unfamiliar devices, a streaming device can be the way to go.

And as of June 8, one of the most popular models, the Roku Streaming Stick 4K Plus, is on sale at Amazon. Right now, you can save $10.99 on the list price, which is currently down to $29.

The Roku Streaming Stick Plus gives you 4K streaming with HDR support in a compact device that plugs directly into the TV’s HDMI port. Unlike many streaming devices, this one doesn't need a wall outlet to run. It's powered directly through the TV, so there is far less cable clutter to endure.

It comes with a remote that lets you control both the TV and streaming device so you don't need lots of remotes hanging around, either.

And, of course, with this TV stick you'll get access to a huge range of streaming apps (including Netflix, Prime Video and more), and you'll find them all together in one place, on a home screen that is designed for easy navigation.

Get this streaming deal online at Amazon now.

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