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Happy Thursday! Question: If you could only bring three pieces of tech to a deserted island, what would you bring? For me, it’s a phone, Starlink, and some kind of water desalination machine. 

Here’s some news: 

🧠 Neuralink, Elon’s brain chip startup, has shown a patient using it to play chess. 

💸 Reddit is set to IPO today with a stock price of $34 and a $5.4 billion valuation.

🌊 AI is helping to predict floods up to seven days in advance. according to this report by Google

Happy Wednesday! Don’t forget to subscribe to Maker Stacks. This week, we are interviewing serial founder and Product Hunt community veteran Mubs on his tech stack. 

Here’s some news: 

🧵 Meta just showed off Threads fediverse integration for the first time.

🌷 Segway just announced a sub $1,000 smart lawnmower. 

🤖 After raising $1.3 billion, the Inflection founders are joining Microsoft to lead its AI efforts.

Happy Tuesday! It’s another AI-filled news day, and it just so happens that the latest edition of our AI newsletter, Deeper Learning, is also going out today. Make sure to subscribe to see what’s new in the AI world. 

Here’s some news: 

💾 Nvidia launched its most powerful AI chip yet, the Blackwell B200 GPU.

🤙 Truecaller has added a new AI feature to block spam callers. 

🕹️ Mr Beast and Prime Video have announced a new game show.

🔗 Linktree announced new features, including a better way to highlight content.

Happy Monday! Current status: Listening to This Will Destroy You and sipping a fresh brew. What’s your drink of choice on this Monday morning? 

Here’s some news: 

🍎 Gemini coming to iPhone? Maybe, according to this report by Bloomberg.

🕹️ Sony is launching a faster PS5 Pro, and it may arrive this summer. 

🤖 It’s not your imagination. See just how companies love to say “AI”— especially the top 500 companies.

Happy Friday! This digest is coming to you as the Product Hunt team packs our bags and says goodbye to San Francisco as we wrap up our co-working week. 

Here’s some news: 

🤖 Mercedes is trialling human-like robots for low-skill tasks.

🍎 Apple has acquired DarwinAI, a startup specializing in AI vision tech.

💰 Bitcoin hit a new high before dipping down again.

Good morning, afternoon, or evening. ICYMI: We interviewed serial maker and investor Karthik Puvvada in our newest newsletter, Maker Stacks. Check it out. 

Here’s the news: 

📹 D-Day for TikTok as Congress has passed a bill that could ban the app.

🚀 Space X successfully launched its Starship rocket on its third attempt.

📸 Instagram is working on a new remix-style feature for Reels.

Happy Hump Day! The Product Hunt team hosted its latest demo night in partnership with Mercury and the GenAI collective. Expect a round-up soon of everything that happened, including some cool products that were demo-ed.

Here’s some news: 

🇪🇺 The EU AI act passed — here’s what will happen next.

📹 OpenAI is making Sora, its text-to-video modal, public later this year.

📚 Spotify Audiobooks is getting its own countdown feature.

Happy Tuesday! This digest comes from sunny (foggy) San Francisco as the Product Hunt team gets together for some IRL co-working sessions. 

Here’s some news: 

🤖 Google has confirmed it’s restricting Gemini election queries worldwide.

🍎 Apple will now allow iOS downloads directly from sites within the EU.

📸 TikTok may be working on an Instagram competitor, according to this leak.

Happy Monday! Ever wondered what a real life Jarvis from Iron Man would be like? Well, this maker decided to find out by creating his own. Check it out!

Here’s some news: 

🤖 OpenAI announced new board members — including Sam Altman. 

🕹️ Can’t get enough Mario? A sequel to the movie is coming in 2026.

🚗 The Apple EV might be dead, but you can still check out some concepts.

Happy Friday! The Product Hunt team is gathering in San Francisco on Monday. Don’t worry; you’ll get the digest, but it will be after I wake up from my jet lag.

Here’s some news: 

⛔ The US Congress may vote to force Bytedance to sell TikTok or be banned.

🐦 X is now allowing Premium+ users and organizations to publish articles.  

🗞️ Wordle clones, beware, the New York Times is coming for you. 

🚗 Rivian just launched an all-electric hatchback called the R3.