• Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, April 6 (game #1168)
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    Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.
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  • Tesla's June robotaxi deadline looms as political backlash builds over Elon Musk
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    CNBC took multiple rides with Tesla owners using Full Self-Driving (Supervised), experiencing its strengths, weaknesses and ongoing evolution.
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  • He has never done a hot second of economic analysis: Senator Chris Murphy on how Trump is using tariffs as a political weapon
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    When Trump unveiled his sweeping tariffs last week, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut made the case that they werent about economic policy. Instead, he says, theyre a tool to force businesses (and countries) to pledge loyalty to Trump. We talked to Murphy about Trumps motivations, what Congress should be doing in this moment, and how citizens can make sense of the chaos and make their voices heard. (This interview has been edited for length and clarity.)Can you briefly explain what you think is the real motivation behind the tariffs?I think there are a lot of signs that point to this as political, not economic policy. First, it makes no sense as economic policy. Economists cannot understand the formula. They cant understand the strategy. It applies to countries with trade deficits and with trade surpluses. It applies to our friends and our enemies. It doesnt make sense if youre trying to read it as economic policy.Second, Trump has been pretty consistent in using whatever power he has through taxation or spending in order to compel loyalty from institutions that matter to democracies. Hes threatened to cut off funding for higher education and law firms unless they cut deals with him. Hes trying to destroy journalists by denying them access to government buildings unless they use the words that he picks. And so, it would make sense in that context that he is just using a different tooltariffsto force industries and companies to come bend the knee to him and cut deals with him that benefit him politically. So at some point, I think you have to sort of understand what the central story is. And the central story is not improving peoples lives, its not helping the economy, its converting our democracy to autocracy.Do you think its possible that he somehow does actually believe that the tariffs are good economic policy, and the fact that he can use them as a tool to pressure businesses and others is a side benefit?I dont think he has ever done a hot second of economic analysis on anything. I think everything to him is either a chance at good political messaging or a chance to wield more power. He does not care about good policy. He cares about a good message and power.So, for a while, the tariffs were a way to message how much he hated China. He was able to outflank Democrats in 2016 (and to a lesser extent in 2020) on the issue of fighting outsourcing. And the tariffs were the way that he communicated his commitment to fighting the Chinese economically. But he never spent any time trying to understand how to implement tariffs or how tariffs work and dont work. It was all a message, and now its also a political tool.Even before the tariffs, companies have been hesitant to criticize him, though some were more outspoken in the first Trump administration. What is the role that you think companies should be playing right now?I dont think that industry is as essential to democracy as journalists, lawyers, or universities. History is replete with moments where industry pretty quickly cowed to emerging autocrats. But there are always heroes in private industry. There are always companies that view economic freedom that comes with democracy as essential to their well-being. So theres always an opportunity for industry to stand up and play a role when were sliding away from democratic norms. Thats less likely if they are all forced to show up at the White House and cut some form of loyalty deal in order to get tariff relief.Obviously, theres a lot more going on now than just tariffs. How can Americansnot just businessesgenerally deal with the barrage of attacks on the environment, health agencies, education, and everything else, when so much is happening simultaneously?I think its important to understand that its not 10 different narratives. Its one narrative. It can be hard to understand how everything is connected when the daily blizzard feels overwhelming. But the story is consistent. Trump is trying to create a kleptocratic oligarchy where the very-rich few use government to steal from us. And hes trying to destroy our democracy because he cant get away with that thievery if theres an accountability structure in place. So thats why I really believe that the tariffs are not about economics but about politics. Because I dont think Donald Trump wakes up every day thinking about how to make the economy work better for anybody other than his Mar-a-Lago friends. To me, everything that he is proposing is part of that central storyline.Youve said that the moment were in requires us to break norms and take risks. What more do you think Congress should be doing right now to take back power from Trump?Historically, when elected leaders try to destroy democracy and become permanent rulers, its mass mobilization and courts that stand in their way. Im not a judge, I dont command an army. So Ive got to understand the role that I play. The role that I play is to try to stop as much bad legislation as I can, but also to act in a way that inspires people outside of the building to stand up in a substantive way. So thats why Ive committed to traveling the country and trying to help mobilize people. Thats why I think, internally, we need to take tactical risks on a regular basis, like Cory Booker did the other night with his [record-breaking speech], because that kind of bravery does translate to the public and causes a lot of people to engage in individual acts of political bravery. I argue that we need to be taking exceptional risks and engaging in exceptional tactics inside the building because that translates the kind of urgency to the American public thats necessary at this moment.There are a lot of protests happening this weekend. Do you think theres more that citizens can be doing than going out in the streets?I think right now our job is to show that those of us who oppose the billionaire takeover and oppose the destruction of our democracy are a majoritarian movement. And once it becomes clear that there is true popular opposition to whats happening, the space gets more and more limited for Trump to operate in. The Supreme Court, whether we like it or not, is a political body. And Roberts and Kavanaugh and Barrett do look to the public to see if their rulings are going to be in step or far out of step with where the public is.If we ultimately need to engage in much more serious public action, like civil disobedience, in the case that Trump prompts a five-alarm constitutional crisis, that kind of more risky, specific behavior is easier if everybody knows that they are part of a movement that commands a big majority. I think right now, its traditional forms of protest and political action that matter most. It may be that later on down the line, we have to engage in different kinds of action. But the first project is to show that the people are on our side, not on Trumps side.
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  • What the new Nvidia chip means for Nintendo Switch 2
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    Nintendo's next-gen console gets ray-tracing, AI-driven enhancements and more.
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  • Beyerdynamic Amiron 300 Review: Quiet Luxury
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    If youre looking for quiet luxury, these are the headphones for you.
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  • Forget iOS 18.4, your older iPhones and Macs need an update this weekend too
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    MacworldIf you have a new iPhone or Mac, there are plenty of reasons to go update to iOS 18.4 or macOS 15.4, but users of older devices might not be so quick to hit the download button. But these updates are especially importantApple has patched a pair of vulnerabilities originally fixed in iOS 18.3.1 and 18.3.2 and five dozen fixes for newer phones and Macs.In iOS 16.7.11 (compatible with iPhones 6-13) and iOS 15.8.4 (compatible with iPhones 8-14), Apple issued a pair of security updates to fix zero-days previously exploited in the wild. Apple previously addressed the flaws in iOS 18.3.1 (Accessibility) and 18.3.2 (WebKit) for newer iPhones, but they remained exploitable in older phones until this week.Apple also patched an actively exploited CoreMedia flaw in older iPads and Macs that was first fixed in iOS 18.3 and macOS 15.3.Apple says the vulnerabilities were used in extremely sophisticated attacks, meaning hackers targeted high-level individuals in government or business. However, as long as the flaw remains open on your devices, there is still a risk that it could be exploited with lower-level malware, so we recommend updating as soon as possible. See our tests of the best Mac antivirus programs for more security options.Apple also issued a few dozen security fixes for newer iPhones and Macs with iOS 18.4 and macOS 15.4, as well as updates to iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Vision Pro so no matter what Apple device you own, go update this weekend before its too late.
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  • Pratt Architecture's story of innovation shines through in 70th anniversary exhibition
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    The Pratt Institute School of Architecture is celebrating its 70th anniversary this spring with a special month-long exhibition highlighting the rather extraordinary contributionsPratt students, alumni, and faculty have bequeathed to the world since 1954.All of the materials featured, which the school has labeled a retrospective "first step" preceding a turn to its bright future, are taken from the Pratt Institute Library archives and will be on display through April 25th. It also coincides with an exhibition of student work from the B.Arch and M.Arch programs that was organized to be showcased during an NAAB accreditation visit and offers an "exciting view of the dynamic community of these two professional degrees."70 Years [+] Pratt School of Architecture: An Ongoing Story can be viewed in the Leo J. Kuhn Lobby at Higgins Hal daily from 9 AM until 5 PM.
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  • Views are lies
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    Views are the most visible metric on the internet. You can see, in more or less real time, how many views something got on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and most other video platforms. X tracks views for every single thing you post, as does Threads. A view is the universal currency of success more views, more fun.But its all nonsense. Views are nothing. Views are lies.You may not need me to remind you of this Weve known for years that view counts are meaningless, to the point that Facebook wound up getting sued for aggressively inflating view counts in an effort to convince people to make Facebook videos. Others have written thoughtfully about how stupid view counts are. But we still talk about view counts, view counts are still everywhere, so lets talk once again about view counts.A view, in reality, is not a universal metric. Its not really anything. It is whatever a platform wants it to be, which usually has no actual correlation to whether someone actually encountered and experienced a piece of content. You can just make the views whatever you want! And if you dont like the way the numbers look, make views something else!Lets just run through a few of these, shall we? The simplest ones to understand are the social platforms: Instagram, TikTok, and (as of last week) YouTube Shorts all count a view the second a video starts playing. This is objectively absurd. Every time you scroll, even if you immediately jump to the next video, the platform logs that you watched the video the same as if youd seen the whole thing. Thats like saying, if youre in a Best Buy and you walk past a TV playing Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, youve now technically seen Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End. Congratulations, youre a pirate.There are a lot of ways to game the social media ecosystem. One of them is to keep redefining your terms.In a way, though, that ridiculously easy bar to clear is actually a more accurate measure than some others. On Facebook, for instance, a view is defined as the number of times a reel or video was played, plus the number of times photos or text were on screen. Since videos autoplay all over the platform, those two metrics are effectively the same thing. The metric is so unhelpful that Facebook actually offers creators two other numbers: three-second video views, also known as people who pressed play, and one-minute video views, which is at least slightly closer to people who actually watched this thing. Those numbers arent public, though, because theyd be much lower.The view has been the universal Meta metric since last fall, when Facebook combined all its other performance and engagement metrics into just one. For photos, text posts, and Stories, the company wrote in a blog post, Views are calculated as the number of times they appear on a persons screen, including repeat views. That used to be a different metric your content being presented to someone was known as an impression, but they had to interact with it in some way before it became a view. Now its just views.The idea that everything in your feed counts as a view is pernicious, and its everywhereThe idea that everything in your feed counts as a view is pernicious, and its everywhere. As you scroll on X, every single post on your feed gets a view as it flows up and off your screen. Posts that appear in search results, on someones profile page anything that shows up on the page appears to be considered viewed. Xs documentation on post views is sketchy and vague, but its video rules are pretty straightforward: if the video was playing for at least two seconds, and half of the player was in view on your screen, then that counts as a view. All these videos play automatically, so were back to the same thing: if it loaded, you viewed it.The reason so many companies have embraced such stupid metrics is both simple and self-reinforcing. If youre the platform that counts views in a way that actually reflects reality, your numbers will be lower. Creators might see that, decide your platform doesnt have the juice, and start posting somewhere theyll ostensibly get more eyeballs. Advertisers might worry that theyll be broadcasting to dead air. On the social web, momentum is everything, and sometimes you have to lie about the size of your party to get the first people in the door.If you believe the metrics, this tweet was a global phenomenon. You heard about it on the news, I bet.In this way of defining views, the platforms also have all the control. Think about it: you dont press play to get the video going, and you dont have to stick around for it to count. Whatever the platform wants to get views, gets views. There is no step two, no intermediary, no actual matching of content and audience. There are just views.Even the Hollywood types are being pulled into the vortex of made-up view counts. Netflix once clocked a view only after youd completed 70 percent of something which, I should point out, is the closest thing to actually tracking whether youve watched something of any metric weve discussed so far. Now, it only takes two minutes for Netflix to decide youve watched something. Netflix actually picked two minutes because its long enough to indicate the choice was intentional. First of all, no its not. Second, Netflix knows how much you actually watched! It just wants the numbers to be higher around 35 percent higher than under the previous metric, Netflix admitted.Ironically, Netflix is one of the few streamers that explains how it calculates views at all; most keep their metrics quiet, so they can say things like it was a huge hit! without having to provide any actual information. Even YouTube is cagey about its calculations: its generally accepted wisdom that you have to watch 30 seconds of a standard YouTube video for it to count as a view, but if thats official policy I sure cant find it anywhere.It is incredibly obvious, by the way, that all the companies peddling these fake numbers know what theyre doing. If they thought public-facing view counts were legit, theyd offer those same numbers to creators and advertisers. Creators typically get to see non-public data like watch time and actual interactions, but even they are consistently being given less and less to work with. Advertisers, though, have the run of the place: YouTube and other platforms still track impressions separately from views, but only for ads. (YouTube may count every Shorts scroll as a view publicly, but it only pays creators for what it calls Engaged views.) Many platforms even tell advertisers how many people watched a quarter, half, three-quarters, or all of a video. The platforms themselves are collecting all this data and more, of course, in an effort to better tune the algorithm. They know the answers! But theyll never show them to you.Weve been doing this whole internet thing for a while now, and its pretty clear that just about all the metrics are bad. Theyve turned the internet into a game to be won, a system to be gamed, a race to the biggest numbers even when the numbers dont mean anything. Maybe wed all be better off without the numbers, but theyre not going anywhere. So all we can do is remember: views are not views. Views are lies.See More:
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  • How to Activate the Nintendo Switch Online Free Trial in 2025
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    If you have a Nintendo Switch (or plan to get a Nintendo Switch 2), youre probably familiar with Nintendo Switch Online. Beyond being essential for accessing multiplayer features and playing online with friends in popular games, its also one of the best ways to enjoy over four decades of classic Nintendo games, including titles from the NES, SNES, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, and (with the upcoming launch of the Nintendo Switch 2) the new GameCube libraries.If you haven't tried Nintendo Switch Online yet, don't worrywe've got you covered. Below, well walk you through how to activate the free trial, explain the different subscription tiers, share pricing details, and more.Does Nintendo Switch Online Have a Free Trial?Yes, Nintendo offers a seven-day free trial for Nintendo Switch Online, giving you access to online play for your Nintendo Switch (and eventually Nintendo Switch 2 games), cloud backup for your save data, select game soundtracks on Nintendo Music, and a library of over 100 NES, SNES, and Game Boy games.Nintendo Switch Online Free TrialSeven days free, then renewed at a monthly rate of $3.99. No Expansion Pack benefits are included. See it at NintendoClick the link above to sign up for the free trial. After your trial period ends, you'll be automatically charged for your subscription if it's not canceled.What Is Nintendo Switch Online?Nintendo Switch Online is a subscription-based service offered by Nintendo for use with Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 consoles. As the name suggests, it lets you enjoy online multiplayer and additional features for supported games, along with automatically backing up your save data to the cloud.But online play isnt the only benefit. With a subscription, youll also gain access to a growing catalog of Nintendo Classics spanning over 40 years. The standard subscription includes a curated collection of NES, SNES, and Game Boy games, while the Expansion Pack adds Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, and Sega Genesis games. For Nintendo Switch 2 owners, you'll also be able to play select GameCube games at launch with the Expansion Pack subscription tier.Nintendo Switch Online 12 Month Individual Membership + Expansion Pack eGift CardAlong with the retro game catalog, Nintendo launched the new Nintendo Music app in late 2024. It allows you to stream and download your favorite tracks from a wide range of franchises, including Mario, Zelda, Pokmon, Metroid, and many more.How Much Does Nintendo Switch Online Cost?Nintendo Switch Online is available as an individual plan or a family plan that supports up to eight accounts. Individual plans will run you $3.99 per month, $7.99 for three months, or $19.99 per year. Family plans are only available annually, priced at $34.99 per year.Nintendo Switch OnlineCompare plans, prices, and perksSee it at NintendoThe Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription, which adds additional Nintendo Classics and specific game DLC packs, is available as an annual subscription only. It costs $49.99 per year for individual subscribers and $79.99 per year for family memberships.How to Use Nintendo Switch Online - Available PlatformsNintendo Switch Online is primarily available on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 systems. However, with the recent addition of the Nintendo Music app, its benefits are now technically accessible on mobile devices as well.Matthew Adler is a Commerce, Features, Guides, News, Previews, and Reviews writer for IGN. You can follow him on the site formerly known as Twitter @MatthewAdler and watch him stream on Twitch.
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