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2022 is still the Year of the Wordle. Somehow it has maintained its hold on the public consciousness and over Google’s all-seeing algorithm. I still see tweets, every morning, of people doing the Wordle. In the wake of its huge success there have been dozens — maybe even thousands — of Wordle spinoffs covering everything from geography to music to mathall replete with their own little green and yellow squares ready for posting to social media.

I used to wake up, roll over, open Wordle, mess around until I get the day’s word, then flip over to Worldle and guess a country, skip over to Heardle so I can guess the day’s song, open a new tab to get through Quordle (solving four Wordles at once) and then, of course, hit Wordle (BTS Version). OK, maybe not that last one.

After all that, it’s usually 10:30 am The bite-size, web-based delights were absolutely tanking my morning productivity.

I started getting pretty tired of seeing new Wordle spinoffs and clones. Some were half-hearted. Others were plain ripoffs seeking a quick buck. The truth is the spinoffs never really captured the magic of the original. Wordle felt fresh and new and like a bright light during a pretty dark time.

Everybody was playing Wordle because Wordle gave us

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Fun Amazon Finds Under $50 (July 2022)

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The holidays have snuck up on us again, and that means many of us will be traveling to see friends and family or just to get away. Whether you’re headed to far-flung locales or taking a well-earned staycation, there are plenty of gadgets out there that can make your journey much more comfortable. I’ve found some of the best budget-friendly finds on Amazon, designed for all sorts of travelers. I’ve personally tested and vetted all these items to make sure they are worth your hard-earned cash.

You gotta take some photos when you’re traveling. Comes with a super wide angle and macro lens that screw into the same holder. It’s ideal for single lens phones if you’re not ready to spend big bucks to upgrade just for more cameras. You can use it with Apple or Android phones with more than one camera, you just need to position it over the main wide camera.

And it comes with a clip-on LED light, lanyard and polishing cloth? Magic! I can’t believe this is only $40.

What’s a vacation without music? This is a teensy tiny 6.2-ounce Bluetooth speaker that you absolutely need to find space for in your carry on because it’s small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. It’s only $18 and the sound is pretty impressive with rounded bass. Bonus points: It gets loud enough to fill a small room with music.

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Apple’s looking to change Siri’s trigger phrase from “Hey Siri,” to just “Siri,” according to a report from Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. This means you would just need to say “Siri” followed by a command to activate the smart assistant.

As noted by Gurman, Apple’s been working on this feature for the past several months and is expected to roll it out next year or in 2024. But Apple will have to put in a “significant amount of AI training and underlying engineering work,” to get the feature to function properly, as the smart assistant will need to understand the single wake word in multiple accents and dialects. The current, two-word trigger phrase, “Hey Siri,” increases the chance of Siri picking up on it.

Switching to a single wake word could help Siri keep up with Amazon’s Alexa, as it already lets users activate the smart assistant using just “Alexa” instead of “Hey Alexa.” It would also put Siri one step ahead of Google Assistant, which requires the “Ok Google” or “Hey Google” phrases to activate it (although you don’t have to repeat the wake word when saying back-to-back commands). Even Microsoft made the shift from “Hey Cortana” to “Cortana” on smart speakers before shutting down the voice assistant last year.