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• A company called Life's Echo is using AI and in-depth interviews to create interactive simulations of people when they pass away.
• They clone your voice to make effective 'digital ghosts' full of information about your life.
• Post-death AI mimics are slowly becoming more prevalent, but Life's Echo is more comprehensive than most.

Imagine going to a family reunion and reminiscing about a loved one who has passed away, only for someone to open an app to reveal an AI-fueled replica of the departed you can have a conversation with.

You ask about their childhood, first job, or their emotions on their wedding day, and they answer correctly, in their own voice and words. That's the vision of a new company called Life’s Echo, which offers a suite of AI tools to enable you to produce a digital ghost of yourself capable of conversing with your loved ones after you’ve died.

Life’s Echo is designed to capture the essence of who you are before you shuffle off this mortal coil. The idea is that your stories, voice, and personality don’t have to vanish. Instead, they can be preserved in a digital format with which your friends and family can interact, even when you’re long gone. It’s a way to keep a version of you alive – in the most uncanny valley way possible.

Here’s how it works: you sit down with an AI interviewer named Sarah, who conducts five 45-minute interviews. Sarah asks about your childhood, family, career, love life – all the big stuff. She digs deep with over 1,000 questions in her database, encouraging you to share your most personal stories and details. These interviews are casual and conversational, almost like therapy, but with a digital afterlife twist.

Once the sessions are complete, the conversations are transcribed, and the AI builds a unique model of you. It’s not just a recording; it’s a digital clone of your voice, stories, and personality. This is your “AI Echo.” Your family members can then ask this AI version of you questions, and it will respond with answers drawn from the life stories you provided. Imagine your daughter, decades from now, asking, “How did you feel when I was born?” and your AI Echo delivering a heartfelt answer as if you were right there.

AI tools like Character.AI have enticed users by offering to simulate the personalities of current and historical celebrities. Then, there are AI voice cloning tools like ElevenLabs and Respeecher that have demonstrated that AI can mimic people's voices incredibly well. At the same time, MyHeritage turns old still photos into moving videos. But Life's Echo is going for something deeper.

"Like most people, I am familiar with the lives of my parents and grandparents but I know nothing about my great grandparents. After three generations, knowledge of our existence almost completely vanishes," CEO Ruth Endacott said. “Life’s Echo will help to preserve a lasting record that allows future generations to engage with and learn intimate and very important details about our lives, key experiences, and perspectives."

AI Eternity

Ruth co-founded Life's Echo with her husband, Steve Endacott. Appropriately, Steve Endacott is already known for his efforts to bring AI into the public sphere thanks to creating "AI Steve," the UK’s first AI candidate for Parliament.

The sentiment behind Life's Echo is touching and could be very heartwarming for the right people. But, it's undeniably an eerie concept too. Picture your virtual self relying on those interviews to convey who you were and what you were like to people who won't be born for a long time. It's uncomfortable to envision your voice, your memories, and your personality all distilled into an algorithm available for a posthumous chat at any time.

But, if you're really into the idea, you can use the same AI tools and interviews to produce a personalized autobiography for your funeral, record your own eulogy to be delivered by the AI version of yourself, and even a whole script for the person running the funeral based on your stories and preferences. It’s like having a ghostwriter who knows precisely what you’d want said at your send-off.

Of course, this isn’t the first time tech has tried to offer a digital afterlife. Other services, like Eternos and Project Lazarus, have explored similar ideas, where AI models of deceased loved ones can answer questions and share memories. But Life’s Echo goes beyond them with the voice mimicry and depth of its interviews.

There are other questions, of course. Even if you like the idea, will talking to a digital version of a loved one help people grieve, or will it keep them stuck in the past? How do you explain it to kids? And if your AI Echo exists in the cloud, who controls it after you’re gone? Regardless of whether you're curious or queasy imagining it, you may be having conversations with deceased loved ones before you know it.

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Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #556) - today's words

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• TAP
• TUG
• KEG
• BARREL
• TABLE
• SUB
• BARGE
• HAMMER
• COUNTER
• LADDER
• GORILLA
• SHELVE
• JUNK
• DELAY
• STOOL
• POSTPONE

NYT Connections today (game #557) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Raincheck
• GREEN: Saloon staples
• BLUE: Vessels
• PURPLE: Nintendo classic

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #557) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: DEFER
• GREEN: BAR FIXTURES 
• BLUE: WATERCRAFT 
• PURPLE: SEEN IN "DONKEY KONG" 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #557) - the answers

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The answers to today's Connections, game #557, are…

• YELLOW: DEFER DELAY, POSTPONE, SHELVE, TABLE
• GREEN: BAR FIXTURES COUNTER, KEG, STOOL, TAP
• BLUE: WATERCRAFT BARGE, JUNK, SUB, TUG
• PURPLE: SEEN IN "DONKEY KONG" BARREL, GORILLA, HAMMER, LADDER

• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 2 mistakes

In the mental Venn diagrams I was drawing today, two or three words could have gone in several categories – TABLE (Yellow and Green), JUNK (Yellow and Blue), BARREL (Green and Purple) and I fell for them all…

First I put JUNK instead of TABLE into what would become the Yellow group, then, thinking I was onto a sure thing, put BARREL in the Blue group – Barrel Boats are a thing right? Er… maybe not.

Having never played Donkey Kong (I’m more of a board game person) I was thankful that this group was the leftovers and done for me.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, 18 December, game #556)

• YELLOW: DEAL WITH FIELD, HANDLE, MANAGE, TACKLE
• GREEN: STYLES OF BEER BITTER, BOCK, SOUR, STOUT
• BLUE: INVESTMENT VERBS HEDGE, HOLD, SHORT, TRADE
• PURPLE: _DOME CAPITOL, CHROME, ONION, TEAPOT

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #291) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Roll with it

NYT Strands today (game #291) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• ROCK
• PRESS
• SKIN
• TILT
• RAGE
• VITAL

NYT Strands today (game #291) - hint #3 - spangram What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Swaying

NYT Strands today (game #291) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: right, 4th row

Last side: left, 5th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #291) - the answers

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The answers to today's Strands, game #291, are…

• GLAM
• METAL
• PROGRESSIVE
• GRUNGE
• PUNK
• ALTERNATIVE
• SPANGRAM: ROCKING

• My rating: Easy
• My score: 1 hint

After yesterday’s SPINNERS, today we had rolling, although it wasn’t the kind that comes from moving along a surface and was instead the one that goes with ROCKING.

There are hundreds of rock genres from Acid Rock to Yacht Rock but Strands took it easy on us and went with the A-listers – although I did go with Prog before seeing the full-length PROGRESSIVE.

I used to have a friend whose brother was massively into Prog Rock and as children we’d marvel at their album collection and the gatefold sleeves, which would invariably involve pyramids and some form of nudity. We’d attempt to make sense of the music, with its 12-minute-long jams and songs about mice called Gerald, but mainly it was looking at the album covers. Who doesn’t love a pyramid?

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Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, 18 December, game #290)

• DRYER
• EARTH
• TIRES
• FOOTBALL
• PINWHEEL
• BALLERINA
• SPANGRAM: SPINNERS

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles, while Marc's Wordle today column covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

Quordle today (game #1060) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 4*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #1060) - hint #2 - repeated letters Do any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 1.

Quordle today (game #1060) - hint #3 - uncommon letters Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• Yes. One of Q, Z, X or J appears among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #1060) - hint #4 - starting letters (1) Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you're not ready yet then here's one more clue to make things a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #1060) - hint #5 - starting letters (2) What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• J

• G

• T

• I

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #1060) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #1060, are…

• JEWEL
• GNOME
• TRAMP
• IDLER

Today’s experiment was to see if loading the board with Es would give me a head start.

It sort of worked, but I had to use the next two attempts with the other vowels – and getting very lucky with ANNOY, which gave me no other option than GNOME.

Despite this good start I was still sweating by the end. With my current run I’m beginning to wonder if it is ever possible to complete Quordle with a couple of spaces to spare.

Meanwhile, I’m hitting it out of the park with the Daily Sequence, so maybe I’m overthinking my tactics on the Classic version.

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Daily Sequence today (game #1060) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1060, are…

• EMCEE
• STINK
• EATER
• AGAIN

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #1059, Wednesday 18 December: LITHE, BIRTH, HUMID, ROBOT
• Quordle #1058, Tuesday 17 December: DOING, ENJOY, SNAKY, AMPLE
• Quordle #1057, Monday 16 December: HYDRO, CREAM, CHIDE, SLIME
• Quordle #1056, Sunday 15 December: DROVE, STILT, LINEN, GIANT
• Quordle #1055, Saturday 14 December: SPIEL, ONSET, TIGER, DITTO
• Quordle #1054, Friday 13 December: ERECT, REBAR, MOIST, IDIOM
• Quordle #1053, Thursday 12 December: MILKY, CRIER, STORK, DRIER
• Quordle #1052, Wednesday 11 December: BRIAR, NASAL, SHARD, FLUFF
• Quordle #1051, Tuesday 10 December: BEGAN, TRIAL, IDEAL, GUIDE
• Quordle #1050, Monday 9 December: TITAN, FORTE, SPEED, BRIAR
• Quordle #1049, Sunday 8 December: BUNCH, SHINY, MOULT, INTRO
• Quordle #1048, Saturday 7 December: SHAKY, CROOK, GHOUL, VERSE
• Quordle #1047, Friday 6 December: BRAWL, UNTIL, DOWRY, STING
• Quordle #1046, Thursday 5 December: AGING, BICEP, CLOVE, SPILL
• Quordle #1045, Wednesday 4 December: JUDGE, GIVER, GNASH, CLOAK
• Quordle #1044, Tuesday 3 December: FUDGE, THICK, CRANK, STASH
• Quordle #1043, Monday 2 December: TROPE, HOVER, SAUNA, SHAPE
• Quordle #1042, Sunday 1 December: NAIVE, CIRCA, STEAD, MICRO
• Quordle #1041, Saturday 30 November: MAMMA, SNUCK, CRYPT, TAROT
• Quordle #1040, Friday 29 November: JOIST, DROOL, DUSKY, GLIDE

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• New phishing email scam impersonating Ledger spotted
• The emails claim the user's Ledger wallet seed phrase was compromised, and asks for confirmation
• Users that provide the seed phrase lose all their money

Criminals are trying to steal cryptocurrency by impersonating hardware wallet firm Ledger and sending phishing emails.

Victims have reported receiving emails pretending to be from Ledger, and claiming that their seed phrase (also known as recovery phrase, or mnemonic seed) is compromised. To protect their digital belongings, the victims are invited to “verify the security” of the recovery phrase through the “secure verification tool”.

The email comes with a “Verify my recovery phrase” button which leads people through an AWS website, to a domain "ledger-recovery[.]info". There, users can enter their recovery phrase, which is then saved on a server and relayed to the attackers.

Providing the right data

A recovery phrase is used to load the contents of a cryptocurrency wallet into a new device, or new software wallet. It usually comes as a series or either 12, or 24 random words. Whoever has access to this phrase, also has access to the funds, so it is absolutely pivotal that these remain offline, hidden, and not shared with anyone.

To make sure they’re getting the real deal, the scammers added several safeguards to the phishing page. The site is limited to 2048 valid words that can be entered as part of the mnemonic seed phrase. Furthermore, whatever the user enters, they will get the response that the seed phrase is wrong - most likely to allow the victims to double down on their entries and thus confirm they have provided the right information.

Phishing emails often used to have poor grammar and spelling and could typically be identified by clumsy, amateurish wording. However, with the introduction of generative AI, that is no longer the case. In this case, though, the clue was in the email address, since it came from the SendGrid email marketing platform. Furthermore, the link redirects through an Amazon AWS website, which should also be a red flag.

It is impossible to know how many people (if any) fell for the trick, but those that did lost their money permanently.

Via BleepingComputer

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• EVO-X1 features AMD Strix Point architecture for enhanced performance
• Unique cubic design optimizes cooling for high-performance components
• Expect higher noise levels with increased processing power

As mini PCs continue to surge in popularity, companies like GMKtec with its NucBox series have been pivotal in driving demand.

The company has now unveiled its first official image of the new EVO-X1, suggesting the device will come with an advanced cooling design and a variety of connectivity features.

The new model distinguishes itself by integrating AMD’s latest Strix Point architecture, allowing it to exceed typical performance benchmarks for mini PCs. Unlike many competitors that prioritize low-power and quiet operation, the EVO-X1 is designed to attract gamers, designers, and power users by offering high-performance options in a small form factor.

Unique and compact design

The EVO-X1 looks to depart from the typical look of mini PCs, as GMKtec has opted for a cubic design taller than usual, a move that could hint at a specialized cooling solution needed to house high-performance components within a small footprint.

Along the front panel, the EVO-X1 features several connectors, including the standard 3.5mm audio jack, USB4 Type-C ports, and two USB 3.2 Type-A slots. Unusually for a mini PC, GMKtec has also included a DisplayPort output, allowing for a streamlined display connection without needing adapters.

The EVO-X1 stands out from similar mini PC models by its integration of AMD’s Strix Point processor, specifically the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. GMKtec plans to push the performance of this chip beyond AMD’s official recommendations, providing users with the option to operate at up to 70 watts.

While AMD suggests a 15 to 54-watt range, the higher power setting could offer a noticeable increase in processing speed and efficiency, though it might come at a cost to noise and temperature levels. GMKtec indicates this setting would be accessible through BIOS, giving tech-savvy users control over whether they prioritize power or quieter operation.

On the GPU end, this device will use the Radeon 890M. GMKtec claims that the EVO-X1 will deliver performance akin to a machine fitted with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. This GPU upgrade could offer notable improvements for users seeking a mini PC that can handle gaming or more graphics-intensive work without needing a separate graphics card. However, as is often the case with manufacturer statements on graphics performance, this claim might need to be approached cautiously until users can put the mini PC through real-world tests.

It is important to note that running the AMD Strix Point processor at 70 watts will require the EVO-X1’s cooling system to work harder, likely pushing the fan to its maximum capacity. This could result in higher noise levels than typical mini PCs, which are often optimized for low-noise performance in small workspaces.

For those prioritizing processing power, the fan noise may be a worthwhile trade-off, but users who prefer a quieter setup may find this aspect less appealing.

GMKtec has yet to disclose the EVO-X1’s price or release date, and we've reached out for further details on pricing, availability, and full specifications.

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Of all the arguments TikTok owner ByteDance could've made to retain ownership and still operate in the US, Freedom of Speech might be the weakest and one it's unlikely to win when it argues its case before the US Supreme Court on January 10.

Look, I'm no legal expert, but even I know that one of the benchmarks for measuring if you are somehow infringing on speech is if there are limited avenues for someone to share similar views.

TikTok is not unique. I love it and use it myself (and TechRadar is very busy on it), but there are other platforms just like it, including Instagram Reels and YouTube shorts (not to mention BlueSky, X, and Threads). They fall far short of TikTok's creative capabilities, but the results are essentially the same: delivering your pithy vertical social videos to a wide, public audience.

Here's what the First Amendment promises:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

It's not a lot of text and is open to interpretation, but I find it hard to see how banning the TikTok app in the US (unless ByDance sells to a US entity) meets any of those benchmarks. Sure, the loss of TikTok would close off one avenue for speech. But social media content is like water; when you seal off one spigot, it freely travels to the next available one.

Not the right dance move

TikTok arguing that this infringes on Freedom of Speech is like me arguing that Twitter (now X) shutting down Vine was a First Amendment violation. Yes, losing the ability to create and share six-second videos on the platform was awful, but I was soon using other tools to create animated unboxings. Eventually, I discovered TikTok, where I post an even wider variety of short videos.

I'm not arguing that I agree with the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act and its inclusion of TikTok as a national security threat. I believe the work TikTok and its parent company ByteDance did over the last few years – moving data to the US, hiring a US-based staff to run it, and more transparency – has addressed most of these concerns. I do not trust the Chinese government but have long believed that just having a popular app like TikTok in the US is such a point of pride that China has no interest in undermining it by trying to use TikTok as a wide-scale spying tool.

You might consider my views pollyannish, but perhaps you can agree that this law and TikTok's inclusion are government overreach. Since when is the US government making sweeping rulings about private businesses run on US soil?

No chill

I get that the climate is changing and that the US government has been taking potential action against a broad swath of companies operating in or through enemy nation-states (mostly but not exclusively in China). I'm not sure that's the right approach, either. I'm certainly not a fan of DJI drones potentially being banned in the US.

However, in the case of TikTok, the US Government is ignoring the will of its own people. Back in August, support for the ban was less than a third of those polled by Pew Research. That was a decline from earlier in the year, and it stands to reason that support has slipped even further.

Unfortunately, most legislators and people at the highest level of government figuratively have their fingers in their ears and are working hard to drown out the growing support for a TikTok pardon.

If, as I fully expect, TikTok loses its argument to stay the ban, the clock will start ticking on its departure. There will be a nine-day window between the expected SCOTUS decision and the inauguration of the next president of the United States, Donald Trump, a returning executive who may play the role of unlikely savior.

While Trump has waffled more than a bit on the topic, he most recently expressed some affection for the platform and even entertained TikTok CEO Shou Chew at his Mara Largo estate.

That could be seen as a positive sign. Trump could write an executive order to postpone the ban indefinitely while still maintaining pressure on ByteDance to slow-walk a divesture.

It could happen. Anything could happen. If none of this makes sense, perhaps the following will help.

An Edict from the US Goverment

With apologies to Clement Moore:

'Twas the twilight of TikTok and all through the house,

We paused in swiping to consider and grouse

TikTokers were stirring, all ready to pounce

Its fate hung in the balance for nine justices to pronounce

The platform it hung on the precipice of a ban

SCOTUS will listen and ponder if speech-making feels crammed

Arguments were nestled in briefs that we pled

But the chances of success we less better than dead

Influencers in cosplay and filters that slap

When all that was heard was some pre-presidential snap

A guy in a business suit, his blonde hair a flap

Held his hand to his heart and said

I have warmth for some of that

To the top of the White House, this guy did appear

And he grinned a bit too hard because

It's up to him, I fear

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