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Happy Friday! I hope your week has been everything you hoped it would be. In today’s digest, I’m covering a new launch from Beehiiv that will make consuming newsletters easier. But first…

The headlines: 

🧵 Meta’s Threads has officially passed 200 million active users.

💻 Intel is laying off 15,000 staff and will stop ‘non-essential work.’

🤖 Microsoft now lists OpenAI as a competitor in AI and search.

Good morning, afternoon, or evening! Welcome to the Thursday edition of the daily digest. In today’s product highlight, I’m covering a YC startup that wants to use AI and real doctors to change healthcare. But first…

The headlines: 

🛍️ Telegram has launched a mini app store for users to discover native apps. 

💰The Reddit CEO says that Microsoft and others need to pay to scrape the site.

🤖 According to Zuckerberg, Meta will need 10x more computing power to train Llama 4.

Hello! Happy Hump Day. Is it just me, or is this week going super fast? In today’s digest, I’m covering a new wearable that wants to be your friend. But first…

Some headlines: 

🍎 According to a leak, this is what the next iPhone will look like. 

🤖 Meta’s AI is displaying some pretty significant hallucinations.

📱 Nothing has revealed its latest flagship phone, the Nothing 2A. 

📹 Meta has scrapped its celebrity AI feature less than a year after its launch.

Hi, hi, hi! Hope you’re having a great morning, afternoon, or evening. In today’s digest, I’m covering a new app that’s kind of like Blinkist but for fiction. But first…

The headlines: 

🍎 iOS 18.1 for developers has rolled out, and with it, Apple Intelligence (kind of).

💰 Perplexity plans to start sharing ad revenue with outlets cited by its chatbot. 

🎨 Canva has acquired a new generative AI platform to bolster its own efforts in the space.

Happy Monday! Another week means even more incredible product launches. In today’s highlight, I’m diving into Mistral's latest AI launch. But before that…

Some headlines: 

⌚ Casio launched a retro-inspired step-tracking watch for $56. 

📺 Apple is looking at potentially adding an ad-supported tier to Apple TV.

🍎 Apple plans to debut Apple Intelligence a few weeks after the iOS18 launch.

Hi there! Happy Friday! It’s the end of another week, and what a way to end it with a massive, unexpected announcement from OpenAI. Before I get to that, though…

Here are some headlines: 

🤖 Google has made its Gemini chatbot faster and more generally available. 

⚡ A week after the Crowdstrike crash, 97% of Windows sensors are now online.

✍️ Substack has updated its iOS app to allow both drafting and publishing posts.

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.