Mistral's Vibe does what ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini charge for, and it's free
…I've been rotating through a fourth, lesser-known alternative , and it keeps pulling ahead on the features I actually need and use. It's Mistral's Vibe… Want to stay in…
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I tested Gemini Notebooks and Claude Projects side by side, and one didn't make the cut
…So their user flow, features, and so on. The biggest difference is in how Projects and Notebooks handle weblinks. There's no dedicated web link feature in Projects that crawls or indexes…
Anthropic keeps taking features away from Claude Pro, and I'm running out of reasons to defend it
Mahnoor Faisal May 25, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
I replaced five paid subscriptions with Claude, and none were coding tools
Mahnoor Faisal Apr 29, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
Here's what I do to make Claude's free plan actually worth using
…Creating the maximum number of projects They're free, and allow me to use Claude more efficiently Claude Projects are one of the AI's best features and they're often overlooked…
I connected Read AI's MCP server to Claude, and it changed my entire meeting workflow
Mahnoor Faisal Apr 16, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
I use Claude Code to set up Claude Code better, and I wouldn't have it any other way
Mahnoor Faisal Apr 27, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
Claude Code is powerful, but this one setting made it far more useful for real projects
…03 / 8 Productivity Which productivity task can Claude Code perform that would typically require a dedicated automation tool like Zapier or Make? A Scheduling calendar events via voice command B Renaming, sorting…
I gave Claude access to my calendar, notes, and file system, and my morning routine hasn't been the same
Mahnoor Faisal Mar 30, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
Gemini is catching up to Claude, but it still struggles with the nuance that matters most
…For an LLM, that "catalog" would be its feature set, and how well it solves the problems that you plan to throw at it. When I look at the benchmark numbers, Claude…