If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also …

iRobot doesn’t participate in CES, so we don’t typically get much new Roomba hype in late winter like we do for some of its competitors. But for iRobot this year, skipping out on CES doesn’t mean skipping out on that prime spring cleaning spotlight. iRobot announced four new series of …

Many interactive installations at the annual XR Experience at SXSW offer a mix of the experimental and the emotional. But in 2025, few offer a wilder ride on these two tracks than Traces: The Grief Processor, an interactive VR installation from Vali Fugulin and Couzin Films. Unlike many XR Experience …