NYT Pips Today: Hints, Answers And Walkthrough For Friday, February 20

Looking for help with today’s New York Times Pips? We’ll walk you through today’s puzzle and help you match dominoes to tiles.

NYT Strands Answers Today: Hints & Clues Friday, February 20 (True Grit)

Looking for help with today’s NYT Strands puzzle? Here’s an extra hint to help you uncover the right words, as well as all of today’s answers and Spangram.

Donald Trump Jr.’s Private DC Club Has Mysterious Ties to an Ex-Cop With a Controversial Past

The Executive Branch has a reported membership list that includes Trumpworld elites like David Sacks. A WIRED review of corporate filings reveals an under-the-radar player: a notorious former DC police officer.

‘Pew Pew’: The Chinese Companies Marketing Anti-Drone Weapons on TikTok

On TikTok, Chinese manufacturers are advertising signal-blocking weapons with the breezy cadence of consumer lifestyle advertising.

Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block

Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI

The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at the cost of new bugs.

Perplexity’s Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift

The AI search startup once predicted advertising would be a massive business. Now it’s betting on a smaller, more valuable audience.

Mckenna Grace Is Inescapable, Now With A Dozen Major IP Roles By 19

We talk about Pedro Pascal being omnipresent as of late on film and TV, but he’s got nothing on Mckenna Grace.

A ‘Game Of Thrones’ Fortnite Collab Reportedly Leaks, Or Is It ‘House Of The Dragon’?

Fortnite may be getting a Game of Thrones collab, but is it for the main show or the upcoming House of the Dragon? Or A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

Money no longer matters to AI’s top talent
Money no longer matters to AI’s top talent

Today on Decoder we’re going to talk about the war for AI talent. Right now, the hottest job market on the planet is for AI researchers. The vast majority of these people are concentrated into a small number of hugely valuable, extremely fast-growing companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nowadays, such companies are paying […]