Monthly Archives: August 2024
Get an affordable, refurbished MacBook Air for just $250
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NYT Strands hints, answers for August 26
If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky […]
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for August 25
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the […]
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'Megalopolis' trailer pulled for using fake quotes from critics
Lionsgate pulled the new trailer for Megalopolis within hours of its release on Wednesday, after it was found to include fake quotes from real film critics. The company has since apologised to both the critics and director Francis Ford Coppola, saying that it “screwed up.” Megalopolis‘ latest trailer intended to depict Coppola’s previous work as […]
Microsoft says it's killing the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel
In case you missed it, in a support document on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it’s in the process of phasing out the Control Panel, a 39-year-old Windows feature, in favor of the Settings app. This may not be a surprise for many Windows users. Since October 2020, Microsoft has been redirecting users away from the […]
Google Pixel 9 review: Officially too much AI
The new Google Pixel 9 is teeming with AI — and I don’t feel any differently about it now than I did a year ago. That is to say, when I looked at the Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro phones last year, I came away thinking Google was focusing on the wrong things. […]
NYT Strands hints, answers for August 24
If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game. By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free […]
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL review: 3 ways it beats the iPhone 15 Pro Max
The Google Pixel 9 Pro XL is the newest addition to the Pixel family. Before the reveal of the Google Pixel 9 series, the lineup only had two phones: a base model (e.g., last year’s Google Pixel 8) and a Pro variant (e.g., 2023’s Google Pixel 8 Pro). Now, Google has changed things up with […]