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We're now in the last lunar phase before the New Moon, which means we're almost at the end of this lunar cycle. The lunar cycle lasts about 29.5 days, during which the Moon completes a full orbit around Earth and passes through all eight of its phases.

What is today’s Moon phase?

As of Sunday, Jan. 11, the Moon phase is Waning Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 42% of the Moon will be



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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're always positive.

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



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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you ride horses.

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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X may soon provide more insight into how its algorithm works. On Saturday, Elon Musk posted on the platform to say that the company "will make the new X algorithm, including all code used to determine what organic and advertising posts are recommended to users, open source in 7 days." 

X's recommendation algorithm has been the subject of investigations by France and the European Commission, the


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The author chose to spend the holidays alone and really enjoyed it.
  • I chose to spend the holidays alone while my husband and kids visited family.
  • Being alone at home gave me rest, quiet, and perspective I didn't know I needed.
  • Intentional solitude helped me reset mentally and return to my family refreshed.

When people asked me what I was doing for the holidays, I responded almost


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FILE PHOTO: The logo of consulting firm McKinsey and Company is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Logo of McKinsey and Company is seen at VivaTech fair in Paris
  • McKinsey & Company used AI to analyze its most successful hires over the last 20 years.
  • It found that applicants who had recovered from setbacks were more likely to become partners later.
  • McKinsey hires less than 1% of applicants, and receives 1 million applications a year.

Landing a job at McKinsey & Company has never been easy


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Palmer Luckey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang are among the billionaires that could be impacted by a California wealth tax.

California has a lot of billionaires, more than any other state and more than most countries. So a proposed wealth tax on its billionaires could be a windfall, if they


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