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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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  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman praised Apple's Vision Pro as the "second most impressive" tech since the iPhone.
  • The Vision Pro, a mixed-reality headset, has the potential to usher in a new normal. 
  • OpenAI's ChatGPT is likely his pick for the most impressive technology.

Sam Altman had high praise for Apple's Vision Pro this week, deeming the new spatial computer



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TikTok’s attempt to stall the EU from designating it as a “gatekeeper” — companies with platforms powerful enough that they must follow strict Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust rules — has been rejected by a court. Bloomberg reports that the EU’s General Court has dismissed owner ByteDance’s request for an interim measure that



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Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse put a twist on a classic in 'Lisa Frankenstein.'
  • In 1818 Mary Shelley published “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus.”
  • In the novel, Frankenstein brings a creature to life with a "spark of being."
  • Grotesque experiments with electricity and corpses may have inspired Shelley.

In the new movie “Lisa Frankenstein,” a teenage girl



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Apple might’ve backed a right-to-repair bill in California, but it was spotted lobbying against a new bill in Oregon that tries to ban the practice known as parts pairing. Cybersecurity expert Tarah Wheeler posted footage from and testified during a hearing about the state’s proposed right-to-repair bill, where testimony showed the company



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On Wednesday, Lego sold 30,000 copies of a Lego castle designed by a fan — the Mountain Fortress — earning him half a million dollars for his work. For a while, the company’s website was flattened under the load, and my Verge story about these fan-designed sets was pretty popular, too.

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A new take on Alien from Legion and Fargo creator Noah Hawley will be hitting the small screen in 2025.

FX Chairman John Landgraf confirmed the 2025 release in a Feb. 9 executive session with members of the Television Critics Association. The show, which stars Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, and Alex Lawther, is currently filming in Thailand.

Landgraf confirmed that Hawley's Alien is designed to



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Patients under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have more protection from the threat of AI-related bias, according to new rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency tasked with overseeing Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace.

In a policy memo sent to insurers on Feb. 6, the CMS prohibits health