With most AI tools, the difference between a good response and a subpar one depends largely on the prompt you feed it. This is why "prompt engineering" was such a massive thing in the early days of ...

I test new productivity tools practically every day, and despite new software dropping every few days, very few of them actually feel meaningful. Despite just how many tools I tried out in 2025, the ...

If you use NotebookLM for research, you know how quickly sources pile up. Managing them manually, especially in notebooks with ten or more entries, has been one of the tool’s most frustrating pain ...

You can finally add Microsoft Word documents and Google Sheets to this AI research tool. The Gemini-powered notetaking and research assistant is one of its best AI tools, hands down. It’s easy for ...

Last time, I wrote about how I started copying my entire long chats with Gemini into Word to carry them over to the next chat. I thought, "This way, I can save everything."That's what I thought.But as ...

In a company of about 30 employees, a staff member has to search for documents every time a new hire asks about internal ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

There's an open-source alternative for NotebookLM that can be deployed to your local LAN and can work with locally-installed AI for better privacy. NotebookLM has become an incredibly popular tool for ...

Google’s NotebookLM is experimenting with a feature that could make studying feel a lot more like attending an actual class. A new Lecture mode can turn your uploaded notes, documents, and sources ...

Overview:  Turn lengthy YouTube videos into concise notes, summaries, and key takeaways.Compare seven tools designed for studying, research, productivity, ...

Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA, SlashGear, MakeUseOf, Laptop Mag, and Android Police. She's been writing professionally since she was ...

Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA, SlashGear, MakeUseOf, Laptop Mag, and Android Police. She's been writing professionally since she was ...