Category: Software
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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How ChatGPT helps me keep my kids entertained over the holiday period and into 2025
The holidays are a magical time, but let’s face it: keeping a young child and a few energetic nieces and nephews entertained during those long winter breaks can be challenging. Enter ChatGPT. While mainly used for adults, the AI-powered chatbot has more than a little Mary Poppins in its features.…
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Forget all the fancy writing apps: I wrote a novel in Google Docs and it had everything I needed
In the words of comedian and gamemaster Brennan Lee Mulligan pretending to be George R.R. Martin: “Have you ever tried to write? It’s the saddest, hardest, worst thing in the world.” As much as I love his comedic chops, Mulligan is wrong on this count – I consistently find that…
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