Technics

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Friday, September 11 (game #1691). Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,500 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today — or scroll down further for the answers. Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles, while Marc’s Wordle today column covers the original viral word game. 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 #1692) […]

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, September 11 (game #922). 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 NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #923) – hint #1 – today’s theme What is the […]

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 NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #922) – hint #1 – today’s theme What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands? • Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Harbor view NYT Strands today (game #922) – hint #2 – clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. BRAIDWATERDATETHOSECOATPOKER NYT Strands today (game #922) – hint #3 – spangram letters How many letters are in today’s spangram? • Spangram […]

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,500 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today — or scroll down further for the answers. Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles, while Marc’s Wordle today column covers the original viral word game. 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 #1691) — hint #1 — Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today? • The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 4*. * 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 today (game #1691) […]

Chrome will get new updates every two weeks to minimize real-world attacksSmaller, incremental changes should also make it easier to track any issuesOther major browsers are also shifting to two-weekly release cycles Google has confirmed that Chrome has officially moved from a four-week Stable release cycle to a two-week one, with effect from September 8 2026 with the launch of Chrome 153. Besides adding new features, the main objective is for Google to give us performance and security fixes more promptly in an era of increased complexity and heightened vulnerabilities. And it’s exactly those security concerns that pushed Google to want to double Chrome’s update frequency in the first lace, with the company now having to deal with a higher volume of patches than ever before. Chrome will get updates every two weeks Together with a higher volume of attacks in general, Google has also benefitted from AI-powered vulnerability discovery tools, giving developers more work to do […]

TP-Link has unveiled two new Wi-Fi 8 routers at IFA 2026The Archer 9 Ultra is a traditional router with a smart design and coverage of up to 3,600 square feetThe Deco 8 Ultra is a mesh system, and a 3-pack is good for a home of up to 9,800 square feet TP-Link has revealed the world’s first Wi-Fi 8 routers at IFA 2026, with two models arriving in the form of a standard router and a mesh Wi-Fi offering. These are the Archer 9 Ultra router and the Deco 8 Ultra, the latter being the mesh Wi-Fi system. Both are built around TP-Link’s Wi-Fi 8 StabilityEngine. With the Deco 8 Ultra, you’re getting a tri-band (including 6GHz) Wi-Fi 8 mesh system offering a speed of 22Gbps (19Gbps in Europe). A 3-pack of these cylindrical routers can cover a home of up to 9,800 square feet, with support for 200+ devices. The Archer 9 Ultra boasts a tri-band speed […]

Lake Ontario is now Lake America in the US via an executive orderGoogle Maps has updated its maps to reflect the changeViewing the map from outside the US still shows the original name Some 18 months on from the controversial renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, another edit has been made to Google Maps at the behest of US President Donald Trump: Lake Ontario, spread across the US-Canadian border, is now Lake America. Or rather, it is if you’re viewing Google Maps from inside the US (via Gizmodo) — the rest of the world will still see the Great Lake labeled as it has been since at least the 17th century. The name Ontario most likely comes from the Iroquoian word Kaniatarí:io or Oniatarí:io meaning “lake of shining waters” or “beautiful lake”, as per Wikipedia. The name change is the result of an executive order from the White House, as President Trump bickers with Canada over trade […]

Researchers just encoded data into a beam of high-speed lightThe data arrived intact, despite significant heat and windIt could transform the internet, communications and more Transmitting data through the air often comes with a key problem: under a barrage of turbulent atmospheric conditions like wind and heat, the data can become distorted and corrupted, requiring great effort to piece it back together. It’s a big obstacle for long-distance internet and communications providers, yet a team of researchers think they’ve just solved this puzzle — and it could have massive implications for how you send data to and from your devices. Researchers from Wits University in South Africa and the University of Bordeaux in France conducted an experiment that involved shooting a beam of light through the air. The light was encoded with optical data, and when they recovered it at the destination site, they found it had arrived with over 98% fidelity, only dropping to 86% fidelity […]

United’s new Airbus A321XLR begins service soon, and it’s packed with techIt’ll mostly serve international, transatlantic routes with free Starlink-powered Wi-FiThe big surprise? Two Economy Plus rows with no middle seats Just a few months back, I got to go inside United’s next-generation Boeing 787 Dreamliner, complete with a high-tech new interior, spacious seats, and some notable upgrades for Economy. The 787 is a wide-body aircraft built for United’s biggest and longest routes, and now, the airline is bringing that same design philosophy to a much smaller plane and experimenting with something I’ve never seen on a United aircraft before: an Economy Plus row with no middle seat. I’ve been inside United’s brand-new Airbus A321XLR, a single-aisle aircraft that’s designed to bridge the gap between narrowbody efficiency and widebody distance capabilities, and it’s a pretty fascinating look at where the airline’s cabins are headed. There’s a new Polaris business-class seat with closing doors, a spacious Premium Plus […]

Microsoft has concocted another scheme to pay people to use EdgeIt’s a referral link that gives you reward points for every friend invitedA strange Bing app has also been spotted that switches some browsers to have Microsoft’s search engine by default, and it’s proving controversial Microsoft is once again pushing Edge — and also Bing — in promotional efforts that may elicit more than a few groans from Windows 11 users. We’re used to this kind of thing in Windows 11, mind, and I’ll come back to Bing later, as this is an apparent plan that hasn’t kicked into action yet. However, the latest Edge scheme is active, and as Windows Latest reports, it’s offering financial incentives to get people to use Microsoft’s web browser. This is happening on the mobile version of Edge where users are being offered a referral scheme. If you can get a friend to switch to Edge via a referral link, you’ll […]

Firefox’s iOS app comes with a new built-in ad blockerIt stops all kinds of ads, but there are some exceptionsThe move could convince me to finally switch from Safari I’ve been a loyal Firefox user for 20 years now, but that’s only been true for the desktop app. Despite Firefox being one of the best web browsers around, I’ve resolutely stuck with Safari on my iPhone — but a new Firefox feature could finally convince me to make the switch on mobile. In a support document, Firefox developer Mozilla explains that its browser now comes with an “experimental” ad blocker that is based on the EasyList filter, allowing Firefox to “block many ads before they load.” The ad blocker puts a stop to a variety of advertising types. That includes third-party advertising networks, ad-related trackers, third-party ads served on websites, and more intrusive formats such as pop-ups and overlays. The feature is being rolled out gradually and […]

Apple Fitness+ could be getting Peloton-style live workouts The fitness platform has been ‘under review’ since earlier this year Spotify recently expanded into fitness, so Apple might one-up its rival with live workouts Something is going on at Apple Fitness+, the tech giant’s flagship fitness service, and it could be hinting at a new Peloton-style live workout hub. A job listing posted by Apple advertises a Studio Producer role for Fitness+, implying there’s about to be a new upgrade coming to the health service, which is asking for a candidate with a “strong foundation in live or live-to-tape multi-camera production and a genuine curiosity about where live content is headed next.” Apple Fitness+ was introduced back in 2020, offering subscribers a one-stop shop of on-demand workout videos run by in-house fitness experts, integrating real-time workout metrics from your Apple Watch. Apple Fitness+ doesn’t host live workouts with live leaderboards in the way that Peloton does, so an […]