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Quordle today - hints and answers for Monday, May 1 (game #462)

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints - now with added Daily Sequence answers!  Yes, that's right: the makers of Quordle have a new game, which sees you complete four Wordle puzzles consecutively. The twist is that the letters you've already used on the first game are repeated on the second and so on.  It's good fun, but also difficult - so if you already find yourself searching for Wordle hints , you'll probably need some for Quordle and the Daily Sequence too.  I'm a Quordle and Wordle fanatic who's been playing since December 2021, so I can definitely help you solve Quordle today and improve your game for tomorrow. Read on for my Quordle hints to game #462 and the answers to the Daily Sequence.  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 #462) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle

I found the cheapest 8K monitor but there’s just a tiny problem

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Television sets make great monitors (but not vice versa), I know a thing or two about that , which is why the Samsung QN700B Neo , the cheapest 8K TV right now, is a great choice if you’re looking for the most affordable 8K monitor on the market. This 55-inch QLED TV is on sale at Best Buy for only $1299.99 , a saving of $700 off its SRP. For the money, the specs of the QN700B are spectacular: according to Hamish Hector, the AV expert TechRadar, with Samsung's impressive Neo QLED technology, you can expect bright images with fairly decent contrast in darker scenes. The contrast won't be quite as good as standard OLED TV - or one of Samsung's rumored QD-OLED screens - but there are still plenty of great reasons to opt for the QN700B.. It will not be a match for the best monitor for photo editing or the best monitor for video editing but if you’re looking for a business monitor or something that can display a LOT of information w

Leaked Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 renders show off a familiar-looking design

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support While we wait patiently for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 to get its grand unveiling, some unofficial renders of the foldable have appeared online. These are third-party renders, based on information from a variety of sources that has leaked out so far. The images are courtesy of the well-known leak-monger OnLeaks and Smartprix , and they show a phone that's very much like the Galaxy Z Fold 4 that was launched last year. It looks like there won't be any massive design changes this time around. That's partly to be expected – there aren't that many ways you can design a foldable phone , really. One change is on the rear camera module, where the flash has moved to the side of the camera lenses rather than sitting underneath them. Good morning #FutureSquad! Here comes your very first look at the #Samsung #GalaxyZFold5 (360° video + stunning 5K renders + dimensions)!On behalf of @Smartprix 👉🏻 https://t.co/CP8EVA9eQB pic.twitter.co

Quordle today - hints and answers for Sunday, April 30 (game #461)

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints - now with added Daily Sequence answers!  Yes, that's right: the makers of Quordle have a new game, which sees you complete four Wordle puzzles consecutively. The twist is that the letters you've already used on the first game are repeated on the second and so on.  It's good fun, but also difficult - so if you already find yourself searching for Wordle hints , you'll probably need some for Quordle and the Daily Sequence too.  I'm a Quordle and Wordle fanatic who's been playing since December 2021, so I can definitely help you solve Quordle today and improve your game for tomorrow. Read on for my Quordle hints to game #461 and the answers to the Daily Sequence.  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 #461) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle

This fake Android Minecraft app is just chock-full of adware

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Millions of gamers have been tricked into downloading fake Minecraft Android apps that run ads in the background, earning serious profit for the developers.  Cybersecurity researchers from McAfee recently discovered 38 games posing as Minecraft for the Android platform, running adverts in the background without user knowledge, or consent. Of the 38 games, the most popular ones are Block Box Master Diamond (10 million downloads), Craft Sword Mini Fun (5 million), Block Box Skyland Sword (5 million), and Craft Monster Crazy Sword (5 million).  Games play as advertised Block Pro Forrest Diamond, Block Game Skyland Forrest, Block Rainbow Sword Dragon, Craft Rainbow Mini Builder, and Block Forrest Tree Crazy all have one million downloads each. They were all found on the Google Play Store, and not on third-party, or obscure repositories. Aside from the smartphone heating up, or performing somewhat slower than what one might expect, there is no wa

Quordle today - hints and answers for Saturday, April 29 (game #460)

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints - now with added Daily Sequence answers!  Yes, that's right: the makers of Quordle have a new game, which sees you complete four Wordle puzzles consecutively. The twist is that the letters you've already used on the first game are repeated on the second and so on.  It's good fun, but also difficult - so if you already find yourself searching for Wordle hints , you'll probably need some for Quordle and the Daily Sequence too.  I'm a Quordle and Wordle fanatic who's been playing since December 2021, so I can definitely help you solve Quordle today and improve your game for tomorrow. Read on for my Quordle hints to game #460 and the answers to the Daily Sequence.  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 #460) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle

Controversial hard drive vendor breaks new record with cheapest HDD yet

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Amazon sells a 14TB MaxDigitalData enterprise hard disk drive for under $120. Not only does it come with a full five-year warranty but you can also grab a 3-year data recovery plan from Amazon for a mere $14.99 and get it serviced by Seagate’s Rescue Data data recovery service should something bad happen to it. At less than $8.60 per TB (unformatted capacity), this is the cheapest hard disk drive per TB we’ve managed to source and that’s cheaper than any optical media. In comparison, Blu-ray , for example, is about $15 per TB, almost twice the price of MaxDigitalData’s offering, when purchased in 25GB bulk BD-R spindles. Now there’s a few things to highlight; MaxDigitalData (MDD) is not what you’d call a household name. It is not one of the three recognized hard disk drive vendors which would include Seagate, Western Digital and Toshiba. Instead, MDD - which is a white label brand owned by Goharddrive - sources stocks of what looks like new bu

Smartphones of the future may have inflatable keyboards on OLED displays

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Would it be possible to have a physical keyboard on a smartphone while keeping the touchscreen intact? The Future Interfaces Group (FIG) from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) seems to think so as the researchers recently demonstrated such a keyboard can exist via inflatable buttons on an OLED screen . This type of technology is called Flat Panel Haptics and has been in the works at CMU for the past 15 years . The new breakthrough is that FIG has been able to develop a Flat Panel Haptics board five millimeters thick by developing an Embedded Electro-Osmotic Pump or EEOPs. According to the demo video , the EEOPs can manipulate a special pumping fluid by running an electrical current through it. The pumps sit between a reservoir of this fluid on the bottom and a flexible surface on top. Running electricity through the stack allows the pumps to inflate a rigid button on top up to five millimeters in height. FIG published an accompanying paper explai

Microsoft putting Windows 10 on life support won’t push me to Windows 11

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Windows 10’s last major update which arrived in 2022 will be the final feature upgrade for the OS, and from now on, it’ll only get security fixes. Windows 10, version 22H2 will be the final version of Windows 10 released. It will receive monthly security update releases until October 14, 2025. April 27, 2023 See more In other words, Windows 10 is entering stasis in terms of features – the 22H2 update is your lot until the end of the road, so there won’t be a Windows 10 23H2 (or 24H2 of course). Microsoft will provide monthly security updates for Windows 10, though – as you’d expect – through until its end-of-support date , which is October 14, 2025, as mentioned in the above tweet with the announcement. Without security updates, Windows 10 would be open to all sorts of attack vectors as new exploits and vulnerabilities pitched up over time, so it’s not like Microsoft has a choice about offering such fixes. They’re very much compulsory fo

Dropbox blames AI as it lays off hundreds of workers

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Following a reduction in headcount of around 15% earlier this year in response to the lasting effects of the pandemic on the economy, cloud storage giatn Dropbox has announced a second round of layoffs impacting even more workers. The company announced the departure of 500 workers, accounting for around 16% of its already reduced headcount, and it’s blaming AI. Company CEO Drew Houston first shared the news with employees in a company-wide email, promising individual meetings for affected workers with their team leader and an HR representative to discuss departure. Dropbox lays off more workers because of AI Contrary to fears that have been growing in recent months, during what Dropbox’s Houston calls “the AI era,” artificial intelligence hasn’t replaced the jobs of tech workers according to the company. Rather, AI development has meant that the company has needed to acquire new talent whose skill sets more closely match its up and coming pr

Keep your business emails protected with these top tips

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Running a business is hard enough without dealing with the myriad security threats that are around today.  There are a wide range of potential issues to consider, however a deceptively easy way for outside actors or hackers to infiltrate your business is simply through emails.  Email threats have been around for some time, but still pose a significant danger to many businesses simply down to the fact many of them are simple and effective. However it is also fairly easy to try and combat falling victim to such threats, and we've listed a few of our top tips below to help keep you and your business protected. Steer clear of spam Email spam is nothing new - the first spam message was sent in 1978 when the Internet was still in its ARPANET infancy - but it has remained a thorn in the side of users ever since, clogging up inboxes for millions of us. Most email clients offer some kind of spam filtering tools, but if you need that extra boost in

Quordle today - hints and answers for Friday, April 28 (game #459)

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints - now with added Daily Sequence answers!  Yes, that's right: the makers of Quordle have a new game, which sees you complete four Wordle puzzles consecutively. The twist is that the letters you've already used on the first game are repeated on the second and so on.  It's good fun, but also difficult - so if you already find yourself searching for Wordle hints , you'll probably need some for Quordle and the Daily Sequence too.  I'm a Quordle and Wordle fanatic who's been playing since December 2021, so I can definitely help you solve Quordle today and improve your game for tomorrow. Read on for my Quordle hints to game #459 and the answers to the Daily Sequence.  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 #459) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle