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Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

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• The FTC announced a lawsuit that blocks a merger between luxury brands Tapestry and Capri.
• The FTC claims Tapestry's acquisition of Capri could make more affordable luxury bag options expensive.
• Tapestry and Capri argue the luxury handbag market is too saturated for that to happen.

The FTC is trying to stop a merger between brands Tapestry and Capri that would put labels

Fortnite is rolling out an update on Tuesday that includes a new setting that filters out “confrontational” emotes. The v29.30 update will let players “choose not to see” the following emotes: “Laugh It Up”, “Take the L”, “Whipcrack”, and “Make it Plantain.”

The four emotes won’t exactly be hidden per se, they’ll appear as still images in the game — but players

If viewers felt that after the 28-minuteBluey finale “The Sign”—and its unannounced season three coda episode “Surprise,” which dropped on Disney+ last night—that there was a sense of finality to the beloved animated series, it was in a way intentional.

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Newsletter platform Ghost is the latest service to pledge support for ActivityPub, the open source protocol powering the fediverse. The company announced Monday it would add ActivityPub support later this year in a move that could bring tens of millions of people into the fediverse.

The fediverse is a growing collection of services, including Mastodon, Flipboard and Threads, that support the

With Dune: Part Two, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Deadpool & Wolverine... and probably Dune: Part Two again, 2024 has truly become the year of the popcorn bucket. And if that trend is to continue, one filmmaker with a high-profile sequel coming later this year wants on board.

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Disney CEO Bob Iger recently revealed that the company’s theme-park expansion plans include both land and IP—and along with that, there are plenty of rides with lore yet to be explored further. After the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and the Rock’s Jungle Cruise, and the mixed reception to last…

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• Turkey may deploy its Russian S-400 Triumf air defenses on the Iraqi border.
• US officials have warned Turkey against "activating" it.
• The missile attacks between Israel and Iran may

• A German warship that was part of a European Union security mission has left the Red Sea.
• The frigate Hessen spent weeks in the Middle East protecting commercial ships from Houthi attacks.
• Its sailors were on watch for 12 hours a day, Germany's military said on Monday.

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• In February, Chanel opened a watches and fine jewelry boutique on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
• Peter Marino designed the store with nods to Coco Chanel in mind. 
• The store is bathed in black and gold, drawing the eye to the one-of-a-kind jewelry in the space.

As I walked down Fifth Avenue, I was

Ground was broken today on what is said to be America’s first high-speed rail. The project, which is designed to connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas via a 218-mile stretch of track that will be built across the Mojave desert, will be completed within the next four years, its backers say.

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