Happy Friday! Sonic the Hedgehog has officially made the cut for Lego's new sets. For a cool $100, you can now build a Lego masterpiece that sends Sonic flying and spinning into the air. Lego sure has evolved since I was a kid...

🌶 Highlight of the day 🌶

Equals launched Command+K, a suite of AI and shortcut features for its smart spreadsheet product. On the shortcuts front, Equals lets users easily add formulas and formats through plain English (instead of having to memorize shortcuts), and also comes with a Formula debugger 🔧

Command+K also uses GPT-4 to provide smart suggestions of better formulas for user needs. My old 1st ibanking self would not have hated this 😛

 ♨️ Hot off the press launches

Big tech

• Apple ships a payment method failure resolution feature 

• Adobe launches new generative-AI editing features for Illustrator 

• Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertiser platform

• Snap launches new 'Story' modes for communities such as schools

• Snap expands its revenue-share program for creators

• Twitter kills legacy blue-checkmarks 

General and early-stage

• Proton launches an end-to-end encrypted password manager 

• Buzzfeed kills its news offering 

• Deribit unveils commission-free crypto spot trading 

• NoCam ships a TikTok-meets-BeReal-esque social video app

• Wavelength launches an app for better group chats

• HUSSLUP ships a Linkedin-style product for the entertainment industry

🔍 Other good finds

• Nifty Miro. Moving fast and outmaneuvering competitors in product

• All aboard. Google to offer customers AI tools for ad campaigns

• Numero uno. India is officially the world's largest country

🧈 Twitter nugget

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-  Amol