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Organização, exercício e leituras de verão entre as melhores apps da semana para experimentar no smartphone

Da organização das tarefas ao acompanhamento dos treinos, passando por resumos de livros e uma proposta para ajudar a gerir a exposição solar, a equipa do TEK Notícias reuniu um novo conjunto de apps para Android e iOS, todas com opções gratuitas.

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editing images in Notes

The online advice appears to be consistent : you can't edit images in Notes, only in Photos. However, I have a note with a lot of images, and on one of them (I don't remember HOW!) I clicked something that gave me edit options, one of which was to isolate the subject from the background, then resize options.

Now someone may say that I somehow was able to move to Photos from within Notes, and automatically return to Notes once the edits were done. However, if I now go to that note and click...

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CHEOPS vai ter mais tempo para explorar outros mundos. Portugal mantém papel central na missão europeia

A missão CHEOPS vai continuar a funcionar como uma espécie de laboratório orbital, ajudando a responder a algumas das perguntas mais antigas da humanidade: como se formam os planetas e quantos deles podem ser semelhantes à Terra.

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Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, August 9 (game #1658)

Looking for a different day?

A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, August 8 (game #1657).

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,500 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 #1658) — 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 #1658) — 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 3.

Quordle today (game #1658) — hint #3 — uncommon letters

Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #1658) — 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 #1658) — hint #5 — starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• K

• W

• F

• S

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

Quordle today (game #1658) — the answers

Quordle answers for game 1658 on a yellow background

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle, game #1658, are…

  • KAPPA
  • WIDEN
  • FOLIO
  • STEEP

I love it when the correct guess pops into your head after a period of blankness.

I got this today with my final word of FOLIO, where the key was thinking of a word that ended in I-O.

Daily Sequence today (game #1658) — the answers

Quordle Daily Sequence answers for game 1658 on a yellow background

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1658, are…

  • CHEAP
  • MONTH
  • BROOM
  • SOLVE

Quordle answers: The past 20

  • Quordle #1657, Saturday, 8 August: FUROR, BUGLE, REUSE, SCOOP
  • Quordle #1656, Friday, 7 August: AMISS, SHIRK, SALSA, RABBI
  • Quordle #1655, Thursday, 6 August: AMUSE, BRAND, CEDAR, BLURB
  • Quordle #1654, Wednesday, 5 August: MOUND, WRONG, STOOD, WEIRD
  • Quordle #1653, Tuesday, 4 August: GOOEY, TARDY, HUMAN, CHALK
  • Quordle #1652, Monday, 3 August: FUNGI, MUDDY, DEBUT, MANIA
  • Quordle #1651, Sunday, 2 August: BOOTH, EASEL, REACH, MAKER
  • Quordle #1650, Saturday, 1 August: OMEGA, BIRCH, SMOCK, EERIE
  • Quordle #1649, Friday, 31 July: MANIA, SINGE, STOOL, LOFTY
  • Quordle #1648, Thursday, 30 July: MODAL, IDLER, CHUMP, LUMPY
  • Quordle #1647, Wednesday, 29 July: GAWKY, ALLOY, AUDIT, LATCH
  • Quordle #1646, Tuesday, 28 July: SMITE, ROACH, RUDDY, GLOBE
  • Quordle #1645, Monday, 27 July: TAFFY, FIGHT, GUILD, WAGER
  • Quordle #1644, Sunday, 26 July: STOMP, LIMIT, FUNKY, STEAD
  • Quordle #1643, Saturday, 25 July: SALON, SHEEN, BURST, GOURD
  • Quordle #1642, Friday, 24 July: DOLLY, EDIFY, LAGER, PRANK
  • Quordle #1641, Thursday, 23 July: LADEN, EVICT, WOVEN, SHIRE
  • Quordle #1640, Wednesday, 22 July: COYLY, SINGE, AWASH, AWOKE
  • Quordle #1639, Tuesday, 21 July: TRUSS, AXIAL, SWINE, THING
  • Quordle #1638, Monday, 20 July: ICING, SLICK, GAILY, RISEN

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NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, August 9 (game #889)

Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 8 (game #888).

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 #889) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Isn’t that a bit much

NYT Strands today (game #889) - hint #2 - clue words

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

  • RANG
  • WRATH
  • FRIED
  • RULER
  • FLIRTED
  • THERE

NYT Strands today (game #889) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

• Spangram has 9 letters

NYT Strands today (game #889) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

• First side: left, 1st row

• Last side: right, 4th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #889) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 889 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #889, are…

  • LUXURY
  • EXTRAVAGANCE
  • TREAT
  • INDULGENCE
  • FRILLS
  • SPANGRAM: IMWORTHIT
  • My rating: Hard
  • My score: 1 hint

It was hard to ignore the two Xs on the board, so that’s where I began first — spying LUXURY and then EXTRAVAGANCE, although I did manage to start the latter with the wrong letter E, quite a drag for a 12-letter word.

After this burst I ground to a halt and busied myself with finding some interesting non-game words. A hint gave me TREAT, but I had to spend a good couple of minutes staring at these five letters before I connected them in the right order.

After all this, I think I’m going to pamper myself with a scoop of vegan ice cream.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, August 8, game #888)

  • TRACK
  • DROP
  • LOOP
  • CUTBACK
  • TUNNEL
  • CORKSCREW
  • SPANGRAM: ROLLERCOASTER

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which 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.

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Helys: a app que calcula o tempo exato que deve passar ao sol para produzir vitamina D sem riscos

Desenvolvida por um programador independente, a Helys usa uma fórmula científica que considera o seu tipo de pele, localização, hora do dia, condições meteorológicas e índice UV para calcular, em tempo real, quanto tempo de exposição solar é seguro e suficiente. Disponível gratuitamente apenas para iOS.

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Is this $450 laptop from an unknown brand too good to be true?

A Chuwi UniBook laptop, facing away from the camera to show its lid. It’s sitting on a glss table admist a plush meeting space filled with colorful couches and chairs.
Cute name, especially if it were a wookiee. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Finding a good laptop under $500 was hard enough before RAMageddon. They nearly always had cheap hardware and underpowered, often outdated chips. That's what made the MacBook Neo so disruptive: It offered great build quality and good-enough performance starting at $599. Windows laptops couldn't touch it. Even though it's gone up to $699, it's still the laptop to beat.

So when little-known Chinese brand Chuwi announced a $450 Windows laptop with an aluminum build and a brand-new Intel Wildcat Lake processor, it sounded too good to be true.

It is.

Chuwi UniBook

Score: 3

ProsCons
  • It's $450
  • Tons of ports for a small laptop (though none are very …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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My favorite feel-good show is back

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 139, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, barbecue sauce, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I've been reading about Johnny Knoxville and Google Zero and the history of the bicycle, @all-ing everyone in all my WhatsApp chats just because I can now, rereading There Will Come Soft Rains because this week is when it happens, seeing if Sabbath can help fix my screentime problems, once again moving everything around in my home office, eating altogether too much of the fabulous Trader Joe's snack mix, testing th …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phone

The mission of the Flock app is quietly subversive: to encourage users to ditch their screens and explore the wonderful world of birding

On a brilliantly bright afternoon in his gallery and studio in Bolinas, a small town on the northern California coast, Keith Hansen was putting the finishing touches on a watercolor of an almost improbably flamboyant painted bunting.

With an ultra-fine sable brush, he made a few intricate additions to the cobalt blue plumage on the bunting’s head, and, satisfied with his work, slipped the watercolor into a stout binder that every few days welcomes a new addition.

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© Photograph: Nick Czap

© Photograph: Nick Czap

© Photograph: Nick Czap

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Quand le Soleil disparaissait, la peur gagnait : pourquoi tant de peuples le croyaient dévoré lors d'une éclipse

Voir le Soleil disparaître en plein jour est aujourd'hui un spectacle fascinant. Pendant des millénaires, ce phénomène était pourtant interprété comme un terrible présage. Les découvertes archéologiques et les textes anciens révèlent que, d'un continent à l'autre, les civilisations ont imaginé...

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