I tried Gemini's Daily Brief, and my morning app-hopping is over
…Daily Brief made opening a specific Google app easier I could see the “View Invite” button below my scheduled event I really like a feature when it's actually useful, and that…
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Testing new LLMs shouldn't require five subscriptions, and OpenRouter proves it
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…Claude’s value is in the back-and-forth, not in one-shot answers, and the free tier was really undermining that. Then there are Artifacts. This feature is the primary driver…
I stopped using Claude for coding, but now I can't live without it for everything else
…For starters, reliability, availability, and cost matter. The freedom to use the subscriptions you already pay for to their full extent matters. Unfortunately, on most of those axes, Claude Code is either…
6 free tools every photographer and tech enthusiast needs
…You can find his work on AndroidPolice, GuidingTech and TechWiser. Whether it’s demystifying system updates, deciphering error codes, or exploring hidden features, Parth’s prose guides readers through the binary maze…
I turned my old phone into a security camera that saves to my home server for free
…inside and out. Sign in to your XDA account Modern security cameras are often Trojan horses for long-term, ongoing subscriptions. This means that without a monthly fee, you lose features like…
6 Jellyfin plugins that make it better than Plex
…Of all the choices out there, Jellyfin is likely the best pick; it offers all the features Plex has (and more), while remaining completely free and open source. And while its base…
Claude Design is the best feature Anthropic's launched in a while, but it has some serious limitations
…While a fair bit of new features come built into your existing subscription and chew up usage limits of your overall plan, Claude Design is metered separately. On paper, that sounds like…
My favorite alternative to Office 365 isn’t LibreOffice – it’s something way cooler
…Microsoft's pivot to a subscription cloud model was a bold bet that fundamentally changed how businesses purchase and use productivity software. 04 / 8 Features Which LibreOffice application is the direct equivalent…
I paid for Gemini, Claude, and Copilot for a month, but only one of them is worth the subscription
…I have also been digging into Claude Projects and the newer Cowork feature. Projects is great for keeping my tech writing research and individual projects in one place, and Cowork acts like…
I put Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini through the same tasks — only one is worth the subscription
…Related The engineer behind NotebookLM's best features showed me his exact setup, and it changes everything 198 articles later, I finally got to ask the team how they actually use it…