Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 24

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzles. The New York Times Mini Crossword threw kind of a toughie at us for Christmas Eve, I thought. And that day actually showed up in the clues … Read more

I Use T-Mobile Home Internet Every Day. Here’s What I Love (and a Few Things I Don’t)

Albuquerque, New Mexico. Home of green chiles, 310 days of sunshine, the International Balloon Fiesta and achingly slow internet. Home internet was a two-horse race in Albuquerque for years: CenturyLink DSL and Xfinity cable. I spent decades on DSL, watching my internet speed tests march slowly up to a maximum of 20 megabits per second. … Read more

Cooking Trends You Can Expect in 2025, According to 6 World-Famous Chefs

The age of social media has ushered in an abundance of annual food and drink trends, from tart cherry juice-based sleepy girl mocktails to cheese-covered pickles (known as… wait for it… “chickles”). While these are often creative, visually compelling and, yes, (sometimes) delicious, they’re often concocted out of boredom or with the sole intention of … Read more

Google Search Changes Are Killing Websites in an Age of AI Spam

Like an ant scrambling to rebuild its home after being stepped on, a small website trying to grab Google’s attention after falling off the company’s search algorithm can feel helpless.  That’s how Brandon Saltalamacchia, owner of handheld gaming website Retro Dodo, has been feeling since last September. That’s when Google issued a major update that … Read more

The Best Phones You Can Buy in 2024

The smartphone audience is so wide that it’s difficult to settle on just one of the best phones of 2024. Some of us want huge screens, fast processors, and tons of memory. Others want the very best camera. And then there are the folks who want the best budget phone and/or best small phone (they’re … Read more