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Hurdle hints and answers for December 17, 2025
Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.
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YouTube is letting creators make playable games with a Gemini 3 tool
Google's at it again, once more insisting that AI is something people need or want more of in their lives. The latest move comes from YouTube Gaming, which announced an open beta for a project called Playables Builder. This allows select YouTube Creators to use a "prototype web app built using Gemin…
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These are the most popular internet services of 2025, as AI gains traction
Global internet traffic rose 19% this year as people rely more on tech for daily communication and entertainment, new report finds.
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DoorDash rolls out Zesty, an AI social app for discovering new restaurants
Users can view and share photos and comments about restaurants they’ve visited, discover content from others, and follow people just like on any social network.
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My Girlfriend’s Intense Enjoyment of Sex Is Uh, Ruining It for Me
I was hoping we'd figure it out eventually.
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How Glamzilla built a beauty empire by staying true to her formula
Stephanie Valentine glamzilla opens up about inspiration, beauty, and why community, not virality, is at the heart of her content.
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Hot 100 First-Timers: She & Him Debuts With 2008 Deep Cut ‘I Thought I Saw Your Face Today’
The song enters at No. 99, sparked by a viral TikTok trend.
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Panya the pygmy hippo: how a tiny baby animal became a sensation
Just in time for Christmas, a little calf has arrived at a German zoo and gone viral. But is he cuter than Moo Deng?Name: Panya the pygmy hippo.Age: About three weeks. Continue reading...
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Instagram for TV: Social Network Launches App to Watch Reels Videos on Big Screen
Instagram is making the jump from mobile devices to the living-room TV for the first time — a bid to ratchet up viewing of short-form Reels, by taking videos to the biggest screen in the house. The Meta-owned social platform on Tuesday launched a pilot of Instagram for TV, an app designed to display…
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Top challenges for online daters, according to Coffee Meets Bagel
Dating app CMB's Dating Realness Report identifies daters' desires and challenges this year.
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This AI pervasive side effect is Merriam-Webster's word of the year
Four little letters capture the tsunami of low-quality content inundating online life and corroding reality in 2025: "slop." The big picture: That slop is seeping beyond our screens into everyday vernacular, earning it the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year. The dictionary is not alon…
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Ciara to Headline First TikTok Awards in the U.S.
The show will stream live from the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday.
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Forget the em dash — Redditors share 6 giveaways that something was written by AI
The em dash — a favorite of writers everywhere — has become one of the signature giveaways of AI writing. Reddit users are sharing other common tells.
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I hate that I love Riverside’s AI-driven “Rewind” for podcasters
Riverside's year-end review is amusing, but it represents a creative culture that's increasingly entwined with AI.
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'Slop' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year
Merriam-Webster has selected "slop" for the dictionary company's 2025 word of the year. The leading lexicographers define slop as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence." We've seen an absolute deluge of AI slop this year, from fake m…
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A potato is for life, not just for Christmas | Emma Beddington
Yes, we love our roasties – but have we really explored the spud’s potential as a gift, an aesthetic, a mood?All I want for Christmas is … the Nairn Museum potato flask. Showcased as part of the Highland museum’s virtual Advent calendar on Instagram last week, it’s a late-18th-century Staffordshire …
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