The New York Times Buys Wordle (Published 2022)
The sudden hit Wordle, in which once a day players get six chances to guess a five-letter word, has been acquired by The New York Times Company. The purchase, announced by The Times on Monday, reflects the growing importance of games, like crosswords and Spelling Bee, in the company’s quest to increase digital subscriptions to 10 million by 2025. Wordle was acquired from its creator, Josh Wardle,
The Yoda of Silicon Valley (Published 2018)
For half a century, the Stanford computer scientist Donald Knuth, who bears a slight resemblance to Yoda — albeit standing 6-foot-4 and wearing glasses — has reigned as the spirit-guide of the algorithmic realm. He is the author of “The Art of Computer Programming,” a continuing four-volume opus that is his life’s work. The first volume debuted in 1968, and the collected volumes (sold as a boxed s
The Best Movies of 2015 (Published 2015)
Clockwise from top left: “The Martian,” “Carol,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Bridge of Spies,” “Inside Out” and “The Big Short.”Credit...Clockwise from top left: Aidan Monaghan/Twentieth Century Fox Film; Wilson Webb/The Weinstein Company; Jasin Boland/Warner Bros. Pictures; Jaap Buitendijk/DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox Film; Disney/Pixar; Jaap Buitendijk/Paramount Pictures The film critics of T
Seijun Suzuki, a Symbol of ‘Japanese Cool’ in Film, Is Reconsidered (Published 2015)
The Japanese filmmaker Seijun Suzuki in 2005.Credit...LORENVU/European Pressphoto Agency It’s rare in this country for an actual political fight to break out over a filmmaker. The current squabble over Quentin Tarantino’s remarks about police shootings stands out for its oddity — we usually see controversy involving a director only when Michael Moore has a new documentary to promote. In Japan in 1
The Narrative Frays for Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes (Published 2015)
Few people, let alone those just 31 years old, have amassed the accolades and riches bestowed on Elizabeth Holmes, founder and chief executive of the blood-testing start-up Theranos. This year President Obama named her a United States ambassador for global entrepreneurship. She gave the commencement address at Pepperdine University. She was the youngest person ever to be awarded the Horatio Alger
Stephen King’s Family Business (Published 2013)
From left: Joe Hill, Tabitha King, Kelly Braffet, Owen King, Stephen King, Naomi King and Joe’s dog, McMurtry. The family now boasts five novelists, four of whom have books out this year.Credit...Barbel Schmidt for The New York Times Life in Maine, where Stephen King has spent most of his adult years, requires long drives down country roads, time that King, whose mind is restless, likes to fill by
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