Tech Tips, Tricks & Trivia

This Week I Learned -  * navigator.sendBeacon() method is used to quietly send analytics or telemetry data, often when a page is closing.  * P4RS3LT0NGV3 is a Universal Text Translator. Think of it as a universal translator for ALL alphabets and writing systems! It is a powerful web-based text transformation and steganography tool with 159 built-in text transforms spanning encodings, classical and modern ciphers, Unicode styles, formatting, and niche alphabets.  * When you see that Claude is "organizing its thoughts" during long conversations—it indicates automatic context management is working. * Fable 5 is now the most capable model of Claude and takes 2X the usage of Opus. Fable 5 is the same base model as Mythos but with cybersecurity guardrails. In the same week of its release, Anthropic has disabled Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users after a US directive restricting foreign national access, citing national security concerns. * Meta chief product officer Chris Cox o...

Cartoon co-created with Gemini. See more of my AI co-creations . Inspired by a real remark from a self-satisfied fellow, proudly boasting about the abundant groundwater at his place while others scrambled for water tankers in the sweltering summer heat.

The free versions of popular AI chatbots ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Mistral & Grok can read out a response. This feature is a very useful on mobile devices which have small screen sizes. Among these AI assistants, Grok has more options - you can not only choose from multiple voice options but also control the pacing.  Grok currently offers the following types of voices - Ara - Upbeat Female Eve - Soothing Female Leo - British Male Rex - Calm Male Sal - Smooth Male Gork - Lazy Male While I loved Grok's read aloud feature, I noticed a few glitches - 1. A few words were omitted although it was part of Grok's response. 2. A large number was incorrectly spelt out  3. Possibly because the answer was long or my bandwidth was weak at a particular point, there were a couple of interruptions. The spinner indicated it could be buffering and I was pleasantly surprised that the voice resumed automatically although some bits were cut off. Claude currently doesn't offer the Read Alo...