Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 2, #486
Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for July 2, No. 486.
Senate Votes to Allow State A.I. Laws, a Blow to Tech Companies
All but a handful of states have some laws regulating artificial intelligence.
Cloudflare Introduces Blocking of A.I. Scrapers By Default
The tech company’s customers can automatically block A.I. companies from exploiting their websites, it said, as it moves to protect…
Kayak and Expedia race to build AI travel agents that turn social posts into itineraries
Planning a trip may soon be more agentic as companies like Kayak and Expedia reimagine the travel agent as an…
From chatbots to collaborators: How AI agents are reshaping enterprise work
Anthropic’s Scott White explains how AI agents evolved from chatbots to autonomous workers at VentureBeat Transform 2025, cutting enterprise tasks…
Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’
“What Meta is doing will, in my opinion, lead to very deep cultural problems,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in…
AI Videos of Black Women Depicted as ‘Bigfoot’ Are Going Viral
Some Instagram creators are using Google’s Veo 3 and racking up millions of views on AI videos of “bigfoot baddies.”…
Nothing’s New Phone (3) and Headphone (1) Look Nothing Like You’ve Seen Before
The unusual LED lights from the original Nothing phones have morphed into a matrix display that can show the time,…
The Senate Just Put Clean Energy for AI in the Crosshairs
President Donald Trump’s budget would kill off tax credits for wind and solar, raising costs for new clean energy projects…
Automotive spare parts aggregator Garaaz raises Rs. 4.55 Cr in seed round led by GVFL
● Jaipur-based Garaaz is a SaaS and aggregator platform for the auto-tech industry, helping distributors and unorganised workshops with part…