After a reckless shopping spree, I ditched contactless payments and bank cards to see how far £200 cash in hand would get me – and if I could improve my spending habits If I’m lucky, I can just about ...

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Yitzi Snow makes his New York Times Crossword debut. The New York Times has launched the Midi, a daily medium-size crossword.

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Claude Sonnet 4.6 beats Opus in agentic tasks, adds 1 million context, and excels in finance and automation, all at one-fifth the cost.