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The AI Model Shuffle, Shopping Wars, Send Messages Anywhere from WhatsApp

LLMs

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The AI Model Shuffle, Shopping Wars, Send Messages Anywhere from WhatsApp

Plus: Free frontier models, automated IT support, making complex things simple

BY Alastair Preacher

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Nov 14, 2025

Jobless Growth Is Normal Now, Chrome Wins By Doing Nothing, 95% AI Fails take two

Anthropic

+20

Jobless Growth Is Normal Now, Chrome Wins By Doing Nothing, 95% AI Fails take two

Plus: Doubling your PM salary, Microsoft's secret Apple rescue, and Communication frameworks that work

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 31, 2025

AI Jobs Paradox, OpenAI Product Blitz, Apple Face Computers

Accenture

+13

AI Jobs Paradox, OpenAI Product Blitz, Apple Face Computers

Plus: Design homogenisation, meeting prep automation, agent architecture strategies

BY Alastair Preacher

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Oct 3, 2025

Browser Wars Intensify, SaaS Valuations Crash, Reverse-Engineer Your Strategy DNA

Future of SaaS

+10

Browser Wars Intensify, SaaS Valuations Crash, Reverse-Engineer Your Strategy DNA

Plus: AI-native slides, text-to-diagrams, feature impact modelling made simple

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 12, 2025

Corporate Flattening Accelerates, E-Commerce Chaos, Bluesky Beats Twitter

Harvard

+14

Corporate Flattening Accelerates, E-Commerce Chaos, Bluesky Beats Twitter

Plus: OKR, KPI, CSF - WTF?, Intercom's Transformation, Minimal Viable Consistency

BY Alastair Preacher

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Sep 5, 2025

GPT-5 Drops This Month, Anthropic's Gulf State Billions, Meta's Minority Report Moment

McKinsey

+18

GPT-5 Drops This Month, Anthropic's Gulf State Billions, Meta's Minority Report Moment

Plus: PRDs as living strategy tools, Notion's MCP breakthrough, and how Google built the greatest business ever

BY Alastair Preacher

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Aug 1, 2025

OpenAI's Browser play, $2bn Seed Rounds, Talent Wars Go Nuclear

Anthropic

+13

OpenAI's Browser play, $2bn Seed Rounds, Talent Wars Go Nuclear

Plus: One-click Excel mastery, Wireflow design revolution, Elena Verna's "first 90-day" framework

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jul 18, 2025

AI Makes Us Cognitively Bankrupt, Apple Eyes Perplexity, OpenAI vs Office & Workspace

McKinsey

+12

AI Makes Us Cognitively Bankrupt, Apple Eyes Perplexity, OpenAI vs Office & Workspace

Plus: The Death & Rebirth of General-Purpose Products, Why Persistence Is Wrong, Are Trade-Offs Dead

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jun 27, 2025

Apple's new look, AI memory for all, Amazon's robot couriers

Huxe

+14

Apple's new look, AI memory for all, Amazon's robot couriers

Plus: Mastering Product Taste, Internal Startup Secrets, The Future of Google

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jun 13, 2025

iOS 19's Overhaul, ChatGPT vs Meeting Notes, SEO's Death

Telegram

+16

iOS 19's Overhaul, ChatGPT vs Meeting Notes, SEO's Death

Plus: Superhuman's clever UX tricks, How to build an entire company solo, Customer-centric growth strategies

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jun 6, 2025

Microsoft Pulls Bing APIs, OpenAI's Parallel Coding Agent, Google's I/O Blitz

Temu

+14

Microsoft Pulls Bing APIs, OpenAI's Parallel Coding Agent, Google's I/O Blitz

Plus: Designing for mental health, bending the curve of luck, and navigating platform risk

BY Alastair Preacher

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May 23, 2025

Amazon's Secret 'Kiro' Project, Instacart's Party App,Stripe's AI Checkout Revolution

Hiring & Interviewing

+15

Amazon's Secret 'Kiro' Project, Instacart's Party App,Stripe's AI Checkout Revolution

Plus: Inside Figma Make's AI prototyping revolution, the ultimate guide to recruiting all-star talent and UX patterns that drive engagement

BY Alastair Preacher

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May 16, 2025

OpenAI's Strategic Shifts, Agentic Browsers Arrive, UK Retail Cyberattacks

Reddit

+10

OpenAI's Strategic Shifts, Agentic Browsers Arrive, UK Retail Cyberattacks

Plus: Mastering AI evals, Cloudflare's radical transparency, and lessons from Europe's fastest-growing startup

BY Alastair Preacher

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May 9, 2025

Meta's Social AI, YouTube at 20, ChatGPT goes shopping

Temu

+18

Meta's Social AI, YouTube at 20, ChatGPT goes shopping

Plus: Startup fundraising lessons, rethinking customer churn, and scaling SaaS to $1B ARR

BY Alastair Preacher

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May 2, 2025

WhatsApp's New Upgrades, Figma's Site Builder, Tesla's Troubles

Instagram

+18

WhatsApp's New Upgrades, Figma's Site Builder, Tesla's Troubles

Plus: Pragmatic product frameworks, UX bites worth stealing, and the AI arms race challenge

BY Alastair Preacher

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Apr 25, 2025

Apple’s Health Push, NoteBookLM's Mind Maps, Apple’s Health Push

OnlyFans

+25

Apple’s Health Push, NoteBookLM's Mind Maps, Apple’s Health Push

Plus: Vibe Coding Mastery, Zero-Friction Onboarding 2025 Product Tech Stacks

BY Alastair Preacher

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Apr 4, 2025

Duolingo Drops UX,  Vibe Marketing, Imaging Leaps Forward

Telegram

+11

Duolingo Drops UX, Vibe Marketing, Imaging Leaps Forward

Plus: Free ChatGPT for a Year, Enterprise Sales Mastery, ServiceNow’s $200B playbook

BY Alastair Preacher

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Mar 28, 2025

Personal AI Supercomputers, Google's Gemini Upgrade, Apple's Siri Struggles

Future of SaaS

+20

Personal AI Supercomputers, Google's Gemini Upgrade, Apple's Siri Struggles

Plus: Mega Hackathons, Next-Gen Dev Tools, and the Future of SaaS

BY Alastair Preacher

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Mar 21, 2025

1st General Agent In The Wild, MWC Hot Takes, The Art of Quick Interviews

Hiring & Interviewing

+19

1st General Agent In The Wild, MWC Hot Takes, The Art of Quick Interviews

Plus: Turning Boring into Billions, Leadership Lessons from Antarctica, Systems Thinking Deep Dive

BY Alastair Preacher

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Mar 7, 2025

Photoshop Goes Mobile, Instagram’s Reels Spin-Off, Apple’s Priority Notifications

Y Combinator

+17

Photoshop Goes Mobile, Instagram’s Reels Spin-Off, Apple’s Priority Notifications

Plus: 10x Productivity Hacks, Building Better UX, AI Distribution Strategies

BY Alastair Preacher

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Feb 28, 2025

10x Your PM Workflow, TikTok’s Musk Connection, OpenAI’s Robots

Google

+13

10x Your PM Workflow, TikTok’s Musk Connection, OpenAI’s Robots

Plus: Figma’s PM Style Tips, Spotify's Viral Strategy, Lessons, Usability Testing Tools

BY Alastair Preacher

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Jan 17, 2025

🎄ChatGPT calls, Meta's Video Magic, China's AI Rise

Instagram

+7

🎄ChatGPT calls, Meta's Video Magic, China's AI Rise

Plus: Marketplace Psychology, Atlassian's Design Evolution, Reid Hoffman's Innovation Insights

BY Alastair Preacher

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Dec 27, 2024

🎄 Ikea’s Flat-Pack Playbook, Google’s Custom Agents, Apple’s Foldable Future

Anthropic

+9

🎄 Ikea’s Flat-Pack Playbook, Google’s Custom Agents, Apple’s Foldable Future

Plus: Best of Lenny, Lessons From Ikea, Unpopular UX Opinions

BY Alastair Preacher

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Dec 20, 2024

TikTok’s Black Friday Win, Apple Pay’s First Competitor, Car Sales On Amazon

Anthropic

+8

TikTok’s Black Friday Win, Apple Pay’s First Competitor, Car Sales On Amazon

Plus: No More "It Depends", Delightful UX Features, Generative AI For Retail

BY Alastair Preacher

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Dec 13, 2024

🌮 1st Birthday Edition!: YouTube’s Swipe, TikTok doubles down, Amazon sidesteps Nvidia

Donald Trump

+12

🌮 1st Birthday Edition!: YouTube’s Swipe, TikTok doubles down, Amazon sidesteps Nvidia

Plus: Trump's impact on Tech, Shopify’s No-KPI Growth Secrets, Product Strategy That Sticks

BY Alastair Preacher

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Nov 15, 2024

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