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Elon Musk says Tesla will move headquarters to Texas

The Tesla CEO has been focusing more on operations in Texas for both the automaker and his space exploration company, SpaceX.

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has announced plans to move the electric-car maker’s corporate HQ from California to Texas.

«I’m excited to announce that we’re moving our headquarters to Austin, Texas,» Musk said Thursday during a shareholders meeting. The carmaker is currently based in Palo Alto, California.

«Just to be clear, we will be continuing to expand our activities in California,» he said. «This isn’t a matter of Tesla leaving California.»

Musk said in December that he’d personally move to Texas and also tweeted in May 2020 that he’d be moving Tesla’s headquarters to Texas or Nevada «immediately.»

Musk began developing a Tesla gigafactory in Texas in the summer 2020, and the state is also one of the locations for operations by SpaceX, another of Musk’s companies. Musk has pressed engineers, technicians and builders interested in working for the spacerocket builder to relocate to Texas. «Please consider moving to Starbase or greater Brownsville/South Padre area in Texas and encourage friends to do so!» Musk tweeted in March.

The move comes on the heels of a series of clashes with Alameda County officials last year over the forced shutdown of Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, over concerns for worker safety. Musk eventually ignored the order and reopened the factory after downplaying the severity of the pandemic, daring officials to arrest him. No arrests were made, but Musk did tweet that Tesla would be suing the county for «acting contrary to… our Constitutional freedoms and just plain common sense.»

Tesla isn’t the only tech powerhouse attracted to the Lone Star State. Business software and services company Oracle said in December it’s changing its corporate headquarters from the Silicon Valley area to Austin to provide its workers «with more flexibility about where and how they work.» Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, a descendant of the pioneering Silicon Valley company, said in 2020 that it’s moving its headquarters from San Jose, California, to Houston.

Tesla could immediately be reached for comment, as the company dissolved its public relations department last year.

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 27, #686

Hints and answers for Connections for April 27, #686.

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Connections puzzle might make you hungry — especially if you spot the four words in the blue category. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Do the math.

Green group hint: Tresses.

Blue group hint: Munchies.

Purple group hint: Think Stockholm.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Calculator buttons.

Green group: Amounts of hair.

Blue group: Salty snack unit.

Purple group: Swedish ____.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is calculator buttons. The four answers are equals, minus, percent and times.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is amounts of hair. The four answers are lock, shock, thatch and tuft.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is salty snack unit. The four answers are Combo, Goldfish, Ruffle and Taki.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is Swedish ____. The four answers are Chef, Fish, massage and meatball.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 27, #420

Here are hints — and answers — for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 420 for April 27.

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Sleep used to be so simple, but now it can be complex, as we try to add in extra things to help us get that good night’s rest. Today’s NYT Strands puzzle highlights sleep assistance, and a few of the words are tricky. If you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Sleep tight

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Zzzzz…

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

BEDS, MINE, TAKE, TAKES, TAKER, STAKE, LATS, EARL, PLUG, PLUGS, ROUT, MIKE, DATE

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you’ve got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers: