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With Google’s Gemini, Create Podcast-Style Discussions From Your Docs
Sundar Pichai at the Google I/O 2017 Keynote. Image: Steven Zimmerman/Creative Commons Google has expanded the capabilities of its Gemini platform, promising to transform the way users collaborate on projects. With a focus on real-time editing, intuitive coding support, and audio content creation, the new features aim to redefine creative workflows for professionals and students. Audio overview: Bringing documents to…
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This New Open-Source Alternative to Google Docs and Notion Is Backed by France and Germany
Docs is a new open-source collaborative text editor, intended as an alternative to Notion, Google Docs, Outline, and other similar web-based services. Interestingly, the project is being led by the governments of France and Germany. Docs is a web-based collaborative writing tool, with the ability for multiple people to view and edit the same page simultaneously. Apple Pages and Microsoft…
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The Best AI-Free, Encrypted Alternatives to Google Docs
Face it: with the competition spending hundreds of millions of dollars on it, Google’s recent foray into AI isn’t going to stop anytime soon. While you can hide Google Workspace’s Gemini buttons and prompts for now, you can’t actually stop the company from continuing to build its apps around a technology that revolves around getting its hands on as much…
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Why I Love Google Docs (And Won’t Ever Use Microsoft Word)
Key Takeaways Unlike Word, Docs doesn’t require installation, so you can start working on your documents instantly from any compatible device. Docs offers a better, cleaner interface over Word, which makes it easier to work with your files. You can share your Docs documents with ease, and even invite people to collaborate on your documents with you. Google Docs and…
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How To Use Tabs in Google Docs
Google often keeps Google Docs fresh with regular updates, and but the new document tab feature is a pretty significant improvement, especially if you work on a lot of longer documents and spend a lot of time collaborating with other people on projects. In simple terms, tabs are documents within documents. You could have three essays on Victorian poetry in…
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NSO Group used another WhatsApp zero-day after being sued, court docs say
Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group reportedly used multiple zero-day exploits, including an unknown one named “Erised,” that leveraged WhatsApp vulnerabilities to deploy Pegasus spyware in zero-click attacks, even after getting sued. Pegasus is NSO Group’s spyware platform (marketed as surveillance software for governments worldwide), with multiple software components that provide customers with extensive surveillance capabilities over victims’ compromised devices. For…
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12 Google Docs Hacks Every Student Should Know
Throughout my academic and professional journeys, one thing has remained my constant ally: Google Docs. Not only is having all your documents available no matter where you are super helpful, but the software itself is surprisingly versatile and intricate. I have never encountered anything I couldn’t do with Google Docs, from signing a contract to seamlessly working with huge groups…
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Google Docs will let users organize information into tabs
Tabs are being added to Google Docs to make it easier to organize and find information in longer documents. The feature was originally announced in April, and is now gradually rolling out to all Google Workspace users and personal Google accounts, though it may take a few weeks to appear. “You can now use tabs to draft and build content…
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How to edit a PDF in Google Docs
As someone who’s constantly juggling documents, I’ve often found myself in a PDF predicament. You know the scenario: you need to make a quick edit, but the file is as stubborn as a mule. That’s when I discovered the magic of editing PDFs in Google Docs, one of the best free PDF editors. It’s been a game-changer, especially when combined…
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