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NYT tech workers are making their own games while on strike

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Striking New York Times Technicians have created a Guild Builds page dedicated to strike-themed games you can play, including a spin-on variant Wordle, a word search and the custom Connections I already reported on it today. As part of its strike announcement on Monday, the New York Times Tech Guild urged people not to cross … Read more

Striking NYT tech workers made a custom Connections so you don’t cross the picket line

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Striking New York Times Technicians have created a custom Connections Puzzle so fans can find their daily solution without crossing the digital picket line. “We saw an outpouring of support from subscribers who proudly tweeted that they intentionally broke their streak to support our forwards,” said Jen Sheehan, a spokeswoman for the NewsGuild of New … Read more

Dragon Age: The Veilguard on PC is the surprise AAA tech success of 2024

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There’s plenty that you could justifiably expect from a Bioware RPG: chats with mates, opportunities to get those mates horribly killed, surviving mates turning to the side then walking offscreen. But I don’t think anyone expected Dragon Age: The Veilguard to be, at least on a purely technical level, one of the smoothest-performing, settings-rich AAA PC releases of the year so far.

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Tiger Woods’ new tech golf league brings big screens to the green in January

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Tiger Woods is preparing to make his debut in the TGL, a new “technical team golf league” he founded next year with fellow pro golfer Rory McIlroy. The first matchup at SoFi Center in Florida will premiere Jan. 7 on ESPN and ESPN Plus, the league announced today. TGL is essentially a big-budget version of … Read more