Category: computing
Quordle today – my hints and answers for Thursday, December 12 (game #1053)
Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers. Enjoy playing word games? You can also…
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The Raspberry Pi 500 is a state-of-the-art keyboard PC…just like the Tandy 1000 in the 1980s
Raspberry Pi releases new keyboard PC Inspired by 80s Tandy 1000 PC Raspberry Pi 500 is less than $100 The Raspberry Pi is already well-known for pushing the envelope in what makes a tiny and affordable computer. Now the manufacturer is reinventing itself again with the Raspberry Pi 500, an…
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads were down – here’s what you need to know
Refresh 2024-12-12T00:15:13.756Z Mopping up Meta did eventually hop onto X (formerly Twitter) to first acknowledge the issues and then let everyone know they’re working on it. At around 6PM, Meta returned to X to tell everyone, “We’re 99% of the way there.” No details about what happened, like which technical…
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads are down or failing – here’s what you need to know
Refresh 2024-12-11T21:11:34.863Z A rough ride WhatsApp may have had the roughest ride with two massive outage report spikes, as per Down Detector. It being a private messaging app, it’s hard to know what people were experiencing or what they were saying (and not able to say) about the outage. Based…
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Should you ditch unencrypted messaging apps? Here’s what the experts say about the FBI’s warning
The FBI has warned Americans to use encrypted messaging apps Advice comes in the wake of a cyberattack targeting US telecoms Encrypted messages are only as secure as the device receiving them Tl;DR What should you use? (Image credit: Shutterstock / AdemAY) WhatsApp, Signal and Facebook Messenger all offer end-to-end…
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Apple names the 17 apps you should download now – here are the 2024 App Store Awards winners
Just about three weeks after Apple revealed the 45 finalists in its 2024 App Store Awards, it’s time to unveil the best of the best. That’s right – Apple just announced the 2024 App Store Award winners, and there are 17 of them, including the best apps and games for…
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