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- I Got a Sneak Peek of Google Docs Live Ahead of Its Launch. Watch Me Try It Out. - WSJ
Google Docs Live uses speech-powered AI to let users compose documents by voice, aiming to streamline first drafts for quick-reference content.
- matduggan.com
Markdown replaced complex .doc and .docx formats because its plain-text simplicity eliminates corruption and works universally across modern tools.
- Where’s My Flying Car? - by Bryan Bischof
AI voice agents, coding tools, writing apps, personal assistants, and memory systems still lack polished, daily-driver UX by end of 2025.
- Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices
Microsoft is raising Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices effective July 1, 2026, justifying the increase with new AI features like Copilot.
- Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help
A Hacker News discussion challenges the trend of adding icons to every menu item, arguing that inconsistent or abstract icons create visual noise and reduce scannability compared to selective icon use.
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@BornsteinMatt
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@anvisha
🧭 gogcli v0.10.0 shipped: Google in your terminal.(really, Google should make this, but here we are)big Docs/Slides upgrade (markdown updates + tables, tab-aware read/edit, markdown/template slide creation, image-deck ops), Drive upload --replace + convert/share-to-domain,…
@steipete
How I write with AI: Bicycles for the mind vs motorcycles for the mid1. Speak notes aloud (via wispr bc no desktop Claude voice mode) and brain dump, often with screenshots and/or prior essays. This is very useful to just get the most raw versions of an idea together without… pic.twitter.com/KqH50IvMqb
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