Month: April 2024
Coding bootcamp Lambda School — now BloomTech — is finally getting punished
Why? Among other deceptive practices, the “Bloom Institute of Technology” didn’t call them loans. It advertised a way for students to get high-paying tech jobs “risk free” with “no loans” by paying 17 percent of their future income for five years — rather than the $20,000 sticker price of tuition.…
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Quordle today – hints and answers for Thursday, April 18 (game #815)
Today’s Quordle might well catch out a few people, for reasons that shall become clear once you’ve played. I delve into that a little bit in my commentary below, but if you want to guard against trouble then by all means check out my daily hints first. SPOILER WARNING: Information…
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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, April 18 (game #46)
When people say that Thursday is the new Friday, they’re typically referring to it being the main office night out day. In my case, it’s more about it being the day at which I start wishing it were already the weekend. Fortunately Strands is here to provide a pick-me-up, which…
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Twitch is bringing its TikTok-style feed to everyone this month
After nearly a year of testing, Twitch’s new TikTok-style discovery feed will finally roll out to all users later this month. During a Patch Notes livestream on Wednesday, Twitch announced the new feed that will let you scroll through separate feeds dedicated to clips and current livestreams. The new discovery…
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Sega is turning Golden Axe into an animated series
Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of Golden Axe, an animated show based on the fantasy beat ’em up sidescroller games. Deadline writes that it will be both “hilarious and loving” in its adaptation of the game. If I remember my Sega Genesis days well, I think that means there’ll…
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TikTok to restrict users who repeatedly post problematic topics from ‘For You’ feed
TikTok will make entire accounts temporarily ineligible for its For You feed if users have a pattern of posting about extreme fitness, conspiracy theories, sexually suggestive material, and a wide range of other topics that the platform won’t promote on the feed. The change was included in an update to…
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