Technics

Google is expanding its experiment of AI-generated answers ahead of search results to the UK – a new go-to for answers or a misstep?

11/04/2024 0

Google is continuing its experimentation with its best-known staple, Google Search, with trials of AI-generated answers that will appear ahead of the usual list of results. It began by trying out its new plan on a limited number of results in the US, and now the trial is expanding to the UK. The idea is for Google to provide AI-generated comprehensive written answers, providing an ‘overview’ at the top of selected search results. In the initial testing phase, this will only be visible to a small number of UK users who are logged into their Google accounts when using Search.  The AI-generated overviews will only appear as a part of certain search results, with Google now having a better idea based on its previous trials – which the company claims suggested that users found them helpful. Hema Budaraju, a senior director at Google of its Search Generative Experience (SGE) and one of the key drivers behind Google’s […]

Quordle today – hints and answers for Thursday, April 11 (game #808)

11/04/2024 0

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 #808) – 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 […]

Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday, April 9 (game #806)

09/04/2024 0

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 #806) – 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 […]

Android Auto behaving weirdly with voice commands if you don’t use Google Maps? A fix is rolling out now

08/04/2024 0

Recently, some Android Auto users have found that voice commands haven’t been working quite as they should, but it appears that a fix for the problem is arriving in an update now. As reported by 9to5Google, the problem is that Android Auto was passing voice commands through to Google Maps only, rather than to a user’s preferred navigation app (such as Waze). If you already have a navigation app running, Google Assistant is supposed to send your Android Auto voice commands to that app (and if one isn’t running, they should go the one you last used). However, it appears that Google Maps has been hijacking these commands, with all requests steered to the ‘default’ app. Apparently, it’s been possible to get around this by totally disabling Google Maps on your phone, but that’s not exactly ideal – just because you find Waze (or another app) to be preferable for driving in your area doesn’t stop you […]

Quordle today – hints and answers for Monday, April 8 (game #805)

08/04/2024 0

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 #805) – 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 […]

Quordle today – hints and answers for Saturday, April 6 (game #803)

06/04/2024 0

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 #803) – 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 […]

Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, April 5 (game #802)

05/04/2024 1

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 #802) – 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 […]

Microsoft’s latest brainwave for Edge is one we hope Chrome copies – a RAM limiter to stop the browser eating up your memory

04/04/2024 0

Everyone’s familiar with the paranoia around having a web browser active, and how much RAM it might eat – particularly with lots of tabs running – but Microsoft has had a bright idea to help ease those fears with its Edge browser. A new section on the Settings page could let you control how much RAM Edge can use, you can also choose whether this control is activated only when you are playing a game or always:https://t.co/YiCu5igL0U pic.twitter.com/pE29PI6FfRMarch 27, 2024 See more As regular leaker on X (formerly Twitter) Leopeva64 discovered, in the earliest test version of Edge (Canary), Microsoft has introduced a feature that allows users to specify how much RAM the web browser can use. Known as ‘Resource controls’ this means that if you have, say, 8GB of RAM on your laptop, and you don’t ever want Edge using more than half of that, you could set a limit of 4GB. There’s a toggle to […]

Google Search could soon charge you for AI-powered results – and search engines might never be the same

04/04/2024 0

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 […]

Quordle today – hints and answers for Thursday, April 4 (game #801)

04/04/2024 0

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 […]

Wordle will eventually run out of words. Here’s what the NYT could do next

03/04/2024 0

What do AXIOM, BAYOU, FJORD, KAYAK, PARER and ZESTY all have in common? They’ve all been Wordle words, of course, appearing at some point during the game’s first 1,000-and-a-bit days. All were pretty tough, so you’re probably glad that they won’t appear again – except that might now be about to change. That’s according to Tracy Bennett, Wordle’s editor, who explored the idea of revisiting the past Wordle answers list during a TikTok chat last week (via Eurogamer). Bennett was addressing a question from a user, who stated that “I’m worried that there’s only about 2300 five-letter words. What are we going to do then? Please advise.” That’s a fair concern, and Bennett had several ideas for how to solve it. @thegamesteam ♬ original sound – thegamesteam “Yes, there are only 2300+ words left in the database,” Bennett explained. “I am still adding words, though. I’ve added about 30 words and there are other words that haven’t […]

Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, April 3 (game #800)

03/04/2024 0

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 #800) – 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 […]