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Happy Thursday, or should I say Friday Eve! Aaron here with the latest edition of the daily digest. In today’s product highlight, I’m covering Airtable’s latest feature launch. If you guessed AI, here’s a gold star.
The headlines:
🗺️ Apple Maps has launched on the web in a bid to compete with Google Maps.
⚡ Crowdstrike has blamed “test software” for the massive outage last week.
🔍 Microsoft has unveiled its latest AI feature called Bing Generative Search.
Hiya. Sarah here. Aaron’s out today but before he left he wrote about the big new launch from Meta, Lllama 3.1, and why it’s a big deal. But first, I’ve got a few more headlines for you:
📱 Apple is working on a foldable phone that could be released by 2026.
🌦️ Google Researchers built a new weather prediction model using AI.
👾 Elon Musk says Grok 3.0 is coming in December and will be “the most powerful AI in the world.”
Hello, hi! Aaron here with today’s daily digest. If you’re an early riser, you might have noticed a strange, blurred launch on the homepage. That’s our new embargoed launch feature, which shows a countdown before a launch goes live.
Anyway, here’s some headlines:
🚶 Wiz, the cybersecurity start-up, has walked away from Google’s $23B offer.
💬 Telegram is planning to launch its very own app store after it hit 950M users.
📱 Slack has announced a suite of new work-based widgets for iOS.
Happy Monday! I hope you’re as excited as I am about another week of great products. In today’s digest, I’m covering a new set of audiophile headphones from Dyson. But first…
The headlines:
👓 Zuckerberg might have accidentally leaked Meta’s latest AR glasses in a photo.
🎪 Google’s next big event is on August 13th. Here’s what to expect.
⚡ Microsoft has released a tool to help fix computers affected by the Crowdstrike outage.
Hi, hi, hi! Happy Friday! In today’s digest I’m covering a new AI tool that makes your keyboard much more context-aware. But first.
The headlines:
⚡ A faulty Crowdstrike update has caused a massive global tech outage
📱 Google has revealed what its newest line of Pixel phones will look like
Good morning, afternoon, or evening! It’s time for a blast from the past as I’m covering a new case that kind of turns your Apple Watch into an old-school iPod. But first…
The headlines:
🇪🇺 Meta says it won’t release its upcoming multimodal LLM in the EU.
✍️ Proton Mail is adding an AI writing assistant called Scribe.
🎧 Dyson launched a new pair of headphones that don’t purify air.
Happy Hump Day! The homepage is teeming with great products today, like the one I’m covering below. It’s a bootstrapped social audio app that lets you create mini podcasts with your friends. But first…
Some headlines:
💗 Tinder has a new AI tool that helps you pick the best pictures for your profile.
📹 Instagram now allows users to add multiple songs to the same reel.
💰 According to some sources, GitLab is exploring a sale after being valued at $8B.
Hi, hi, hi! In today’s digest, I’m covering a fully bootstrapped tool built by two makers who have decided to rethink how video-editing platforms should work. But first…
The headlines:
🎙 Overcast, the popular podcast app, has been totally rebuilt in its latest update.
🍎 Apple has released the public beta of iOS18 but without any Apple Intelligence features.
🤖 Microsoft has launched Spreadsheet LLM, a new AI built to handle spreadsheets
Happy Monday! It's the start of another week which means even more cool products are launching. In today's digest, I'm covering a developer tool that makes testing and shipping APIs easier and faster. But first…
The headlines:
💰Google is reportedly in talks to make its biggest startup acquisition ever.
🍎Apple has approved the first ever PC emulator on the iOS app store.
🚲VanMoof, the electric bike company is back and under new ownership.
Happy Friday! In today’s digest I’m covering two new launches from text-to-speech AI platform, ElevenLabs. But first…
Here’s the headlines:
👎 X is apparently testing out a dislike button for downvoting replies.
👓 The Vision Pro is now available in the UK, Germany, Canada, France, and Australia.
✅ According to the EU, X’s checkmarks are in violation of the bloc’s Digital Services Act.
