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Dave Franco and Alison Brie have a trick for making holiday family time more manageable.
  • Alison Brie, 42, says she and her husband, Dave Franco, have a simple way to get through the holidays.
  • The key is in acknowledging "all the quirks of each other's families with no judgment," she said.
  • Psychologists previously told Business

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Andrew Ng says he uses multiple AI models and long conversations to brainstorm while on the road.
  • Andrew Ng says he talks to and brainstorms with AI while on the road.
  • The Google Brain founder said he uses multiple models and has extensive conversations in the car.
  • A growing number of executives have shared how they use AI in their day-to-day workflows.

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Netflix has crashed for what seemed to be thousands of viewers after the first four episodes of Stranger Things season 5 went live for streaming. Downdetector started getting an unusual number of outage reports at around 10 minutes before 8PM Eastern time, when the episodes were scheduled to hit the service. The numbers climbed up to almost 14,000 before they went down over the next few minutes.

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This year, shoppers are treating Thanksgiving like a budget holiday
  • Whether Thanksgiving dinner prices are going up this year depends on which report you read.
  • Either way, consumers are prioritizing affordability, seeking deals, and planning to spend less.
  • Restaurants and retailers are trying to meet the moment with bundled deals and steep discounts.

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Today's Connections: Sports Edition will be easy if you love rivalry week.

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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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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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



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At some point throughout its five-season, nine-year run, Stranger Things decided it didn't really want to be a TV show anymore.

The shift began as early as Season 2, when the show dropped the word "season" from its marketing. Stranger Things Season 2 simply became Stranger Things 2, the change positioning the new season less as a TV continuation and more as a tentpole sequel in the vein of a Marvel