Category: computing
NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Monday, December 30 (game #302)
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints…
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I used AI to help with dinner recipes for a week and it was a success (and a disaster)
Experimenting with AI has become a hobby for me, as well as a professional role. I’d used AI for quick recipe inspiration before, but this time, I wanted to see if it could handle a week of dinners tailored to when I’m cooking, either for my wife and me or…
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Five ways Apple can save the Vision Pro in 2025
Apple‘s most fantastic piece of hardware, the future-leaning Vision Pro, is not a success; not, at least, when measured on customer interest and market penetration. Throughout the year we’ve seen reports of flat sales and scaled-back production, though zero confirmation from Apple of sales numbers. The Cupertino tech giant mostly…
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5 reasons why I’m finally upgrading to Windows 11 in January
Everybody hates Windows 11, right? Okay, that’s unnecessarily harsh, but if you browse around a few popular online forums, it’s an opinion you’ll certainly see expressed here and there. It’s definitely true that Windows 11 remains somewhat unloved, and adoption of the OS has lagged way behind the speed with…
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Some Meta Quest headsets are being bricked by a software update – but a fix is rolling out
Meta Quest 2, 3, and 3S headsets having issues Applying updates means the headsets don’t start Meta acknowledges the issue, sends out a fix If you’ve decided to fire up your Meta Quest 3 for some holiday gaming, you don’t want to then find it broken by a software update…
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NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, December 29 (game #301)
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints…
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