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C U IRL: Why some people are switching to “dumb” phones to cut back on screen time

In fifth grade, my class was assigned to write a speech about what we thought was the greatest invention. I chose the telephone.
The Pacific Northwest Inlander

Younger generations say TTYL to screens, hello to dumbphones

In fifth grade, my class was assigned to write a speech about what we thought was the greatest invention. I chose the ...

I used Nano Banana 2 to make perfect sketchnotes: 5 lessons learned (and how I broke Gemini)

The results were fascinating, impressive, and sometimes surprisingly bad. Here are five tips that can help you get better results faster.

NotebookLM now uses Gemini, Nano Banana, and Veo to animate your Video Overviews

Leveraging the full AI stack ...

OpenAI’s AI coding app finally comes to Windows

Ready to start your vibe-coding adventure? A few weeks after its debut on Mac, the Windows version of OpenAI’s Codex app has finally arrived.

I built my own movie recommendation system with NotebookLM, and it beats Netflix's algorithm

Within seconds, Gemini created a clean, organized list. I copied the entire list into a Google Docs file titled Sci-fi Movies Master List and added that document to NotebookLM as a source. But I ...