Welcome back. Google added a "Generate Files" feature to Gemini, letting you go from prompt to a finished file across 11 formats, including Docs, Sheets, Slides, Word, Excel, and PDF.
Also: Replit Agent is free for everyone for 24 hours starting at 5 am PT today, in celebration of Replit's 10th birthday.
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PRODUCTIVITY
📂 Google releases "Generate Files" in Gemini
Google released "Generate Files" inside the Gemini app, letting you describe what you want, pick a format, and download it as a finished file (no more copy-paste from the chat window).
What's supported:
Documents: Google Docs, Word (.docx), PDF.
Spreadsheets: Google Sheets, Excel (.xlsx), CSV.
Presentations: Google Slides.
Plain text: Markdown, LaTeX, TXT, RTF.
For most formats, you can save the file to your device or send it straight to Drive.
Available now globally on all platforms, including for free Gemini users.
PRODUCTIVITY
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Most doc tools make you choose: accessible for writers, or git-native for developers. Mintlify's editor does both. Writers get WYSIWYG editing, developers keep their git workflow, and AI agents contribute via MCP. Every change syncs both ways. Your whole team, in one place.
CODING
🎉 Replit makes Agent free for 24 hours
Replit Agent is free for everyone today (May 2) for its 10th birthday.
No caps, no plan changes, open it and build.
Note: the free window runs 5am PT Saturday → 5am PT Sunday. After that, Agent goes back to its normal pricing.
This promotion is also part of the Replit 10 Buildathon, a 24-hour build-a-thon with $100K+ in prizes for the most impressive projects shipped during the window.
PRODUCTIVITY
📥 Notion Agent learns to manage your inbox
Notion added a "Mail" connection to its Agent, allowing you to search your inbox, draft replies, archive, label, and unsubscribe from senders, all from inside Notion.
Note: the Mail connection works with both Gmail and Notion Mail (you don't need to use Notion Mail). Send actions always ask you to confirm before going out.
You can either chat with the Agent directly or set up triggers so it runs automatically (e.g., when a new email arrives, when a label gets applied, etc).
It also slots into Notion's broader Agent system so that you can pair it with Calendar, databases, and your other workspace data without juggling tools.
📰 Other news you might've missed
ElevenCreative added real-time collaboration to Flows, allowing multiple people to work on the same Flow with live cursor presence, plus batch testing across products, voices, and languages.
Figma shipped a desktop update with search across tabs, faster file pre-loading, and Figma links that open directly in desktop tabs.
Figma also added a toolbar option to reclaim and separate vector paths from text on a path (no more accidental rectangle text paths when you're trying to make a button).
Figma Weave added Kling 4K, allowing you to generate full ultra-HD outputs alongside the existing retro options.
Pika launched Pika MCP, letting you give Claude a name, face, and personality (with rich multimodal generation built in).
Shipper added Video Studio inside the app, allowing you to generate motion graphics, animated backgrounds, product showcases, and AI promo videos without leaving your project.
Rive shipped a Stagger Keys QOL update — collapsed keys treated as a unit, expanded keys stagger individually, plus Shift+X to swap Fill/Stroke.
OpenAI released a Codex workflow importer, allowing you to bring your settings, plugins, agents, and project config from other coding tools in a few clicks.
Notion AI rolled out new mobile widgets designed by Andrew Ashen, available in TestFlight beta now.
Higgsfield announced an NVIDIA partnership — using NVIDIA HGX B200 and B300 systems for 30% faster training on its video models.
Base44 kicked off its accelerator program today, with the first cohort of founders going public.
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