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The Times Union’s Best of the Capital Region 2026 poll launches Thursday, for another year of you lauding your favorites in dining, shopping, services and more around our great, greater region. Here’s ...

An abiding commitment to customers. The ability to execute. Exceptional service. These are some of the elements that unite the winners of TCB’s Best of Business awards. These 100-plus winners and ...

The Consumer Electronics Show brought us a fresh crop of new laptops this week, and I was on the ground in Las Vegas getting to know them all. (Final step count: 69,142.) I can't help but wonder what ...

Down the hall from crowded keynotes, whirring robot vacuums and exoskeleton try-on booths, more than 40 tech experts from CNET Group crowded into a ballroom at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas. There, ...

From genre-defining hits ('Sinners') and surprise breakouts ('Weapons') to hidden gems ('Dead Mail') and auteur-driven awards contenders ('Frankenstein'), these were the best scares studios and ...

With thousands of metal songs released in 2025, here's a ranking of the 13 best. Just trying to keep up with the dozens (sometimes hundreds) of new tracks dropping each week is a gauntlet. We all have ...

As 2025 winds down, let's take a closer look at the 13 best rock songs of the year and count down to the best of the best. Earlier this year, we gave you the 51 Best Rock and Metal Songs of 2025 and ...

Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer who was on the staff of The Times for more than 25 years. What a challenging year. Many of us struggle to make sense of what’s happening in America. We cope ...

From gripping thrillers, witty satires and poignant epics to captivating histories and juicy memoirs, 2025 was full of great books. Read on for 30 of our favorites. The latest from the Pulitzer ...

The year at the movies gets a mixed review. For a hefty chunk of 2025, it felt like one flop after another — and not only at the box office. And some of the past 12 months’ boffo hits were puerile ...