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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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Did a hacker gang create a botnet out of 3 million electric toothbrushes? The answer is: No, but you’d be forgiven for having believed that was the case since a viral news story made the rounds earlier this week claiming it was so.

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Apple's App Store review team is notoriously fickle about the software it approves for sale. Some companies have found themselves needing to tweak, change, or even totally remove certain features in order for their app to make it through the process.

Yet, somehow, a fake LastPass app made it past this very review team. Even worse, the fraudulent version of LastPass was available for weeks before it



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Forrest Sheperd as a teenager walking on the beach near where he found an ancient walrus skull.
  • A 13-year-old fossil enthusiast found a walrus skull in a boulder in northern California in 2011.
  • Eleven years later, a paleontologist has named the formerly unknown extinct species after him.
  • The toothless walrus probably lived near temperate bays in California about 5 million years ago.

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The price to record visitors at your Ring video doorbell is about to go up. | Image: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

In what is fast becoming a trend, another security camera company is raising the price of its subscription plan. According to a Ring support article, starting March 11th, 2024, it will cost $4.99 monthly or $49.99 yearly to subscribe to the Ring Protect



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Dan Meers has played KC Wolf for 34 years.
  • Dan Meers has been the Kansas City Chiefs' mascot, KC Wolf, for 34 years.
  • Despite a serious accident, Meers continued his mascot career after writing a book during recovery.
  • For the Super Bowl, he plans to wear a lucky pair of SpongeBob SquarePants boxer shorts.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dan Meers, 57, who has



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Bobbi Brown.
  • Bobbi Brown sold her namesake beauty brand in 1995 and left the company in 2016.
  • But even some of her biggest fans don't know she's no longer part of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.
  • Today, the 66-year-old runs Jones Road, a new brand emphasizing natural beauty.

Bobbi Brown is the makeup icon behind nine books, countless TV segments, and a cult-favorite beauty brand.

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Biden speaks at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Leesburg, Virginia, on February 8, 2024.
  • Special Counsel Robert Hur's report says some unflattering things about Biden's memory.
  • But it's unlikely to significantly impact the 2024 race: voters already know this about him.
  • Voters will have a binary choice to make, and plenty of them are still ready to

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