NYT Strands hints, answers for January 1, 2026

Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you love a good cup of joe. Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, ...
Tech Xplore

Helping AI agents search to get the best results out of large language models

Whether you're a scientist brainstorming research ideas or a CEO hoping to automate a task in human resources or finance, you'll find that artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming the ...
9to5google

The Google Search homepage adds a ‘plus’ menu

Historically, google.com does not change very often. After adding an AI Mode shortcut earlier this year, there’s now a ‘plus’ menu on the Google Search homepage. On google.com, the Search bar now has ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Makes His Debut on ‘Tiny Desk’ After Sending Audition Tape: ‘It Only Took 12 More Years’

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...
WTHR

Bluegrass artist Billy Strings to perform 2 shows at Fishers Event Center next spring

Strings will be performing at the Fishers Event Center on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25, 2026. The tour extension is in support of his latest full-length album, "Highway Prayers, which was ...
Taste of Country

Billy Strings Was Blindsided When He Learned His Mom’s Cause of Death

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Wants to ‘Honor’ His Late Mom With a New Album Featuring Her Poetry

Billy Strings revealed that he wants to set his late mother’s poetry to music for a potential new album during an extensive interview about drug use and addiction on the Dopey podcast. Strings’ mother ...
ZDNet

Google just rolled out Gemini 3 to Search - here's what it can do and how to try it

Gemini 3 has landed. Google embedded the new model into Search. The new Search is available to Google AI and Ultra subscribers. Google just made the biggest change to its search engine since the ...
TechCrunch

LinkedIn adds AI-powered search to help users find people

For the last two years, LinkedIn has tried to infuse AI into different parts of its platforms, including ad copies, content creation, personalized digests, hiring assistance, job hunting advice, and ...
VentureBeat

Why Google’s File Search could displace DIY RAG stacks in the enterprise

To help solve this, Google released the File Search Tool on the Gemini API, a fully managed RAG system “that abstracts away the retrieval pipeline.” File Search removes much of the tool and ...
The Verge

Ring’s new Search Party feature is on by default; should you opt out?

Search Party goes through footage from nearby Ring outdoor cameras when a dog goes missing. Admirable. But maybe ask me first. Search Party goes through footage from nearby Ring outdoor cameras when ...