X-Men '97 season 2 premieres in 3 weeks. Here's everything you need to remember.
Catch up on the events of season 1 before watching the next chapter of the Marvel series

Catch up on the events of season 1 before watching the next chapter of the Marvel series

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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KPMG has pulled a report titled “Redefining excellence in the age of agentic AI“ after multiple organisations said the claims it made about their AI usage were either untrue or misleading. UBS, the UK’s National Health Service, Swiss Federal Railways, and Transport for London all told the Financial Times that the report’s descriptions of their […] This story continues at The Next Web

Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC this week, coming with a ton of new Siri and Apple Intelligence features. One of the biggest changes here is the addition of an all-new Siri app. This marks the first time that Siri has been available as a standalone app for iPhone users …

A Tesla driver in Redmond, Washington, claims the car’s self-driving mode malfunctioned before it swerved into a residential garage door on Monday. The car smashed the door open and ended up lodged inside the garage. Police responded around 11 AM and are investigating. No injuries were reported. There were no indications of impairment. The driver […] This story continues at The Next Web
AI summary Drivers are using items like celebrity figurines to bypass Tesla's driver-attention monitoring systems. In a separate incident in Redmond, Washington, a Tesla on Autopilot allegedly malfunctioned and crashed into a garage door; police are investigating.

Several players involved in the World Cup have been spotted wearing unreleased Beats over-ear headphones over the past couple of weeks, and U.S. men's national soccer team star Antonee Robinson is the latest to be spotted with them. Robinson was captured in a photo on his Instagram account wearing a two-tone version that appears to feature a white headband and housings but with royal blue ear…
AI summary Several World Cup players, including U.S. soccer star Antonee Robinson, have been spotted wearing unreleased Beats over-ear headphones. Robinson was photographed on Instagram wearing a two-tone version with a white headband and royal blue ear cups. The sightings suggest Beats may be preparing a new product launch, possibly with a customizable design.

E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet is a 1985 novel which is the official sequel to Steven Spielberg's iconic 1982 film E.T.
AI summary Steven Spielberg has released a new science fiction film titled 'Disclosure Day' (also referred to as 'El día de la revelación'). The film's depiction of alien contact is contrasted with real-world scientific discoveries like the Higgs boson. Additionally, a 1985 novel, 'E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet', is officially considered the canonical sequel to Spielberg's 1982 film 'E.T.', though its canonicity is debated.

OpenAI is at the heart of the biggest technological transformations in human history – and one that threatens to eliminate many jobs in the creative industries

According to the Wall Street Journal , the export control directive that led to Anthropic cutting off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was triggered in part by cybersecurity research from Amazon and conversations between CEO Andy Jassy and the White House. According to the report, the paper from Amazon claims that, through a series of prompts, it was able to get Fable 5 to serve up information that…

A former IT employee at an Iowa school district was sentenced to 21 months in prison after conducting a prolonged cyberattack against the former employer that disrupted classroom operations, deleted accounts, and caused tens of thousands of dollars in damages. [...]
Once again, AI proves to be an unreliable source of information about AI.
China set three Guinness World Records after 33,615 drones created a giant aerial display featuring cultural imagery above Sichuan.

A new report claims Microsoft is considering "spinning out" Xbox into its own company. Read more
AI summary Microsoft is reportedly considering restructuring its Xbox division, which could include spinning it off into a separate company, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary, or selling it entirely. The company is also preparing significant layoffs within the division and reevaluating its next-generation console plans, known as Project Helix. According to a report from The Information citing multiple sources, no decision is imminent, and the division is experiencing low margins and high hardware costs.

Who could have foreseen this?

New mutants and old friends await when 'X-Men '97' returns for season two in July.

X-Men '97 is back, and life is finally worth living again. Read our season 2 review.

Creative Assembly has confirmed that Alien: Isolation 2 will be built with Unreal Engine 5, but the team is also developing custom technology.

In 2026, Marvel and Mattel are both releasing projects designed to capitalize on people's love for iconic animated heroes from their childhoods. Masters of the Universe has put a live-action He-Man on the big screen, and the second season of X-Men '97 is about to fling some of Charles Xavier's mutants into an apocalyptic future . Both projects were clearly made by people who love the source…

Crimson Desert, the open-world action RPG from Pearl Abyss, has a new challenge for Greymanes – a community challenge event that invites you all to commemorate your time in Pywel by sharing a video. Read more
AI summary Pearl Abyss released update 1.11.00 for the open-world action RPG Crimson Desert, which continues to add features that make the game resemble an animal breeding simulator. Additionally, the developer launched a community challenge event inviting players to submit videos for a chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to South Korea.

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