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Justin Pot

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
6
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Sep 26, 2026
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Jul 14, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Justin Pot

    You Don’t Need to Pay for Distraction-Blocking Software (opens the original)

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    Wish you looked at your phone less? Then you’ve probably heard of Brick, a $59 device that claims to help you block distractions. You tap your phone against the Brick when you want to avoid distractions—the bundled software stops you from opening whichever apps you’ve decided you need to stop doomscrolling. The idea is to add a physical barrier between you and apps like Instagram—if you want to scroll, you need to physically get up, find the Brick, and tap it. It’s a good idea, and imp

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Justin Pot

    This Browser Extension Lets You Snooze Open Tabs Until Later (opens the original)

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    Tabs are the best. They're also the worst. Sometimes I end up drowning in browser tabs containing web pages I don't remember opening, and sometimes I have a few tabs that I want to close, but I can't, because I know I'll need them later. Tuck is a completely free browser extension for all the major browsers that helps with this. You know how, in Gmail, you can “snooze” an email so that it's hidden from your inbox until later? This is like that, but for your browser tabs. Tuck can also automatica

  3. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Justin Pot

    Someone Finally Fixed Installing Apps on a Mac (opens the original)

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    One of the oddest things about macOS is the installation dance. Dealing with disk images, dragging and dropping—it's the main way of installing software from outside the Mac App Store, and it's annoying. You download a DMG file, open it to mount a virtual disk, and drag the application from there to your Applications folder. Then, to keep things tidy, you need to unmount the virtual disk and delete the DMG file. It's … convoluted. To be fair, it was relatively streamlined back in 2001 when it be

  4. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · Justin Pot

    Meetily Lets You Transcribe and Summarize Meetings Without a Subscription—Here’s How (opens the original)

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    It's perhaps the least hyped, and most useful, feature of the AI age: transcription. As a young journalist, I dreamed of a computer that could turn recordings into text. Now we have that, and it's amazing. This tech isn't just great for interviews—it's perfect for meetings. A variety of services, called meeting assistants, promise to transcribe and summarize your meetings for you. The appeal here is obvious, but these services don't come cheap or without privacy concerns. Generally, using them

  5. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Justin Pot

    How to Disable the AI Features in Gmail and Google Docs (opens the original)

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    Have you noticed how desperate tech companies are to get you to use their artificial intelligence features, even if you don’t want to use them? They're adding buttons to user interfaces and using pop-up tool tips to implore you to click them and become a dedicated user of their AI creations. Google Docs, for example, is rolling out a giant Gemini bar at the bottom of the screen for some users. I first noticed this feature back in April, when it showed up in the Google Docs account I use to colla

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