Category: computing

Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, June 1 (game #1224)

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Saturday,…

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NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, June 1 (game #455)

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers…

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This movie is fully AI-generated and has a fully SAG-AFTRA cast – here’s 3 things you need to know about Echo Hunter

Echo Hunter is a new, fully AI-generated sci-fi short film created using Arcana AI The cast is SAG-AFTRA actors led by Breckin Meyer The film blends traditional voice performances with AI-rendered visuals There’s a memorable moment in the new sci-fi short film Echo Hunter where a clone hunter starts questioning…

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Yes, I surrendered to Bono’s immersive Vision Pro documentary, and I didn’t get Vertigo

Bono has been a ubiquitous presence for most of my adult life. I was just coming up in the world when U2’s break-out album, War, arrived, and by 1987’s Joshua Tree, Bono and lead guitarist Edge felt inescapable. In other words, I saw U2 frontman Bono as less of an…

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I tried Firefox 139’s new AI-generated link previews – and while I love the idea, I’m skipping them for one key reason

Firefox 139 has added an AI-powered link preview feature This summarizes web pages without you needing to click a link Like all AI generation, it needs time to think – which can be a pain With artificial intelligence (AI) all the rage these days, it’s not uncommon to find your…

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I used Veo 3 to recreate the first YouTube video, and the results are almost too good

We all know the story of the first YouTube video, a grainy 19-second clip of co-founder Jawed Karim at the zoo, remarking on the elephants behind him. That video was a pivotal moment in the digital space, and in some ways, it is a reflection, or at least an inverted…

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