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Pips is the newest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, the new game 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 covered! Below are


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Connections: Sports Edition is a new 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 gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the


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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has released a version of "Get Low" with the rapper T-Pain.
  • The gospel of small teams is spreading across Silicon Valley as tech firms look to be nimble.
  • At the forefront is Meta's superintelligence AI unit, which is led by a handful of star researchers.
  • Questions remain over whether smaller, startup-like groups can transform massive tech companies

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Choosing the best e-reader for you is one thing, but building your digital library is a whole other endeavor. For thrifty readers, Libby and Stuff Your Kindle Day are two routes that don't involve spending a dime but still give you the freedom to read nearly anything you'd like. However, if you already have an impressive EPUB library to upload to your new Kindle e-reader, that makes things even



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Stacey Young, a career federal litigator who left the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division after President Donald Trump's inauguration, testified at a hearing before Congress in April.
  • Stacey Young worked in the DOJ for 18 years, leaving at the start of the second Trump administration.
  • She oversaw DOJ GEN, which assisted employees and advocated for workplace

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  • Krishna Kaliannan left his finance job and became an entrepreneur, launching several companies.
  • A type 1 diabetic, he started baking cereal for himself and realized he could turn it into a business.
  • His brand, Catalina Crunch, is now sold in stores such as Whole Foods, Costco, Walmart, and Target.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Krishna


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Budget-friendly robot vacuums are way smarter than they used to be. Even without all of the fancy features, the best cheap robot vacuum can absolutely shave some time off of your chore routine — if it works the way it's supposed to.

But many of the super-inexpensive robot vacuums cut corners too close to the sun, quickly going from helpers around the house to agents of chaos. Let's say that their



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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


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