Jared Newman

You can spend a lot of money on a printer, but why should you?

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AI can feel inescapable. Here’s how to turn off most of it.

It’s not easy wanting nothing to do with AI these days.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91566861/how-to-avoid-ai-in-as-many-places-as-possible?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

The apps and gadgets that carry a CUNY journalism professor through his day.

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Ready for the antidote to streaming indecision? Meet ‘A Good Movie to Watch.’

For all the energy that Netflix and other streaming services invest in guessing exactly what you’ll want to watch, they can be pretty bad at it.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91551216/netflix-algorithm-alternative-what-to-watch?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

Navigating an unusually weak Prime Day.

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Six big unanswered questions about Fox’s plan to buy Roku.

Fox and Roku are about to enter uncharted territory together.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91560896/what-fox-and-roku-arent-telling-us-yet?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

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Wabi lets users create, share, and remix simple apps with prompts, and Kuyda likens it to how YouTube streamlined video distribution.

Eugenia Kuyda remembers when one of her favorite apps became too bloated. All she wanted was a simple weight tracker. But she also got calorie counting, meal tracking, and a subscription she didn’t need.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91550747/eugenia-kuyda?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

With Copilot Cowork, he wants workers to delegate complex office tasks to AI agents that can use Excel, Outlook, and other Microsoft 365 tools.

After seeing how coders have been delegating large parts of their jobs to AI, Charles Lamanna wants office workers to start doing the same. Lamanna, Microsoft’s executive VP of agents and business apps, heads Copilot Cowork, which lets workers hand off complex tasks to AI agents that hook into Microsoft’s 365 suite. While it’s still in a limited research preview, Cowork allows them to do things like build competitive analyses from internal Excel spreadsheets or weed out scheduling conflicts using context from Outlook.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91550785/charles-lamanna-is-moving-microsoft-copilot-beyond-chat?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

Getting AI to do things for you isn’t as cool as learning to do them yourself.

A few weeks ago, Google Gemini taught me some new graphic design skills.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91559633/this-hidden-google-gemini-feature-can-make-you-a-better-computer-user?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

Easy ways to free up space in Gmail, Google Photos, and Google Drive.

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Use these tips to clear out unwanted apps, files, and photos.

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Turn an old phone into money with no headaches and no hassles? Yes, please.

While sites like eBay can help you turn old gadgets into cash, they’re also kind of a hassle.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91539360/sell-phone-ebay-alternative?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

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Useful tools and clear steps to follow that can help reclaim storage space.

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AI tools are capable of provide useful information, but you might need to grill them to get it.

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The static list of app tiles takes a back seat to content recommendations.

For the 100 million homes that currently use a Roku TV or streaming player, things are about to look a lot different.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91548233/why-rokus-iconic-home-screen-finally-got-a-reboot?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss