CHROME32 11 -26December2019
Addsearch functionsto
bookmarkedtweets
Despite beingone of themostpopular
social-media sitesinthe world, Twitter
hasanumberoffrustrating issues,such
as refreshingthe page whileyou’restill
scrolling throughyourtimelineand
thelackofasearch boxfor your
bookmarked tweets.Instead of scrolling
throughthemalluntil youfindthe tweet
youwant, install TwitterBookmarks
Search.
With theextension addedto Chrome
(bit.ly/twitter490)orFirefox (bit.ly/
twitfire490), head overtoTwitterand
into theBookmarkstab. Now, lingering
above allthose bookmarked tweets is a
search barthat will scourthose tweets
youswore you’dcomebacktoatalater
date.Results arereturnedquickly and
accurately,thoughyoucan onlysearch
forsinglewords,ratherthan phrases.
Welive in an ageincreasinglydominatedbyartificial
intelligence.But while‘deepfake’videosand
photoshopped images getalot ofattentioninthe media,
theprolife ration of AI-generated articles doesn’t.
ThenewChromeextension GPTrue or False(bit.ly/
true490)helps youfindout whether what you’re reading
wascreated by abot –ornot.Ifyou’resuspicious or
curious aboutwhether ahuman wrotewhatyou’rereading,
highlightatleast50 wordsofthe article, activate the
extensionand click Evaluate.After abriefmoment, results
aredisplayed at thefootofyourselectedtextdetailing the
percentagechancethatthe copy wascreated by ahuman
or AI.You’llalso seehowmany factors (or‘tokens’)were
takenintoconsiderationwhenassessingthe article.
It’s ahandytooltohaveat atimewhen bot-farmsare
churningoutfakenewsdesignedto confuse, confound
andconspire.
Hide‘likes’acrosssocial
media
Behonest,doyoureallycarewhat
peopleonFacebookandTwitter
think?Itsometimesfeelslike,for
somepeople,socialmediaisnotso
muchanopportunitytoshare
experiencesbutacompetitiontoget
more‘likes’thananyoneelse.
HideLikesEverywhere(bit.ly/
likes4 90 )putsanendtothat–at
leastforyou.Thisbrowsertooldoes
exactlywhatitclaims:removeslikes,
dislikesandcommentcountsfrom
yourfeeds.Asaresult,youcanstop
worryingaboutwhateveryoneelse
thinks andtheir obsessionwith
onlinevalidation, andconcentrate
on thecontent itself.The tool is
compatible withFacebook,YouTube,
Twitter, Reddit and Instagram.Turnonreadermodefor
any web page
ReaderMode(bit.ly/reader 490 )isa
greatnewbrowsertoolifyou’reseeking
adistraction-freebrowsingsession.
Becausewhowantsadvertsanddesign
elements takingattention fromthe
articles whileyou read?
Most browsers feature someformof
readingmode buttheydon’tworkon
everyweb page.ReaderModesolves
this problemand also offers an
impressivearray of
customisationoptions,
includingchangingthefont
type,colourand size;turning
offimages(foratruly
book-like browse)and adding
an estimatedreadingtimeto
articles.You canalsoadd
your owncustomCSStothe
page,switch to text-to-
speech andactivate dyslexia
rulerfor even more
accessibility.Best New Browser ToolsCheckifarticleswerewritten by robots