The NYT Connections puzzle is a free online game provided by the New York Times which allows players to sort and categorize 16 random words into 4 separate groups of 4 each based on a shared theme.

January 6’s NYT Strands puzzle centers on flying objects, from balloons and kites to drones and rockets. The spangram DEFYING GRAVITY ties all answers together, emphasizing the theme of upward motion ...

Word game fans have embraced the New York Times Connections puzzle as their new favorite pastime in the word gaming world. Featuring elements of logic, pattern recognition and vocabulary, this unique ...

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CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

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See the key announcements from the event below and watch re:Invent 2025 keynotes. Amazon is expanding its Nova portfolio with four new models that deliver industry-leading price-performance across ...

An AWS outage disrupted airline systems Monday, affecting Delta and United passengers. Amazon reported recovery progress as airlines switched to backups, with only minor delays and no lasting impact ...

Update 11:09 a.m. ET, Oct. 20: Hours after Amazon said that issues affecting AWS were “fully mitigated” users were once again reporting problems with websites. Amazon said service was “degraded” late ...

GNU/Linux OSes are some of the best replacements for Windows and macOS because they have gotten impressively capable over the years. Not just the Linux kernel but a lot of components like desktop ...