NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for April 9
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...
Why We’re Not Too Worried About Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice introduced the blueprint for cinematic meta agents of chaos into pop culture long before Disney’s Genie from Aladdin or the MCU’s Deadpool and...
Multiverse, the apprenticeship unicorn, acquires Searchlight to put a focus on AI
Multiverse, the U.K. unicorn that builds apprenticeship programs for people to learn technology skills while on the job, has made an acquisition as it aims to...
Why Civil War Avoids Alex Garland’s Sci-Fi Tendencies
If you were to make a list of people you’d expect to make a gritty, grounded, realistic, political thriller-slash-war movie, Alex Garland wouldn’t be on it....
Elon Musk’s Grok Creates Bizarre Fake News About the Solar Eclipse Thanks to Jokes on X
Grok, the AI tool available to paying subscribers on X and adored by Elon Musk, generated another fake news story based on jokes Monday. And while...
AI-generated Elon Musk videos flood YouTube with fake eclipse streams to promote crypto scams
It’s April 8, 2024 and all anyone can talk about is today’s solar eclipse. News articles, social media posts, and viral photos and videos are spreading...
Targus says cyberattack is causing operational outage
Targus’ parent company, B. Riley Financial, said it discovered “a threat actor gained unauthorized access to certain of Targus’ file systems.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
TechCrunch Space: Happy eclipse day!
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Happy Eclipse Day for everyone celebrating! I’m fortunate to be living in a part of the country that’s in...
Twin Peaks’ Co-Creator on Laura Palmer’s Killer, The Return, and… More?
Everyone knows David Lynch as the big name behind Twin Peaks, but his co-creator Mark Frost knows just as many secrets about the town that’s both...
Photos: The Great North American Solar Eclipse
The highly anticipated Great North American Solar Eclipse finally happened, spreading brief darkness across the continent and revealing the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere. Read...
