The New Yorker has added online co-op to its online crossword puzzles, and it’s actually a really great way to solve a puzzle with a partner. You just send a link to the puzzle to a friend and you can solve the puzzle together.
Discover rich storytelling and rigorous reporting that will sweep you away and introduce you to something new. Go about your day. When your hands are full, listen to featured stories read by world-class narrators. If you need a break, solve a crossword puzzle or Name Drop quiz, and flip...
Josh Wardle, the software engineer who created Wordle, said he made a prototype in 2013 and dusted it off during the Covid-19 pandemic for his partner, who likedword games. The New York Timess said it bought Wordle, the word game that has become an online phenomenon. (Photo by Jakub P...
The New York Times is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its popular Mini Crossword, a bite-sized version of the classic puzzle. For the past decade, Joel Fagliano has been the mastermind behind the Mini, crafting it daily for the Times' website and app. Fagliano joins "CBS Mornings" to...
Crossword cheaters of the world unite. I began playing the New York Times crossword in the app some time during 2016, when, as a new New Yorker, I figured out that it was a good way to distract me from the stench and misery of my subway commute. Access to all the Times puzzles al...
The New Yorker A Revolution in How Robots Learn A future generation of robots will not be programmed to complete specific tasks. Instead, they will use A.I. to teach themselves. Lake Tahoe’s Bear Boom The vacation hot spot has been overrun by people—whose habits are drawing fast-moving ...
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White also noted a new craze that had originated around the same time as the birth ofThe New Yorker… TWO ACROSS…Max SchusterandRichard Simonof Simon & Schuster, with their first crossword book, 1924. (americanbusinesshistory.org) White concluded with these parting words, tinged with world-...
an editor, in its early days, women—especially bored housewives—were the primary constructors and solvers. In “The Riddles of the Sphinx”, Ms Shechtman, who now creates crosswords for the New Yorker, traces the history of the crossword i...
In no particular order, here are books I read during the past few months. It’s an embarrassingly small number, which I put down to: our having subscribed to theNew Yorker, which has distracted from books (but is such a civilized magazine); my having taken up crossword puzzles; and my...