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MacBook Air Cyber Monday Deal: Save $450 on Apple Laptop

You can snatch up a 2020 M1 Air with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage for $859 or a model with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage for $1,199 for Cyber Monday.

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Apple’s Cyber Monday deals are still going strong. Right now, there are a couple of particularly nice deals on two models of the 2020 MacBook Air M1.

First, there’s the lower-spec model for $849, a $150 discount from the regular price, for one of the best and most affordable MacBooks. Or you can grab the model with more memory and storage for $1,199, a $450 discount. While there isn’t a clear-cut expiration on the $849 deal, the $1,199 MacBook Air deal expires at midnight on the East Coast and 9 p.m. out West.

$849 at B&H

$1199 at B&H

(If you’re hunting for other devices from Apple, there are plenty more Cyber Monday deals to be had.)

Apple’s MacBook Air has been a top pick for years for those favoring portability, thanks to its thin and light design. In 2020, the machine was updated with Apple silicon, upping the power and adding hours of battery life without increasing in bulk or price.

The $849 2020 MacBook Air comes equipped with a 13.3-inch display, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage and is powered by Apple’s M1 chip. It combines portability and power into a package that’s sure to impress. It can easily handle everyday tasks such as email, web browsing and photo editing and even more resource-intensive things like video editing and casual gaming. It can run Apple’s latest operating system, MacOS Ventura, which was just released this fall. The battery should last for up to 18 hours before needing a recharge.

Meanwhile, the $1,199 2020 M1 MacBook Air model comes with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. This version of the Air could be a good choice for anyone who needs a bigger SSD to store pictures, videos and more. It’s also great for those who love to have a million tabs open or need to run multiple memory-intensive apps as once.

If you’re looking for a different model of MacBook, you can check out our roundup of all the best MacBook bargains you can shop right now.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Oct. 22 #598

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Oct. 22, No. 598.

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 is a fun one — I definitely have at least two of these in my house. Some of the answers are a bit tough to unscramble, so 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: Catch all.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: A mess of items.

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:

BATE, LICE, SLUM, CAPE, HOLE, CARE, BARE, THEN, SLAM, SAMBA, BACK

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:

TAPE, COIN, PENCIL, BATTERY, SHOELACE, THUMBTACK

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is JUNKDRAWER. To find it, look for the J that’s five letters down on the far-left row, and wind down, over and then up.

Quick tips for Strands

#1: To get more clue words, see if you can tweak the words you’ve already found, by adding an «S» or other variants. And if you find a word like WILL, see if other letters are close enough to help you make SILL, or BILL.

#2: Once you get one theme word, look at the puzzle to see if you can spot other related words.

#3: If you’ve been given the letters for a theme word, but can’t figure it out, guess three more clue words, and the puzzle will light up each letter in order, revealing the word.

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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Oct. 22, #1586

Here are hints and the answer for today’s Wordle for Oct. 22, No. 1,586.

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

Today’s Wordle puzzle features some letters I don’t often guess, but it’s not terribly difficult. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has one repeated letter.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Today’s Wordle answer has one vowel.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with S.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today’s Wordle answer ends with T.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to an action displaying spectacular skill and daring.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is STUNT.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, Oct. 21, No. 1,585 was DETOX.

Recent Wordle answers

Oct. 17, No. 1,581: GROSS
Oct. 18, No. 1,582: HAVEN
Oct. 19, No. 1,583: IDEAL
Oct. 20, No. 1,584: LIMBO

Quick tips for Wordle

#1: Check our list ranking the popularity of all the letters in the alphabet and choose your starter words accordingly. (TRAIN, STERN and AUDIO are good.)

#2: Don’t forget that letters can be used more than once.

#3: Many words are similar. You don’t want to use up multiple guesses that don’t advance your cause. So if the puzzle is STA_E, don’t guess STARE, STATE and STALE. Guess something that uses that R, T and L, like TWIRL.