Tag: internet
This One Million Checkbox game is sparking an internet war – and it’s taken hours of our life we’ll never get back
A lot of the time, the most addictive games are the simplest ones, and so we present to you One Million Checkboxes. You can get the gist of this new game from its title, but the gameplay simply involves you checking and unchecking as many boxes as you like. Simple,…
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I’m writing this because I know my Gen Z offspring will never read it – and that’s OK
Is Gen Z really different from the rest of us? The alchemy of being born between 1997 and 2012 has delivered a generation of not exactly non-conformists but some seemingly disengaged youths. I mean, they must be disengaged because they see everything differently. Or is it more clearly? Jigsaw, which…
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Google’s Manifest V3 will make the fight against third-party adblockers even worse
After years of delays, Google is finally rolling out its Manifest V3 Chrome extension framework, encouraging extension developers to make the switch as it begins to drop support for Manifest V2 on Chrome Beta, Dev, and Canary channels. Google has even been sending emails to users informing them when an…
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I’ve been using Google Search for 25 years and AI overview is the one thing that could ruin it for me
Google is search. It has competitors, but they’re like barnacles on the base of a mighty ship, slicing through the internet. No one does search better and yet, Google insists on mucking up its stellar results with, naturally, artificial intelligence. If you know me – and by now I assume…
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Opera is drafting in Google Gemini to help supercharge the browser’s Aria AI assistant
Generative AI models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini have been around for a while now and are slowly infiltrating various products, the latest of which is the Opera browser, which is getting AI features powered by Gemini. Opera made an official announcement yesterday, explaining that it’s collaborating with Google…
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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, May 21 (game #79)
Hello everyone – it’s time for another installment of the NYT’s Strands word puzzle. If you’ve not played it before, you’re in for a treat; if you have, you’re also in for a treat, but one that you’re prepared for. Hints below, if you need them. SPOILER WARNING: Information about…
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