Published on: 2025-06-05 08:13:30
Long-time 9to5Mac readers will remember that the native Shortcuts app started as an indie project called Workflow, a clever, approachable tool that made automation fun and accessible to less technical users. Today, Shortcuts remains a powerful utility, particularly on the Mac. However, compared to how agentic AI tools have reshaped how we think about automation, it’s feeling a bit stagnant. That may be about to change. As reported by Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter, Apple is prepari
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 09:30:31
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube is a constantly evolving beast. Between the endless UI experiments, the rise of Shorts, and the ever-growing ad invasion, it’s harder than ever to enjoy the platform like we used to in the good old days. But even though I eventually caved and got YouTube Premium — because when you can’t defeat the system, sometimes, you’ve got to join the system — all hope is not lost. There are still plenty of ways in which I can take back control of my YouTube exper
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 14:47:27
Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Google Lens integration will be added to YouTube Shorts in the coming weeks. The feature will allow users to fire up Lens within a Short and quickly search for what they’re watching. Ads in search results will likely be a part of the experience when it rolls out widely to all users. Shorts is one of YouTube’s most important and fastest-growing categories right now. The company is constantly adding more features to the format, and another one coming in the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 21:18:03
YouTube Shorts is beta testing the addition of Google Lens. Integrating this tech into the short-form video platform will allow viewers to search for more information about what they can see in a clip. The functionality will begin rolling out to all Shorts users this week. Once it's enabled on your account, the feature can be accessed by pausing the video, selecting Lens from the top menu and then tapping or highlighting an element of the clip to search about. Visual matches and search results
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 13:48:19
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. YouTube is bringing Lens to Shorts. The feature, which will roll out in beta in the coming weeks, will let you search for more information about the animals, plants, and items you spot within a video. If you’re watching a Short with a landmark in the background, for example, YouTube says you can use Lens to search for the specific landmark and find
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 17:05:58
YouTube announced on Thursday that it’s bringing Google Lens to YouTube Shorts in the coming weeks. With this integration, viewers will soon be able to use Google Lens to search what they see while watching Shorts. For example, if you’re watching a Short filmed in a location that you’re interested in visiting, you can select a landmark and ask Lens to identify it. From there, you would be able to learn more about the destination’s culture and history. By integrating Lens into Shorts, YouTube i
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-10 17:17:56
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Researchers from Meta’s FAIR team and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that forcing large language models to “think” less actually improves their performance on complex reasoning tasks. The study released today found that shorter reasoning processes in AI systems lead to more accurate results while significantly reducing computational costs. “In this
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 01:07:57
Eight years ago, Apple acquired popular automation app Workflow, which later became baked into iOS as Shortcuts. Now, two years removed from their time at Apple, two creators behind Workflow and Shortcuts have a new app coming to macOS: Sky, which brings AI assistance to the Mac. Sky integrates deeply with macOS to offer AI powers across any app Sky was unveiled today by two of its creators, Ari Weinstein and Conrad Kramer, both formerly of Apple after the company acquired Workflow and turned
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-02 14:00:01
Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Getting a new phone might leave you wondering what to do with your old one. Trading it in, particularly for credit towards your new handset, is ideal and could make a future refurbished shopper happy. But if the trade-in value isn’t worthwhile to you and you’ve been wondering what else
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-04 21:30:00
Michael Futter was desperate to lose weight. In February 2022, the 46-year-old from New Jersey had prediabetes and high blood pressure when his doctor asked if he had considered trying a GLP-1 medication. She prescribed him Wegovy, the blockbuster anti-obesity drug made by Novo Nordisk. At the time, Futter’s health insurance plan covered the drug, which costs $1,350 a month. He was only on the hook for a $25 copay. But when he changed jobs, none of the plans offered by his new employer covered
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 01:07:37
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR The latest Google app update (version 16.17) introduces a new look to the Search bar widget. The redesigned Search bar puts more emphasis on the custom shortcut button. Users have a variety of available shortcut tools to choose from. One of the most used widgets on your Android phone is likely to be the Google Search bar. After all, it’s there by default, and it’s the easiest way to initiate your search for anything. As Google continues to improve the loo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-20 22:40:15
by Jason Snell John Voorhees, writing on Club MacStories (subscription required): Nearly three years ago, I wrote AppleScript: Shortcuts Bridge or Crutch?, questioning whether accessing AppleScript via Shortcuts on the Mac was a feature to be celebrated or a red flag, fearing that Apple would use the integration to postpone or never release many of the system-level actions that were missing from Shortcuts’ debut on the Mac. As I put it then, “if Shortcuts is to become the default way to automa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-29 19:18:15
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Google has announced a slew of improvements to YouTube’s TV and console app. The app now offers five more shelf/category types on your home feed as well as more places to watch Shorts. The company has also added a podcasts tab and support for looping all content. YouTube is available on many devices, but the website and smartphone app usually get the lion’s share of changes. Now, the company has announced a slew of features and improvements for the TV
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-31 19:00:01
TikTok's grip on the short-form video market is tightening, and the world's biggest tech platforms are racing to catch up. Since launching globally in 2016, ByteDance-owned TikTok has amassed over 1.12 billion monthly active users worldwide, according to Backlinko. American users spend an average of 108 minutes per day on the app, according to Apptoptia. TikTok's success has reshaped the social media landscape, forcing competitors like Meta and Google to pivot their strategies around short-for
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 09:15:04
Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a lock screen shortcut for the Pixel Thermometer app, aiming to make temperature readings quicker on supported Pixel phones. Found in Android 16 Beta 4 code, this optional shortcut aims to reduce the steps currently needed to open the app via the launcher after unlocking. The Temperature shortcut isn’t live yet and could potentially roll out with the Pixel 10 or a later update. Of all the many amazing Pixel-only features, the Pixel
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-09 01:33:22
It's been a brutal year for Tesla shareholders so far, and a hugely profitable one for short sellers, who bet on a decline in the company's stock price. Tesla shorts have generated $11.5 billion in mark-to-market profits in 2025, according to data from S3 Partners. The data reflected Monday's closing price of $227.50, at which point Tesla shares were down 44% for the year. The stock rallied about 4% on Tuesday, along with gains in the broader market, heading into Tesla's first-quarter earnings
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-10 05:40:57
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is borrowing WhatsApp’s media forwarding shortcut. Users will soon be able to forward images and videos in Google Messages using a handy button. The new shortcut button streamlines the process by eliminating the extra steps currently required when forwarding media on Messages. Update, April 22, 2025 (06:40 AM ET): Google Messages’ media forwarding shortcut is rolling out to some users with the latest version of the app. Did you get it
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-12 01:07:00
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-12 05:00:03
Andy Walker / Android Authority Shortcuts are everywhere on Android, and I use them daily to speed up my workflow. Long-time Android smartphone owners may be familiar with shortcuts that appear when icons are long-pressed or the various swiping gestures available that trigger a variety of other actions. But Android also hides a bevy of other shortcuts in a context menu when selecting text. How often do you use Android's text-selection shortcuts? 115 votes As often as possible, multiple times d
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-21 20:52:49
📋 ClipCapsule ClipCapsule is a minimalist clipboard manager for Linux, built with Go and WailsJS. It supercharges your productivity by allowing you to manage and switch clipboard entries using only keyboard shortcuts—no mouse or GUI required. ⚠️ This is a work-in-progress project. Currently, the GUI must be open for shortcuts to work, but we're actively working on a background daemon to make the app run seamlessly without launching the interface. ✨ Features 🚀 Keyboard-first Workflow : Switch
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-24 17:24:08
YouTube is looking into potentially offering a feature that would allow users to set a daily timer to limit how long they spend on Shorts. Recent findings from the beta version of the YouTube app, first reported by Android Authority, suggest that the platform is developing a feature to help users stop the endless scrolling through Shorts. YouTube confirmed to TechCrunch that, while this feature is not currently being publicly tested, it is “exploring this for the future,” a company spokesperso
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-25 01:46:17
iOS 18.4 arrived late last month packed with a variety of new features, including an upgrade you might have missed that provides a fast way to open your go-to conversations in the Messages app. Here’s how it works. Messages now supports shortcuts to launch specific conversations Apple’s Messages app has received some solid upgrades in recent months, such as Genmoji, Image Playground, emoji tapbacks, scheduled messages, and more. In iOS 18.4, there’s another new Messages feature that’s enabled
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-25 21:39:05
Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube could soon let users set a daily timer for watching Shorts. We’ve found code in the latest YouTube app beta suggesting users will be able to set a timer for minutes or hours depending on their consumption preference. YouTube won’t block Shorts watching entirely. Individual Shorts that appear elsewhere on the platform will still be viewable. Short-form videos and doomscrolling go hand-in-hand. If you regularly spend time on social media or video pla
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-06 17:09:35
Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube Shorts is getting a revamped video editor with precise clip timing, music, and text tools. New features like beat-synced editing, gallery stickers, and AI-generated stickers aim to make Shorts more fun and personalized. YouTube did not share a specific release date, only saying the tools will roll out this spring. As the future of TikTok in the US remains uncertain, other platforms continue to seize the opportunity to win over creators. YouTube is
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-07 01:25:00
Kerry Wan/ZDNET I'd like to think I'm not the only one drowning in a sea of open browser tabs. Multitasking is real. And these days, is it even browsing if your screen isn't covered in layers of overlapping windows? Also: Is ChatGPT Plus worth your $20? Here's how it compares to Free and Pro plans While I wouldn't place myself on the extreme end of the multitasking spectrum -- my tab names are still legible and aren't just icons, I still find myself misclicking a tab every so often, hitting t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-07 05:29:32
YouTube is updating the video editor for Shorts to better compete with the likes of TikTok and Instagram Reels, and teasing some AI-powered features that are coming later this year that might make it stand out. The new and improve editor will let users "make precise adjustments and edits to the timing of each clip with zooming and snapping," along with the usual option to rearrange and delete your footage. YouTube says you'll also be able to add music and timed text, and preview your video at a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-07 13:00:01
YouTube on Thursday announced new video creation tools for Shorts, its short-form video feed that competes against TikTok. The features come at a time when TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is at risk of an effective ban in the U.S. if it's not sold to an American owner by April 5. Among the new tools is an updated video editor that allows creators to make precise adjustments and edits, a feature that automatically syncs video cuts to the beat of a song and AI stickers. The
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-07 13:00:00
YouTube is adding new features to Shorts that aim to make it easier for creators to edit short-form videos. There are five new tools “coming this spring” according to YouTube’s announcement, including a revamped video editor that provides similar editing features to those already found on competing platforms like TikTok and Reels. The new video editor allows adjustments like cutting and rearranging clips, zooming into footage, and overlaying text and music to be made from an editing timeline vi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-13 09:21:06
The advent of streaming wars has built a physical media scarcity in a very specific medium: animation. One of the headaches of Disney+ is having to sit through copious credits from all over the world between episodes of Bluey, and then having to deal with the background ambient binge of episodes stopping abruptly. Then there’s the matter of trying to restart the cycle-through of episodes when it just pops you back to the main series menu. And no, watching Disney’s live cartoon stream so it can p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-14 09:30:37
Freaky Tales is set in 1987 Oakland, a fact it makes clear from its opening narration courtesy of Oakland rapper Too Short, whose raunchy ’87 track gives the film its title. And while that setting is a major part of all of its intertwined stories, its anthology structure evokes another era: the 1990s, specifically any chatty crime flick that came out in the wake of Pulp Fiction. That’s not to say Freaky Tales doesn’t have its own charms that almost make up for those too-familiar vibes. And, thi
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