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talking onthe telephone (if you
havetime,ofcourse). This
prevents thescammerfrom
talking toother,perhaps more
vulnerablesouls.
My current recordisabout
20 minutes–saying things like
“waitingfor the computerto
boot up,it hasgot very slow,
youknow”, while trying various
options: pressthiskey,pressthatone,
and soon. Eventually,Iaskthem: “Are
yousurethisworkson Linux?”–atwhich
point,theytend togiveup.
Ihavesimilarfun withthe “about your
recent accident”callers and,as theyare
usuallyUKcallcentres, anadditional
benefit isthatsomeone is earninga
livingbytalkingtome.
Paul Moles, via email

Correction abouttennis
streaming
InoticethatinyourWhattoWatch
Onlinesection inIssue488, you saythat
readerscan stream the ATP tennisfinals
on NowTVwithaSkySports Pass. Sorry,
but this isincorrect. Sincethe start of
2019 ,the ATP tour
rights inthe UK
areheld by
Amazon Prime,
not Sky.
Therefore,the
tournament can
only bestreamed
on AmazonPrime,except for the
afternoon sessions and thefinal, which
arealsoshown onBBC. In fact, Skyno
longershowsanytennis and,as from
next year,IbelieveAmazon willalsohave
the UK rightstothe WTAtour.
Michael Owen, via email

Whistling for yourkeys
IhadtolaughwhenreadingyourFAQin
Issue 488 aboutTile trackers, because it
remindedmeof thosefobsyou
got in the 1980s thathelped
youfindyourkeysby
whistlingforthem.They’d
respond withabeeping sound
soyoucould dig them out from
underacushion or wherever.
Oh, the funweusedtohave
windingupour Dadbywhistlingto
makehis keysbeepatinconvenient
times! I’m willingtobetTile trackers
aren’thalfasmuchfun.
NathanWoodward, via email

D

OYOUAGREEWITH

GOOGLE’S PLAN TO NAME

AND SHAME SLOWWEBSITES

(bit.ly/slow490)?

Iseriouslydoubttheimpact of this.

Being“shamed” is unlikelytomake

anysiteownerrecodeawebsitethey

have,presumably,hadforyears. From

the user’s side,ifapersonreallywants

togotoaspecific site,theywillbe

awarethatitloads slowly and have

already accepted this.Ifit’stheirfirst

visit, theywill accept it is sloworfind

an alternativesitewithout theneed

forabadgefrom Google.

Rich Grove

With the speedsweget these days,

thereshouldn’t be an issue with

slow-loading pages.Iagree thatthese

sites should be named.

Darren Phillips

It won’t haveanyimpact on me

because theslowsites will only be

shamedinGoogle Chrome and I’m

aFirefoxuser.

BrianBrown

Yetanotherexample ofGoogle acting

likeitowns theweband has the right

to tell websiteowners whattodo.It

should sortout themessinitsown

backyardfirst.

SteveTanner

H

AV EYOU INSTA LLED THE

WINDOWS10 NOVEMBER

2019 UPDATE YET?

Yes, Iinstalledit todayontwolaptops.

No problems thatI’mawareofatthe

moment.

StuartPegg

Idon’t knowwhyMicrosoft has

botheredreleasingthisupdate

because thereisn’t much newor

interestinginit.Still, atleastit

installed without messing anything up.

Graham Dyer

Afterthe problemsIhadafter

updatingtoversion 1903(the May

Update), Iamgoingtohold offforas

long as possible.

Fred Smith

Yes, but it doesn’tappeartodoalot

different from the lastversion.

MartinIreland

YesIdidinstall it, but it gaveme a

blank black screen andIcould not do

anything withit. Aftersome effort, I

havenowmanagedtoroll it backto

the previousbuild andIaminnorush

toinstall it again.

Kevin Gadget ManBenton

M

ICROSOFT IS KILLINGOFF

ITSCORTANA MOBILE APP

(bit.ly/cortana490). DOYOU

USEAVOICEASSISTA NT ON

YOUR PHONE?

Itried using Sirimanyyearsago,when

Ihad aniPhone,and I’vetried “Hey

Google”,too.Ifind thathavingto

makerepeatedeffortstospeak slowly

and clearlysavesabsolutelynotime

andImight aswell justget onanddo

whateverIwantedmyself!

NatGrove

Inever have.I’vealwaysdisabled Siri

onevery iPhone I’vehad,too.

However,I’vegot anEcho Show

athomeandIuse Alexaon thatall

the time.

Mark Chatham

Isit ataPCwithalovelykeyboard,

typingaway.When I’m notatmyPC,

ItypeortalktoGoogle onmyphone,

but I’veneverutteredasingleword

toSiri.

Chris Armstrong

Ididn’teven knowyoucould get

CortanaforAndroid.Ionly use Alexa.

Phil Graham

Nope.

GlennFaulkner

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