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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 #279) – hint #1 – today’s theme What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands? • Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Prepare to be eaten NYT Strands today (game #279) – hint #2 – clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. STOPSTAMPHEATMATCHCHOPTOAST NYT Strands today (game #279) – hint #3 – spangram What is a hint for today’s spangram? • […]

Google Photos is rolling out a new Recap feature todayRecap videos give you a Spotify Wrapped-style summary of your yearThe feature includes highlights and stats like your longest photo streak If you’re a big Google Photos fan, the service knows a lot about your life – and from today it’s crunching all of that data together to make a new Spotify Wrapped-style highlights video of your year called Recap. Rolling out from today in the Google Photos app, Recap goes a bit further than the Memories feature it’s based on. There are the usual photo and video highlights, but like Wrapped you get stats based on your photos – like your longest photo streak and the top colors you photographed in 2024. Recap can also reveal who you smiled the most with this year, but to power all of this you need to have Google Photos’ ‘Face Groups’ setting turned on. To check that, inside the app […]

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 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 #1047) – 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 #1047) […]

The Browser Company is developing Dia, a new AI-integrated browser designed to streamline web tasks and workflowsDia will offer personalized AI tools, such as smart suggestions, automatic browsing, and task automation, tailored to each individual userThe Browser Company aims to make Dia a customizable, efficient computing environment, with early access expected in 2025 The Browser Company, the team behind Arc Browser, has announced a new web browser named Dia which will focus on heavily integrating AI into its design to make everyday web tasks easier and more efficient. A new promotional video put out by The Browser Company for Dia describes it as not just a browser but a whole new computing environment built on top of a web browser with AI fundamentally integrated into its tools and workflows, and it’s expected to debut in the early months of 2025. The video is actually a recruiting video for potential employees to consider working for The Browser Company, […]

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 #277) – hint #1 – today’s theme What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands? • Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Gonna fly now! NYT Strands today (game #277) – hint #2 – clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. WIFEGRAYROOTSDRAYTASKTUBE NYT Strands today (game #277) – hint #3 – spangram What is a hint for today’s spangram? • Flappy […]

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 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 #1046) – 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 #1046) […]

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 #276) – hint #1 – today’s theme What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands? • Today’s NYT Strands theme is… I now pronounce you … NYT Strands today (game #276) – hint #2 – clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. RAILTRADEDATEGRAILRAVEFLEX NYT Strands today (game #276) – hint #3 – spangram What is a hint for today’s spangram? […]

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 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 #1045) – hint #1 – Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today? • The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 5*. * 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 #1045) […]

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 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 Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles. 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 #1044) – 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 #1044) – hint #2 – repeated letters Do any of […]

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 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 Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles. 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 #1043) – 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 #1043) – hint #2 – repeated letters Do any of […]

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 for hints and answers for those games. 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 #274) – hint #1 – today’s theme What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands? • Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Beatlemania! NYT Strands today (game #274) – hint #2 – clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. SCABVANEMANEVOTERRATEGRATE NYT Strands today (game #274) – hint #3 – spangram What is a hint for today’s spangram? • Fab tunes NYT Strands today (game #274) – hint #4 – spangram […]

Bluesky is expanding its moderation team as the platform growsNew verification and impersonation measures are comingBluesky says it will have more to share on these features soon Users have been arriving on Bluesky in droves – many moving over from Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) – but while an influx of new users will please the Bluesky team, it does come with its own set of problems, including verification and impersonation. Now, Bluesky has said it will be stepping up its efforts to make sure accounts are being run by the people they say they are. The team is apparently “working behind the scenes” to get organizations and “high-profile individuals” verified, so no one gets duped. Impersonation and verification becomes more of a problem the bigger a social network gets: if the President of the United States posts something, you want to be able to be sure it is the President, and not a teenager on the […]