How to play Pips, the newest NYT game

The New York Times has launched Pips, the latest entry in its daily habit-forming catalogue of games that includes Wordle, Connections, and Strands. Released in August 2025, Pips is dominoes with a twist. You don’t have to be good at dominoes to be good at Pips, which is designed to be a single-player experience. How…

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NASA canceled a moon rover mission last year. Suddenly, its back.

NASA just brought back from the dead a science mission to the moon involving a water-seeking rover that many believed was already being disassembled and scrapped for parts. The U.S. space agency canceled the so-called VIPER rover, short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, in July 2024, citing launch delays and cost overruns. VIPER, already…

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