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Notepad gets free AI features on Copilot+ PCs with Windows 11

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-19 09:50:04

Microsoft is adding free AI-powered text writing capabilities to Notepad for customers with Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11. Currently, this change is being rolled out to Windows 11 Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels, who have upgraded to Notepad version 11.2508.28.0. The AI-powered text summarization, text rewriting, and text generation features introduced for Windows 11 users over the last year are normally available with Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, and Copilot Pro subscriptions. T

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Elements of C Style (1994)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-17 18:21:03

Notes on Programming Practices More Purity More Speed More Correctness Other notes on C programming Style Snobbism Your Friends, the Header Files Your Friend, the Compiler Function and Procedure Names Variable Names Notes on Formatting Style Indentation Braces Spacing Comments Function declarations Cute Tricks in C Powers of Two Unrolling Small Loops Unrolling Bigger Loops Counting Bits Random Essays on Programming Meaningless Variable Names Considered Useful GOTOs Considered Us

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How to watch Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote at Meta Connect 2025

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-09-21 17:00:00

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Meta is about to kick off its annual Connect conference, beginning with a keynote address from CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday night. Zuckerberg plans to discuss “the latest on AI glasses” and will lay out “Meta’s vision for artificial intelligence and the metaverse,” according to the

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The best (and weirdest) things people actually use Samsung’s S Pen for

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-22 06:00:43

Ryan Haines / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. There are a lot of reasons to like Samsung phones, and for many people, one of the biggest reasons is the almighty S Pen. The S Pen has been a staple of Samsung phones (and tablets) for years. Having a stylus built into your phone that you can use for drawing, signing documents, more precise navig

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Welcome to our pen-and-paper club

theverge.com Verge Staff 2025-09-24 05:30:00

Considering all the tech that we cover here at The Verge, you’d think that the members of our staff would be using their phones, laptops, and other gadgets for all their productivity needs. But interestingly, when we asked people to talk about their favorite productivity tools, there was suddenly an enthusiastic discussion of notebooks, pens, and dry-erase boards. Welcome to a not-so-secret society where members are concerned with the format of an analog notebook, the quality of its paper, and

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6 Best Digital Notebooks, Tablets, and Smart Pens (2025)

wired.com Nena Farrell 2025-09-26 12:01:00

Comparing Our Favorite Digital Notebooks Model Display Resolution Color? Storage Weight Battery life reMarkable Paper Pro 10.8 inches, adjustable front light 229 pixels per inch Yes 64 GB 1.16 pounds Up to 2 weeks reMarkable Paper Pro Move 7.3 inches, adjustable front light 264 pixels per inch Yes 64 GB 0.51 pounds Up to 2 weeks Kindle Scribe 10.2 inches, adjustable warm light, auto-adjusting front light 300 pixels per inch No 16, 32, or 64 GB 0.96 pounds Up to 12 weeks reMarkable 2 9.7 inches

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My new favorite note-taking app for MacOS and Linux checks this crucial box - and it's free

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-30 09:00:21

D3Damon/iStock / Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Trilum is a note-taking app for Linux and MacOS. This note-taking apps has tons of features, including local sync. Trillium is free to install and use. Note-taking apps are a dime a dozen. Go to your device's app store and you'll find myriad apps for this purpose; some of them are good and some of them are not. Many note-taking apps check almost every box, but there's one feature

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NotebookLM: These AI Tools Can Help You Study and Learn

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-01 05:00:02

When I was in high school, there were some subjects you couldn't have paid me to study for, like math or government. I can't help but think about how different things might have been if I'd had something like NotebookLM available to help me care about and study for those subjects I actively avoided. It probably would have made me a much better student. NotebookLM is a solid AI research assistant, and it really shines as a tool for students. What sets it apart from other AI tools is that it does

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Meta tests letting anyone rate Community Notes

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-01 21:12:08

As part of a new test, Meta will let anyone rate a Community Note or request one for a post, Meta's Chief Information Security Officer Guy Rosen shared on X . After testing the feature in March, the company formally introduced Community Notes as a replacement for its fact-checking program in April of this year. You have to apply to actually write Community Notes, but Meta's new test means that anyone who sees one can rate it to signal whether it's helpful or not. They'll also be able to request

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Meta adds new features to Community Notes fact checks, including alerts for corrected posts

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-02 09:33:21

Meta is introducing a few new features for its crowdsourced fact-checking program, Community Notes, launched in the U.S. earlier this year. Now, users will be notified when they’ve interacted with a post on Facebook, Instagram, or Threads that receives a Community Note. Plus, anyone can now request a note or rate a note if it’s been helpful to them. We’re testing new Community Notes features at Meta: Anyone can now request a note or rate if a note is helpful – Users get notified when posts th

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PKM apps need to get better at resurfacing information

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 13:56:41

I’m a happy user of a number of apps that can be classified under the nebulous category of Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) software: Obsidian (note taking) Things (task management) Drafts (quick capture) Readwise Reader (RSS and read-later) Raindrop (bookmarking and archiving) These apps allow me to work with vast amounts of digital information. They let me: Quickly capture information from my computer or physical environment Organize captured data using categories and/or tags Conne

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NotebookLM moves one step closer to replacing your real-life tutor

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-05 04:54:39

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR Google is introducing a range of new NotebookLM features to improve learning. NotebookLM gets quizzes and flashcards, along with an Explain option, to help you memorize better. It also gets multiple new formats for reports and a Learning Guide that lets you ask open-ended questions and adapts to your learning style. While AI, in general, is marketed to enhance learning, NotebookLM has proven to especially boost understanding of concepts and enhance p

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Google is working on making it easier than ever to find your Call Notes (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-05 13:00:08

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new filter for the Phone app. This filter separates calls with Call Notes attached from the rest of your call history. This follows an earlier discovery that revealed a “Recordings” filter. After new filters were rolled out in the Phone by Google app earlier this year, sorting through call history became a bit easier. You can now separate past calls by Missed, Contacts, Non-Spam, and Spam. However, we recently discovered that anothe

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news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-05 22:09:21

No adblocker detected. Sep 8, 2025 Internet ads are horrible: They waste your time, and the advertising industry makes the internet a worse place. Payouts are so small that the only way to survive is to turn your site into an ad filled hellhole with no real substance. If you want to support your favorite authors: send then money. A dollar helps more then viewing ads ever would. However, most people see advertising as a part of the internet experience, which is why I added this message to my

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NotebookLM Can Now Make Flashcards and Quizzes to Help You Study

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-05 20:13:52

If it wasn't obvious that NotebookLM is shaping up to be the ultimate AI tool for school, it should be now. And Google has more to share for the fall season. On Monday, Google announced its latest NotebookLM features, including the option to generate flashcards, quizzes, new reports and more. Brand-new audio formats for the popular Audio Overviews feature were also released just last week. What sets NotebookLM apart from other AI tools is that it will only rely on the source material you provi

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NotebookLM isn’t just for students. Here are 4 ways I use it in my daily life

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-08 05:00:43

Andy Walker / Android Authority I consider myself a generative AI skeptic, with my initial interest in the technology turning into frustration and distrust. But there’s one tool that has genuinely impressed me over the past few months: NotebookLM. Its power lies in the ability for you to set custom sources that the service’s chatbot draws information from — leading to better quality responses compared with many of the other tools I’ve experimented with. Most people dismiss NotebookLM as a too

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Show HN: Veena Chromatic Tuner

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-08 06:38:34

Veena Chromatic Tuner lets you to tune in Equal Temperament/Just Intonation with oscilloscope-like stable waveform display. This powerful, versatile tuning application is designed for musicians who need precise control over their instrument tuning across multiple musical traditions (Equal Temperament, Just Intonation). It displays the pitch (frequency) and deviation in cents via a needle interface. A unique visual feature is its linear and circular waveform display of input audio: the waveform a

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A really cheap way to get really smart lights

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-10-07 22:00:00

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 96, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, has your inbox been as busy as mine the past few days?, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I also have for y

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Show HN: Vapor – A notepad that fades away as you type

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 22:16:28

Vapor A transient notepad Your words fade away as you type You cannot go back Focus on what comes next Save when you're done

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Pour one out for the Galaxy Note line as updates come to an end

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-10 21:15:45

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has finally ended software support for the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra. The August 2025 patch was their final update, leaving them on One UI 5.1. Fans say they’ll keep using the phones, but the Note line is now officially over. The Galaxy Note series was iconic in its day, but time waits for no device, and now the last models have finally been cut off. Samsung has stopped supporting the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra, with the August 202

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Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize the tone of its AI podcasts

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-13 17:29:03

Google’s AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM now lets users customize the tone of their Audio Overviews, which are podcasts with AI virtual hosts that summarize and discuss documents shared with NotebookLM, such as course readings or legal briefs. When generating an Audio Overview, users can now choose whether they want their AI podcasts to be formatted as a “Deep Dive,” “Brief,” “Critique,” or “Debate.” A Deep Dive features conversational dialogues where two AI hosts unpack the t

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Google's NotebookLM now lets you customize your AI podcasts in tone and length

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-14 05:51:02

NotebookLM/Screenshot by Nina Raemont ZDNET's key takeaways NotebookLM introduced new audio formats on Wednesday. The formats offer users more interactive, customizable information distillation. The tool could save students and workers time. Google's NotebookLM audio overview feature went viral because it uses AI to create engaging, realistic podcasts from your content. The feature just got a facelift, making it even more helpful, allowing you to customize the podcast to suit your needs eve

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NotebookLM can now argue with itself over your notes

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-15 05:27:33

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR NotebookLM is adding new Audio Overview formats: Brief, Critique, and Debate. Each format changes how two AI hosts present your notes, from summaries to arguments. The update is rolling out now. NotebookLM has quickly become a favorite of ours. We’ve used it to cut through everything from apartment contracts to car manuals, and it’s consistently proven to be one of Google’s most practical AI tools. But it’s also got a creative side, especially with its p

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The staff ate it later

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 04:24:48

Japanese entertainment term is an orphan, as no other articles . Please This article. Please introduce links to this page from . "The staff ate it later" as shown on screen "The staff ate it later" (Japanese: この後、スタッフが美味しくいただきました, romanized: Kono ato, sutaffu ga oishiku itadakimashita) is a caption shown on screen when food appears in a Japanese TV program to indicate that it was not thrown away after filming. Some question the authenticity of this statement, and others believe this caption l

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Apple Notes in iOS 26 works better than ever with my favorite writing tool

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-22 08:59:05

Apple Notes gets upgraded with new features every year, and iOS 26 is no exception. Among the handful of Notes changes in iOS 26, the app now works better than ever with Markdown thanks to import and export support for my go-to writing tool. Markdown is a text formatting tool created by John Gruber and commonly used by journalists, researchers, developers, content creators, and other online writers. I personally use it every day for all my 9to5Mac writing. Gruber’s creation enables writing pla

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Standalone AI Devices Are Back, Baby. The Note-Taking Plaud Note 3 Proves It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-23 09:00:00

There was a moment around 18 months ago when it felt like AI had unlocked an entirely new consumer technology category. The wearable Humane Pin and handheld Rabbit R1 were small, standalone devices that promised to be your AI personal assistants and threatened to be smartphone killers. But almost as soon as the hype around them peaked, it died down again. The devices that hit the market during that initial wave of excitement overpromised and underdelivered, and today we remain just as reliant o

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Plaud launches a new AI hardware notetaker, the $179 Note Pro

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-25 13:13:02

Hardware company Plaud.ai has released its new physical notetaker, the Plaud AI Pro, on Wednesday. The notetaker, priced at $179, comes two years after the original Plaud Note was released, and a year after the company released an AI Pin. For people who haven’t seen one, the Plaud Note is a credit-card-sized hardware notetaker, which can stick on the back of your phone and help you take notes for calls or in-person meetings. The Note Pro looks similar to the original Note, but there’s one majo

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Plaud upgrades its card-sized AI note-taker with better range

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-25 17:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Plaud, the company behind an AI wearable that actually works, is launching an upgraded version of its credit card-sized note-taking device. Just like its Plaud Note predecessor, the Plaud Note Pro uses AI to record, transcribe, and summarize your conversations,

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The McPhee method for writing deeply reported nonfiction

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-26 15:17:40

When I first started writing for a real publication, I taught myself “reporting” with a simple self-made curriculum unfolding over six or seven articles. The first two pieces I wrote from my head, with reference to things I already knew or to books I’d read. For the third, I actually got out of the house, but didn’t yet have to play the journalist; I just wrote about taking a flying lesson in a small airplane. The fourth article required more gumption: I decided to shadow a friend of mine for a

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You can customize your NotebookLM Audio Overview outputs in-app now - here's how

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-30 16:43:44

peshkov/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways: The NotebookLM app now offers new customization options. The platform is positioned as an AI-powered research assistant. More updates can be expected soon, according to the platform. The NotebookLM mobile app just got a little more customizable. You can now specify more elements within the Google-owned platform's Audio Overview tool, which debuted in September of

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