Commercial database systems expose query hints to fix poor plans produced by the query optimizer. However, current query hints are not flexible enough to deal with a variety of non-trivial scenarios, ...

A new, real threat has been discovered by Anthropic researchers, one that would have widespread implications going ahead, on both AI, and the world, finds Satyen K. Bordoloi Think of yourself as a ...

Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. By New York Times Games Welcome to The Wordle Review. Be warned: This page contains spoilers for today’s puzzle.

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 ...

Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. By New York Times Games Hello, fellow word lovers. Welcome to Strands Sidekick. Our goal here is to help you solve ...

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Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

Dear Heloise: We’ll be spending hours wrapping Christmas and Hannukah gifts in a few weeks, using a lot of paper sourced from forest trees that would be better left standing. I hate wrapping! I’ve ...

The New York Times’ latest digital puzzle, NYT Strands, has swiftly risen to prominence as a preferred daily challenge for word-game enthusiasts. Following in the footsteps of Wordle, Connections and ...

If you love the daily word games online, but a simple letter guessing or testing your vocabulary skills seems shallow to you, consider playing Contexto once. Instead of slowly revealing each letter ...

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Have you been playing Connections, the super fun word game from the New York Times that has people sharing those multi-colored squares on social media like they did with Wordle? It’s pretty fun and ...