Best of The VergeAugust 2023

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    Why note-taking apps don’t make us smarter

    This is Platformer, a newsletter on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy from Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer. For decades now, software tools have promised to make working life easier. But on one critical dimension - their ability to improve our thinking - they don't seem to be making much progress.

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    Poe’s new desktop app lets you use all the AI chatbots in one place

    Poe’s desktop app lets you use all the AI chatbots in one place. Poe lets you pay one subscription for unlimited access to all of the bots on its platform for $19.99 per month or $200 per year. Poe now lets you conduct multiple conversations with the same bot, search for bots through its explore page.

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    Two years after Safari, Chrome plans to let you move the address bar to the bottom

    Two years after Safari, Chrome plans to let you move the address bar to the bottom of the screen. The new feature was available for me through the version of the app you can get via TestFlight. We’ve asked Google if it plans to bring this feature to everyone who uses Chrome on iOS.