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Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.

Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move on to the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you



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The Admiral Grigorovich is anchored at a port in Sudan.
The Admiral Grigorovich, pictured here in Sudan, has been sailing in the English Channel as Russia's shadow fleet tankers come under threat from seizure by the UK.
  • Russia said one of its warships fired warning shots at a British civilian yacht on Sunday.
  • The Admiral Grigorovich was in the English Channel when it opened fire with small arms.
  • A retired British couple

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  • Vibe coding companies are picking up big money and even some controversy.
  • Lovable and Replit are seeing valuations soar even as competition grows. Cursor just sold to SpaceX for $60 billion.
  • The space has seen lots of deal activity and interest from Big Tech.

The tech world is both in awe of and fearful of vibe coding.

On one hand, tech giants are all in on these AI-assisted




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New York Knicks players celebrate while receiving the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy after defeating the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Saturday, June 13, 2026.
The New York Knicks will be honored in Manhattan on Thursday with a ticker-tape parade.
  • The Knicks are set to celebrate their NBA championship with a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan on Thursday.
  • The event has given rise to a mini gig economy, with people offering to hold spots and others seeking their services online

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Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would fight the proposed billionaire tax.
  • Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was fighting a proposed California tax on billionaires.
  • The deadline for the measure to appear on the ballot is coming up next week.
  • If the measure appears on the ballot, California voters will decide on it in November.

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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


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The New Moon has now passed, meaning the lunar cycle is beginning again. Over the coming nights, the Moon will gradually become more visible in the evening sky as a thin waxing crescent starts to reappear.

What is today’s Moon phase?

As of Wednesday, June 17, the Moon phase is Waxing Crescent. Tonight, 14% of the moon will be be lit up, according to NASA's Daily Moon Guide.

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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you tend crops.

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's