#productcomparisons — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #productcomparisons, aggregated by home.social.
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ZDNet: The best secure browsers for privacy in 2026: Expert tested . “In ZDNET’s latest update, we conducted a thorough editorial review and changed the rankings of our top choices to better reflect new developments. We also overhauled our FAQ section.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/the-best-secure-browsers-for-privacy-in-2026-expert-tested-zdnet/ -
PC Mag: Is Perplexity Better Than Google Search? I Switched for a Week to Find Out. “To test its functionality, I put Google aside for a week and relied solely on Perplexity AI. As a tech and science writer, I use search a lot to provide context for topics or to deep-dive into topics like scientific principles and manufacturing histories.”
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Harvard Business Review: ChatGPT vs. DeepSeek: What 5,000 Chinese Stocks Reveal About AI’s Limits. “ChatGPT, owned by US-based OpenAI, issued far rosier forecasts—with higher price targets and more ‘buy’ recommendations—than its Chinese rival DeepSeek when each platform evaluated nearly 5,000 publicly traded Chinese companies, says research by Harvard Business School’s Charles C.Y. […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/21/chatgpt-vs-deepseek-what-5000-chinese-stocks-reveal-about-ais-limits-harvard-business-review/ -
Spotted on Hacker News: Search Bench. From the announcement: “I built Search Bench as a small experiment to compare search engines without showing which engine produced which results. It was inspired by the idea behind the LLM Arena, but applied to search.” I did two searches, one with a common word (cows) and one with a much rarer word (agrivoltaics). The cow query was a close choice but I […]
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ZDNet: I tried vibe coding an app as a beginner – here’s what Cursor and Replit taught me. “Startups such as Cursor, Replit, Lovable Labs, Harness, Windsurf, Augment Code, All Hands AI, and Microsoft, with its Visual Studio with GitHub Co-pilot, all offer programs that can drastically reduce the hand-coding humans need to do. And so I wondered: Could a newbie like me, with limited programming […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/20/zdnet-i-tried-vibe-coding-an-app-as-a-beginner-heres-what-cursor-and-replit-taught-me/ -
Search Engine Journal: 19 WordPress Alternatives: From Simple Builders To Enterprise CMS. “This guide provides an overview of leading WordPress alternatives across key website categories. We explore user-friendly website builders that offer drag-and-drop simplicity. We look at flexible open-source options for developers and tech-savvy users. We also cover blogging-focused options, ecommerce […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/19/19-wordpress-alternatives-from-simple-builders-to-enterprise-cms-search-engine-journal-2/ -
ZDNet: I’ve used nearly every browser available and these are my top 4 (spoiler: Chrome is out). “Over the decades, I’ve tried almost every browser that’s come to market, from the most basic, terminal-based ones to the very complex and bloated. Within that spectrum, there are some browsers that rise so far above the rest that there’s no comparison between the bad, the mediocre, and the good. […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/14/ive-used-nearly-every-browser-available-and-these-are-my-top-4-spoiler-chrome-is-out-zdnet/ -
Search Engine Journal: 19 WordPress Alternatives: From Simple Builders To Enterprise CMS. “This guide provides an overview of leading WordPress alternatives across key website categories. We explore user-friendly website builders that offer drag-and-drop simplicity. We look at flexible open-source options for developers and tech-savvy users. We also cover blogging-focused options, ecommerce […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/11/19-wordpress-alternatives-from-simple-builders-to-enterprise-cms-search-engine-journal/ -
MakeUseOf: I tested 5 open-source music players and this is the only one I kept. “There are many open-source music players for Android out there, and I’ve tried a handful of them, including Harmony Music, OuterTune, and PixelPlay. In fact, GitHub users rounded up 24 free and open-source music players for Android in a repository, so they’re easy to find and navigate. However, if you’re new to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/05/makeuseof-i-tested-5-open-source-music-players-and-this-is-the-only-one-i-kept/ -
MakeUseOf: I tested 5 major Google Maps alternatives — this is the one I’m keeping. “Over several months, I relied entirely on five popular navigation apps—Sygic, Magic Earth, OsmAnd, HERE WeGo, and Waze [Waze?] —for everything from urban navigation to foreign city breaks and far-flung motorcycle trips off the beaten track. After plenty of traffic jams, reroutes, and signal drops, some […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/26/makeuseof-i-tested-5-major-google-maps-alternatives-this-is-the-one-im-keeping/ -
Ars Technica: We asked four AI coding agents to rebuild Minesweeper—the results were explosive. “To see how effective these modern AI coding tools are becoming, we decided to test four major models with a simple task: re-creating the classic Windows game Minesweeper. Since it’s relatively easy for pattern-matching systems like LLMs to play off of existing code to re-create famous games, we […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/20/ars-technica-we-asked-four-ai-coding-agents-to-rebuild-minesweeper-the-results-were-explosive/ -
This holiday, Microsoft wants you to talk to Copilot on Windows 11 and get ready for Christmas – Windowslatest.com
This holiday, Microsoft wants you to talk to Copilot on Windows 11 and get ready for Christmas
By Mayank Parmar, December 3, 2025
Microsoft has kicked off its new ad campaign for Copilot, taglined “Meet the computer that you can talk to.” In the most recent ad, Microsoft shows a dad spending Christmas talking to his PC more than the people around him. In the one-minute commercial, he keeps saying “Hey Copilot” in what could have been a cozy family scene.
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Microsoft says Copilot Vision is all you need to plan your Christmas, as it can see what’s on your screen, and then you can ask follow-up questions. You can start Copilot Vision with the “Hey Copilot” command. Microsoft says the feature has the potential to create a “PC hands-free” experience where Copilot does everything for you.
“Copilot Vision understands what’s on your screen so you can use Voice to ask questions and control interactions with your PC hands-free. Just press the Copilot key or speak, and Copilot on Windows is ready to help when you need it,” Microsoft says.
It also appears that Microsoft really wants Copilot to feel a part of your family, because at one point, Copilot even jokes, “Toy assembly has declined due to hot cocoa consumption.”
“Talk to your computer” – Copilot Vision might sound stupid, but it does have a few use cases
I am going to play devil’s advocate here, but Copilot Vision does have a few use cases, and it has gotten significantly better in recent releases. You can invoke it with “Hey Copilot” and follow up with questions like “compare Samsung’s SSD with Sandisk” when you’re browsing Amazon with two tabs open.
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While there are rough edges, Copilot Vision does have potential. However, the problem is that Copilot Vision on Windows 11 is not as good as Microsoft wants you to believe. It’s slow, often fails, and is limited in reality.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: This holiday, Microsoft wants you to talk to Copilot on Windows 11 and get ready for Christmas
#Computers #Copilot #CopilotVision #Holidays #ProductComparisons #TalkToYourComputer #Voice #Windows11 #WIndowslatest #WIndowslatestCom
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This holiday, Microsoft wants you to talk to Copilot on Windows 11 and get ready for Christmas – Windowslatest.com
This holiday, Microsoft wants you to talk to Copilot on Windows 11 and get ready for Christmas
By Mayank Parmar, December 3, 2025
Microsoft has kicked off its new ad campaign for Copilot, taglined “Meet the computer that you can talk to.” In the most recent ad, Microsoft shows a dad spending Christmas talking to his PC more than the people around him. In the one-minute commercial, he keeps saying “Hey Copilot” in what could have been a cozy family scene.
Video Player
Microsoft says Copilot Vision is all you need to plan your Christmas, as it can see what’s on your screen, and then you can ask follow-up questions. You can start Copilot Vision with the “Hey Copilot” command. Microsoft says the feature has the potential to create a “PC hands-free” experience where Copilot does everything for you.
“Copilot Vision understands what’s on your screen so you can use Voice to ask questions and control interactions with your PC hands-free. Just press the Copilot key or speak, and Copilot on Windows is ready to help when you need it,” Microsoft says.
It also appears that Microsoft really wants Copilot to feel a part of your family, because at one point, Copilot even jokes, “Toy assembly has declined due to hot cocoa consumption.”
“Talk to your computer” – Copilot Vision might sound stupid, but it does have a few use cases
I am going to play devil’s advocate here, but Copilot Vision does have a few use cases, and it has gotten significantly better in recent releases. You can invoke it with “Hey Copilot” and follow up with questions like “compare Samsung’s SSD with Sandisk” when you’re browsing Amazon with two tabs open.
Video Player
While there are rough edges, Copilot Vision does have potential. However, the problem is that Copilot Vision on Windows 11 is not as good as Microsoft wants you to believe. It’s slow, often fails, and is limited in reality.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: This holiday, Microsoft wants you to talk to Copilot on Windows 11 and get ready for Christmas
#Computers #Copilot #CopilotVision #Holidays #ProductComparisons #TalkToYourComputer #Voice #Windows11 #WIndowslatest #WIndowslatestCom
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Mashable: GPT-5.2 vs Gemini 3 — How the two heavyweight models compare on benchmarks, price, and feature set. “So, how does OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 stack up against Google’s Gemini 3? So far, the models seem evenly matched on benchmark performance, pricing, and other comparisons, with both models gaining an edge in specific areas.”
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MakeUseOf: 5 hidden functions in Google Sheets that Excel still doesn’t have. “I use both apps regularly, and while I lean on Excel for most of my heavy lifting, I’ve discovered a handful of functions in Sheets that I miss whenever I switch back. If you’re thinking it might be time to stop using Google Sheets and return to Excel, it’s worth knowing what you’d be leaving behind.”
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MakeUseOf: I tried 6 open-source note-taking apps so you don’t have to. “Note-taking apps are everywhere, but many of the most popular ones—like Evernote or Notion—are closed-source. Some of the key benefits of using open-source software are transparency, flexibility, and true ownership of your notes. Additionally, these apps are often free, highly customizable, and backed by passionate […]
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Lifehacker: The Best AI Object Erasers for Photos, Ranked. “This test covers three tools: Clean Up (in Apple Photos on iOS), Magic Eraser (in Google Photos on Android), and Object Eraser (in the Samsung Gallery app on One UI). These tools all appear as options when you open images in the relevant apps. For testing purposes, I’ve borrowed some great photos from Taan Huyn, Tolga Ahmetler, and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/12/lifehacker-the-best-ai-object-erasers-for-photos-ranked/
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Search Engine Land: ChatGPT search vs. Google: A deep dive analysis of 62 queries. “This report presents an analysis of 62 queries to assess the strengths and weaknesses of each platform. Each response was meticulously fact-checked and evaluated for alignment with potential user intents. The process, requiring about an hour per query, highlighted that ‘seemingly good’ and ‘actually good’ […]