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Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for April 6's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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Best Buy Temporarily Furloughs 51,000 Employees

Former employees of Best Buy’s in-house tech support and repair team Geek Squad say there were mass layoffs this week, 404 Media reports. A former Geek Squad agent tells the outlet that they received an email on Tuesday about a work from home event the following day regarding a “company change.”

“Our leadership gave individual calls stating we were being let go for the simple fact



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Tesla is introducing a robotaxi on August 8, Elon Musk has announced on X a few hours after Reuters published a report that the automaker is scrapping its plans to produce a low-cost EV. Reuters also said that Musk's directive was to "go all in" on robotaxis built on the company's small-vehicle platform. Tesla has been promising a more affordable EV with prices expected to start at $25,000 for



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In a motion Meta filed on Friday to try and get the FTC’s monopoly claims dismissed, it includes details of how much advertising revenue Instagram brought in over the last few years.

At $32.4 billion for 2021 alone, that’s even more than YouTube, which pulled in $28.8 billion in the same year. Business Insider previously pointed out the



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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.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end



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  • A total solar eclipse is a feast for the eyes, but don't forget to look around. 
  • There's more to see during a total solar eclipse than just the moon itself. 
  • Solar flares, a brilliant corona, 2 planets, and a diamond ring are just some of what to look for. 

When a total solar eclipse passes over the United States on Monday, more than 31 million Americans living in the path of totality



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Astronomers are mapping millions of galaxies in our universe to better understand dark energy.
  • For decades, astronomers have puzzled over dark energy and why it's pushing our universe apart.
  • New data from the largest 3-D map of our universe suggests we may be wrong about dark energy.
  • Dark energy was thought to be an



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A view of the Manhattan Skyline with the Empire State Building in the center.
  • The East Coast was rocked by a rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning.
  • The US Geological Survey warned that the region will be hit with aftershocks.
  • By Friday evening, New York City was hit with an aftershock, the USGS confirmed.

New York City experienced an aftershock just hours after it was



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Apple’s not too happy that Masimo’s W1 watch didn’t exist when Masimo filed its complaint. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

There was no question that Apple would appeal when the International Trade Commission banned Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales last year. Well, if you’ve got some time, you can now read all 916 pages of Apple’s appeal to the Federal



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An emergency alert that appeared on cellphones across the east coast on Friday.
  • Geologists say the East Coast could be in for more earthquakes in the weeks ahead.
  • There's also a slim chance of aftershocks with a similar or larger magnitude, the USGS said.
  • To prepare, you should create an emergency plan, secure household items, and assemble a bugout bag.

Aftershocks could