We’re in 2022, so grabbing text from a website or a document should be pretty easy, right? But that’s not always the case. There might be part of a site that doesn’t easily let you copy some text, or ...

When browsing the web, you may encounter websites that restrict copying and pasting text, often using JavaScript to prevent these actions. However, there are several effective methods to bypass these ...

Oh wow, this Google Chrome extension feels like magic. Project Naptha, a Chrome extension made by developer Kevin Kwok, uses optical character recognition technology whipped up by several ...

One of the most handy Google Photos features just landed on the desktop—via your browser—where it could be even more valuable. The mobile version of Photos supports a technology called Google Lens. In ...

The desktop Google Photos website seems to be getting the ability to scan for text in an image and turn it into copy-and-pasteable text, thanks to Google’s Lens technology (via 9to5Google). Lens has ...

These Microsoft Edge add-ons will generate strong passwords, translate text, find a website’s domain registration information, and make browsing more efficient. The new Microsoft Edge is based on ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. There are many ways to copy text that can't be ...

Live Text will let you scan and copy text from photos and your iPhone camera, even if it's handwritten. Khamosh Pathak is a freelance tech journalist with over 13 years of experience writing online.