Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Dec. 9

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Dec. 9. [...]

You can save hundreds on a new phone with T-Mobile's holiday deals - here are the 5 best

Multiple smartphones from various brands are currently free at T-Mobile. Get them while supplies last. [...]

NVIDIA can now sell its high-end AI chips to 'approved customers in China,' Trump says

NVIDIA is now allowed to sell its second-best H200 processors to China, rather than just the sanction-approved H20 model that China had previously declined to buy, President Trump wrote on Truth Socia [...]

The year age verification laws came for the open internet

When the nonprofit Freedom House recently published its annual report, it noted that 2025 marked the 15th straight year of decline for global internet freedom. The biggest decline, after Georgia and G [...]

Ads aren’t coming to Gemini, Google says — but OpenAI has shown that the inevitable is coming

A new report suggests Gemini could be getting ads very soon, but Google denies there is any validity in the rumors. [...]

EU opens antitrust investigation into Google's AI practices

Google is no stranger to scrutiny from government bodies such as the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and the European Commission. Now it can add anoth [...]

Under-16s social media ban lands in Australia

Australian teens are now locked out of the most popular social media apps. Here's how the platforms are complying with the new rules [...]

I Predicted My Phone Battery's Date of Death and You Can, Too. Here's How

iFixit's new app comes with all the information you need to prolong the lifespan of your phone -- including an AI chatbot for specific guidance and a battery death predictor. [...]

Texas authorities have made multiple arrests in an NVIDIA GPU smuggling operation

The Southern District of Texas announced the seizure of more than $50 million in NVIDIA GPUs bound for China in violation of US export laws. Authorities arrested two businessmen, one of them the owner [...]