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If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown. An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle. Want more tech and digital culture news delivered to your inbox daily or sent straight to your device? Sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newsletter or get Mashable push alerts today. If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

Background: A central concern in ecological momentary assessment (EMA) research is whether repeated self-report alters the reporting process itself. In most EMA domains, longitudinal stability of reporting is assumed but rarely tested. Objective: This study leveraged concurrent accelerometry as a temporal anchor to evaluate (1) whether self-reported physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) exhibited temporal shifts across a 7-day monitoring period and (2) whether this temporal shift differed across near-momentary (5-min reporting period) and coverage-based (120-min recall period) EMA protocols. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of 315 US adults recruited from the Understanding America Study panel between January and July 2023 for the current study. Participants were monitored in their natural environments for 7 days via 2 measurement methods: continuous thigh-worn activPAL4 accelerometry and 5 daily smartphone EMA prompts assessing PA and SB. Reporting reactivity was defined as divergence in the temporal trajectories of EMA-reported behavior relative to accelerometry. Multilevel models with random intercepts and slopes tested whether linear and quadratic study da

For years, developers of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies have worked to address an unwanted side effect many users experience: cybersickness, a type of motion sickness triggered by moving digital content. In a new study published on September 25, 2026, in the journal Virtual Reality, University of Maryland scientists used electroencephalography (EEG) to identify changes in brain wave activity while participants viewed virtual content designed to induce cybersickness. The findings offer real-time signals that could help designers detect and reduce cybersickness symptoms as they occur.

Apple's iPhone Duo is attracting attention not only for its foldable design but also for concerns about how effectively the device manages heat during everyday use. Early reviews suggest that the smartphone can become noticeably warm during FaceTime calls, photography, gaming and other demanding activities. However, reviewers remain divided over whether the higher temperatures represent a significant performance problem or an acceptable compromise for an ultra-thin foldable device. Thermal management has emerged as a recurring topic in reviews published ahead of the iPhone Duo's October 23 retail launch.