• Neowin

    Google Meet now lets you hide tiles with no video feeds

    Google announced that Google Meet users can now hide tiles during video meetings, which don't have their video feed enabled. It has also increased the viewer limit for ultra-low latency live streams.

  • Sheffield dialect: Here are 13 fantastic old words and phrases that are in danger of dying out

    Sheffielders are very fond of the idiosyncratic collection of words and phrases that are only used by those living in the Steel City. Sign up to newsletters from The Star However, the distinctive Sheffield dialect is becoming less commonplace, and it is in danger of dying out if those living in the city do not use it regularly. With that in mind, we asked Star readers to share their favourite Sheffield word or phrase in a bid to preserve them for generations to come. We received over 600 hundred...

    • CNBC

    'Exact same cover letters word for word': Career consultant says Gen Z are misusing AI

    A career consultant said employers are receiving "identical" cover letters from Gen Z generated by ChatGPT: "It's not being used in the right way."

  • Word origins

    My dad, even in his 90s, had the mind of a steel trap. He remembered just about everything, and I am thankful for all the stories he told about his life. However, there is one thing he conveniently failed to remember. When my sister and I were in high school and we were scheduling our classes, one of the requirements was two years of a foreign language. I remember wanting to take Spanish. I had heard it was the easiest to learn, and I deemed that it would be quite useful in my life. Daddy was a

  • Words and numbers of friendship

    May 9th is Europe Day.

  • Hide Your Dogs From This Lady

    In April, an excerpt from the forthcoming memoir of South Dakota Gov. and (probably former) Trump veepstakes hopeful Kristi Noem (R) revealed Noem killed her puppy, Cricket. She's since justified her decision to shoot the 14-month-old pup in a gravel pit by saying Cricket—who was apparently supposed to be a hunting dog—was hard to train, easily excitable, and once killed some chickens. Now, in a new excerpt of the memoir shared over the weekend, Noem writes that she wants President Joe Biden's...

  • How to hide photos on iPhone

    Have some photos you'd rather no one else see? Find out how to hide your photos on iPhone, create a hidden album, and more.

  • Open Thread: Cuellar, Collared

    This is an open thread, kicked off with news of Rep. Henry Cuellar's indictment by DOJ today.

  • Feeding the community in more ways than one

    By Matt Reese and Dale Minyo One of the core principles of a cooperative is concern for the well-being of the community — a sentiment on clear display through the Fight the Hunger, Stock the Trailer program from Farm Credit Mid America (FCMA) and Rural 1st. With county fair season almost here, the program is

  • and need to back words with action

    Sounding very much like a man who knows his time as a Hibs player is about to end, Paul Hanlon will always be interested in every detail – good, bad, encouraging and madly frustrating – of each development at the club he’s supported since childhood. Even if he doesn’t end up on the coaching staff, one of the possibilities mentioned in this final season of his playing contract, there’s no chance of this lifelong love affair simply fizzling out in a few weeks’ time. He's worth listening to, then,...

  • Marchessault finishes Eichel's feed

    R1, Gm2: Jonathan Marchessault buries a backhand dish from Jack Eichel on

  • What is the most important word in medicine? It is not what we teach doctors

    When asked what advice an eminent surgeon might give other doctors, I brace myself for another mountain I can’t climb“What’s a Festschrift?” my youngest asks.“In German it means ‘celebration writing’,” I say, “I’m going to an academic conference to honour a doctor.” Continue reading