Tag: computing
Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, December 4 (game #1045)
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 — hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, December 4 (game #276)
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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Gemini AI might be ready for you to roll the prompt dice
If you are old enough to remember the mysteries of the internet in the late 90s, you may recall the fun “I’m Feeling Lucky” button for Google‘s search engine that would take you directly to the first result of a search rather than the usual list. Three decades and a…
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Would you watch a foreign film dubbed with AI to sound like the original actors?
An Argentine horror-fantasy film called The Witch Game is coming to theaters in the U.S. and UK, but the Spanish-language movie doesn’t rely on subtitles or English speakers to voice the performances. Instead, AI tools will recreate the original actors’ voices and have them speak English. It’s a controversial move…
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The Touch Bar is back, sort of…and it looks terrible
Does anyone miss the MacBook Pro Touch Bar so desperately that they need it back in almost any form? The answer would be yes if you’re talking to Eniac, a small company that’s just reinvented the not-quite-iconic Touch Bar as a Flexbar that can be used with the Mac, iPad,…
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Microsoft’s claim that Arm-based Copilot+ PCs are “fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs” is debunked on X – and the community’s verdict isn’t wrong
Microsoft made some unwise claims about Snapdragon-toting Copilot+ PCs X fact-checkers made short work of the assertion that they’re the ‘fastest’ PCs They also disagreed with the ‘intelligent’ claim, though that’s not as clear-cut ‘Be careful what you post on social media’ might be a lesson Microsoft is just now…
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