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Mar 2023
21m 22s

🩣 “Mam & Eggs” — Vow’s lab-grown mammot...

Nick & Jack Studios
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How do you like your Mammoth cooked? Australian startup Vow just served lab-grown Mammoth Meatballs and raised $50M for it. Lululemon’s stock jumped 13% yesterday, but Lulu made the wrong bet on your workouts. And Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and 1,000 other tech leaders just signed a letter demanding that AI work stop immediately. Because AI could cure cancer, ... Show More
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Today
😇 “Inbox Zero Nirvana” — Gmail’s mass unsubscription. Matcha’s shortage drama. X’s Yaccarino exit. And Birkin Bag #1.
Gmail launched a Weapon of Mass Unsubscription
 to fix your inbox stress. The matcha industry is suffering an unprecedented shortage
 blame Japan’s senior citizens.X’s CEO Linda Yaccarino is officially out
 so what’s really up at the Everything App?Plus, the 1st ever Hermes Birki ... Show More
22m 50s
Yesterday
đŸ›ïž “Fake-flation & Dumb Deals” — Prime Day’s shopping tricks. Dishoom’s dice restaurant. H-E-B’s Texas rescue team.
London’s most popular restaurant, Dishoom, has a wild growth hack
 Roll the dice, get a free meal.Amazon Prime Day is now Prime Week
 but it’s really a fake deal mind game.One biz is saving flood victims in Texas: H-E-B
 the $47B grocery chain bigger than Uber.Plus, Ozzy Osborne ... Show More
21m 29s
Jul 8
đŸŽ· “Justin TimberFAKE” — Spotify’s AI boy-band. Michelob’s Gatorade beer. Soham Parekh’s 19 tech jobs.
The trendiest song over the weekend was by a fake band
 Spotify’s 1st AI band has gone viral.The only major beer growing in America? Michelob Ultra
 thanks to plagiarizing Gatorade.One tech guy is collecting 4 different full-time tech salaries
 all at once.The untold origin story ... Show More
22m 43s
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