The NYT Connections game got an April Fools' Day makeover, and users are freaking out

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Players were expected to find the connections between four groups of emojis instead of words.

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  • The New York Times' Connections game has players in an uproar.
  • Just in time for April Fools' Day, the brainteaser swapped its words for emoji clues.
  • Players were even more confused than usual (but don't worry — we won't give you spoilers).

While visual learners might have more luck with Monday's version of

Researchers are testing out a highway to charge your EV while you drive

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Professor John Haddock and Oscar Moncada, a graduate student, examine a slab of concrete pavement with wireless power-transfer technology.

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  • Indiana researchers are testing out a highway that can wirelessly charge electric vehicles. 
  • They say their technology is so powerful that it can even charge an electric semitruck.
  • Transmitter coils installed under the pavement

Google agrees to destroy browsing data collected in Incognito mode

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Google agreed to destroy or de-identify billions of records of web browsing data collected when users were in its private browsing “Incognito mode,” according to a proposed class action settlement filed Monday.

The proposed settlement in Brown v. Google will also mandate greater disclosure from the company about how it collects information in

I was nervous and lonely after I got put on a PIP at work. But I survived and think it helped me grow.

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A woman was put on a performance-improvement plan. Then, an ADHD diagnosis and treatment helped her improve in her job.

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  • A woman who works in digital marketing was put on a performance-improvement plan in a new job.
  • As a result of an ADHD diagnosis and treatment, she was able to improve her performance, she said.
  • She survived her PIP and has tried to help new hires so they don't

Google says it will destroy browsing data collected from Chrome’s Incognito mode

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The first details emerged Monday from Google’s settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Chrome’s tracking of Incognito users. Filed in 2020, the suit could have required the company to pay $5 billion in damages. Instead, The Wall Street Journal reports that Google will destroy “billions of data points” it improperly collected, update its data collection disclosures and maintain a setting that

How to Factory Reset an iPad

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Just as restarting and resetting an iPad works, factory resetting also helps when you run into issues or are simply looking to sell or trade-in your tablet. However, a factory reset erases all the data from your device, so make sure you have your content backed up before proceeding. Since a factory reset wipes out…

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Now you can use ChatGPT without an account

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OpenAI will no longer require an account to use ChatGPT, the company’s free AI platform. However, this only applies to ChatGPT, as other OpenAI products, like DALL-E 3, cost money to access and will still require an account for access. “We’re rolling this out gradually, with the aim to make AI accessible to anyone curious about its capabilities,”