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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you love a fizzy drink.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and


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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you love a good deal.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There



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A phone displaying the New York Times game 'Connections.'

Today's Connections: Sports Edition will be easy if you love hockey. If you don't, well, then good luck!

As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after


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Iran attacked the Erbil region in northern Iraq over 400 times during its war with the US and Israel. WELT's Chief Correspondent Ibrahim Naber got exclusive access to the wreckage of Iranian weapons used to strike the Kurdistan region.

The cache of damaged weapons includes the Zolfaghar ballistic missile and the Shahed drone, which has become Iran's mainstay weapon during the war.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
  • OpenAI lost three executives on Friday.
  • Under applications CEO Fidji Simo, OpenAI has shifted focus by cutting side projects.
  • Anthropic has been gaining traction and challenging OpenAI's market position.

OpenAI lost three top executives on Friday.

Kevin Weil, who headed OpenAI's scientific research efforts after serving as chief product officer, posted on


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A commercial vessel seen sailing toward the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing ceasefire.
  • The Strait of Hormuz is "completely open" to commercial traffic, Iran announced Friday.
  • Real-time data showed a small number of vessels sailing through the waterway, though others turned around.
  • Tehran appears to be steering ships through its waters, and a US Navy blockade

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The James Bond franchise has a long history of getting pop stars to record its theme songs (perhaps most memorably with Live and Let Die), and it looks like that tradition will now extend to video game adaptations about the fictional spy. IO Interactive has announced that Lana Del Rey co-wrote and performed the theme for 007 First Light, the developer's playable James Bond origin story.

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