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Happy Friday! This week I tried to find the middle ground between coffee-generated productivity and jittery confusion and I failed. Experiment starts again Monday.

Here are the news highlights:

🔼 Grok 1.5 will be available next week and Grok 2 is on the way, per Elon’s tweet.

👋 Amazon launched an app to upload your palm to pay across the stores it owns.

⛓️Bitcoin may be up, but VC money is still following AI.

Good morning! Exciting news in the world of Large Language Models today. But first, let’s check out some other headlines you can’t miss.

🚨 Sam Bankman-Fried, infamous FTX founder, was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

👨‍💻 Oracle is adding 200+ AI features to NetSuite software.

🎯 Don’t tell SF: New cities have emerged as innovation hotspots as measured by the change in utility patents.

Heads up! The latest episode of the Product Hunt podcast is up. Check it out to see what products our content team thinks you need to know about, and for an interview with Developer Tool of the Year, Resend.

As for the news...

🍎Apple announced its next WWDC is on June 10. Get ready for some AI updates!

💸Add Walmart, 7-Eleven, and Chick-fil-A to the list those working on drone delivery.

🖌️Canva acquired Affinity, a creative software suite — its 7th acquisition.

Aaron is out for the next couple of weeks, so this email is coming to you from Denver, Colorado. Let's see if you can tell an Irish writer from an American one.

Here's are today's news highlights:

📕Spotify rolled out e-learning in the UK with courses from Skillshare and more.

🐉Lego created a 3,745-piece DND set to celebrate the game's 50th anniversary.

🪽DoorDash is piloting fast-food delivery by drone.

Happy Monday! Do you have a reading goal set for 2024? Check out this discussion to share one book that you would recommend to everyone to read to this year. 

Here’s some news: 

🎧 Spotify is testing out offering video courses, starting in the UK.

🇪🇺 Apple, Meta, and Google are all targeted by the EU in new investigations. 

🧠 The Stability AI CEO has resigned claiming you can’t beat centralized AI with more centralized AI

Happy Friday! ICYMI: We launched our latest feature yesterday. Shoutouts are a new way to name-drop the companies and products that helped make your product a reality. Check it out. 

Here’s some news: 

🧑‍⚖️ The US Department of Justice is suing Apple, alleging an iPhone monopoly.

💰 Reddit stock is up a solid 48% from its original price during yesterday’s IPO.

🟧 According to Forbes, YC plans to raise $2B across three new funds.

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.