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

Released in August 2025, the 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 onto the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you

I find myself cackling on the phone as Steve Johnson, 72, wades through his basement in the Atlanta suburbs, describing "all the crap" his four adult children have left behind. There are vinyl records, Braves bobble-heads, Pink Floyd posters, a drum, guitar stands, books, mounds of CDs. "Is this a picture of Bob Marley? Oh my God. Bob Marley is in my basement still,"

Today's Connections: Sports Edition will be easy if you know your Joes.

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 words

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be

Year-end reflections are upon us, but instead of journaling about your goals, Grindr has data from its annual Unwrapped to make looking back on 2025 a little sexier.

Case in point: "Hung" was the most searched-for profile tag, according to Grindr Unwrapped, which pulls profile data from the app's 15 million monthly users and over 32,000 votes. If you're astrologically inclined, Scorpio was the most

Apple's head of UI design and long-time executive Alan Dye has left Apple to join Meta, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

Dye has been the head of Apple's UI design team since 2015, having overseen numerous major launches. For example, in 2015 the OS versions across Apple's major platforms were iOS 9 and macOS 9; we've seen ten iterations of each platform since.

According to the report, Dye will

• Russia's oil exports remain steady, but energy revenues have dropped sharply this year.
• US sanctions on major Russian oil firms has forced Moscow to reroute shipments via smaller producers.
• Falling oil revenues strain Russia's funding for its war in Ukraine.

Russia's oil companies are still shipping nearly the same amount of oil after the US Treasury

• Annie Leibovitz, 76, says being an older mom comes with its own set of challenges.
• The photographer says her three daughters urge her to prioritize her health so she can live a longer life.
• Beyond parenting, Leibovitz says she enjoys growing older because it lets her slow

• A former commander of Russia's ground forces gave a rare candid take on the war in Ukraine.
• Col. Gen. Vladimir Chirkin said Moscow was "once again unprepared" for war in early 2022.
• He said Russian intelligence had misled the Kremlin about political sentiment in Ukraine.

A former chief commander

• YouTube launched "Recap" on Tuesday, its first year-end roundup for users.
• While Spotify Wrapped dominated social media this week, YouTube's version barely registered.
• Some users say Recap fell short, with