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Has anyone else noticed that AI generally has problems with todays date ? When I ask META AI "what is todays date and time ?" - It often tells me either the previous day or something stupid like 1 April 1974… Copilot is the same 50% of the time… Is this only me ?

Hello Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a DATA Only Sim from Lebara and use this in a dedicated Sim only Router? If this is not possible - where would be my cheapest option for a Sim for my Router? Many thanks.

Hi all, just replaced my ancient humax freesat box - managed to almost clear the box of unseen recordings but still have a few - can I access these via my (Apple) laptop? and if so what cabling do i need? Many thanks in advance (be gentle ageing luddite here)

We have an 8yo HP Deskjet that hasn't been used for at least a year so has completely dried out. The ink cartridges are dry/empty too. I tried soaking the heads briefly in shallow warm water to get them going again but to no avail. It's £20 for (non HP) replacements inks or £40 for a new HP (with the inks then about £25).…

Has anyone shopped here? the price seems very good for the compatible cartridge I want half the price of other places. I don't want to buy the branded one. However, I cannot find any reviews on this place at all, so wanted to see if anyone here had tried them. You have to pay for returns and if they agree it is faulty then…

I am not sure if I should be worried. Tonight I received a lot of emails relating to a booking made using my email. It refers to a Peter ****** booking a hotel on 15th - 16th October for £963 using clear pay. There are booking references and Pin codes in the emails. Obviously I didn't click on any of the email links. I…

Hi, I don't like the features of Windows 11 and feel it is bloated. Has anyone used / recommend Tiny11? Many Thanks, :-)

I am looking to recover a specific Email deleted in January I know who was the sender but don't have their Email, address is it possible to recover this one Email please

My Windows 11 laptop intermittently losing the internal wifi (the wifi adapter doesn't show under Device Manager when this happens. Probably happens 3 or 4 times a week and I need to restart the laptop (sometimes more than once) to fix. There are times when this is extemely inconvenient . I have checked that I have the…

Hi Couple of weeks ago I had problems connecting to archive.** sites. Such as archive.is and archive.ph etc. Info —> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive.today I submitted a post to MSE Forum (now deleted). For me, Lebara had decided those archive sites might be used to archive adult web pages. They cr@pped themselves and…

Normally I never read emails about changes in Ts and Cs, and such but something made me read this. M365 gives a family of 6 up to 1TB each. Now, only 2TB is shared across the entire family. This is 50% capacity reduction for a family of 4, 2/3 reduction for a family of 6. Upcoming changes to your Microsoft 365 subscription…

So my 2017 laptop is on its last legs, battery gave up years ago, fans are dying one by one and becoming noisy, and 2 BSOD yesterday. Looked online today expecting the technology to have progressed in leaps and bounds but apparently not. My current laptop has a 2TB SSD drive and most laptops i am seeing have similar or…

I saw the sticky on AI but I think we are past which one do people use, I use all but not in the mad way we see people on YouTube (from "shall I have a snack" to "will you marry me" What is more interesting is what are you using them for and which ones do you find are better at what tasks than others?

Hi, how can I delete notifications from newspaper websites etc. (for example an article on Bezos from Fortune) on my Android? I only want notifications for emails, whatsapp and some websites. Thanks.

I've been on the TPS for decades and it's reduced spam calls no end, but obviously some people still ignore it. As well as the "bank security department" scams, which probably originate outside the country, one persistent annoyance is the "local energy advisor" calls. These have been going on for years and should have been…

Hi, my father recently passed away. He was a keen photographer and has >6000 photos held on an Mac Desktop. As part of clearing his belongings I would like to transfer the photos to view on a laptop PC. So far I have tried to connect an external hard drive to download photos (this does not work as the drive is formatted…

using a Moto G7 Power handset. voicemail cuts in too quickly (after around 3 or 4 rings). is there any way to extend the amount of rings, say to 6, before answerphone comes on?

I would like to get a smart watch just for general day to day. Set alarms each day and track my running speed and distance, heart rate etc. Dont want to link to any sort app. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks M99

Which program do people use to draw lines on Google maps,etc. ?

Just got round to this and at last I can move my taskbar to where I want to see it , at the top, how many years 😎