Tag: computing
I signed up for YouTube Premium, and it was the best tech decision I’ve made all year
I’ve only become a regular user of YouTube relatively recently. The video platform, which first launched in 2005, wasn’t something I spent much time with for its first decade of existence. I’d heard how it got bought by Google, and how it was something that was popular with kids. I…
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Quordle today – my hints and answers for Monday, December 30 (game #1071)
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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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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