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Happy Friday! If you haven’t already, go vote for your favorite bootstrapped product of 2023 and, of course, the Product of the Year in the Golden Kitty Awards 2023.

Here’s some news: 

🐦 X (formerly Twitter) is rolling out video and voice calls for Android. 

📹 No VR Stranger Things as Netflix confirms no dedicated app for Vision Pro.

💍 Smart watches are so 2023. What about a smart ring?

Today is the day to vote for some of our most popular categories in the 2023 Golden Kitty Awards. Make sure to cast your vote for the best products for Personal Productivity, Productivity for Teams, Marketing & Sales, and Social & Community.

Here’s some news: 

⌚ Apple Watches are going back on sale – with some missing features.

🛰️ Watch the skies as a lunar lander will be burning up in Earth’s atmosphere.

📱 Samsung announced a new range of smartphones with AI built in.

Happy Hump Day! The Golden Kitty Awards are in full swing. Read below for a round-up of some of the categories. 

But first, some news: 

🍎 Apple has made a big change to its app store guidelines. 

🤖 A robot has learned how to cook, clean, and do your laundry. 

📱 Samsung is expected to launch its 2024 phone lineup today.

Good morning! It’s so cold that I replaced my morning coffee with a morning hot chocolate.

Anyway, here’s some news: 

🤖 Microsoft has launched a pro plan for its Copilot AI assistant. 

🚜 Starlink has a new partnership brewing – with John Deere.

☑️ OpenAI has a plan to combat misinformation in the 2024 elections.

🏆 The Golden Kitty Awards are like the Oscars of Tech and you can vote for your favorite products now.

Happy Monday! Is applying for YC on your 2024 roadmap? Check out what a YC veteran has to say about perfecting your application.

Here’s some news: 

👓 The Apple Vision Pro will have a sales process of demos, calibration, and more. 

📰 Artifact, the news sharing platform founded by an Instagram co-founder is shutting down.

🧵 Threads will allow you to follow Mastodon users on its platform by year-end.

Happy Friday! What are you more excited about, the Oscars or the Golden Kitty Awards? Yup, it’s that time again. Very shortly, we will be announcing the nominations for the 2023 Golden Kitty Awards. 

Now on to some news: 

☁️ Google says it’ll stop charging you to transfer data out of Google Cloud.

🤖 Microsoft is planning to auto-launch its Copilot on some Windows devices. 

💰 Microsoft toppled Apple as the world’s largest company – for ten minutes.

Happy Thursday! What goes well with coffee? News, of course! I’ve gathered some for you. 

🚗 EV charging just got a $623 million boost from the US government.

🛍️ Google Cloud is rolling out gen AI features specifically for retailers.

🐇 Rabbit sold 10,000 units of its R1 handheld AI device in one day. 

P.S. Did you know we have a new podcast? Catch up with all the tech news you missed in the Product Hunt Weekly Digest Podcast.

Happy Hump Day! Here’s a joke for you: Why do Java programmers have to wear glasses?

Because they don’t C#....I’ll see myself out. 

Here’s the news: 

🔋 Microsoft has discovered a new battery material – thanks to AI.

🤖 Quora has raised $75m from a16z to grow its AI chatbot Poe.

📹 Elon Musk is now claiming that X will be a video-first platform.

Good morning, afternoon, or evening, depending on where you are in the world. This edition is coming to you from Berlin. 

Here’s some news: 

👓 The Apple Vision Pro is finally dropping on February 2nd.

🎧 Will.i.am is getting into the car audio world with his new startup.

🚗 Volkswagon is planning to integrate ChatGPT into its car. 

📸 Sony is launching a new digital certificate that sounds a lot like NFTs.

Happy Monday! If you’re in the Berlin area, the Product Hunt team is hosting a meetup tonight. Join the team and other makers for a night of demos and fun. RSVP here. 

🤖 Google is preparing to launch a paid upgrade to its AI chatbot, Bard. 

💰 Open AI and Apple want to pay publishers to train AI on their content.

🎧 Samsung is launching an audio version of its Frame TV.

🎪 CES goes live this week, so keep your eyes peeled for some new products.