Google is updating its smart home Nest platform, introducing a new feature and making a long-overdue change. First, garage door detection is leaving the Public Preview program and coming to “all compatible Nest Cam users” via the Google Home app. Moving forward, Nest cameras will notify you if you leave the garage door...

The weekend starts with a very hard Connections puzzle, in my experience. You might well want some hints for it – although in my case luck was enough…What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle...

Here's your daily Quordle hints page for Saturday. You may need some today; but then again, they're almost always useful.Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle...

Today's Strands caused me huge problems, but I don't know whether I'd describe it as difficult. For some people it's probably easy, for others nearly impossible. Try it and see – and read on if you find you need some hints.Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today...

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has a new startup called Lumi aimed at helping creators complete, publish, and sell books and comics. Lumi offers a suite of AI tools to complement users' existing talents and merchandise what they create.Lumi's pitch is that most people aren't equally proficient at every aspect...

If you're in Russia and experiencing issues loading YouTube videos, it isn't your internet connection's fault or a technical bug. Recent reports revealed Russia's supposed plans to slow down the video-sharing platform by up to 70% by the end of next week.Plans to "permanently block" YouTube in September seem to be in...