Daniel Oropeza
Daniel Oropeza
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Daniel is Lifehacker's Shopping Editor covering tech deals and reviewing TVs, headphones, speakers, and projectors. He earned his master’s in journalism from Columbia University and has reported for the Miami Herald. He lives in Atlanta.
How today's NYT Connections answers and red herrings fit together.
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Note: Make sure to complete today’s NYT Connections before reading further! We’ll be getting into spoilers for today’s game pretty quickly. If you need some help to complete the grid, you can find my NYT Connections hints and answers column for today right here:
JUST&T Married
Totally makes sense if it passed you by, but we do know a bit about the intimate gathering at the 20,000-capacity arena where a noted singer-songwriter and professional football player tied the knot
The boss of Bethesda has told staff the company must now focus on its “strongest franchises” amid sweeping layoffs across Xbox.
Today, Microsoft announced 3,200 staff are set to lose their jobs at Xbox across the current financial year, with 1,600 of those layoffs happening today, July 6. In an email sent to staff, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma called it the most “significant” restructure in Xbox history, insisting Microsoft’s gaming business “is not healthy.” Overall, Xbox is losing about one-fifth of its staff as part of Sharma's push for growth.
“The Odyssey” has begun its grand voyage.
Christopher Nolan‘s major adaptation of Homer’s nearly 3,000 year-old Greek poem and arguably history’s most famous epic splashed down in London on Monday for its world premiere, the official launch of what many expect to become among the hottest releases of the summer (something that, given the $250 million price-tag, Universal is no doubt hoping for too).
Microsoft said Monday that it has eliminated about 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, adding to the string of AI-related layoffs hitting the tech world. The company said the roles being cut are “not being replaced by AI,” but acknowledged that “AI is changing how work gets done” and automating many everyday tasks.
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The Garmin Forerunner 970 is stacked with more sensors, metrics, and training tools than most runners will ever touch. It's an excellent watch, but it’s not immediately as user friendly as it really could be. Out of the box, this is the kind of watch set up to track virtually everything—which could lead to information overload for most people. When you’re drowning in data screens you don't need, you might be leaving real performance insights on the table.
Everything old is new again.
You may be noticing something while out and about: people are wearing wired headphones again. After years of declining sales, wired headphones are back in a major way. Sales surged throughout the latter half of 2025 and this trend continues today. What's going on? Why are people ditching Bluetooth headphones in favor of wires? Let's take a look at the issues impacting wireless headphones and what factors may be playing into this shift.
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A mortar round reportedly hit a Delta Air Lines flight during landing at Chicago Midway International Airport over the weekend. The good news is, there are no fatalities to report because it was "just" a 4th of July firework, not a weapon of war, NBC Chicago reports. The pilots were also able to land the plane without any issues, but the Federal Aviation Administration still plans to investigate the incident. You know, because you really aren't supposed to shoot fireworks at airplanes. The FAA really doesn't like it when you do that.
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Published Jul 6, 2026, 2:24 PM EDT
Paddle Paddle Paddle is a friendslop game with largely positive reviews
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