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Nano Banana 2.1 Tested: The Flyer Came Out Spelled Right
We gave Google's new Nano Banana 2.1 and the pricier Nano Banana Pro the same flyer and price list, eight…
Emotional Intelligence Training for Small Business Managers
A 2024 meta-analysis finds emotional skills training works to a moderate degree, but most of the studies are weak. A…
Arena Alignment Index: When an AI Agent Says Done
Arena's new Alignment Index caught AI agents claiming finished work that was not finished in 1 of every 43 sessions…
Productivity System: Five Rules That Fit on One Page
A productivity system is five rules, not an app. Two new ones, one place for new work and four answers…
Claude Haiku 5.5 Pricing: Cheap Until 100,000 Tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs a tenth of Haiku 4.5 per token and now handles office work the old model barely…
Mistral Large 4: The Office-Work Test Is Really a Rules Test
Mistral Large 4 claims 59.9 percent on AutomationBench, 657 real office workflows, without saying which scoring it used. The independent…
Focus and Concentration: The Cost Shows Up as Stress
A 2008 experiment found interrupted workers finished faster and made no more errors, then reported more stress. A one-day tally,…
Copilot Credits Go Default-On December 1: Set Your Limit
From December 1, new Microsoft 365 Copilot Business seats bought through resellers arrive with Copilot Credits switched on and a…
Personal Learning Plan: One Skill in 30 Days
Highlighting and rereading rank low in the best-known review of study techniques. Here is a 30-day learning plan for an…
Shopify Canvas: How Sidekick Redesigns a Store, Safely
Shopify Canvas lets you describe a new look and watch Sidekick write it into your theme's code. Shopify's own Help…
