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You Can Now Order Domino’s From Your Car With Apple CarPlay

Here’s how to place your favorite Domino’s order from the comfort of your car.

On Monday, Domino’s Pizza said people could now place an order from their car using Apple CarPlay.

«We know how frustrating it can be to wait in a drive-thru line just to place an order,» Christopher Thomas-Moore, Domino’s senior vice president and chief digital officer, said in a release. «Domino’s app on CarPlay is a great alternative to that.»

You can order previously ordered items or saved Easy Orders through CarPlay. There’s also an option to «Call to Order» which calls your local Domino’s and allows you to talk to a customer service representative.

Here’s how to place a Domino’s order through CarPlay.

1. Download the Domino’s Pizza app from the Apple App store.
2. Open the app and log into, or create, your Domino’s account.
3. Open the app on CarPlay while in your car.
4. Select «Tap to Order» or «Call to Order.»

If you select Tap to Order, your order will be placed at the store listed in your Easy Order or recent order, and it will be either a carryout or delivery order depending on your previous order.

If you select Call to Order, you can place your order at whichever local store you’d prefer, and you can place your order for pickup or delivery.

There might be easier ways to order a pizza, though. If you aren’t sure what you want to order, for example, you could just call Domino’s directly instead of connecting your phone to CarPlay, opening the app and picking Call to Order, which will then call Domino’s for you.

Even more new features for CarPlay could be unveiled soon at Apple’s 2023 WWDC event in June. At WWDC 2022, Apple previewed the next-generation of CarPlay, and the company said the first vehicles to feature this revamped CarPlay should be announced later this year.

For more, check out what to know about Apple’s 2023 WWDC and what could be coming in the next-gen CarPlay.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 20, #443

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 443 for May 20.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle reminds me that I haven’t had a meal in a fancy restaurant in some time. Maybe it’s time to make a reservation. If you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Oh, of course!

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Elegant eats.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

SITE, FINE, SINE, DINE, PEAS, TEEN, PEER, STEEP, DEER, SEED, SEEN, POET, TREE, NOPE, SEES.

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

SOUP, SALAD, CHEESE, ENTREE, DESSERT, APPETIZERS

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is FINEDINING. To find it, start with the F that’s three letters down on the farthest row to the left, and wind across.

Toughest Strands puzzles

Here are some of the Strands topics I’ve found to be the toughest in recent weeks.

#1: Dated slang, Jan. 21. Maybe you didn’t even use this lingo when it was cool. Toughest word: PHAT.

#2: Thar she blows! Jan.15. I guess marine biologists might ace this one. Toughest word: BALEEN or RIGHT.

#3: Off the hook, Jan. 9. Similar to the Jan. 15 puzzle in that it helps to know a lot about sea creatures. Sorry, Charlie. Toughest word: BIGEYE or SKIPJACK

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for May 24, #713

Hints and answers for Connections for May 24, #713.

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Connections puzzle has a fun variety of categories. The purple one appeals to my English major heart. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Goo-goo.

Green group hint: Not shirts.

Blue group hint: City that never sleeps.

Purple group hint: Acclaimed writers.