Denny’s says it’s closing 150 of its lowest-performing restaurants in an effort to turn around the brand’s flagging sales. About half of the closures will happen this year and the rest in 2025.
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As the campaign entered its final two weeks, former President Trump held a roundtable with Latino men in Florida, Vice President Harris sat for two interviews and early voting kicked off in Wisconsin.
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A federal judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to turn over his New York City apartment and various other assets to two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him.
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Qualcomm debuted its Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset at Snapdragon Summit 2024, and various phone makers have since come forward to confirm that their upcoming flagships will be powered by the all-new (and all-powerful) mobile platform. Qualcomm flew TechRadar to Hawaii and hosted us at the Snapdragon Summit to hear all of the latest news.
Both Xiaomi and Honor joined Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon on stage in Hawaii to announce that the Xiaomi 15 and Honor Magic 7 series, respectively, will launch this month (likely in China) with the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.
Asus, too, confirmed that the upcoming Asus ROG Phone 9 will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, and Samsung mobile chief TM Roh also appeared at Snapdragon Summit to reaffirm his company’s ongoing partnership with Qualcomm. Roh didn’t mention the Samsung Galaxy S25 series by name, but you can bet your house that the best Samsung phones we see in 2025 will come packing the Snapdragon 8 Elite (disclaimer: that’s not serious financial advice).
Image 1 of 2Xiaomi SVP Adam Zeng announcing the Xiaomi 15 on stage at Snapdragon Summit (Image credit: Future)Image 2 of 2Honor CMO Ray Guo announcing the Honor Magic 7 Pro on stage at Snapdragon Summit (Image credit: Honor)In other words, it's highly likely that many of next year’s best Android phones will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, with Samsung’s Galaxy S25 series being the first of that number to ship in the US, UK, and Australia (we’re anticipating a January release date). Those aforementioned models from Xiaomi, Honor, and OnePlus will presumably debut in China first, before launching internationally at a later date in 2025.
As for how the Snapdragon 8 Elite stacks up against its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, it’s the first Snapdragon mobile chipset to feature Qualcomm’s second-generation Oryon CPU, and has been designed to “handle the complexities of multi-modal AI” much more efficiently.
Any phones equipped with Qualcomm’s latest chipset will deliver faster app launches, more seamless multitasking, and more powerful generative AI capabilities than their Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-equipped predecessors, and mobile gamers, too, will benefit from sharper images, smoother gameplay, and longer gameplay sessions thanks to the 8 Elite’s improved Adreno GPU.
We’ll be reporting on more Snapdragon 8 Elite features throughout the week from the ground at Snapdragon Summit – check out our report on Qualcomm’s virtual, moveable light source technology, for instance – so stay tuned to TechRadar for the latest news from Hawaii.
You might also likeQuordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.
Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
Quordle today (game #1003) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today?• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3*.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
Quordle today (game #1003) - hint #2 - repeated letters Do any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 2.
Quordle today (game #1003) - hint #3 - uncommon letters Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?• Yes. One of Q, Z, X or J appears among today's Quordle answers.
Quordle today (game #1003) - hint #4 - starting letters (1) Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.
If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you're not ready yet then here's one more clue to make things a lot easier:
Quordle today (game #1003) - hint #5 - starting letters (2) What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?• D
• A
• G
• B
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Quordle today (game #1003) - the answers (Image credit: Merriam-Webster)The answers to today's Quordle, game #1003, are…
It's been a while since we've had an X in Quordle, but I wouldn't exactly describe it as a nice surprise that we got one today. That letter appeared in ANNEX, a word that also contains a repeated N and is therefore a doubly tricky one to solve. With DROSS also having a repeated letter – in this case S – and with GRAVE and BROKE containing V and K respectively, there were complications aplenty in the answers, at least in terms of letters. Word-wise it wasn't quite so bad, but neither DROSS or ANNEX are particularly common, so it all added up to a rather difficult day.
Or at least it did in theory. In practice I got DROSS easily, because with green D and yellow S, R and O to play it was the only possible answer. I had -RO-E and -RA-E at the bottom of the board, and those formats both had multiple possible solutions – for instance BROKE, GROVE or FROZE for the former, or BRAKE, BRAVE, GRAVE for the latter. So I played BEFOG to narrow things down and that did the trick. ANNEX required some thought, but again it was the only possible answer now.
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Daily Sequence today (game #1003) - the answers (Image credit: Merriam-Webster)The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1003, are…