If you've been having trouble with any of the connections or words in Sunday's puzzle, you're not alone, and these hints should definitely help you out. Plus, I'll reveal the answers further down.

An engineer for New York Times Games has been trying to teach artificial intelligence to understand wordplay more like a human. By Shafik Quoraishee Shafik Quoraishee is a machine-learning engineer ...

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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It’s widely recognized that the crises of loneliness, disconnection, and social fragmentation are touching nearly every aspect of our lives, from personal well-being to public health to democracy ...

I was walking through Union Square in New York City—surrounded by people, yet feeling completely alone. The crowd was deep in iPhone-land, headphones sealing them off, faces lit by screens they ...

Social connectedness is vital to well-being, but members of Gen Z are hesitant about interacting with one another in today’s online and polarized world, says Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki. That ...

In a world obsessed with metrics, KPIs, and performance dashboards, there’s a quiet, transformational force reshaping the way we think about leadership. It’s not a strategy, a new AI tool, or the ...

What if the key to happiness isn’t what we’ve been told? For decades, we've heard that finding a deep sense of purpose in life is essential to happiness. Research supports this—having a sense of ...

Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. By New York Times Games Good morning, dear connectors. Welcome to today’s Connections forum, where you can give and ...

If one of your New Year's resolutions was to play more word games, then Newsweek is here to lend a helping hand. The categories vary in difficulty from yellow to green to blue to purple, with yellow ...