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Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Sept. 15.
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 Apple TV is having a big night at the 77th Emmy Awards, with drama series Severance and comedy series The Studio picking up multiple wins.
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 Apple's annual September event is now in the rearview mirror, with the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, Apple Watch SE 3, and AirPods Pro 3 set to launch this Friday, September 19.
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The newly developed concept uses liquid uranium to heat rocket propellant.
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Typing is overrated—especially when you can dictate your notes at 360 words per minute. With VoiceType AI Voice-to-Text, now just $39 (MSRP $154) for lifetime access, your words practically fly onto the screen.
While the average person types around 40 words per minute, VoiceType delivers results 9x faster with an impressive 99.7 percent accuracy score. Whether you're drafting emails, writing reports, coding documentation, or jotting down creative ideas, this AI-powered tool helps you get things done quicker and cleaner.
What makes it stand out? For starters, VoiceType works across all your apps, from Notion to Linear to your email client. It also automatically formats text, adds punctuation, and adjusts grammar in real time. Whispering in a cof
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Subscriptions have become the default for most big-name software, but they also drain your wallet fast. That's why this deal stands out: you can score both Adobe Acrobat Classic (Pro 2024) and Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for just $99.99. Normally, you'd be paying multiple times this price annually just to keep these tools active.
Adobe Acrobat Classic gives you three full years of pro-level PDF editing, conversion, and protection — all offline, without needing cloud access. Whether you're editing text and images, securing sensitive files, or converting PDFs into Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents, Acrobat Classic has the features you'd expect from
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 Apple's next-generation iPhone 18, iPhone 18 Pro, and iPhone 18 Pro Max models will be equipped with a slightly smaller Dynamic Island, but the devices will not feature under-screen Face ID, according to the Weibo account Instant Digital.
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It turns out a lot of people don't understand passkeys.
I learned this after last week's show, when people on our Discord server began chatting about our recap of best practices for online security.
Our group brought up plenty of technical points, being the awesome nerds they are. But as the conversation unfolded, misconceptions cropped up about passkeys and how they work. That surprised me—as did learning more than one of my colleagues doesn't quite get them, either.
I ended up following up on the topic this week, in one of my longest-ever responses during a Q&A segment. I spent a lot of time preparing the breakdown, which covers a very simple overview of asymmetrical public-private encryption keys (aka public-key encryption), then dives into nuances of what passkeys do and don't protect against.
This deeper look got me thinking. Typically, more tech knowledge simplifies problems. You can figure out solutions faster and more efficiently. The familiarity helps you know which details to prioritize and which to disregard.
This instance is a rare occurrence of the opposite—where familiarity breeds a demand for perfection.
One common criticism of passkeys
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There's nothing worse than realizing your laptop is gone and being full of regret, wishing you'd taken those proactive steps when you had the chance. You have that chance right now—don't put it off until "later" that never comes. Act now to protect your sensitive data and make sure your laptop is more easily recoverable should you lose it.
Both Windows 11 and Windows 10 have useful safeguarding features worth using, and Windows can theoretically track your lost laptop (but you'll need extra hardware for the best tracking experience). Here are the preemptive steps you should take to protect your laptop ASAP.
Check if your storage is encrypted
First things first, you have to make sure your laptop's internal storage is securely encrypted. There's a good chance it already is—disk encryption is enabled by default on many newer Windows laptops—but it might not be. If it isn't, you'll want to turn it on.
To check if your PC is encrypted, open the Start menu, search for "Device Encryption" or "BitLocker," then click Device encryption settings or Manage BitLocker, respectively. You'll see a different
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