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If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

Strands 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

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 to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you

Happy Saturday and 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

In one sense, Meta AI's Vibes — an endless scroll of AI-generated videos, submitted by creators and launched on the Meta AI app and website Friday — is the purest expression of what Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wanted to build when he was designing Facebook in the first place.

Still tinkering in his Harvard dorm room, Zuckerberg explained to a potential partner why he wanted to design his social

• As a middle school teacher, I was encouraged to call my students home to share something good.
• I thought it was unrealistic, but the principal insisted on a call and not an email.
• It's been 20 years since I taught middle school, but I'm still in touch with some of the families.

When I was a middle school teacher, I thought the school principal was being unrealistic when

• New York financier Howard Rubin has been arraigned on charges of sex trafficking.
• Rubin's personal assistant, Jennifer Powers, was also charged, documents show.
• The DOJ has accused the pair of transporting women to a "sex dungeon" to be abused.

New York financier Howard

Assuming it can turn its Project Orion augmented reality glasses into a real product people can buy, Meta apparently wants to get into robots next. That's according to Sources' Alex Heath, who spoke to Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth and reports that much like Apple, Google and Tesla, Meta is researching robotics.

Unlike those other companies, though, Meta apparently isn't all that focused on competing

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• Trump calls for the firing of Microsoft's Lisa Monaco and said it's over national security concerns.
• Monaco is a Biden-era deputy attorney general and joined Microsoft as head of Global Affairs in June.
• "It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco," Trump said.

President Donald Trump called for the firing of Microsoft

• Intuitive Surgical says it's pausing H-1B offers due to President Donald Trump's executive order.
• It's a sign that the new $100,000 fees are affecting how the tech industry is hiring.
• Intuitive did not respond to a request for comment.

Intuitive, a medtech giant with over 13,000 employees globally, says it is temporarily pausing offers to candidates who