Tag: computing
Prime Day laptop deals for 2024: All of the best discounts from Apple, Acer, Lenovo during the Big Deal Days sale
Truly good laptop deals can be few and far between, which is why you’d be remiss to sleep on an event like October Prime Day. While Amazon isn’t the first place we’d go to buy a laptop, particularly if you’re keen on speccing it out precisely as you need it…
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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, October 9 (game #220)
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 Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages…
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Instacart’s AI-powered shopping cart turns shopping into a side quest
Grocery shopping as a game without checkout lines could make a sometimes tedious errand more bearable thanks to an AI infusion into Instacart’s Caper Carts. Instacart augmented the smart grocery carts with new AI features. They offer a touchscreen that provides navigation guidance to the products you’re looking for, as…
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Apple has updated iCloud.com to look shiny and new – here are all the new features you can use right now
Apple has unveiled a refreshed iCloud.com. The update introduces a modest range of new features, as well as aesthetic updates to enhance the user experience. Users can now customize their home page’s background, using a selection of colors, and the site now honors users’ existing dark mode settings. Navigation within…
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Apple claims to have found a balance between user privacy and convenience with a tweak in macOS Sequoia: “fewer permission alerts” for screen recording
If you rely on screen recording tools, Apple’s macOS Sequoia 15.1 update could have some good news for you: fewer permission pop-ups. One of Apple’s key goals with Sequoia was to strengthen security and privacy for its users. Unfortunately, these protective measures felt a little too like an overbearing, over-worrying…
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Windows 11 PCs could soon get the ability to set up much faster Wi-Fi hotspots to share their internet with other devices
Windows 11 received support for Wi-Fi 7 in the recent 24H2 update, but Microsoft is working to extend functionality with wireless connections further in allowing users to establish 6GHz Wi-Fi hotspots. Currently, Windows 11 lets you set up a hotspot – to allow other devices to connect to your PC…
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