First, right here in these Cool Tools headquarters last week, my compadre and fellow Fast Company contributor Jared Newman showed you a series of simple sites for ​seeing minimalist, plain-text ...

AI chatbots tell you what you want to hear. So, if your prompt implies a certain point of view, the response you get will ...

Scammers are reviving the wrong number scam, using text messages to trick people into engaging with them and potentially revealing personal information.The Federal Trade Commission says as many as 98% ...

Voice-to-text on Android is really good if you’re using a Pixel, and pretty hit or miss everywhere else. But the new “Wispr Flow” app promises some big improvements to voice-to-text on Android, all ...

Audible has begun rolling out a new feature that allows users to follow audiobook narration with synchronized, word-by-word highlighted text—provided they already own the matching e-book in their ...

AI I finally gave AI a real try — here's what I like and what I really can’t stand after a week AI I tested ChatGPT-5.2 vs Claude 4.6 Opus in 9 tough challenges — here’s the winner AI I just tested ...

This has been a big week in the long-running — and still very much not-over — saga of the Jeffrey Epstein files. That’s because we’ve begun to learn more about the Justice Department’s controversial ...

At some companies, the whispering begins with a single employee, and then spreads from there. Gooseneck microphones start appearing on desks as a growing number of workers forgo keyboards to murmur ...

The contents of a letter Vance Boelter wrote to the FBI was released Tuesday along with a search warrant and six-count indictment charging Vance Boelter with stalking and fatally shooting DFL lawmaker ...

If you’re like us, you have a dozen stories open in tabs you swear you’ll read later—right after you finish work, cook dinner, and log your long training ride. Now, thanks to a new feature on Outside, ...

In the exchange on Sunday, Norway’s leader sought to “de-escalate” the growing conflict over Greenland and Mr. Trump’s latest tariff threat. By Jeffrey Gettleman In a text message over the weekend, ...

The percentage of teachers who are using artificial intelligence-driven tools in their classrooms nearly doubled between 2023 and 2025, according to data from the EdWeek Research Center. In 2023, a ...