How to watch the 2024 Black Friday NFL game

(David Eulitt/Getty Images) (David Eulitt via Getty Images) Maybe you’re a huge football fan, maybe you’re someone who wants to kick up your feet on the couch and enjoy something on in the background while you scroll for Black Friday deals on your phone and recover from Thanksgiving. Either way, we (and the Las Vegas … Read more

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for Nov. 28, #270

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Connections puzzles. Strands doesn’t get as much attention as its New York Times game siblings Wordle and Connections, but it can be just as challenging and entertaining. Strands … Read more

Spotify cuts developer access to several of its recommendation features

Spotify will no longer allow developers building third-party apps with its Web API to access several features within the music streaming platform, such as song and artist recommendations, the company announced in a developer blog post on Wednesday. The company appears to be limiting third-party developers from building AI apps using data from Spotify listeners. … Read more

Investigators say a Chinese ship’s crew deliberately dragged its anchor to cut undersea data cables

European investigators believe a Chinese-owned commercial ship deliberately dragged its anchor to sabotage the two undersea telecommunications cables cut in the Baltic Sea earlier this month. However, Western law enforcement and intelligence officials told The Wall Street Journal that they don’t believe the Chinese government was involved. Instead, the probe is focused on whether Russian … Read more

Don’t Overlook Your Student Loan Payments Over the Holidays. Do This Instead

Right now, 8 million borrowers have their student loan payments on hold due to the legal challenges of the Biden administration-led Saving on a Valuable Education relief plan. But that’s not the case for millions of additional borrowers squeezing their monthly student loan payments into their budget during the holidays.  Elaine Rubin, a student loan and policy expert This time of … Read more