If you've been having trouble with any of the connections or words in Monday'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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. Looking for a little help with your Sunday Connections ...

Flourishing is about thriving across life’s varied dimensions, such as personal growth, meaningful relationships and a sense of purpose. At the heart of it all lie the connections we cultivate. The ...

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, ...

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 ...

Mina has been playing video games for her whole life. She hails from Virginia in the USA, and she loves cozy games, FPSs, MMOs, and puzzle games. She lives in Richmond with her husband and her kitty, ...

It’s a strange thing to be surrounded by people and still feel alone. That was me. I had all these connections, all these people just a text or a DM away, but none of it felt real. Not the way it used ...

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 ...