Fast Company Tech

APRIL 15, 2025

The governments demands follow a review of nearly $9 billion in federal funding to Harvard, and come amid a broad crackdown on college campuses aimed at axing DEI and limiting free speech, under the guise of eliminating so-called left-wing ideology and antisemitism.

University

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Fracking is a process in which sand, water, and chemicals are blasted into the earth to free fossil fuel.) Range Resources did not immediately respond to Capital & Main s request for comment. The county is home to more than 2,000 natural gas wells and was the 2004 birthplace of the states fracking industry.

Pennsylvania

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

. “Wisconsin law prohibits offering anything of value to induce anyone to vote,” Kaul argued in his filing. Kaul had no immediate comment on the court’s order. “Yet, Elon Musk did just that.” The court gave no rationale for its decision. constitutions. constitutions.

Wisconsin

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

In November 2024 the company released DeepL Voice for Meetings, which lets participants speak in their preferred language during meetings and video calls, with real-time captions of others comments in their chosen language. DeepL Voice for Conversations does the same thing, but for one-on-one conversations happening on mobile devices.

Companies

Engadget

MAY 27, 2025

I started to see earnest comments suggesting the GTA franchise was a bastion of inclusion and an outspoken friend to the LGBT+ community. In its annual investor report filed this month, Take-Two removed all references to diversity and inclusion, and deleted any mention of awards the company has received for supporting LGBT+ employees.

Community

Fast Company Tech

JULY 18, 2025

Any sharing of such data has to include clear explanations, context, and all “relevant uncertainties” around the data, but community groups say the state hasn’t made clear what that all means, exactly, or what they could do to make their air quality comments acceptable.

Community

Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul the nation’s elections faced its first legal challenges Monday as the Democratic National Committee and a pair of nonprofits filed two separate lawsuits calling it unconstitutional. Both lawsuits filed in the U.S.

District of Columbia

Ars Technica

JUNE 25, 2025

Some developers prefer to live in the command line interface (CLI), eschewing the flashy graphics and file management features of IDEs. And perhaps best of all, it's free and open source. files, which you can use to tweak the model for different tasks or teams. Read full article Comments Gemini CLI plugs into Gemini 2.5

Open Source

ZDnet

JULY 17, 2025

Slack's AI model searches across relevant files like team conversations, company files, PDFs, and images to formulate its response. Slack According to the company, a new unified files view will be the first effort to reimagine the Slack interface.

Summary

ZDnet

JULY 16, 2025

It provides a framework for embedding metadata directly into JPEG files in the form of trust indicators. It includes guidelines for creating and maintaining evaluation files, which can be used to document the evaluation of digital assets. 

Proposal

Medium Technology Section

JULY 21, 2025

The first 100 beta testers will have extended free access and can directly influence the features of v1.0. Share your experiences in the comments. Follow their code on GitHub. available now Complete functionality for basic detection Polished CLI interface Laravel 8.0+ I’m compiling real use cases to improve the tool during beta.

Analysis

Ars Technica

JUNE 17, 2025

In a complaint filed Tuesday, X revealed that the New York lawsuit came after New York lawmakers rejected X's attempts to reconcile its social media law with the California ruling. Read full article Comments

California

ZDnet

JULY 22, 2025

Easy to organize your files Google describes NotebookLM as a "Your Personalized AI Research Assistant," and while the title may be true, it is a little vague. Practically speaking, NotebookLM is a virtual information manager in which you can upload your own files and organize them into "notebooks." 

Attention

ZDnet

JULY 17, 2025

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, ZDNET's parent company, filed an April 2025 lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)

Research

NVIDIA AI Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Coding assistants run in a local environment, enabling cost-free access with: Coding assistants running locally on RTX offer numerous advantages. OpenInterpreter — Experimental but rapidly evolving interface that combines LLMs with command-line access, file editing and agentic task execution.

Free

Engadget

JULY 14, 2025

The good news for college students is some of those apps are free, or at least have a suitable no-cost version of an otherwise paid service. Here, we’ve rounded up the best free tools and services for college students so you can get work done — and enjoy yourself afterwards — for zero dollars spent.

Student

ZDnet

JULY 21, 2025

If you install applications on Linux the right way, you'll enjoy a problem/worry-free system for a very long time. Get the morning's top stories in your inbox each day with our Tech Today newsletter.

Difference

The Verge

JULY 14, 2025

You start to have these urges like, “Oh, I wonder if I could get the data of all my files on my computer all into a spreadsheet. So I just got all these data skills for free, and I thought data was really pretty. Questions or comments about this episode? Once you start collecting it, you also find that you start manipulating it.

Change

Judi Sohn

MARCH 19, 2023

Omnivore ReadItLater File tracking: List Modified Dataview Daily Note Here’s my daily template in source mode (click to see larger). Instead, the tasks come from other files in my vault that have the context. Omnivore is a free, simple, open-source Read it Later app. This is all driven by the great Obsidian Tasks plug-in.

Life

The AI Alignment Forum

JUNE 27, 2025

Well, it could allocate it to some dumb, boring thing like, I don’t know, sweeping the server racks, or it could hire a human to sweep the server racks, keep them free of rot and keep all the cables in good working condition and allocate that marginal GPU to finding the next prime. Peter Salib (00:53:47): Okay, let’s do it. It’s hard to know.

Law

ZDnet

JULY 17, 2025

Also: Is ChatGPT Plus really worth $20 when the free version offers so many premium features? Disclosure: Ziff Davis, ZDNET's parent company, filed an April 2025 lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.) The free version of Otter.ai and Fireflies.ai.

Guidelines

ZDnet

JULY 22, 2025

PT Reviewed by Elyse Betters Picaro AT&T / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET AT&T has long offered certain subscribers a free online storage app and service designed to back up photos from their phones. 20, 2025, AT&T Photo Storage will stop backing up your files. Here's how to grab them before they're gone.

Photo

Medium Technology Section

JUNE 29, 2025

I had to: Preprocess the files with OCR Add a fallback model for poor scans Adjust summaries based on client-specific terminology That’s where real engineering lives in the edge cases, the user needs, the unexpected. Feel free to write a comment. But guess what? It failed on encrypted PDFs. Thank you for reading this article!

Software

Wired

JUNE 30, 2025

You get a free consultation with an Anthros ergonomics therapist with your order, and they'll help you tailor the seat to your body. If the LED goes out, it's time to replace it, and Tripp Lite will give you a new one for free. Or maybe you tend to transfer a ton of files from device to device.

Guide

Fast Company Tech

JULY 22, 2025

” The proposed changes have several stages to get through before they can take effect, including a public comment period for each one. ” The clause requires employers to provide a place of employment free from recognized hazards which are likely to cause death or serious physical harm.

Proposal

Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2025

This is the question many users ask themselves: Is there a free Word editor that actually works? Reason 1 – Free Forever, No Compromises WPS Office provides you with the freedom to edit words and does not cost anything. In the free version, everything is ready out of the box. The solution is in the WPS Office.

PDF

ZDnet

JULY 16, 2025

For example, you could set up a Shortcut that takes all the files you add to your home screen and then sorts them into files for you using Apple Intelligence.  Also: Your iPad is getting a huge upgrade for free. The final, most stable version will be released in the fall with the launch of its latest devices. 

Software

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 30, 2025

I’d be delighted to hear about the tools you’re relying on today in a comment below or an email reply. I experiment with other calendars—including Vimcal , Akiflow , Fantastical , and Notion Calendar —but on this day, the simple and free GCal is sufficient. This builds on my recent focusing and timeboxing posts.

Tools

ZDnet

JULY 25, 2025

For example, you could set up a Shortcut that takes all the files you add to your home screen and then sorts them into files for you using Apple Intelligence. Also: Your iPad is getting a huge upgrade for free. To enroll in the public beta, visit the  Apple Beta Software Program site  and click the blue sign-up button.

Accessibility

Wired

JUNE 15, 2025

However, there are free, open source alternatives like LibreOffice , Darktable (Adobe Lightroom replacement), and GIMP (Adobe Photoshop replacement). Some gaming laptops are among the rare few that sometimes allow you to upgrade the model or at least offer you a free slot to add a secondary stick of RAM. How Much Storage Do You Need?

Laptop

Wired

JUNE 27, 2025

In a filing on Tuesday, defendants argued that the president does indeed have the authority to fire and appoint the Librarian of Congress and that his appointees then have the ability to choose a new Copyright Register. In her lawsuit, Perlmutter argues that only the Librarian of Congress can fire and appoint a new Register.

Copyright

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 20, 2025

Files containing personal information, such as Social Security numbers, health information, and insurance claims information, could have been compromised during the attack, the company said. “We The cyberattack, which was first identified by the company June 12, was stopped within a few hours and business operations were not impacted.

Social

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 11, 2025

Disney and Universal have filed a copyright lawsuit against popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney on Wednesday, marking the first time major Hollywood companies have enter the legal battle over generative AI. Midjourney is the quintessential copyright free-rider and a bottomless pit of plagiarism.

Copyright

Ars Technica

JUNE 24, 2025

But Microsoft will also extend a year of additional Windows 10 security updates to any users who opt into Windows Backup , a relatively recent Windows 10 and Windows 11 app that backs up some settings and files using a Microsoft account. Read full article Comments

Free

Wired

JULY 17, 2025

Facebook X Email Save Story Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff/Getty Images Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Isa Fulford, the research lead for OpenAI’s new ChatGPT agent, needed to order a bunch of cupcakes, so she asked the AI tool to do it for her. It’s a date-night planner!

PowerPoint

CIO Dive

JUNE 30, 2025

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Newsletter

Engadget

JUNE 27, 2025

With help from ipleak.net, we found all five to be free of the three major types of leaks. Even though our tests showed NordVPN to be free of leaks, we wanted to inspect it at the most granular level. Free trials and refunds Every NordVPN plan comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. No court date has been set so far.

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