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Happy Friday! How has your week been? Did you hit those goals? ICYMI: We announced a live event in San Francisco. Join us by RSVPing here. 

Here’s the news: 

• The Beatles released a new song – We all live in an AI-powered world. 
• Imagine using an Apple Watch with your Android phone. It almost happened
• X is joining the AI race with X.ai. According to Elon, it could be the best on the market.

Happy Thursday! Did you know it’s Product Hunt’s 10th birthday this year? We want to celebrate with you. Join us for a chill evening in SF with the Product Hunt team and guests.

Here’s the news: 

• HTC is sending VR headsets to the ISS to cheer up lonely astronauts. 
• Get a good nights sleep anywhere with this jacket. Need this for my next flight.
• Elon is turning X into a dating site. It might be time to turn DMs off.

First of all, some good news for makers. You can launch with Interactive Stories today, plus we’ve got a new Interactive Launch Guide for you. 

Some more good news: 

• Collins Dictionary has announced AI as the word of the year – in a surprise to nobody.
• YouTube is working on an AI assistant that surfaces videos you might like.
• Steel is becoming more affordable through 3D printing. You read that correctly.

It’s Tuesday, but more importantly, it’s Halloween! What’s your favorite spooky treat? I’m going to say candy corn, love me or hate me for it. 

Anyway, here’s some news:

• The AI rendition of Seinfeld is back – why didn’t anyone tell me this existed? 
• Amazon dropped a new AI tool designed to help advertisers make better ads.
• It’s official – Meta is launching an ad-free version of Facebook and Instagram in the EU, with a price, of course.

Happy Monday! It's Halloween eve. What are you dressing up as? I'm going as a sentient AI.

Anyway, here’s some good news to put a pep in your step this week. 

• Apple’s Mac event is today, and the new lineup promises to be ‘scary fast’.
• Devs, rejoice! Instagram says a Threads API is in the works.
• ChatGPT got a big update. Enjoy browsing the web, analyzing PDFs, and more.

That subject line wasn’t a mistake, but points to you if you remember that HBO intern. We’re talking about smarter A/B testing in today’s Product Highlight.

But first, some good news.

• Google Maps is getting AI-driven updates. Your move, TikTok.
• UO is selling “vintage” iPods. 🤷‍♀️Needs the “When We Were Young” playlist.
• Boston Dynamics turned Spot into a guide with ChatGPT. Alfred in the next Batman?

We mentioned we had good news today, and if you’re a maker, you’re going to want to read this.

• Product Hunt 😸 lets you add Product Stories to your launch pages.
• Shutterstock is letting you use AI on its photos. Artists will still get paid 😅.
• Google launched image fact-checking. It be like, “So ya... ‘about this image.'"
• Grammarly’s new generative AI feature learns your style. But will it catch that my Gen Z lingo is cringe?

I love spending my morning learning about inventions that weren’t on my radar, like AI-powered canes. Join me…

• TIME’s 200 Best Inventions of 2023 list is here.
• Motorola has a new phone concept. I’m calling it The Slap Bracelet Phone.
• Qualcomm's new chip may outperform Apple and Intel. First one to run Stable Diffusion in a second wins!

We’re heads down this week preparing for our own good news. Make sure to check in on Thursday.

• MINI launched an e-Bike. Why is there not one with Union Jack?
• Apple announced a new event called “Scary Fast.” 🏃📅 Calendar marked!
• Bitcoin hit $35,000 for the first time since 2022. But did you buy the dip?
• Automattic (behind WordPress, Tumblr, etc.) is going into messaging. Sounds like its acquisition of Texts is just the start.

Hope your weekend was great. I can't help but wonder what the people at Wikipedia were thinking this weekend while considering this indecent proposal. 🤔

But here's some better/actual good news.

• Google vs Duolingo is on. But does the tutoring tool have a sassy bird mascot?
• Tinder lets friends view profiles. Can’t ship a partner without early feedback.
• Apple’s Generative AI plan will get here, eventually…