Tag: computing
40 years ago, Steve Jobs was fired from Apple – but it made Macs better than ever
“It turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.” You wouldn’t expect to hear that from Steve Jobs, a man famous for his short temper and strong opinions. Yet as it turns out, being removed from his own company transformed…
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NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1497, Friday, July 25
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Wordle 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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here. It’s time for your guide…
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Yahoo and AOL mail suffered hours of outage – here’s how it played out
Refresh Get notified of updates 2025-07-24T18:59:12.744Z While AOL has yet to remove the outage message from its Help page, and neither it or Yahoo have posted on X to follow up on their previous posts noting their respective email services were experiencing issues, going by Downdetector and user reports, it…
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AOL and Yahoo mail appear to be down for US users – get updates live
Refresh Get notified of updates 2025-07-24T17:10:31.449Z This user isn’t happy… I guess this what we get for keeping aol as our email. I’ve had it since 1998. RidiculousJuly 24, 2025 2025-07-24T17:09:48.798Z Things aren’t exactly rosy for AOL either, with responses to the company’s X account noting the outage is somewhat…
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Palmer Luckey asks, ‘Would you buy a Made In America computer if it was 20% pricier than a MacBook? A poll suggests most people would
Palmer Luckey has asked: Would you buy a ‘Made In America’ laptop from his firm Anduril for 20% more than a MacBook? The results of that poll on X currently show almost two-thirds of respondents would How such a notebook might be realized at this cost level is, however, far…
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If you felt like Amazon could eavesdrop on you before, get ready to meet its AI wearable
Amazon is looking to make AI part of your daily life and has turned to the world of wearables to help. The tech giant has just acquired Bee AI, the maker of the eponymous device for your wrist or lapel that listens to everything happening around you. Bee’s microphones and…
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