Jared Newman

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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

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After trying to replace my laptop with an iPad Pro, it turns out that what I really needed all along was a Mac.

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Apple may have given up on HyperCard decades ago, but the app’s spirit lives on—and is now available virtually anywhere.

Decades ago, when a classmate and I were supposed to be learning Photoshop in our high school computer lab, we stumbled upon something much cooler—and weirder.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91528900/hypercard-alternative-decker?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

What is going on with the beloved open-source password manager?

Bitwarden, the maker of a popular free password manager and other security solutions, is quietly making changes.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91542655/bitwarden-scrubs-always-free-and-inclusion-values-from-its-website-as-longtime-execs-step-down?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

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Three decades after Brewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive to preserve humanity’s digital record, the nonprofit behind the Wayback Machine is confronting AI scraping fears, antagonistic publishers, and rising storage costs that threaten the future of the open web.

If you were to travel back in time to 1996 with a 2TB thumb drive, you’d be able to fit the entire World Wide Web on it.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91539598/internet-archive-at-30-ai-scraping?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

While desktop AI apps can be helpful, they’re also a way for AI companies to ingrain themselves more deeply into your life, in a way that brings some risk.

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I was feeling overwhelmed by the assortment of laptops, tablets, and other gadgets accumulating around the house and finally decided to do something about it.

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The audio giant spent years reviving its classic Lifestyle speaker line, with hopes of making it future-proof.

Bose is rethinking its approach to smart speakers.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91535790/bose-is-rebooting-its-smart-speakers-for-the-sonos-haters?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

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I was feeling overwhelmed by the assortment of laptops, tablets, and other gadgets accumulating around the house and finally decided to do something about it.

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Or, why you should have a ‘People’ note.

Let me tell you my trick for remembering the names of people I meet: I don’t.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91532384/my-secret-to-remembering-people?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

This free website offers the YouTube interface makeover you never knew you needed.

There are ​more than 20 billion things​ to watch on YouTube, but sometimes that endless choice can feel constraining.

It’s all too easy, for instance, to get trapped inside an algorithmic bubble that keeps stuffing you with more of the same thing. And that’s before you get sidetracked looking at comments, descriptions, and sidebar recommendations.

– https://www.fastcompany.com/91517966/youtube-channel-surfer?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

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After failing to find the duplicate photo cleaner of my dreams, I decided to just make one myself.

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What to do with an old Mac, whether the latest phones are worth buying, making a party photo album, and more.

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