Month: May 2024
Quordle today – hints and answers for Monday, May 6 (game #833)
It’s the start of a new week, but it’s the same old Quordle that’s now been going for 833 games. It’s the best and longest-running of the many Wordle clones, and I still play it every day. If you do too, you may not need my hints below; scroll to…
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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, May 6 (game #64)
Another week, another Strands puzzle to try to solve. Today’s is of average difficulty… but the average here is hard compared to most word games, so you might want some help. I can provide that, in the form of some hints below, plus the answers and my commentary on today’s…
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Randy Travis gets his voice back in a new Warner AI music experiment
For the first time since a 2013 stroke left country singer Randy Travis unable to speak or sing properly, he has released a new song. He didn’t sing it, though; instead, the vocals were created with AI software and a surrogate singer. The song, called “Where That Came From,” is…
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Jack Dorsey says he’s no longer on Bluesky’s board
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is apparently no longer on the board of Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform he helped start. Yesterday, an X user asked him if he was still on the company’s board, and Dorsey responded, without further elaboration, “no.” a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Jack Dorsey’s response.a:hover]:text-gray-63…
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4 movies new to Hulu with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes
As ever, a new month means a new range of movies and shows on Hulu. Out of everything that’s coming in May 2024, we’ve picked out four movies that cover a range of genres, all with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. In addition to two Wes Anderson classics perfect for…
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A US supercomputer with 8,000 Intel Xeon CPUs and 300TB of RAM is being auctioned — 160th most powerful computer in the world has some maintenance issues though and will cost thousands per day to run
The Cheyenne supercomputer, based at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) in Cheyenne, Wyoming, was ranked as the 20th most powerful computer in the world in 2016 – but now it’s up for sale through the US General Services Administration (GSA). By November 2023, the 5.34-petaflops system’s ranking had slipped to…
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