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X has added the ability to sort your feed into multiple topic feeds, if you're still on the platform. And yes, it sounds exactly like TweetDeck (RIP).

Announced Wednesday, the Elon Musk-owned platform now lets users build "Custom Timelines," that collate up to 75 feeds on the home tab.

SEE ALSO: Elon Musk found liable for defrauding Twitter investors

In an X post, Nikita Bier, the company's head of product, revealed the Grok-powered feature, which is available in early access to those paying $8 per month ($84 per year) for X Premium, and only on iOS (Android promised "soon").

"It's powered by Grok's understanding of every post with the algorithm's personalization — meaning every timeline is made just for you," wrote Bier. "And it works even better when it's a topic you already engage with."

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If you're a TweetDeck mourner, this might sting. The social media dashboard, which let users organise their feed across topics and accounts, was rebranded as XPro in 2023 and moved behind the X Premium (formerly Twitter Blue) subscription.

Giving X users the ability to organise their own timeline topics might also address the For You feed algorithm's lurch to the far right, though that remains to be seen.

SAVE OVER $100: As of April 22, the Garmin Venu 3S (41mm) is on sale for $339.99 at Amazon, its lowest-ever price at the retailer.

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If you're shopping around for a smartwatch, but want a more stylish option for your wrist, the Garmin Venu 3S deserves your attention. This sleek smartwatch has a nice design, is packed with features to help you throughout the day, and is discounted right now at Amazon.

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The fashionable design is certainly a plus for those who like a smartwatch they can wear while working out and while doing everyday activities, but the Garmin Venu 3S has plenty of helpful features for your daily routine. Some of its features include wrist-based heart rate, stress tracking, and personalized sleep coaching, alongside workout benefit and recovery time for those with fitness goals in mind, just to name a few.

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SAVE $350: As of April 22, the DJI Power 1000 is on sale for $349 at Amazon. That's a 50% discount off the list price.

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Portable power stations are always helpful to have on hand. Whether it's to see you through an unexpected power outage or to keep devices like your phone and laptop running while traveling, they're a simple way to stay connected.

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Tucker Carlson, once a big supporter of Donald Trump, is now saying he regrets his decision to back the president — but Jimmy Kimmel has little sympathy.

"That's big," Kimmel says in the clip above, after playing a video from The Tucker Carlson Show of the host saying he's "sorry for misleading people" about Trump. "Tucker Carlson apologizing for helping Trump get elected. I believe they call that liar's remorse."

With a clip, Kimmel goes on to assure viewers that even though Carlson has changed his views on Trump, he still says doctors are "like, the worst people in America."

"Thanksgiving at the Carlson's must be a barrel of laughs. 'Doctors are the worst people.' I hope that when Tucker Carlson shows up at an emergency room one day, all he hears from the doctors is this," says Kimmel, cutting to a montage of Carlson's own disturbing laugh. "Sometimes laughter is the worst medicine."

Few CEOs ever arrived in the job with as tough an act to follow as Tim Cook did in 2011, replacing the late great Steve Jobs in his fast-declining days. Fewer still rise to the occasion — and get to leave so extraordinary a legacy to the next guy.

Apple's head honcho, age 65, announced Monday that he'll be stepping back come September. Cook will step into an emeritus role as Executive Chairman, while John Ternus takes the reins as CEO.

And out of all the major technological, financial, and logistical achievements of the past 14 years — which we've listed below — some business experts believe this in itself may be the greatest.

1. Apple's second successful succession

"Cook’s legacy will extend beyond any products or shareholder value he created," Laurie Barkman, adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business, tells Mashable. "Two successful transitions at the highest level do not happen by chance. They reflect a process embedded in the company’s operating model."

Given how often ego-driven CEOs make a mess of their succession, paralyzing their executive team in the process — heck, just watch Succession for a taste of how bad it can get — this is no mean feat. That kind of operational mess is one of the reasons the average S&P 500 company lasts just 18 years.

But Cook, formerly Jobs' Chief Operating Officer, was always known for sweating the logistics details. And that's why Apple just celebrated its 50th birthday, looking more secure than ever.

Crucially, during Apple's lean years before the iPhone, Cook saved the company by keeping inventory as low as possible. Controversially, he's kept his China-dependent tech giant growing during a year of high tariffs by any means necessary, including cozying up to a president who doesn't reflect Cook's California values.

Now, by handing over the reins in such a calm and clear fashion, at a time of his choosing — as much as two years earlier than some analysts expected — Cook is showing off the well-oiled machine that Apple has become.

In short, taking Apple from "a one-time founder handoff into an institutional succession," Berkman says, should be regarded as "Tim Cook’s greatest accomplishment."

2. From Jobs' billions to Cook's trillions

The mercurial Jobs may have co-founded Apple, and he may have championed Apple's ultimate money-making product, the iPhone, during his 1997-2011 return. But Jobs' own ego-driven exit from the company in 1985 meant years were wasted in the wilderness, and even once he returned, he had to spend a decade pulling Apple back from the brink of irrelevance and extinction.

It worked, of course; Jobs bowed out when Apple shares were worth $350 billion in total, or $349 billion more than when Jobs took the company public. But consider what Cook did: his steady hand on the tiller took the company from $350 billion to more than $3.9 trillion in shareholder value.

Under Cook's tenure, Apple became the first company in the world to pass the $1 trillion and then $2 trillion mark. Only one tech company can claim that it created more shareholder value in the last 15 years, and that's NVIDIA — the main beneficiary of the AI craze.

SEE ALSO: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says AGI is here — sort of

And how did Cook do this? In large part, by making sure the iPhone didn't go the way of the original Macintosh. The Mac was beautiful, pricy, and rapidly snowed under by boxy beige PCs running the Macintosh-like Windows, which almost killed Apple in the 1990s.

The smartphone wars looked like they were going the same way, with cheaper Android phones, particularly models made by Samsung, in the Windows seat. But thanks to Cook's diligence, Apple just overtook Samsung as the world's most popular smartphone manufacturer.

3. Apple made something new

Tim Cook, it's fair to say, is a pretty cautious guy. He prefers to iterate rather than innovate. The iPhone 5, the last version of the device developed under Jobs, wasn't too many worlds away from the iPhone 17 unveiled by Cook last year. The most memorable upgrades in between — the iPhone 7's lack of headphone jack, the on-screen notch in the iPhone X, last year's Liquid Glass — felt like tinkering around the edges.

The same goes for the iPad, introduced in 2010; the MacBook, introduced in 2006; and the Apple TV device, introduced in 2005. Design tweaks, cameras, color choices, and under-the-hood upgrades aside, these devices are all pretty much the same as they were when Steve Jobs last stepped into an Apple Store in 2011.

But there are a few new major Apple product categories Jobs wouldn't recognize — and we're not just talking about the Apple Vision Pro. (Jobs may at least recognize the reality distortion field Cook's company built around this pricy augmented reality headset, and he'd probably agree with Cook's move to pivot to smart glasses as soon as possible.)

The biggest product launched during the Cook era is the Apple Watch. First conceived by designer Jony Ive after Jobs' death and unveiled in 2014, the Apple Watch quickly became the world's top wearable. More than 100 million people currently use one, even if Apple Watch updates are the least exciting part of a modern Apple keynote event.

SEE ALSO: How does the Apple Watch Series 11 stack up against the Series 10? Let’s compare.

And then there's the AirPods family of Bluetooth headphones — original (2016), Pro (2019), and the over-ear Max (2020). All were well received, and their success had a lot to do with Cook's acquisition of Dr. Dre's Beats headphones company for $3 billion in 2014. Arguably Cook's riskiest move, the Beats purchase has since paid dividends — in headphone expertise as well as Beats sales.

4. Apple became a streaming giant

Never mind the Apple TV device, which would probably have found its way to a 4K version by now, no matter who was CEO. Cook's larger legacy is the other Apple TV, a.k.a. the streaming service formerly known as Apple TV+. Launched in 2019, its secret sauce was Apple Studios, which took care of the all-original programming.

By focusing on quality and courting the biggest names in Hollywood, Apple Studios racked up an impressive series of wins in a short space of time. CODA (2021) became the first Best Picture Oscar-winner from any streaming service; Netflix had been chasing that prize for a decade. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) made Martin Scorsese's passion project a hit in theaters, and F1 (2025) became the highest-grossing sports film of all time.

SEE ALSO: Everything coming to Apple TV in 2026

Apple TV shows, meanwhile, have done what seemed impossible in the age of almost-infinite streaming. They've cut through and become part of the cultural conversation in a way we haven't seen since Game of Thrones. Just as that show came to define TV in the 2010s, the 2020s are practically owned by Apple hits such as Emmy darling Ted Lasso (2020-), Severance (2022-), and Vince Gilligan's Pluribus (2025-), the latter quickly becoming its most-watched show ever.

And as if that wasn't enough, Apple went to town on sports programming (MLB, MLS, Formula One), kids' shows and movies (Sesame Street, Charlie Brown), plus one word: Oprah. If any streaming service is starting to resemble an old-school TV network with a new flavor, it's Apple TV. And by giving away a free year of subscription with Apple products — while resisting annoying Amazon-style ads — Cook has cannily ensured millions of us get hooked on its output.

5. Avoiding the AI trap

Conventional wisdom holds that Cook's greatest weakness during his 15 years was his approach to AI. When ChatGPT was conquering hearts and minds in 2023, Cook was loath to even use the acronym AI in the pre-recorded keynotes he pioneered. Instead, he said Apple software had already been using "machine learning" for years. (Fact check: true.)

Cook's belated compromise came in the form of Apple Intelligence, powered by an on-device version of ChatGPT — but Apple's creaky 2011-era voice assistant, Siri, stood out like a sore thumb (pending a major 2026 upgrade). Even now, Cook seems to be betting that a quiet majority of consumers were turned off by AI and wanted its features to be limited, with a focus on privacy, accuracy, and mental health protections.

SEE ALSO: Apple may have already given us a big hint about AI Siri

Cook may yet be proved right. Because here's the thing about tech world conventional wisdom: it's almost always wrong when applied to Apple.

Conventional wisdom said the company should have sold itself to Microsoft in 1997, leaving (we now know) $3 trillion in value on the table. Conventional wisdom said the original iMac should have had a disk drive and no USB ports; it single-handedly made USB a global standard. Conventional wisdom said consumers would never buy an MP3 player with a mere 5GB of storage; enter the iPod.

If the Cook-Ternus version of AI turns out to meet consumers where they're at, rather than wowing tech media and investors first with outrageous claims, nobody will care that Apple took a few years to get there. If Apple Silicon (particularly the AI-friendly M5 chip) is ultimately more important than NVIDIA's specialist GPUs — which they will be, if data center expansion continues to stall — then the company Cook built will easily snatch back the "world's most valuable" crown from its rival.

And Tim Cook, Apple CEO emeritus, will look like a very smart cookie indeed.

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OLED gaming monitors are steadily becoming more affordable, but this returning Amazon deal on an LG model is worth jumping on right away. 

As of April 22, Amazon has cut the price of LG’s 27-inch UltraGear OLED gaming monitor by 44% — dropping to $499.99 from $899.99. This brings this LG monitor back to its lowest ever price with the retailer, as confirmed with price tracker camelcamelcamel.

At 27 inches with QHD 2560 x 1440 resolution, this monitor hits a sweet spot for both competitive gaming and everyday desktop use, while fitting nicely into any setup without taking too much space. With a 240Hz refresh rate, this UltraGear monitor promises to keep even fast-paced titles running smoothly — the 0.03ms gray-to-gray response time means motion stays crisp without ghosting. 

Effectively, these specs mean they’ll make a noticeable difference in anything you play; that’s whether you’re going for an intense multiplayer game like Overwatch or a cinematic story-driven game like Saros, Mouse: P.I. for Hire, or Pragmata.

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No matter what you’re playing or watching, the LG UltraGear should make the experience even better with its added picture quality. After all, the OLED panel covers up to 98.5% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, and the VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 certification backs up what you can see with your own eyes — blacks that are genuinely black, not the washed-out grey you get from most LCD panels.

It also plays nicely with a wide range of setups, with both NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro on board. The anti-glare coating, height and pivot-adjustable stand, and a two-year OLED warranty round out a package that's hard to argue with at this price.

If you have a bit more space in your setup for an even bigger unit, the 45-inch curved LG UltraGear OLED gaming monitor is now over $400 off. If you want something from another brand, Samsung’s 27-inch Odyssey OLED G6 is $300 off at Amazon.

As SpaceX prepares to go public, Mr. Musk has proposed moonshots that differ from the company’s original aim of reaching Mars.

TL;DR: Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box starting at $149.95, while Walmart has it listed at $149.94 — both sitting below TCGplayer's current market price of $154.44.

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Prices for the Pokémon TCG’s Ascended Heroes ETBs have been skyrocketing since early March (up over 31% in three months), but sellers on Amazon and Walmart are still ready to sell you the coveted boxes under market value.

As of April 22, Amazon has third-party sellers listing the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box from $149.95 with free delivery, while Walmart is a cent cheaper at $149.94. TCGplayer's cheapest full ETB listing sits at $157.99 plus shipping. That makes either Amazon or Walmart the smarter place to buy, saving you at least $4 against the $154.44 market price.

Inside the box, you're getting contents similar to other ETBs in the trading card game: nine Ascended Heroes booster packs, one full-art foil promo card featuring N's Zekrom, 65 card sleeves, 40 Pokémon TCG Energy cards, a player's guide, six damage-counter dice, one competition-legal coin-flip die, a plastic coin, a collector's box with six dividers, and a code card for Pokémon TCG Live.

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Along with the Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box’s special extras, the real reason behind the expansion’s heavy demand is some of the most valuable pulls the Pokémon TCG has seen in years — including Mega Gengar ex, Pikachu ex, and Mega Dragonite ex.

The release of the Chaos Rising expansion on May 22 could eventually see Ascended Heroes dip in price, but we can only predict that prices will keep going up in the meantime. With that, we’d recommend grabbing your Ascended Heroes ETB at these lower prices while you can. 

For even more packs from the expansion, you can also preorder the Pokémon TCG’s upcoming Ascended Heroes ex Boxes for just under $70. Among other ETBs in the Pokémon TCG, you can preorder the Chaos Rising Elite Trainer Box for just under $115 at Walmart.

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TL;DR: Unblock Pornhub from Nebraska with a VPN. The best service for unblocking porn sites is ExpressVPN.

More than a third of U.S. states still have restrictions in place for online adult content, meaning millions of potential users are locked out of their favorite sites after Pornhub responded to the introduction of age verification laws with a ban. That's frustrating for users, but there's a simple workaround that everyone should know about.

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VPNs are useful tools that can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to secure servers in other locations. This straightforward process bypasses geo-restrictions so you can access sites like Pornhub from anywhere in the world.

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If you want to retain permanent access to sites like Pornhub, you'll need a subscription. Fortunately, the best VPN for bypassing content restrictions is on sale for a limited time.

What is the best VPN for Pornhub?

ExpressVPN is the top choice for unblocking porn sites like Pornhub, for a number of reasons:

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A two-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $68.40 and includes an extra four months for free — 81% off for a limited time. This plan includes a year of free unlimited cloud backup and a generous 30-day money-back guarantee. Alternatively, you can get a one-month plan for just $12.99 (with money-back guarantee).

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TL;DR: Live stream Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns in the NBA Playoffs for free on YouTube. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

Can any team stop the Thunder from marching towards another NBA title? The Phoenix Suns were never expected to pose much of a problem, and the Thunder's convincing victory in the first game of this series looked like the beginning of a sweep. Can they go 2-0 at the Paycom Center? We're struggling to see another outcome.

If you want to watch Thunder vs. Suns in the NBA Playoffs for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Thunder vs. Suns?

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns in the NBA Playoffs starts at 9:30 p.m. ET on April 22. This game takes place at the Paycom Center.

How to watch Thunder vs. Suns for free

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns in the NBA Playoffs is available to live stream for free on YouTube.

This free live stream is geo-restricted to India, but anyone can secure access with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in India, meaning you can access free live streams of the NBA from anywhere in the world.

Stream the NBA for free by following these simple steps:

1. Subscribe to a VPN (we tested ExpressVPN and it worked great)

2. Download the app to your device of choice (the best VPNs have apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux, and more)

3. Open up the app and connect to a server in India

4. Visit YouTube

5. Watch the NBA for free from anywhere in the world

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but they do tend to offer money-back guarantees or free trials. By leveraging these offers, you can watch NBA live streams without actually spending anything. This clearly isn't a long-term solution, but it does mean you can watch select games from the NBA before recovering your investment.

What is the best VPN for the NBA?

ExpressVPN is the best service for accessing free live streams on platforms like YouTube, for a number of reasons:

• Servers in 105 countries

• Easy-to-use app available on all major devices including iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, and more

• Strict no-logging policy so your data is secure

• Fast connection speeds free from throttling

• Up to 10 simultaneous connections

• 30-day money-back guarantee

A two-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $68.40 and includes an extra four months for free — 81% off for a limited time. This plan includes a year of free unlimited cloud backup and a generous 30-day money-back guarantee. Alternatively, you can get a one-month plan for just $12.99 (with money-back guarantee).

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I once had a manager who would run out on the first day a new iPhone was available, then show off his shiny new toy to all his underlings — who felt forced to ooh and ahh over its capabilities.

But I took the opposite path, holding onto my smartphones until they basically curled into a ball and died. My current device, an iPhone 13 Pro from 2022, still works great, except for the battery. It stopped getting juiced by wall chargers; then the car charger couldn't perk it up. Now, only a charging cord plugged directly into my laptop will do the trick. Our separation draws near.

My reluctance to make a new purchase is partly anxiety about going to the Apple store, trying to remember my Apple ID, and then being hit with sticker shock over an iPhone 16 or 17. But there's also pride in not succumbing to the fever that afflicted my former boss; there is a real benefit to the Earth, and yourself, in holding on to a clunker for as long as you can.

Here are five reasons why slowing your smartphone roll is good for everyone:

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A modern smartphone is very complex hardware, requiring at least 70 elements — such as indium, nickel, and magnesium — to produce. The manufacturing process for smartphones (metal extraction, production, shipping), makes up 85 percent of the devices' carbon footprint, according to FairPlanet.org.

Impoverished countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo bear a disproportionate cost of phone production. The DNR produces much of the cobalt used to make lithium-iron rechargeable batteries for smartphones, and their air, water, and trees suffer as a result. Congolese workers mining for cobalt often operate under brutal working conditions, as Siddharth Kara, a fellow at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, told NPR.

By using your smartphone for its full lifecycle, you can indirectly discourage companies like Apple and Google from producing so much harmful hardware.

Fewer phones mean smaller landfills

What happened to all that hardware my ex-manager left behind? He was probably like the 45 percent of Americans who just stash their old phones in a drawer, and likely toss them in the trash during spring cleaning or on moving day. 

E-waste, which includes junked cell phones, leaches pollutants like lead and mercury into the environment. Some 62 million tons of that gunk went into the environment in 2022, according to the World Health Organization.

If you do purchase a new phone, remember recycling the old one is an option. Only 39 percent of people have ever recycled a phone, according to a recent CNET survey. Hard as it is to believe, that's an improvement: a YouGov survey from 2024 found that only seven percent of people ever recycled an old phone. Click here for some great tips on how to recycle your old phone safely.

A new phone — in this economy?

A new smartphone is a major investment. As of April 2026, an iPhone 17e costs $599; a regular iPhone 17 retails for $799; an iPhone Air goes for $999; and an iPhone 17 Pro costs $1099. Meanwhile, the Google Pixel 10 Pro costs $999, while the 10 Pro XL starts at $1,199, according to the latest numbers.

Seems pricey for something that will be outdated, by my ex-manager's standards, in just a few months.

SEE ALSO: Marvel at Earthset video from Artemis II, shot on iPhone Clunky phone = less screen time?

On a recent trip to Disneyland, I knew my old 13's battery wouldn't make it through the day if I checked NYTimes.com every time we were in a line — and I wasn't about to bring my laptop to charge it up.

My answer was to put the phone away and only use it when I absolutely needed to, such as checking the Disney app for ride info and food ordering. Result: I was more present and amiable, making up games to keep my kids occupied and soaking up all the details you miss when your head is craned down at a small screen.

All those fancy new offerings that the latest iPhone or Pixel offers are more reasons to pull out your device again and increase your screen time. Who's trying to do that? Less time online, especially on social media, appears to have many benefits, especially for young people.

Smartphone makers are doing just fine

Apple's market capitalization reached $4 trillion in Nov. 2025. The company is now wealthier than every nation on Earth, save for the U.S., China, Germany, and Japan. Google parent Alphabet, maker of the Pixel, is just about as rich as Apple. Samsung is not in the same league as Apple and Alphabet, but the Galaxy-maker has a nearly $1 trillion market cap.

So if the Earth isn't your main consideration when deciding to ditch your old phone, remember these companies aren't exactly hurting for more customers. In the end, there are plenty of local restaurants and bookstores that could use your money a lot more than Silicon Valley.

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We are all thinking it. Online ads have gotten a little out of hand. Pop-ups, autoplay videos, trackers following you around the internet — it’s chaotic.

However, the AdGuard ad blocker offers a more streamlined way to browse without all the extra noise.

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This isn’t just a basic ad blocker. AdGuard works across your devices — up to nine of them — filtering out ads before they even load. That means fewer interruptions, faster page speeds, and a browsing experience that feels a lot more like it used to.

But it also goes beyond ads. AdGuard helps protect your privacy by blocking trackers that collect your data in the background. It can even shield you from malicious websites and phishing attempts, adding an extra layer of security while you browse.

If you’ve got kids, the built-in parental controls are a nice bonus, too. You can limit access to certain content and help create a safer online environment without juggling multiple tools.

The setup is straightforward, and it works across major platforms including Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android — so whether you’re on your phone, laptop, or tablet, you’re covered.

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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

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Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Wednesday, April 22, 2026:

AcrossIt's clearly recyclable!

• The answer is Glass.

___ Day (April 22nd observance)

• The answer is Earth.

Thick, underground part of a plant stem

• The answer is Tuber.

Small cluster of trees

• The answer is Grove.

Rowed, as a boat

• The answer is Oared.

DownFrom the ___ (right at the beginning)

• The answer is Getgo.

Author Ingalls Wilder who wrote "Little House on the Prairie"

• The answer is Laura.

___ Day, observance on the last Friday of April

• The answer is Arbor.

Actor Buscemi

• The answer is Steve.

Rip into bits, as paper

• The answer is Shred.

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Mini Crossword.

TL;DR: Amazon has the LG 52-inch UltraGear evo G9 curved gaming monitor on sale for $1,699.99, down from its $1,999.99 list price. That saves you $300 on the world's largest 5K2K gaming display, with a 240Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, and AMD FreeSync Premium.

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If you've been after a gaming monitor upgrade that will match your dream giant setup, Amazon has an LG deal that will save you a few hundred dollars.

As of April 22, the LG 52-inch UltraGear evo G9 curved gaming monitor is on sale for $1,699.99 at Amazon, marked down from $1,999.99. That's $300 off and the lowest price this model has hit on Amazon since launch — as confirmed using price tracker camelcamelcamel.

For that price, you're getting a genuinely one-of-a-kind display with what LG promises is the world's largest 5K2K gaming monitor, packing a 5120x2160 WUHD resolution across a massive 52-inch curved VA panel. 

With a height comparable to a 42-inch 4K 16:9 screen, the ultrawide cinematic scale makes anything you’re playing even more immersive. The aggressive 1,000R curve is designed to pull more of the screen into your natural field of view, which makes it a particularly strong fit for sprawling open-world games like Crimson Desert or story-driven RPGs like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Pragamata.

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The specs on the UltraGear evo G9 hold up on the performance side courtesy of this monitor’s 240Hz refresh rate and 1ms (GtG) response time, which means fast-paced shooters like Marathon and Fortnite are well within reach. Meanwhile, AMD FreeSync Premium takes care of screen tearing when things get a tad more hectic.

Plus, this monitor’s VESA DisplayHDR 600 certification and up to 95% DCI-P3 color coverage round things out, keeping contrast and color well above what you'd expect from a gaming panel at any size — the same goes if you want to utilize a monitor of this size to watch TV and movies.

If you’re willing to make the jump to OLED for a concession on size, the 45-inch LG UltraGear OLED gaming monitor is also on sale at $400 off. Among smaller monitors, you can also grab the 27-inch Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 gaming monitor for only $699.99.

SAVE $100: As of April 22, the Roku 55-inch Smart TV is on sale for $249.99 at Amazon. That's a 29% discount on the list price.

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If your current TV isn’t quite cutting it anymore, now is a great time to upgrade because the Roku Smart TV 55-inch is back on sale at Amazon and it's only $1 off its best-ever price. As of April 22, this great TV is reduced by $100, down from $349.99 to $249.99.

This Roku TV gives you 4K resolution with HDR10 for incredible details and color across everything you watch. And it doesn't just show you great content, it has a built-in picture processor that helps to optimize whatever you’re watching.

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Unsurprisingly, the TV runs on the Roku platform. This means you have access to a wide range of streaming apps (Netflix, Prime Video, and more) as well as over 500 free live TV channels. And better yet, it's all organized on a simple, customizable home screen.

This TV also supports voice control through Roku Voice, Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant, and it comes with a voice remote for looking up queries online or even searching through several streaming platforms for your favorite movie. It also has shortcut buttons and a remote finder function that keeps track of its location through the Roku app.

You can find this TV deal at Amazon right now.

SAVE $100: As of April 22, the Garmin Forerunner 965 is on sale for $499.99 at Amazon. That's a discount of 17% off the list price.

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If you're in the market for a new fitness tracker to assist your running, you truly can't go wrong with anything from the Forerunner range.

As the name suggests, this collection of smartwatches is dedicated to running, providing incredible stats and tools to help you reach your goals. And as of April 22, one of the best models, the Garmin Forerunner 965, is discounted by $100 at Amazon. This brings the price down from $599 to $499.

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This watch has a bright, AMOLED touchscreen display (alongside the traditional button controls). It has a long battery life, capable of lasting up to 23 days in smartwatch mode or around 31 hours with GPS enabled. If you're training for an ultra distance, this watch won't leave you stranded.

It also has built-in full-color maps and multi-band GPS to help assist you with accurate tracking for routes, even in difficult or remote environments. And training features are advanced too. Expect specs like training readiness score, daily suggested workouts, detailed training status, sleep scores, and more. It also supports a range of sports tracking, including triathlon and multisport modes.

This Garmin deal is available at Amazon right now, so don't miss out.

SAVE $20: As of April 22, the Google TV Streamer 4K is on sale for $79.99 at Amazon. That's a 20% discount on the list price.

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The Google Streamer 4K is back on sale at Amazon, so if you've been looking for a streaming device to transform the way you watch TV, this is your chance to buy for less. As of April 22, this device is down to $79.99 from $99.99, saving you $20.

This streaming stick supports up to 4K HDR with Dolby Vision for incredible picture quality. It can also be paired with compatible speakers for a more immersive Dolby Atmos sound.

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It's powered by an upgraded processor with 32GB of storage, so there is plenty of memory space for apps and games. With the streaming device, you'll also get a remote which has recently been redesigned. It includes voice control for searching content and managing smart home devices as well as a customizable button for quick access to favourite features.

And of course, with this device you'll have access to the Google TV platform which makes your TV much more streamlined, as well as giving you easy access to all the most popular streaming services like Netflix and Prime Video. The platform also includes over 800 free live TV channels.

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Apple TV and A24's Margo's Got Money Troubles is chugging its way through Rufi Thorpe's novel, but one key character is missing. Where is JB?

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In the book, JB is one of Margo's (Elle Fanning) loyal OnlyFans clients. The two strike up an online correspondence that goes beyond Margo's typical gimmick of rating customers' penises and comparing them to Pokémon. Soon, their messages turn into long emails, then phone calls, then an in-person meeting and romantic relationship.

Before the relationship takes off in earnest, there's a bit of drama about how Margo gives JB a fake name and fake information about herself in order to keep crafting her online persona. When the two fight about it, Margo debates giving back all the money JB paid her in order to show him her feelings are real. Originally, Thorpe wrote that Margo would give back the money, but consultations with real-life sex workers changed her mind.

"Pretty universally, sex workers were like, 'No. That’s implying it was wrong to take the money. She earned that money. She did a good job, she created the fantasy. That is an admission of fault that is not right,'" Thorpe told The Hollywood Reporter in an April 2026 interview. "And I was like, 'OK, you are correct, and I hadn’t thought about it.'"

Margo's burgeoning connection with JB is a prominent story thread in the novel, but we're now at the halfway mark of the book's TV adaptation, and JB is nowhere in sight. According to a casting announcement in Deadline in May of 2025, Michael Workéyè was cast in the role of JB. However, in the same April 2026 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Thorpe revealed that the love story with JB had been cut.

"They tried to keep all of the JB love story, but there was just too much material," Thorpe told The Hollywood Reporter. "It was really jarring to move from some of the more dramatic moments to flirting on your phone. They’re not in the same room together, and you can do that kind of thing in novels but it just didn't translate to the screen. We tried to make it work, but it’s just too different a medium."

That means Margo's romance won't be appearing in the remaining episodes, but on the bright side, that frees up more time to focus on the rest of her support network, including her mother Shyanne (Michelle Pfeiffer), her father Jinx (Nick Offerman), her roommate Susie (Thaddea Graham), and her OnlyFans collaborators KC (Rico Nasty) and Rose (Lindsey Normington).

Margo's Got Money Troubles is now streaming on Apple TV, with a new episode every Wednesday.