Tag: computing

Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, April 14 (game #811)

Quordle needs to be approached in a different way to Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can’t blindly throw letters at it and expect to win – you’ll stand a far better chance if you think strategically. That’s the case in Wordle too, of course, but…

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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, April 14 (game #42)

Have you been hooked by Strands yet? It’s fast becoming a must-play for me, (almost) as essential as getting my daily Wordle fix. Presumably, if you’re reading this page then you are at least vaguely interested in it – so read on for some hints for today’s game. SPOILER WARNING:…

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Microsoft targets another corner of Windows 11 with – you guessed it – adverts, and we’re getting a bit fed up with this

Microsoft is testing adding a fresh batch of ads to the Windows 11 interface, this time in the Start menu. Recent digging in preview builds had suggested this move was in the cards, and now those cards have been dealt to testers in the Windows 11 preview Beta channel with…

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Quordle today – hints and answers for Saturday, April 13 (game #810)

Quordle needs to be approached in a different way to Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can’t blindly throw letters at it and expect to win – you’ll stand a far better chance if you think strategically. That’s the case in Wordle too, of course, but…

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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, April 13 (game #41)

Today’s Strands is an apt one for the weekend, but I can’t say any more without giving the game away. It’s a fun one, trust me, but requires certain specialist knowledge. If you don’t have it, you may find some of my hints to be helpful… SPOILER WARNING: Information about…

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Expression-matching robot will haunt your dreams but someday it might be your only friend

Most of the best robots, ones that can walk, run, climb steps, and do parkour, do not have faces, and there may be a good reason for that. If any of them did have mugs like the one on this new research robot, we’d likely stop in our tracks in…

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