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Our ultra-fast Daily: Three takes on new products. Yesterday’s top ten launches. That’s it.
😿 We shared the wrong link to our podcast yesterday.
Check out the Product Hunt Weekly Digest podcast here. This week we spoke with Bobby Pinero. Bobby was an early Intercom hire and led the finance org as the company scaled from $1M ARR to $200M ARR and 700 employees. His Series A startup, Equals, was the Golden Kitty Award winner for Best Data Product in 2023.
As for the news…
🚙 After 15 years, Uber finally turned a profit.
🏢 Adam Neumann wants to buy WeWork out of bankruptcy.
💰 Weekend chatter: The country of Anguila is making millions from companies seeking “.ai” domains.
Equals co-founder Bobby Pinero joined us on the Product Hunt Weekly Podcast fresh off his Golden Kitty Award win. We talked about things like picking a rocketship startup to work for, how he thinks about building a new product in a category with a rich history (spreadsheets), and more.
Listen & subscribe for more interviews with award winners over the next few weeks!
On to the news...
👓 Pokémon Go creators + ex-Apple execs announced new AI glasses.
👾 Google’s most capable LLM is here + RIP "Bard." It's just Gemini now.
📈 Bluesky, the open-source competitor to X, doubled its unique user count after opening to the public.
Happy Hump Day! Ever wondered what tools some of your favorite founders use on a daily basis? Subscribe to our new newsletter to learn what tools founders have in their stack.
Now for some news:
💬 WhatsApp is preparing to roll out third-party chat support.
🚀 NASA just released some captivating images of lo, Jupiter’s moon.
🖼️ DALL-E 3 will automatically watermark AI images, according to OpenAI.
Good morning! Current status: Making an appointment to test the Apple Vision Pro after seeing all the demos.
Here’s some news:
🎞️ YouTube is launching a Vision Pro app – after a maker made his own.
🎵 Spotify had a record year in 202, rising to 236 million subscribers.
🤖 Google may be rolling out Gemini Ultra and renaming Bard this week.
Happy Monday! Check out the latest edition of the Product Hunt Weekly Podcast, where the team discusses the 2023 Product of the Year.
Here’s some news:
🍎 Apple ramped up autonomous vehicle testing last year, according to documents.
🔐 Hulu and Disney+ are cracking down on password sharing from March.
🧵 Threads is venturing deeper into the fediverse with its latest feature.
Happy Friday! I’ve searched long and hard across the vast internet plains for some news.
So sit back and enjoy:
🍎 Apple has updated its iconic NYC store ahead of the Vision Pro launch.
🛸 Remember the Pixy drone? Well, Snap is recalling every single one it sold.
🧵 Threads has now reached 130 million users, according to Meta.
Happy first of the month! It won’t be long until the frost melts and flowers bloom. What’s on your agenda this month?
Some news:
🍎 The Apple Vision Pro is hiding a secret lightning cable.
💼 Meta, TikTok, and other Tech CEOs appeared before the US Senate.
Happy Hump Day! Here’s a joke for you: What did the font book say to the incompatible OTF file?
"Sorry, you're just not my type."
Now on to the news:
🏡 Mark Zuckerberg is apparently building a doomsday bunker in Hawaii.
💸 Amazon has opted to drop the $1.4 billion deal to acquire iRobot.
🎵 Universal Music Group is planning to pull its song catalog from TikTok.
Good morning, afternoon, or evening, depending on where you are. Current status: Sipping coffee while listening to EDM.
Here’s some news:
🧠 Elon’s brain-tech company, Neuralink, has installed its first implant.
🤖 Yelp has launched a new feed – with a healthy dose of AI.
🍎 Apple has already sold over 200,000 units of the Vision Pro.
Happy Monday! It’s the start of a new week. I’m fuelled with coffee and ready to go.
But first, the news:
💰 Reddit is rumored to IPO – with a valuation of at least $5 billion.
🎤 Microsoft is testing a new feature to clean up bad meeting audio.
🚁 NASA’s Mars helicopter made its last flight – check out its final photo.
🤖 Gemini has clinched second place in an AI leaderboard – ahead of GPT-4.
