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Proton VPN Promises Major Improvements For Users In Its Fall and Winter Updates

The popular VPN service says it’s adding new free server locations and a fresh VPN architecture.

Days after rolling out its early Black Friday discounts, Proton VPN released its fall and winter product roadmap, announcing the addition of five new free server locations, a new VPN architecture and a command-line Linux interface.

The new server locations — Mexico, Canada, Switzerland, Norway and Singapore — bring the total number of servers available to people on Proton VPN’s free plan to 10. Proton’s software automatically chooses the best location, but it’s possible to choose a server manually as well.

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Proton says it’s developing a new VPN architecture to develop reliable apps more quickly and with quicker deployment of new features, Stealth support for Linux and, sometime in the future, post-quantum encryption.

A feature Proton says is much requested among its customers — a command-line terminal interface for Linux — is on the horizon, as well as the ability to auto-launch the company’s Linux app on startup,

Lastly, Proton VPN will introduce a new admin console for professional customers with what it describes as: «More granular policies and security controls.»

In a recent CNET review, Proton VPN earned high marks for privacy, speed and open-source apps. The service’s Black Friday deal offers its VPN service for $2.49 a month, a drop from the usual price of $9.99.

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Kim Kardashian Denies the Moon Landing and NASA Corrects Her Publicly

It’s one reality TV actor versus another, as Real World alum and acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy tells Kardashian she’s wrong.

NASA says we’ve been to the moon six times. Kim Kardashian says the first time was faked. On a recent episode of The Kardashians, the reality-show star was chatting with actress Sarah Paulson about astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon. That’s when Kardashian revealed she doesn’t believe the 1969 moon landing is real.

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In an interview, Aldrin was asked about the scariest moment of the Apollo 11 mission. Kardashian quotes his reply, «There was no scary moment because it didn’t happen. It could’ve been scary, but it wasn’t because it didn’t happen.»

It’s unclear which interview this was, or what exactly Aldrin was referring to, although it seems like he’s saying a certain frightening moment didn’t come to pass. But Kardashian took the quote to mean the entire moon landing was a hoax that Aldrin chose to reveal via that one quote.

«So I think (the moon landing) didn’t happen,» she said.

NASA acting administrator (and former participant on reality show The Real World) Sean Duffy took exception to the sentiment, replying on X «Yes, Kim Kardashian, we’ve been to the moon before…6 times!»

Yes, @KimKardashian, we’ve been to the Moon before… 6 times!
And even better: @NASAArtemis is going back under the leadership of @POTUS.
We won the last space race and we will win this one too 🇺🇸🚀
🎥: Hulu pic.twitter.com/CkexEEPFSv

— NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy (@SecDuffyNASA) October 30, 2025

The US did in fact land on the moon on July 20, 1969, with Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong both walking on the lunar surface. Armstrong died in 2012. Aldrin is now 95.

In 2002, Aldrin, then 72, punched a conspiracy theorist who tried to get him to swear the moon landings was faked.

«We won the last space race and we will win this one too!» Duffy told Kardashian on X. He later invited her to an upcoming launch at Kennedy Space Center, though she did not immediately accept.

Kardashian did not respond to a request for comment.

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Tesla’s New Range of Affordable Electric Cars: Here’s How Much They Cost

The stripped-down versions of the Model Y and Model 3 come with a lower price point.

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 1, #874

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Nov. 1, #874.

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I admit, I thought there might be a Pac-Man ghosts category in today’s NYT Connections puzzle. (When I saw the words Inky, Pinky, Clyde and Sue, I had to assume they’d end up together.)

If you need help with today’s Connections, you’re in the right place. 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 the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

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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 toughest (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Judge Judy.

Green group hint: Not white or gray.

Blue group hint: Paired up.

Purple group hint: Animated animals.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Take to court.

Green group: Black.

Blue group: Second in a famous real-life duo.

Purple group: Rodents who are first in a cartoon duo.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is take to court. The four answers are charge, file, indict and sue.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is black. The four answers are inky, jet, pitch and raven.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is second in a famous real-life duo. The four answers are Cher, Clyde, Hardy and Teller. (From Sonny and Cher, Bonnie and Clyde, Laurel and Hardy, Penn and Teller.)

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is rodents who are first in a cartoon duo. The four answers are Chip, Itchy, Pinky and Rocky. (From Chip and Dale, Itchy and Scratchy, Pinky and the Brain, Rocky and Bulwinkle.)