NYT Connections #918: Hints and Solutions for December 15, 2025

Cracking today's puzzle requires sharp eyes for tournament brackets and a keen ear for wordplay

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Leak Points to February 2026 Release

GTA 6 animation leaks from developer demo reel ahead of trailer 3

Why Vertical Software Is the Only AI-Proof Business Left Standing

Oracle Crashes 12 Percent as AI Spending Spree Triggers Bubble Fears

Microsoft faces a $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud licensing practices

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Leak Points to February 2026 Release

GTA 6 animation leaks from developer demo reel ahead of trailer 3

Why Vertical Software Is the Only AI-Proof Business Left Standing

Oracle Crashes 12 Percent as AI Spending Spree Triggers Bubble Fears

Microsoft faces a $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud licensing practices

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 in Rapid Response to Google's Gemini

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Fortnite Returns to Google Play Store After Five Year Legal Battle

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AI Hiring Tools Reject Qualified Candidates and Spark Discrimination Lawsuits

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Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI for Character Access in AI Videos

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ByteDance and Alibaba plan to order Nvidia H200 chips after Trump approval

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OpenAI Warns Its Next AI Models Pose High Cybersecurity Risk

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Why Tech Giants Are Racing to Put AI in Space Before 2030

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Fortnite Returns to Google Play Store After Five Year Legal Battle

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AI Hiring Tools Reject Qualified Candidates and Spark Discrimination Lawsuits

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Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI for Character Access in AI Videos

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ByteDance and Alibaba plan to order Nvidia H200 chips after Trump approval

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OpenAI Warns Its Next AI Models Pose High Cybersecurity Risk

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Former Apple COO Jeff Williams Nominated to Disney Board

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Microsoft, Google, and Amazon Are Building Nvidia Killers. And It's Working

Apple Plans eSIM Only Design for Its Upcoming Foldable iPhone

EU Fines Elon Musk's X $140 Million Over Deceptive Blue Checkmarks

ChatGPT's user growth slows to 6 percent as Google's Gemini surges 30 percent.

Netflix Acquires Warner Bros. Studio and Streaming Business for $82.7 Billion

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Micron Announces Crucial Consumer Brand Will Shut Down by 2026

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Google Stock Hit All-Time Highs Because Wall Street Finally Understood TPUs

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Nvidia's 'We're Not Enron' Memo Accidentally Revealed The Real Risk

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Windows 10 death is creating a Linux army and Microsoft should be panicking

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Nvidia Stock Keeps Climbing — But Retail Traders Have Already Left the Party

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ARC Raiders Is Down With Over 10k Players Reporting

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OpenAI and Perplexity launch AI shopping assistants for holiday season

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Microsoft removes Copilot AI from WhatsApp in 2026

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Game Theory Proves Your Favorite Apps Are Price-Fixing Without Breaking Any Laws

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Apple and Google Both Want Your Money, But Only One Is Fighting for Your Freedom

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NVIDIA and Google launch GeForce NOW Fast Pass for Chromebooks

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OpenAI launches group chats in ChatGPT for up to 20 people

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Tech CEOs warn of an AI investment bubble as spending hits $375 billion

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Major Cloudflare outage disrupts websites including X and ChatGPT

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Jeff Bezos returns as co-CEO of new AI startup Project Prometheus

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Peter Thiel's fund sold its entire Nvidia stake worth about $100 million

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ARC Raiders Surpasses Black Ops 7 Player Count on Steam

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Google expands AI flight deals to over 200 countries worldwide

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Microsoft's Windows 11 AI backlash proves users want 2015 software with 2025 security

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Apple must pay Masimo $634 million for patent infringement

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