When news that Dyson was adding a handheld vacuum to its range reached my ears, I was excited. This is a brand known for its cutting-edge engineering; its boundary-pushing designs. What innovations would it come up with for the all-new Dyson Car+Boat? Turns out, not many. When I unboxed my review model, it felt familiar. The specs, too, seemed very… Continue Reading
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Microsoft Paint brushes up on AI
Microsoft Paint now features a Copilot AI New AI Paint tools include Cocreator, Image Creator, and Generative Erase Windows is adding AI search to find photos using natural language Microsoft Paint, that humble program you may only call up for a very quick image crop, is getting an AI upgrade thanks to a new Copilot button. Microsoft’s AI assistant can… Continue Reading
Last call: pick up Apple’s M4 Pro Mac mini for $1,279
Time is running out to pick up Apple’s M4 Pro Mac mini at the discounted price of $1,279. Get exclusive pricing on Apple’s M4 Pro Mac mini. This Mac mini is a top seller due to its blend of affordability with the performance of the M4 Pro chip. Featuring a 12-core CPU and 16-core GPU, this retail model also has… Continue Reading
How to get your 2025 Apple Music Replay playlist
It’s not just Spotify that has a year-end wrap-up feature — Apple Music does too, and it’s year round! Here’s how to get your Apple Music Replay playlist, today. Apple Music Replay 2025 Spotify has a unique feature called Spotify Wrapped that shows off your top artists, songs, and genres of the year. It is a trendy function that gets… Continue Reading
Apple just rolled out iOS 18.3 — for just the iPhone 11 family
Apple has rereleased iOS 18.3, but this time it’s specifically for an iPhone lineup that is more than five years old. The iPhone 11 family No, you aren’t experiencing deja vu — Apple has released iOS 18.3 again. But this time, the update arrives solely for the iPhone 11 family. While iOS 18.3 build 22D63 was released for other iPhone… Continue Reading
Apple has officially launched the 2025 Swift Student Challenge
Apple’s Swift Student Challenge is officially open, with participants vying for the top prize — an all-inclusive three-day trip to Apple Park. Swift Student Challenge 2025 is now open Just as it did in 2024, Apple will select 350 winners in total and, recognize 50 of them as Distinguished Winners for their “outstanding submissions.” Distinguished Winners will need to demonstrate… Continue Reading
Judge swiftly tells Apple it can’t delay the Google trial
Apple’s motion for a stay on the forthcoming Google remedy trial has been quickly denied, meaning Apple will have little say in the potential end of its annual $20 billion iPhone search deal with the search giant. Google faces a remedy trail over its monopolistic practices At the conclusion of the Department of Justice’s case against the company, Google was… Continue Reading
Apple moves to open-source, unify Swift component across platforms
Apple has made the build system in its high-level programming language Swift — used by llbuild, the Swift Package Manager and Swift Playground — officially open source. Image credit: Apple Apple formally contributed the code of Swift Build to GitHub on February 1. The repository contributed by Apple also includes support for Windows and Linux, alongside Apple’s platforms. Build systems… Continue Reading
Amazon discounts Apple Studio Display to $1,299 to pair with new Mac deals
Amazon has introduced a fresh price drop on the Apple Studio Display for February, along with steeper price cuts on MacBooks and the M4 Mac mini that deliver up to $410 off. Save $300 on the Apple Studio Display. Expanding your screen real estate just got a little cheaper thanks to Amazon’s $300 price cut on the Apple Studio Display.… Continue Reading
Apple to drop prepaid multi-year AppleCare+, but keep subscription option
Apple products will continue to come with a year of AppleCare included in the purchase, but the company reportedly intends to move its extended AppleCare+ plan to a subscription-only model. AppleCare logo — Image credit: Apple A new report claims that Apple will stop offering extended AppleCare plans at retail worldwide, including its own Apple Stores. The AppleCare+ subscription option… Continue Reading
Apple prepares to launch Confetti calendar invite system at employees for testing
Apple’s secretive event and meeting invite app is advancing in development, with an internal iCloud deployment within the company expected as early as the week of February 3. Calendar app could get ‘Confetti’ The second developer beta of iOS 18.3 included references to an unreleased internal app for dealing with event scheduling. Now, it appears Apple is preparing to launch… Continue Reading
NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1324, Sunday, February 2
It’s time for your guide to today’s Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you keep your streak going. Don’t think you need any clues for Wordle today? No problem, just skip to my daily column. But remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away. Want more… Continue Reading
Past Wordle answers – every solution so far, alphabetical and by date
Memorizing all of the past Wordle answers is nearly impossible – after all, there have now been more than 1,300 of them. But knowing what’s gone before is important, because Wordle answers don’t repeat – so you could easily be wasting guesses. What you need then, is a list of past Wordle answers, and that’s what I’ve made for you… Continue Reading
NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, February 2 (game #336)
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… Continue Reading
NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Sunday, February 2 (game #602)
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues. What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if… Continue Reading
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