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Google Vids levels up with new Veo video generation tools

Forget the tedious waiting game; Google Vids is introducing parallel…

Screenshot of ChatGPT’s Scheduled tasks page displayed in a desktop web browser. The left sidebar includes navigation options such as New Chat, Search Chats, Library, Projects, Scheduled, and Apps, with Scheduled selected. The main panel lists active and recurring tasks, including email scans, deal alerts, executive briefings, news briefings, and monitoring activities, along with their next run times and statuses. A task creation field labeled “Schedule a task” appears at the top, allowing users to create reminders, automated updates, and ongoing monitoring tasks within ChatGPT.

ChatGPT gets a scheduled tasks hub

The new Scheduled page lives right in the sidebar, giving…

Google Voice in-call screen on Android showing an active call with Cymbal Building Mgmt, featuring call controls for transfer, hold, keypad, mute, sound, and a Notes button to capture AI-generated call notes.

Google Voice adds AI note-taking for professional calls

Forget trying to type while you talk—Google Voice now handles…

Screenshot of Microsoft PowerPoint in dark mode with Grok AI integrated into a side panel. A presentation titled “Q3 Review.pptx” is open, showing a slide deck with multiple business review slides in the thumbnail pane. The selected slide contains strategic goals and growth initiatives for the fiscal year. In the Grok panel, a user request asks the AI to draft a five-slide quarterly business review presentation. Grok responds with a complete slide outline covering revenue growth, margin expansion, pipeline performance, and future strategy, then automatically generates the presentation slides. The interface demonstrates how Grok can assist with creating and structuring presentations directly within PowerPoint.

Grok’s PowerPoint add-in lands in the Microsoft 365 Store

Grok’s sidebar drops into PowerPoint, turning a simple outline into…

Promotional image for the Hypelist app featuring a collection of Polaroid-style photographs scattered across a black background. The photos capture a variety of everyday moments, including a seaside meal, a coffee table scene, a ferry cabin, cyclists riding at night, landscapes, and lifestyle snapshots. The collage-style layout highlights Hypelist’s focus on creating, organizing, and sharing visual collections, recommendations, and personal lists based on experiences, places, and interests.

Hypelist lets you build lists around the things you love

Hypelist turns everyday favorites into clean, shareable lists that feel…

Google NotebookLM app listing on the Apple App Store displayed on an iPhone screen, showing the app icon, tagline "Understand anything," a Get button with In-App Purchases noted, 1.9K ratings, age rating 4+, and a chart ranking of No. 36 in Productivity.

NotebookLM now runs on Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity

Google just gave NotebookLM its biggest upgrade yet, switching to…

Promotional graphic showcasing a new Apple Shortcuts feature that allows users to create automations using natural language descriptions. A blue shortcut card displays the instruction: “When you leave work, message Pedro ‘I’m on my way’ and send your ETA.” A walking person icon in the top-left indicates a location-based trigger, while a play button in the top-right represents shortcut execution. The image highlights Apple Intelligence-powered shortcut creation, enabling users to describe actions in plain language and automatically generate complex automations without manually configuring individual steps.

Building shortcuts on iPhone now starts with plain English

Shortcuts for the rest of us arrive with Apple Intelligence.

Screenshot of a ChatGPT interface displaying a drafted email in a document-style editor. The email is addressed to a repair service regarding a dishwasher leak and resulting cabinet damage, requesting a repair appointment. Editing and sharing controls appear at the top of the document, including a prominent pink “Send” button. The interface features a sidebar with navigation icons, a prompt input field at the bottom, and a blue-green gradient background surrounding the application window, illustrating AI-assisted email drafting and communication.

Draft it, tweak it, send it: ChatGPT adds native email sending

Writing blocks in ChatGPT were already a solid place to…

Screenshot of the Google Drive document scanner on Android capturing three paper receipts placed on a wooden table. The camera interface displays a live preview with automatic document detection, a shutter button, and a status message reading “Searching for documents,” highlighting Google Drive’s built-in scanning feature for digitizing and storing paper documents.

Google Drive now spots, splits, and saves multi-page scans on Android

Google Drive on Android is getting a surprisingly powerful scanner…

Screenshot of Google Drive’s “Organize my files” feature powered by Gemini, showing a list of selected documents and files with AI-generated organization suggestions. The interface recommends moving files into existing folders such as “H2 Planning” and “Press Releases,” or creating new folders like “Assets” and “Leadership Updates.” Each recommendation includes a brief explanation of why the file belongs in the suggested location, helping users automatically organize and manage content across Google Drive.

Google Drive now has an AI button for chaos-free folders

Google is rolling out Organize My Files in Drive, an…

Perplexity and Microsoft logos displayed side by side against a night sky with circular star trails above a dark mountain landscape, symbolizing a partnership or collaboration between the two companies.

Perplexity Computer now works natively in Microsoft’s core productivity apps

Perplexity is extending the same Computer agent that hit Teams…

Screenshot of a Google Meet video conference with multiple participants displayed in a grid layout during a project standup meeting. An “Ask Gemini” panel is open in the lower-left corner, offering prompts such as “What can Ask Gemini do in Google Meet” and “Summarize the discussion so far.” The interface highlights Google’s AI assistant integrated into Meet for real-time meeting assistance, note-taking, and conversation summaries.

Google Meet’s Ask Gemini box just moved – and that matters

Ask Gemini in Google Meet is moving into prime screen…