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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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Happy Friday and welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.

Today's games make heavy use of "less than" and "greater than" areas, but we have all the tips you need to navigate them.

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.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, as he delivers a speech presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 17, 2025.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses during at presentation at the Meta Connect event in Silicon Valley
  • Meta has made a big bet on AI by forming Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL).
  • MSL is adopting external tools, Vercel and GitHub, for faster prototyping, internal memos said.
  • Executives wrote in a memo that Meta's internal systems are slow, prompting a

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Christopher Zhang at CryoZone, a cryotherapy center in Shanghai, China.
Christopher Zhang had no interest in college, so he dropped out of high school and focused on his career in Shanghai.
  • Christopher Zhang grew up in Shanghai and dropped out of high school to pursue a less traditional path.
  • In 2021, he opened a cryotherapy center in Shanghai and expanded to Shenzhen the following year.
  • Zhang says he's "proof that the path to fulfillment can

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A Kindle Paperwhite, an iPad Mini, a Nook GlowLight 4 Plus, and a Kindle Scribe on a wooden table

While you can't replace the feel of paper — the beauty of bound hardcovers and the ritual of turning the page — an e-reader brings convenience and portability that a physical book just can't beat. Sure, you can throw a book in your tote bag, but what about an entire library?

When you think of the best e-readers, your first thought is likely an Amazon Kindle, however this isn't a list of the best


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Mid-range headphones aren’t popular right now. That’s because consumers are finding more value in budget and high-end models. In the case of the Sony WH-CH720N, you’re looking at mid-range headphones that offer the best of both worlds — premium hallmarks at an attainable price point.

The Sony WH-CH720N have been fluctuating in price recently. At retail, they go for $179.99, which is still a great


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Earlier this week, I attended the Amazon fall hardware event, where the company introduced the newest members of its Kindle lineup — the new Kindle Scribe and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. Alongside these e-readers, the company also introduced new Echo devices, new Fire TV products, and new Blink and Ring security cameras.

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Fitness tech appears to be having a strange spat. Earlier this week, Strava filed a lawsuit alleging that Garmin infringed on its patents for two features related to tracking exercise routes: segments and heatmaps. It's also claiming that Garmin violated a Master Cooperation Agreement by developing its own heat map feature. The complaint (via The Verge) is seeking a permanent injunction to stop