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I struggled far more than I should have with today’s puzzle. Not enough greens and too many greys started me off on the wrong foot, and two more goes with little to show for it had me worried that there was no coming back. Thankfully, a couple of well-placed greens finally showed up, and I guessed today’s Wordle answer on my next move.
Wordle hint
A Wordle hint for Wednesday, March 29
This term often refers to a steady stream of unfortunate events over a length of time—a project doomed from the start, a long road trip _____ with car issues—or some form of attack or unpleasantness that seems to come from …
Conservative politicians and commentators in the US are complaining that Xbox game consoles are now “woke” following an announcement earlier this month that Xbox Series X/S machines will be updated with an “Energy Saver” mode that reduces their power consumption when enabled.
This particular descent into partisan madness started on January 11, when Microsoft announced that the Xbox would be “the first gaming console to offer carbon aware game downloads and updates.” Simply put, it means that Xbox consoles will be capable of scheduling updates for times when the electrical grid is making use of lower-carbon sources of power.
It’s a smart idea—Microsoft said the new setting cuts power usage by up to 20 times compared to the regular sleep mode—and it’s actually not new: The “carbon aware” feature was rolled out to Windows 11 last year.
Naturally, that didn’t stop the right-wing commentariat and their political enablers from seizing on the update as t…