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NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, April 16 (game #1040)
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily…
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Microsoft counters the MacBook Neo with freebies for students
Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo ($499 for students) has sent shockwaves through the PC ecosystem, and now Microsoft is responding with deals targeting students in the US. A new “Microsoft College Offer” is launching today, which will see the software giant bundle 12 months of free Microsoft 365 Premium and Xbox…
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Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, April 16 (game #1543)
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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday,…
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Is this the tipping point for AI at work? New Gallup survey finds half of all US employees now use it in some way
Half of American workers now say they use some form of AI technology in their role, pushing the number over the critical point for the first time. New Gallup research found 50% of employees now reported using AI tools at work in some capacity, a rise of 4% from the…
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YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts
YouTube’s time management settings now have an option to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively removing them from your app in Android and iOS. The option is an update to the Shorts timer YouTube originally announced in October; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes. The feature was…
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I used ChatGPT to envision my kid’s doodles as real animals, and they looked surprisingly lifelike
ChatGPT and other AI platforms can produce some amusing, disturbing, and even adorable (if often in a possibly copyright-infringing way) images. But, much like how the AI tends to default to an overly optimistic and encouraging tone in its written responses, there’s a tendency to soften or flatten image styles…
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