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The NYT Connections puzzle today shouldn't be hard to solve if you're a gamer.

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 tips

Today's NYT Strands hints are great in autumn.

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 always a

Today's Wordle answer has one tricky letter wedged right in the middle.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

• Emilie Karas built two accessory dwelling units and a mobile tiny home on her Portland lot.
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Emilie Karas had no experience in construction when

You don’t need to spend a fortune to level up your gaming setup. The right budget-friendly gear can still deliver the comfort, performance and style you need whether you’re on Xbox, PlayStation, a gaming PC or a Nintendo handheld. Affordable doesn’t have to mean low quality — today’s peripherals often bring the same features as pricier gear, like RGB lighting, noise cancellation and even USB-C

• Sora 2 is seeing tons of videos featuring a "joke" with Jake Paul claiming to be gay. Har har.
• Women seem to be few and far between, which is a bad sign for the overall health of the platform.
• OpenAI is now running a social platform — and social platforms are moderation nightmares.

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• Microsoft's GitHub is facing competition from new AI coding tools including Cursor and Claude Code.
• To address the challenge, Microsoft wants to make its AI tools available anywhere developers work.
• Microsoft executives discussed the plan in an internal meeting reviewed by Business Insider.

Microsoft plans to ward off competition from AI coding tools by

• Robots don't have the internet to learn from — so humans are stepping in.
• People are getting paid to film chores like loading dishwashers to help train humanoids.
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In If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You, Rose Byrne's face becomes the close-up canvas for a wildly unsettling comedy-drama. Written and directed by Mary Bronstein — her first feature in 17 years following Yeast — the film follows Byrne as Linda, a mother hanging on by a thread during what appears to be a prolonged nervous spiral. Mirroring her experience, it's a deeply anxiety-inducing work, whose high

Americans love the story of a charming con man. From Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to The Talented Mr. Ripley, Paper Moon to Catch Me If You Can, there's an undeniable appeal to witnessing a man make a fortune by outsmarting others. Underneath the surface of these seductive stories is the sly suggestion that the American Dream is rigged, far easier to achieve if you have money to begin with. And so

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