Chrome to offer constant, real-time protection against malicious sites 24/7

Chrome to offer constant, real-time protection against malicious sites 24/7

Google is upgrading Chrome’s Safe Browsing security tool by allowing it to provide constant protection against suspicious websites in real-time. Before going into the update itself, it’s worth covering the backstory. Safe Browsing gives the Chrome browser a list of thousands of well-known, unsafe websites on the internet. Whenever you visit a webpage, the software … Read more

I’ve played all 1,000 Wordles and only lost once — here are my tips

I’ve played all 1,000 Wordles and only lost once — here are my tips

On 19 June 2021, a simple new online game called Wordle made its debut. Today, it reached puzzle #1,000 – and I’ve played every single one. I’ve played through vacations and family crises and several job changes. I’ve played through war and elections and World Cups, and through rain and shine. I played at my … Read more

I analyzed the first 1,000 Wordles to look for patterns — here’s what I found

I analyzed the first 1,000 Wordles to look for patterns — here’s what I found

Happy 1,000th birthday, Wordle! Yes, the simple and oh-so-addictive word game that took the world by storm in early 2022 has now reached another landmark – and that’s given me the perfect excuse to analyze every game so far in a hunt for patterns. You might wonder why that’s helpful, but trust me – it … Read more

Inside China’s giant underground neutrino lab

Inside China’s giant underground neutrino lab

Kaiping, China Seven hundred metres below the rolling green landscape of Kaiping, southeast China, construction workers are furiously finishing a 35-metre-diameter orb-shaped detector that aims to observe ghostly subatomic particles known as neutrinos in exquisite detail. If all goes to plan, the US$376 million Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) will be ready to start detecting … Read more

Proton’s Windows and macOS mail app is out of beta and available now

Proton’s Windows and macOS mail app is out of beta and available now

Proton, the privacy-focused company that offers a variety of internet tools like mail, calendars, online storage and a password manager, continues to built out its portfolio. As of today, Proton’s desktop mail app for Windows and macOS is out of beta and now available to all its paid users. At the same time, Proton is … Read more

Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, March 15 (game #781)

I analyzed the first 1,000 Wordles to look for patterns — here’s what I found

It’s time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off.  Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I’m still playing now, around two years after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it’s fun, but … Read more

Indigenous Australians started fire farming 11,000 years ago

Indigenous Australians started fire farming 11,000 years ago

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Northern Australian elder George Milpurrurr shows the next generation how to do a cultural burn.Credit: Penny Tweedie/Alamy Indigenous Australians have been using fire to shape the country’s northern ecosystems for thousands of years. Researchers analysed charcoal … Read more