The Oscars of tech

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Here’s some news: 

👓 The Apple Vision Pro will have a sales process of demos, calibration, and more. 

📰 Artifact, the news sharing platform founded by an Instagram co-founder is shutting down.

🧵 Threads will allow you to follow Mastodon users on its platform by year-end.

What do Figma, Tesla, Cron, and ChatGPT all have in common? They’ve all won a Golden Kitty Award.

It’s that time of year again. The 2023 Golden Kitty Awards are here, celebrating the best products, most innovative makers, and most supportive community members of the past year. Every year, these awards are anticipated for several different reasons. 

First of all, you (yes, you) get to have your say on what products were the cream of the crop in 2023. Your vote can directly impact your favorite product, receiving a coveted Golden Kitty trophy and all the acclaim that goes with it. 

The big deal: Winning a Golden Kitty can also be a game changer for a maker. Don’t just take our word for it. “We had something physical we could hold. It was very supportive,” explained Cem Kozinoglu, the founder behind Slash keyboard, which went on to be acquired by Giphy. 

Here’s how it works: You can vote for your favorite products across 18 different categories like Developer Tools, Design Tools, No Code, and Data & Data Security. Alongside our voting categories, we have two non-voting categories to highlight the Maker of the Year and Community Member of the Year. 

Voting is open now through Sunday, January 21st, at 11:59 pm PST. Once all the votes are tallied up, the winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 23rd. 

Who will join the Hall of Fame with the likes of Notion, OpenAI, and Apple? You tell us.

• This tool uses AI to craft a real-life book to preserve family memories.
• AI Picasso turns still images into animated, dancing videos. 
• Dinnerfy is an AI app for automating meal planning and grocery shopping.

• Squad is a group accountability platform for tracking habits and hitting goals. 
• Arcrush is a minimalist daily planner to help you make better use of your time.
• Pinokio is a browser for finding, installing, and running AI tools.