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I spend way too much time staring at screens. When I wake up, I reach for my phone first. In addition to the eight hours a day I spend typing away at my computer, my phone is always there, tempting me to open it and scroll through Instagram rather than getting my work done. When I'm unwinding with a TV show in the evening, my phone is there again, pulling my attention away from the screen. And


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Without Jupiter, primitive Earth might have drifted too close to the sun, rendering it incapable of hosting life, a study from Rice University in Houston reveals. 

That's one potential interpretation from new research that started with another curiosity: Scientists have long wondered why the earliest solid objects in the solar system didn't all form at the same time. Evidence from meteorites, the


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Hiring and layoffs are low in the US.
  • The US job market is in a "Great Freeze" due to a slew of factors.
  • Companies don't want to let talent go, but they're not adding head count.
  • Low layoffs at a time of low hiring can hinder professional advancement.

Bundle up and hunker down. The low-fire, low-hire job market can be summed up in one phrase: the "Great Freeze."

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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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After nights of little visibility, the moon is finally putting on a show tonight. Keep reading to find out what you can see.

What is today’s moon phase?

As of Saturday, Oct. 25, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. There will be 14% of the moon lit up tonight, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

After nights of too little visibility, the moon is finally big enough to see some features on its



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In the age of the smartphone, everybody's an amateur photographer. We have a camera on our person, tucked away in a pocket, pretty much all the time. But what about taking things a step further photography-wise? Why not buy a real camera and take a step towards going pro? You'll be amazed and the difference in image quality.

But what type of camera? In case you didn't know, you can choose from a



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Miss Nebraska Audrey Eckert in the 2025 Miss USA costume contest.
  • Miss Nebraska Audrey Eckert was crowned the new Miss USA in Reno, Nevada, on Friday night.
  • She will represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2025 pageant on November 21.
  • Eckert is a social media and marketing coordinator for a handbag brand.

There's a new Miss USA in town.

Miss Nebraska Audrey Eckert was named the


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Today's Connections: Sports Edition is simple if you understand basketball.

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 midnight and each new set of


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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you love historical films.

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


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

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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