NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for April 7
www.mashable.com 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
Mahbod Moghadam, who rose to fame as the co-founder of Genius, has died
www.techcrunch.com Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial, never-boring co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, as well as an angel investor, passed away last month at age 41 owing to “complications from a recurring brain tumor,” according to a post attributed to his family and published on Genius. … Read More
Wendell Pierce Shares Warning He Once Gave Meghan Markle Before She Began Royal Life
www.huffpost.com The “Wire” alum previously starred alongside the Duchess of Sussex in legal drama, “Suits,” which aired from 2011 to 2019.… Read More
Canoo reveals it paid for CEO’s jet, AT&T leaks records and X announces NSFW plans
www.techcrunch.com Heya, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the noteworthy happenings in tech over the past several days (and change). … Read More
Anna Paquin Reacts To Concerned Fans After Using A Cane In Public
www.huffpost.com The actor made headlines this week when she appeared on the red carpet with a black walking stick.… Read More
Iowa's win over UConn inspired heated reactions and memes
www.mashable.com Iowa women’s basketball squeaked by UConn — a blue-blood giant of the sport — in the NCAA Final Four on Friday night. Led by superstar Caitlin Clark, the Hawkeyes bested the Paige Bueckers-led Huskies by a score of 71-69. SEE ALSO: Iowa vs. LSU delivered memes, jokes, and a
When it comes to building startups in Boston, success begets success
www.techcrunch.com When Hubspot founders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah conceived of their inbound marketing startup in 2004, they were still graduate students at MIT, and inbound marketing was not well understood. They were able to develop that idea into a successful company and eventually went public in 2014. Today, the
Deal Dive: EarliTec Diagnostics raises $21.5M to help diagnose autism earlier
www.techcrunch.com One in 36 children in the U.S. has autism, according to the CDC. Research shows that the earlier a child gets diagnosed, the better their developmental outcome will be. EarliTec Diagnostics just raised fresh capital to expand its system that helps clinicians diagnose children as young as 16 months
Price of zero-day exploits rises as companies harden products against hackers
www.techcrunch.com Tools that allow government hackers to break into iPhones and Android phones, popular software like the Chrome and Safari browsers, and chat apps like WhatsApp and iMessage, are now worth millions of dollars — and their price has multiplied in the last few years as these products get harder
Meta briefly blocked a local news organization critical of Facebook
www.mashable.com Meta blocked, then apologized for blocking, a local news organization that published a column criticizing Facebook. The Kansas Reflector, a nonprofit news org, published an op-ed about Facebook this week that criticized the tech giant for refusing ads promoting a documentary about climate change. The Reflector and its readers