Tag: internet
NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, October 1 (game #212)
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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Microsoft plans to debloat Edge browser and take a leaf out of Google Chrome’s book when it comes to Settings
Microsoft is planning to streamline its Edge browser considerably when it comes to the configuration of the app. Windows Latest noticed that the official roadmap website for Microsoft 365 now has an update for Edge which informs us that the Settings for the browser are going to be revamped to…
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Flappy Bird reboot will never match the awfulness of the original and that’s a problem
Flappy Bird set the bar (or rather pipes, placed randomly) for mobile game simplicity. Between that and its bizarrely high level of difficulty, it created a devilish blend of game-playing compulsion I have rarely seen, before or since. When indie developer Dong Nguyen launched it in 2014, it was almost…
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Discord changes course and lowers free upload limit to 10GB – how will that affect you?
In April 2023, I reported on Discord fixing one of its biggest problems: increasing the free upload limit for file sizes in serves. It had been a pathetic 8MB for years for non-paying users but was increased to 25MB. Great news, right? It truly was a sign that the extremely…
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Use WhatsApp on your Mac? You should download this major upgrade now before the old one stops working
If you use WhatsApp on macOS, you may find that you have to redownload the app on your device very soon, as while the older WhatsApp app remains available, Meta (WhatsApp’s parent company) has confirmed that this version is due to be discontinued. The older version of WhatsApp is built…
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This TikTok lawsuit could change the face of social media forever and it’s about time
Social Media and its Section 230 protection may have met its Waterloo. For most of the two-plus decades we’ve been using social media like X (nee Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and others, they’ve operated under protections designed 25 years ago primarily to shield platforms like Compuserve and AOL. Those protections,…
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