Science & Technology

NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Friday, November 1 (game #509)

Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It…

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, November 1 (game #243)

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great…

You could start smelling the roses from far away using AI

Ever send a picture of yourself trying on clothes to a friend to see what they think of how you…

Gemini AI starts riding shotgun on Google Maps

Google Maps is becoming more of a tour guide thanks to Google’s Gemini AI models. The AI assistant will offer…

US Army tests a new AI-powered robot dog — armed with a high-power rifle

The US Army has conducted tests in Saudi Arabia featuring an armed and AI-powered robot dog able to shoot down…

San Francisco is paying millions to end reliance on this iconic, but ancient technology — floppy disks still powering the Muni Metro light rail system on DOS software

Smartphones can perform a million tasks, self-driving cars are just around the corner, and AI is everywhere… yet floppy disks…

Atlas robot’s fully autonomous video is this Halloween’s scariest video

For decades now, I’ve been trying to reassure people that the coming robot revolution will not result in job loss…

AMD reveals Ryzen 9800X3D CPU priced at $479 – runs at a speedy 5.2GHz boost, can be overclocked, and promises much smoother gameplay

AMD has officially announced its Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, one of the worst-kept ‘secrets’ in the tech world this year…

Forget the Magic Mouse, the new M4 Macs have the strangest design choice by Apple yet – no new Wi-Fi 7 despite iPhone 16 support

Apple’s full reveal of the new M4 Macs promises a range of upgrades powered by the M4, M4 Pro, and…

Halloween could bring record-high temperatures to more than 30 cities

The Summary This Halloween is expected to be far warmer than usual in many parts of the country. More than…