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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 piecemeal answers that will serve as hints so that you can find your way through each difficulty level.

How to play Pips

If you've ever played dominoes, you'll have a passing familiarity for how Pips is played. Like dominoes, the tiles are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other. The main difference between a traditional game of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded conditions you have to address. The touching tiles don't necessarily have to match.

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The conditions you have to meet are specific to the color-coded spaces. For example, if it provides a single number, every side of a tile in that space must add up to the number provided. It is possible – and common – for only half a tile to be within a color-coded space.

Here are common examples you'll run into across the difficulty levels:

• Number: All the pips in this space must add up to the number.

• Equal: Every domino half in this space must be the same number of pips.

• Not Equal: Every domino half in this space must have a completely different number of pips.

• Less than: Every domino half in this space must add up to less than the number.

• Greater than: Every domino half in this space must add up to more than the number.

If an area does not have any color coding, it means there are no conditions on the portions of dominoes within those spaces.

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Number (2): Everything in this space must add up to 2. The answer is 2-5, placed vertically.

Number (15): Everything in this space must add up to 15. The answer is 5-3, placed horizontally; 2-5, placed vertically; 5-1, placed horizontally

Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 5-1, placed horizontally; 1-1, placed vertically.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for Aug. 25

Not equal: The domino halves in this space must be different. The answer is 4-3, placed horizontally; 4-1, placed horizontally.

Less than (2): Everything in this space must add up to less than 2. The answer is 4-1, placed horizontally.

Equal (5): The domino halves in this space must be 5. The answer is 5-5, placed vertically.

Equal (0): The domino halves in this space must be 0. The answer is 0-6, placed vertically; 0-5, placed vertically.

Equal (5): The domino halves in this dark blue space must be 5. The answer is 0-5, placed vertically; 5-2, placed horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for Aug. 25

Number (1): The domino halves in this purple space must add up to 1. The answer is 1-3, placed vertically.

Equal (3): The domino halves in this red space must be 3. The answer is 1-3, placed vertically; 2-3, placed vertically; 0-3, placed horizontally; 3-4, placed vertically.

Equal (0): The domino halves in this light blue space must be 0. The answer is 0-0, placed vertically; 1-3, placed horizontally; 0-2, placed horizontally.

Number (1): The domino halves in this dark blue space must add up to 1. The answer is 5-1, placed vertically.

Equal (0): The domino halves in this light yellow space must be 4. The answer is 3-4, placed vertically; 4-4, placed vertically; 4-6, placed vertically.

Number (11): The domino halves in this green space must add up to 11. The answer is 0-5, placed vertically; 4-6, placed vertically.

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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 hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

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Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Handling the rock

• Green: Almost soccer teams

• Blue: Footballers

• Purple: Same second word

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Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Basketball actions

• Green: Premier league nicknames, minus the S

• Blue: NFL kickers

• Purple: Words followed by "horse"

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections Sports Edition #336 is...

What is the answer to Connections Sports Edition today

• Basketball actions - DRIBBLE, PASS, PIVOT, SHOOT

• Premier League nicknames, minus the S - BEE, GUNNER, SPUR, TOFFEE

• NFL kickers - BASS, KOO, LUTZ, MOODY

• Words followed by "horse" - CHARLEY, DARK, RACE, WORK

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

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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 frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

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Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Monday, August 25, 2025:

AcrossBritish "bye-bye"

• The answer is Ta Ta.

Hearty gulp

• The answer is Swig.

It's been called the "City of Light" and the "City of Love"

• The answer is Paris.

Clark ___ a.k.a. Superman

• The answer is Kent.

Comedically risky

• The answer is Edgy.

DownBaking measure: Abbr.

• The answer is TSP.

Unable to sleep

• The answer is Awake.

Sleepy

• The answer is Tired.

"An extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been," per David Bowie

• The answer is Aging.

Pig's home

• The answer is Sty.

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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 you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

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A South American dance.

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TANGO

Hurdle Word 2 hint

Shy.

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TIMID

Hurdle Word 3 hint

Solo.

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ALONE

Hurdle Word 4 hint

A beginning.

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BIRTH

Final Hurdle hint

A ceasefire.

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TRUCE

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For the next few nights, the moon will be getting brighter and brighter until we reach the full moon. We're on day two of the lunar cycle, a series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility. The whole cycle takes about 29.5 days, according to NASA, and these different phases happen as the Sun lights up different parts of the moon whilst it orbits Earth. 

So let's see what's happening with the moon tonight, Aug. 25.

What is today’s moon phase?

As of Monday, Aug. 25, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and only 5% will be lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

It's only day two of the lunar cycle, so there's still not enough of the moon lit up to see anything on its surface, so keen moon gazers will need to wait a few more days.

When is the next full moon?

The next full moon will be on Sept. 7. The last full moon was on Aug. 9.

What are moon phases?

According to NASA, moon phases are caused by the 29.5-day cycle of the moon’s orbit, which changes the angles between the Sun, Moon, and Earth. Moon phases are how the moon looks from Earth as it goes around us. We always see the same side of the moon, but how much of it is lit up by the Sun changes depending on where it is in its orbit. This is how we get full moons, half moons, and moons that appear completely invisible. There are eight main moon phases, and they follow a repeating cycle:

New Moon - The moon is between Earth and the sun, so the side we see is dark (in other words, it's invisible to the eye).

Waxing Crescent - A small sliver of light appears on the right side (Northern Hemisphere).

First Quarter - Half of the moon is lit on the right side. It looks like a half-moon.

Waxing Gibbous - More than half is lit up, but it’s not quite full yet.

Full Moon - The whole face of the moon is illuminated and fully visible.

Waning Gibbous - The moon starts losing light on the right side.

Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) - Another half-moon, but now the left side is lit.

Waning Crescent - A thin sliver of light remains on the left side before going dark again.

If you’re shopping for a car, some of the best deals are actually on used models. Over the past five years, hybrids have surged in popularity, offering efficiency and perks that traditional gas cars just can’t match.

If you've encountered the word "Boolean" but aren't quite sure what it means, this is the guide for you! From definitions of key terms to easy-to-follow examples, here's everything you need to know about Boolean logic in Microsoft Excel.

Spotify, Apple Music, or whatever service you use is getting more fragmented and more expensive. You're probably listening to the same set of albums over and over, like most people, too.

As if the proliferation and sophistication of scams on the internet weren't already enough, AI technologies are already making them more common, and harder to spot. Old scams can now be automated en masse, and entirely new scams are possible thanks to the latest AI tech.

“Horror movie” is such a broad term. You've got your supernatural films involving ghastly ghosts and demons, undead zombies, psychological mind-jobs, and “elevated” cinematic horror, like that of Jordan Peele or Ari Aster, designed for more refined horror fans. As for me, I prefer slasher movies—the ones where a psycho killer lets loose on a group of helpless victims, picking them off one at a time.

Nobody truly knows what happens when we die, but it’s always fun to speculate. There might be a heaven, hell, or something much stranger beyond our comprehension. Imagining the afterlife in film is about as enticing and bountiful with ideas as envisioning the darkest depths of outer space.

If you're a documentary lover, Netflix served up a treat in Summer 2025, with eight installments of fascinating tales that went viral with Trainwreck. From malicious mayors to catastrophic cruises, here's my ranking of each episode in the series.

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Robotaxis are braving the notoriously hectic New York City streets, as Waymo wins coveted approval to test its autonomous vehicles.

The self-driving ride-share company has been granted the first pilot permit by the city of New York. This permits the company to train its camera, LIDAR, and RADAR systems on the busy NYC grid. Other autonomous vehicle companies, including competitor Tesla, have made aggressive pushes into the metropolitan area in a race to own the market in major cities.

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The permit allows Waymo to deploy eight vehicles (Jaguar I-Pace SUVs) throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn from now until late September. The vehicles will be occupied by a safety operator who will maintain constant contact with the steering wheel. Waymo is not approved to test with passengers under the city's taxi and limousine licensing requirements, and had to submit additional plans to the city's emergency services system and Department of Transportation to get approval. The company told TechCrunch it plans to begin testing its fleet "immediately."

Last month, Waymo announced it has plans for a robotaxi launch in Dallas in 2026, following the tongue-in-cheek deployment of Elon Musk-led Tesla robotaxis earlier this year. Waymo, a leader in the space, already operates fleets in San Francisco, Austin, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. For several years, Robotaxi companies have been gradually piloting autonomous vehicle services in major cities (predominantly California), but few have gone fully to market.

If you primarily play online games, your headset is a crucial piece of gear. It provides a real advantage by helping you pinpoint where your enemies are. However, the truth is that a “gaming” headset isn’t necessarily the best tool for the job. Here's why.

Insiders say that Apple is in talks to use Google Gemini to beef up its already AI-enhanced iOS assistant.

First reported by Bloomberg News, the anticipated Siri upgrade — now slated for a potential 2026 release — may come as a customized LLM powered by Google's own Gemini chatbot. It's the latest in Apple's months-long exploration of external partnerships.

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Sources familiar with the company told Bloomberg that Apple approached Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., about a custom model, and Google, in turn, has been testing a model that can run on Apple's servers.

In June, rumors circulated that the iPhone creator may shelve its plans to build an in-house LLM to power a better Siri in addition to its Apple Intelligence features, and was instead seeking a partnership with either OpenAI's ChatGPT or Anthropic's Claude. Internally, the company has been weighing the pros and cons of an internal Siri AI (dubbed the "Linwood" project) versus an external technology (named "Glenwood").

At the time, Apple's interest in an outsourced Siri AI seemed like a defeat amid a still-expanding AI boom, as the company's rivals poached Apple's own leading AI talent to expand their efforts. But, in just the past month, other Big Tech companies have also decided to scale back their AI investments — a shift that some say signals an end to the AI "bubble."

Neither Apple nor Google confirmed the possible partnership, although both have signaled that a Gemini integration with Apple devices may be on the horizon in addition to their existing Search collaboration. The integration would be similar to previous deals between Apple and ChatGPT.

Netflix has given its media-making partners more parameters for using generative AI as the company becomes more brazen in its use of AI.

The entertainment giant's new generative AI guidelines, published last week on its Partner Help Center, outline low-risk and high-risk use cases for incorporating AI-powered tools or using completely AI-generated content in a piece of media hosted on Netflix. Reported by The Wrap, Netflix says its priorities are to protect personal data and creative rights, comply with legal standards of traditional content, respect performers, and build audience trust.

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"At Netflix, we see these tools as valuable creative aids when used transparently and responsibly," the company wrote. Netflix also acknowledged ongoing AI demands from Hollywood's unions, urging creatives to ensure their work "does not replace or materially impact work typically done by union-represented individuals, including actors, writers, or crew members, without proper approvals or agreements."

Primarily, the company establishes a set of standards that determine whether gen AI use needs to be escalated to the top or just "socialized":

• The outputs do not replicate or substantially recreate identifiable characteristics of unowned or copyrighted material, or infringe any copyright-protected works

• The generative tools used do not store, reuse or train on production data inputs or outputs

• Where possible, generative tools are used in an enterprise-secured environment to safeguard inputs

• Generated material is temporary and not part of the final deliverables

• GenAI is not used to replace or generate new talent performances or union-covered work without consent

Netflix's proposed matrix for assessing generative AI risks. Credit: Screenshot by Mashable/Netflix

Netflix came under fire in 2024 for the disclosed use of generative AI in the true crime documentary What Jennifer Did. Earlier this year, the streaming platform once again admitted to using generative AI in its post-apocalyptic original The Eternaut, replacing the work of a traditional VFX house with "AI-powered tools." Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, lauding the decision, said the outcome was ten times faster than traditional methods. It was the first time generative AI final footage was included in a Netflix original series or film.

Meanwhile, Netflix may be adding AI-generated ads to the platform's cheapest tiers, a move that the company's advertising president called a merging of Netflix's entertainment and technological prowess.

YouTube Music is celebrating its tenth birthday with new features for stans, including its first foray into community comments.

Announced on Aug. 21, the streaming platform will now let users leave their thoughts and engage with other users directly on albums and playlists — not just videos — and link up with friends and fellow fans using "taste matching playlists." The playlists will update daily based on the viewing and listening habits of joined users.

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YouTube Music subscribers can also find more information about their favorite artists in the real world, including notifications for new releases, merch, and live performances, through a partnership with Bandsintown. Users deemed "top fans" and artists who reach new milestones in music video views will also earn exclusive profile badges.

If these features sound familiar, it's because most of them are already available to Spotify listeners, including Blend playlists, live event calendars, and artist milestones — the music service even added an integrated merch hub on artists' pages. Other music streaming platforms have introduced features to support stanning behavior, too, like Apple Music's live performance Set Lists and shared playlists.

YouTube Music was first launched in 2015 as a standalone app, and has since rebranded and expanded within the YouTube ecosystem, including a Premium tier that now lets subscribers experiment with generative AI features and a Recap feature created in the image of Spotify's Wrapped. In February, the platform announced it had reached 100 million subscribers.

The iPhone 17 is coming in just a few weeks, and rumors have been circulating all summer. Alongside the usual models like the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro models, Apple is also potentially bringing a slimmer phone to the party, as well as a new version of its FineWoven accessories. With all of that said, how many of the iPhone 17’s rumored features are actually new to the market?

It’s a tale that dates back well over a decade. Android phones have regularly beaten the iPhone to new features. I remember being a young tech blogger talking about how the iPhone 6 came with NFC, a feature that Android phones had included since the release of the Samsung Nexus S a few years earlier. 

Since this theme has been present in the iOS versus Android debate for as long as most of us can remember, let’s review the rumored features of the iPhone 17 and see which ones have already been on the market as Android phones. 

The iPhone 17 Air

One of the big rumors this year is that Apple will introduce a slimmer iPhone 17 alongside the rest of the lineup. Should the rumors pan out, the phone will be called the iPhone 17 Air, and it’ll be the thinnest iPhone that Apple has ever made. Leaked photos of the device show that it’s about as thin as its buttons, which is a turn from phones remaining thicker to accommodate larger batteries. 

The thing is, Samsung already did this, and very recently. The Korean tech giant released the Galaxy S25 Edge earlier this year, which is essentially a Galaxy S25 but made as thin as possible. It is barely thicker than its own buttons as well, and when viewed side by side, the design is pretty similar all around. Score one for Android phones. 

A wider camera bump

Another design change potentially coming is a camera bump that spans most of the width of the phone's back. It’s part of several design changes that are rumored to happen, including the iPhone going back to an aluminum frame instead of a titanium frame (which, consequently, was a design borrowed by Samsung). This is backed up by case renders of the iPhone 17.

Credit: Zain bin Awais/Mashable

If you squint a little, you can see that this is something already found on the Google Pixel 9. In Apple’s defense, the Pixel’s version is more curved than rectangular, like the iPhone 17’s camera bump is rumored to be. However, the idea of it spanning most of the back of the device has been done by several Android phones in the past, with the Pixel 9 being the most recent example. 

Vapor chamber cooling

Another rumor swirling around is that the iPhone 17 is finally upping its thermal game by introducing vapor chamber cooling. The premise is pretty simple and leverages the cooling benefits of liquids changing phases. Water heats up, evaporates, moves to the cooler end of the chamber, where it cools down, turns back into a liquid, and returns to gather more heat. It’s quite effective. 

Android phones have been using vapor chamber cooling for almost a decade. The Razer Phone 2 is largely considered the first phone to do it all the way back in 2018. Since then, Samsung and other OEMs have introduced the technology, and Samsung still uses it to this day. Interestingly, the Pixel 10 just introduced it as part of its lineup, so it beat Apple by a month. 

120 Hz displays on every model

In prior years, Apple reserved its 120 Hz refresh rate ProMotion display for the iPhone Pro models. This year, it’s rumored that the entire lineup is finally getting high refresh rate displays, unifying the lineup, which includes the iPhone 17 Air model. It’ll be the first time that every iPhone in a generation has had the same refresh rate since the entire iPhone 12 lineup featured 60 Hz displays. 

Android phones beat the iPhone to higher resolution displays by four years (2017’s Razer Phone versus 2021’s iPhone 13 Pro). However, Android OEMs have been stashing the tech in entire lineups since at least the Galaxy S20 series in 2020. Even Google does this with its lower-end Pixel phones, with the Pixel 9a housing a refresh rate of 120 Hz like its more expensive siblings. 

12GB of RAM, finally

Apple received praise for upgrading the iPhone 16 to 8GB of RAM from the 6GB of RAM in the iPhone 15. Rumor has it that the iPhone 17 will come with a 50 percent bump to 12GB of RAM, making it the most ever in an iPhone. This is no doubt thanks to Apple Intelligence, which requires more hardware than most other stuff you do on a smartphone, so Apple is beefing up its specs to make sure all the iOS 26 AI features work correctly. 

Android phones have had 12GB RAM or even more for quite some time. Samsung has been doing this for years, even offering 16GB of RAM in the Galaxy S21 Ultra before backing it down to 12GB on future models. Google and other phone makers have also done with the Pixel, sporting 12GB of RAM since last year’s Pixel 9, and some Chinese phones are ramping it up to 24GB or beyond. 

A larger battery capacity

Modern iPhones have become much more competitive in terms of battery life. The iPhone 16 Pro Max came with the largest battery ever housed in an iPhone, at 4,685 mAh. One of the rumors for 2025’s iPhone 17 is that the Pro Max is being made slightly thicker to accommodate a battery that hits the 5,000 mAh barrier for the first time in iPhone history. 

Here’s the thing: Android phone makers have been doing that for years now. The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra was among the first, released in 2020. Plenty of Android phones have met or exceeded 5,000 mAh in the years since. It’s nice to see Apple bringing its phones up to par with the competition, and we hope they keep doing so in this arena, so battery life gets longer. 

A fully refreshed design with iOS 26 Credit: Zooey Liao; Apple

Apple is notoriously slow at overhauling iOS. The last time Cupertino had a major visual overhaul was when it released iOS 7 in 2013, which introduced a flatter, more modern design. While iOS 26 has its fans and detractors, there’s no doubt that it is bringing a very different look to the iPhone 17 and prior models that can support the updates. 

Since 2013, Android has had a few major design overhauls, including Material Design (2014), Material You (2021), and Material 3 Expressive (2025). This doesn’t matter too much, since designs are very subjective in general, but Android fans have had a lot more fun with large new design elements over the last decade and some change than iOS users have. 

Ultimately, it’s okay

Just because Android has beaten the iPhone to the punch doesn’t mean the iPhone 17 is going to be a bad phone. Apple’s optimizations are legendary, and we have no doubt that the iPhone 17 will be among the top smartphones released all year and into 2026. Even so, it’s good to know that Android phones still have a position in the market as being the first to have something. So, if you want a larger battery, more RAM, or phones that exceed 120 Hz refresh rates, you’ll need to shop for Android.