Tag: computing
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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Why I’m skipping the PS5 Pro in 2025 and upgrading my gaming PC instead
I’ve got a plan to go in a different direction when it comes to my living room gaming in 2025 – and you might be in a similar boat to me with your setup. If so, I reckon my alternative couch gaming scheme might be of interest, and it goes…
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I used Apple Image Playground to send AI holiday greetings to my whole family and they were very confused
Raise your hand if you’ve been using Apple Intelligence regularly since Apple officially launched it with the iPhone 16 lineup and the iOS 18.2 update. It’s powerful and woven throughout the platform, yet I know it’s not yet part of my workflow and I’ve struggled a bit to know when…
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AMD in 2024: year in review
What sort of 2024 did AMD experience? This year was quiet in some respects for Team Red – with not much activity in the GPU space, save for one notable exception – but there was more happening on the CPU front, although the introduction of new Zen 5 processors proved…
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Quordle today – my hints and answers for Friday, December 27 (game #1068)
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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