JR Raphael
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The essential air quality apps to help you navigate wildfire season
’Tis the season for breathing—and, in many parts of the world, wondering if the air you’re inhaling is going to cause problems. With my family approaching our one-year anniversary of living in California, wildfires and air quality are all-too-real elements of our day-to-day life.
15 cosas increíblemente útiles que no sabías que Claude podía hacer
Para la mayoría de las personas que utilizan la tecnología con regularidad, pensar en inteligencia artificial significa pensar en ChatGPT o Gemini. Sin embargo, quienes están más familiarizados con el tema también conocen Claude, de Anthropic. Tanto si formas parte del grupo que ya utiliza Claude como si nunca te has aventurado a probarlo, esta potente herramienta de productividad, algo menos conocida, está repleta de posibilidades que probablemente nunca hayas descubierto.
15 funções úteis do Claude que você provavelmente ainda não conhece
Para a maioria dos simples mortais que usam tecnologia, pensar em inteligência artificial significa pensar em ChatGPT ou Gemini. Mas quem conhece melhor esse universo sabe que há também o Claude, da Anthropic. Seja você parte do grupo que já adotou a ferramenta ou alguém que nunca se aventurou por ela, essa potência da produtividade menos conhecida está repleta de possibilidades que provavelmente passaram despercebidas. A Anthropic foi fundada em 2021 por ex-integrantes da OpenAI.
15 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Claude could do
For most regular tech-using mortals, thinking about AI means thinking about ChatGPT or Gemini. For those in the know, though, there’s also Anthropic’s Claude. And whether you’re among the Claude-embracing crowd or someone who’s never ventured into its embrace, this off-the-beaten-path productivity powerhouse is packed with potential that you’ve probably never noticed.
15 incredibly useful things you didn't know Claude could do
16 hours ago Anthropic will watermark text generated by its models, including Claude, to comply with European regulations, the company now says. The AI model maker confirmed the watermarking in an updated support page. EU AI Act’s Transparency Code, which took effect on August 2, requires AI companies to mark …
Conoce la mejora definitiva para Google Fotos
Es realmente fenomenal lo fácil que es editar fotos hoy en día. Sin embargo, a pesar de todas las increíbles opciones de edición fotográfica disponibles, una tarea aparentemente sencilla sigue estando fuera de nuestro alcance: editar varias imágenes a la vez, en lote, y aplicar los mismos ajustes a todas simultáneamente. Google Fotos puede ser el referente en edición de imágenes fácil y eficaz, pero de alguna manera aún carece de esta función.
Meet the ultimate Google Photos power-up
It really is phenomenal how easy it is to edit photos these days. And yet, for all the mind-blowing photo-enhancing options in front of us, one seemingly simple feat is oddly out of reach—and that’s editing multiple images together, in bulk, and applying the same adjustments to a bunch of images at the same time. Google Photos may be the gold standard for easy and effective image editing, but it’s somehow still lacking that one capability.
2 sites grátis para sair da bolha musical do Spotify
Se existe algo que me empolga tanto quanto tecnologia, é música. Essas sempre foram minhas duas maiores paixões. Recentemente, ao reencontrar alguns velhos amigos da faculdade, muitos deles músicos profissionais, comecei a pensar em como descobria músicas novas antigamente e como faço isso hoje, mais de 20 anos depois. A resposta é simples: hoje, praticamente não descubro músicas novas.
Rompe la burbuja de Spotify con estas opciones gratuitas para descubrir música
Si hay algo que me emociona tanto como los aparatos tecnológicos, es la música. La tecnología y la música siempre han sido mis dos grandes pasiones. Y últimamente, al reconectar con algunos de mis viejos amigos de la universidad, muchos de los cuales son músicos profesionales, he pensado cada vez más en cómo descubro música nueva ahora en comparación con hace unos veinte años. En resumen: hoy en día, ya no descubro música nueva.
Break out of the Spotify echo chamber with these music discovery gold mines
If there’s one thing that gets me as giddy as gadgets, it’s music. Tech and music have always been my two biggest passions. And lately, as I’ve been reconnecting with some of my old (heavy emphasis on the word old) college friends, many of whom are professional musicians, I’ve been thinking more and more about the way I discover new music now compared to (cough, cough) 20-some-odd years ago. In short: Nowadays, I don’t really discover new music.
Break out of the Spotify echo chamber with these music discovery gold mines
10 hours ago Josh Grisetti — the Broadway actor, television performer and beloved musical theater educator known for his work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Something Rotten! and It Shoulda Been You — died by suicide on Friday, July 10, PEOPLE can confirm. He was 44. The sad news was announced in an emotional …
O truque do Google para assistir ao YouTube sem anúncios
Um leitor atento destas minhas reflexões se deparou recentemente com uma descoberta que ainda me faz duvidar do que vejo. É um site aparentemente secreto que permite assistir a qualquer vídeo do YouTube sem anúncios a qualquer momento, sem pagar um único centavo. Eu sei que parece bom demais para ser verdade, mas repare nisto: na verdade, é um site oficial de propriedade do Google.
Este truco te permite ver YouTube sin anuncios en cualquier momento
Una palabra: Wow. Un lector atento de estas divagaciones se topó recientemente con un descubrimiento que todavía me deja boquiabierto. Se trata de una página web aparentemente secreta que te permite ver cualquier video de YouTube sin anuncios, cuando quieras y sin pagar un centavo. Suena demasiado bueno para ser verdad, lo sé, pero fíjense: en realidad es una página web oficial de Google.
This official Google workaround gives you ad-free YouTube anytime
One word: Whoa. A wise reader of these ramblings recently stumbled onto a discovery that still has me doing a double-take. It’s a seemingly secret website that lets you watch any YouTube video ad-free anytime—without paying a dime. It sounds too good to be true, I know—but get this: It’s actually an official Google-owned website. It just isn’t designed for public knowledge or meant to be used in quite this way, by regular ol’ YouTube-watchin’ schmoes like us. But it works, all right.
Spotify no lo tiene todo: escucha y descubre música gratis en este sitio web
La música está por todas partes. Puedes reproducir prácticamente cualquier canción grabada en cualquier momento con solo dar un clic. Y sin embargo, a pesar de todas las comodidades que nos brindan los servicios de streaming modernos, se pierde algo intangible en comparación con la forma en que solíamos escucharla.
20 truques do Gemini que vão muito além do chatbot
Quando ouvimos falar do motor de IA Gemini do Google hoje em dia, quase sempre é o resultado de algum avanço muito ambicioso e com cara de futurista. Não é preciso ir muito longe para encontrar exemplos. O Gemini, assim como outros sistemas de IA generativa, está sendo cada vez mais posicionado como um agente capaz de realizar tarefas complexas por você. Essas tarefas vão desde fazer compras e comprar ingressos até planejar viagens e mesmo navegar pela web em seu nome.
Watch out, Spotify: This free site is a music lover’s dream
These days, music is everywhere. You can call up practically any recorded song at any moment with a quick flick of your favorite fingie and nary an extra cent spent. And yet, for all the convenience modern streaming services give us, something intangible is lost compared to the way we used to listen to music.
Watch out, Spotify: This free site is a music lover's dream
3 hours ago Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon has moved deeper into sovereign territory, with troops crossing the Litani river. Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon has moved deeper into sovereign territory, with troops crossing the Litani river. It’s the first time in nearly 20 years that Israeli troops have …
Watch out, Spotify: This free site is a music lover's dream
Culture Now Spencer Pratt says Jesus is his role model. His take on homeless people isn’t Christ-like Los Angeles Times - Gustavo Arellano • 59m Spencer Pratt is a showboat, a loudmouth, a troll and a self-proclaimed villain who seems willing to say anything in his quest to be the next mayor of Los Angeles.
20 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google’s Gemini AI could do
When we hear about Google’s Gemini AI engine these days, it’s almost always the result of some wildly ambitious and futuristic-sounding advancement. You don’t have to look far to find examples. Gemini, like other generative AI systems, is increasingly being positioned as an agent that can handle complex tasks for you, as we heard about throughout Google’s I/O conference keynote last week.
20 incredibly useful things you didn't know Google's Gemini AI could do
10 hours ago For the first time, BMW will use humanoid robots for car manufacturing in Europe. Two robots, made by Hexagon Robotics, are planned to work in production from the summer. They're currently in a test deployment at the Leipzig factory. "This will be the future of automotive production," says Michael …
This free email security scanner pairs perfectly with Gmail or Outlook
Listen to this ArticleMore info Last summer, I stumbled onto a brilliantly useful tool that ended up being one of the most well-received discoveries we’ve ever shared in these quarters. It was seemingly so popular, in fact, that its hobbyist nature couldn’t keep up with the demand. The service struggled to juggle all the requests we (and other enchantingly informed internet-dwellers) sent its way.
Beat the TSA line blues with these crafty crowdsourced resources
If you find yourself having to fly the allegedly friendly skies anytime soon, my goodness—good luck. Even in the best of times, heading to an airport can be an unpredictable headache. Now, in the midst of our current U.S. TSA meltdown, security wait times are climbing to crazy new highs. And the effects of that can often ripple far, even if you’re lucky enough to begin your journey in an airport (within the U.S. or without) that’s reasonably all right.
This turbulence-tracking travel app will make your next trip more tolerable
Turbli relies on the same data sources that actual airline pilots use—from advanced weather models provided by places like the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.K. Met Office. It instantly analyzes all that info and spits back a plain-English summary and simple illustration showing you what to expect.
This turbulence-tracking travel app will make your next trip more tolerable
When we talk about travel apps, we typically talk about the types of tools that help you organize your itineraries, find worthwhile stops along your way, or maybe even just find flights (and/or fuel!) in the first place. Those types of tools are important—but there’s another travel resource I recently ran into that might be even more invaluable.
Esta herramienta web gratuita hace que todo sea mucho más fácil de leer
Sin duda es agradable poder tener la web con el aspecto que uno desea, sin las opciones de fuentes incómodas y otras distracciones variadas, ¿verdad?
This free web tool makes everything way easier to read
It sure is nice to have the web look the way you want—without all the usual awkward font choices and other assorted distractions—isn’t it?
Wispr Flow is the dictation upgrade Android users deserve
Gee whiz, Gboard: You’re really falling behind. For all the many ways Google’s Gboard keyboard makes tapping out text a breeze on Android, its ability to transcribe your speech and turn it into words isn’t exactly awe-inspiring. Android’s voice-to-text setup has always been pretty good, relatively speaking—but now, newer and more effective options are popping up, and it’s suddenly seeming like a system from the past.
15 cosas que no sabías que podías hacer con NotebookLM
La IA generativa puede ser, a la vez, la herramienta más útil y la más desconcertante de nuestra era tecnológica moderna. El problema –además de todos los ya ampliamente documentados errores de precisión– es que la IA generativa suele funcionar como una pantalla en blanco al estilo del sistema DOS. La responsabilidad recae completamente en el usuario para descubrir qué preguntar y cómo aprovechar estos sistemas tan sofisticados.
15 incredibly useful things you didn’t know NotebookLM could do
Generative AI may be both the most useful and the most mystifying tool of our modern-tech era. The problem—aside from all the endlessly documented issues around accuracy—is that generative AI generally seems to function in a DOS-like blank prompt form. The onus is squarely on you to figure out what to ask and how to put these saucy systems to use. That black-box feeling is especially apparent when you look at NotebookLM, an “AI-first notebook” launched by Google nearly two years ago.
15 incredibly useful things you didn’t know NotebookLM could do
20 hours ago The AI dictionary just keeps growing and growing. It seems like every week or two there's a trendy new AI buzzword flying around the internet. This week, it's "claws," a new type of AI assistant. Many people, from prominent AI evangelists to regular folks on message boards, have started using the …
Um app como o Google Tradutor – só que sem rastrear você | Fast Company Brasil
A ideia de tradução instantânea em qualquer lugar já não é novidade para a maioria, graças ao hoje onipresente Google Translate. Mas um concorrente ágil do Google acredita que dá para fazer melhor. Na semana passada, a empresa Kagi lançou o aplicativo Kagi Translate para Android e iOS.
Discover Kagi Translate: A privacy-focused alternative to Google Translate
JR Raphael|Published 1 day ago The notion of instant on-the-go translation is nothing new for most of us, thanks to the now-ubiquitous Google Translate service. But a scrappy Google competitor thinks it can do better. ➜ This week, a company calledKagi​is officially launching its ​Kagi Translate app for bothAndroid​andiOS.
Kagi’s new app is like Google Translate—plus privacy
The notion of instant on-the-go translation is nothing new for most of us, thanks to the now-ubiquitous Google Translate service. But a scrappy Google competitor thinks it can do better. ➜ This week, a company called Kagi is officially launching its Kagi Translate app for both Android and iOS.
This smart service saves memorable podcast moments in your inbox
Podcast Magic’s transcriptions really do feel like magic. ⌚ The whole thing takes maybe 20 seconds to do. And it’s free for a while, though if you use it enough, the service will eventually prompt you to pay $20 once for lifetime unlimited access.
This smart service saves memorable podcast moments in your inbox
Listen, I don’t know about you, but I’m generally not so big on listening. I tend to be more of a “words in front of my eyes” kind of guy when it comes to taking in information (which, as I’ve come to learn, also means I’m “an old person” by modern-day standards—hey, I’m okay with that). Sometimes, though, there’s something to be said for sitting back and enjoying an aural experience—or, as the cool kids call it these days, a podcast.
Fizzy is 37signals’ fix for boring, complex, AI-infested productivity apps
Spend an hour talking to 37signals CEO Jason Fried, and you’ll find yourself drawn into his fixation on three frustrating facts about productivity tools today: They’re boring. They’re complicated. They’re overpacked with overhyped AI features that fail to do what they promise and end up providing little in the way of practical value.
Discover the ultimate road trip companion: Google Maps's new intelligent planning app
JR Raphael|Published 34 minutes ago . Image: Muhamad/Adobe Stock; Kaikoro/Adobe Stock Planning to hit the road this holiday season? Or maybe just thinking about an extended drive of some sort for sometime in the new year? The next time you’ve got a driving adventure ahead of you, today’sCool Toolsdiscovery is exactly the new virtual companion you need.
Meet Google Maps’s new intelligent planning companion
Planning to hit the road this holiday season? Or maybe just thinking about an extended drive of some sort for sometime in the new year? The next time you’ve got a driving adventure ahead of you, today’s Cool Tools discovery is exactly the new virtual companion you need. It’s a truly cool app I encountered recently that enhances your standard navigation setup and offers some really smart extras that’ll make whatever trip you’re taking infinitely more interesting—and enjoyable.
This free AI tool helps you summarise content while protecting your privacy
JR Raphael|Published 7 hours ago Sometimes, a simple summary is all you need. Me? I’m a man of many words. (Understatement of the century, I know.) I appreciate interesting writing, where language matters and a person’s personality shines through in the prose. But let’s be real: 99% of the articles you encounter on this musty ol’ web of ours aren’t exactly awe-inspiring. They’re a means to an end. The same is true for most videos, too.
This free, privacy-focused summarization tool is AI at its best
'Huge red flag': Top Biden tech adviser warns of AI and the authoritarian moment Arati Prabhakar talks to Fast Company about what the rise of artificial intelligence will mean for the future of democracy. Camps are finally emerging in the big fight over whether and how to regulate AI. President Donald Trump earlier this week declared that he would block local officials who try …
Se há um trabalho que a IA não vai substituir é o do “guru das planilhas”
Há uma década, Ben Collins deixou seu trabalho como contador corporativo e começou a ensinar outras pessoas a usar planilhas de maneira mais eficiente. A decisão, assustadora naquele momento, acabou compensando. Hoje, Collins é proprietário de uma academia online de treinamento em planilhas e autor de uma newsletter semanal dedicada inteiramente a dicas de Google Sheets — com cerca de 50 mil assinantes.
The one job AI won’t replace is the spreadsheet guru
Listen to this ArticleMore info A decade ago, Ben Collins quit his job as a corporate accountant and started teaching other people how to use spreadsheets more effectively. That move, terrifying as it seemed at the time, paid off brilliantly. Today Collins is the proprietor of an online spreadsheet training academy and the author of a weekly newsletter dedicated entirely to Google Sheets tips. Some 50,000 people subscribe.
The one job AI won’t replace is the spreadsheet guru
ChatGPT Glossary: 60 AI Terms Everyone Should Know The AI revolution is bringing with it a whole new vocabulary to describe its advances. This glossary will help you stay up-to-date. It seems that AI is in pretty much everything. It's eliminating jobs and flooding the internet with slop. Thanks to the massive popularity of ChatGPT to Google cramming …
herramienta gratuita para editar imágenes
La manera en que editamos imágenes está en medio de una reinvención masiva en este momento. Los ajustes que antes requerían software costoso y conocimientos de nivel profesional ahora están a nuestro alcance las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana, con resultados instantáneos y sin requerir ni una pizca de habilidad.
How this AI-generated podcast app personalises your news experience
JR Raphael|Published 24 minutes ago Let’s be honest: No matter your perspective, taking in news these days tends to be a pretty tiring experience. At best, it’s a bit boring. At worst, it’s anxiety-inducing and mind-melting, often leaving you with more questions than answers. This week, a whole new kind of news app is officially breaking cover. And, I know—yadda yadda yadda, right?Another “earth-shattering” news app with more of the same as every other app before it?
Transform your Google Calendar experience with this AI tool
JR Raphael|Published 2 hours ago It’s 2025. We’ve got cars that can drive themselves, robots that can program themselves, and all sorts of other mind-bogglingly futuristic tech achievements (for better or, erm, maybe sometimes for worse). And yet, somehow, I still find myself painstakingly entering stuff into my calendar—when I get a long email about upcoming events from my kids’ school, for instance, or I see a flyer about something out in the world that I want to be sure to remember.
This free Adobe tool offers Photoshop-strength background removal
Master NEW Hue/Saturation Start to Finish in Photoshop! Master the all-new Hue/Saturation, the most powerful color tool, right from the basics to advanced in Photoshop! 🚀 Join PiXimperfect Pro - The Ultimate Photoshop Training Course: https://pix.live/pro Learn everything you need to know about Hue/Saturation in Photoshop with this complete masterclass. We'll begin by understanding the meaning of Hue, Saturation, and Lightness, and how to use them for simple yet powerful color adjustments.
This free AI supersite is like Gemini Deep Research on steroids
This free AI supersite is like Gemini Deep Research on steroids BY JR Raphael Everywhere you look these days, there it is—some manner of breathlessly hyped new “AI” service that’s, like, totally gonna change your life forever. (Like, totally. For realsies.) Or so they say. In reality, of course, most of this stuff is far more fallible, limited in utility, and inadvisable to use outside of super-specific scenarios than most tech companies (and self-declared “AI gurus”) would lead you to believe.
This smart new internet speed test blows Ookla out of the water
This smart new internet speed test blows Ookla out of the water May 24, 2025 These days, our tech experiences are all about speed—and our expectations for instant action are actually kinda insane. Think about it: Not so long ago, phones, computers, and especially the internet were all painfully slow (at least, by today’s sonic-speed standards). Things have come a long way in a short time.
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