Happy Friday! How do you know when "the Bird is free"? When Jack Dorsey starts roasting Twitter on a different social network, despite having $1 billion still invested in Twitter.

Highlight of the day

Statsig expands its free feature management plan to 500 million events per month, letting most companies use feature gating in A/B tests for free. It's land-and-expand 101, as Statsig uses its free plan as an acquisition hook to convert companies to its premium paid product.

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

• Instagram expands access to Gifts, a Reels tipping feature 

• Twitter ships 4000 character tweets for Blue subscribers

• Google announces improved contextual translation features 

• Microsoft adds Adobe's PDF viewer to Edge 

• Apple redesigns the UI of its website

General and early-stage

• 1Password announces biometric-based passkeys 

• OkCupid tests match questions generated by ChatGPT 

• Peacock unveils live-watching with actors from shows

• Flipboard launches its Notes feature on iOS and Android 

• Lex Page ships AI re-write functionality for its editor

Other good finds

• First Round. Retool's path to product-market fit 

• Locking down. SEC may ban crypto staking for retail customers

• Changing times. The vibe shift of Silicon Valley

Twitter nugget

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- Amol