Month: April 2024

If you want smarter searching with Google, then you might have to pay for it – or at least if you want AI-assisted search queries, anyway (which you’d hope would prove smarter). This is according to a report from the Financial Times, which contends that Google is mulling over the idea of a ‘premium’ search that leverages generative AI. Demanding payment for search queries would be a major step for Google to take, of course, and indeed the FT describes the concept as the biggest potential shake-up of Google’s search business ever witnessed. How might this work in practice, though? According to the FT, three sources who have inside knowledge of Google’s plans say it’s looking at options that include adding “certain AI-powered search features” to the firm’s premium subscription services, products that already offer access to the Gemini AI assistant in Gmail and Docs. The latter mention seems to refer to the Gemini Advanced AI in […]

It’s time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off. Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I’m still playing now, more than two years after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it’s fun, but also difficult. But Quordle is tough, so if you already find yourself searching for today’s Wordle answer, you’ll probably need some hints for this game too. SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers. Quordle today (game #801) – hint #1 – Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today? • The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3*. * Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too). Quordle […]