Good morning! Chess.com launched Mittens, a bot with a kitten avatar. Users have been so obsessed with Mittens that games played per day is up ~40%, with the website also crashing due to excessive traffic. Sometimes all your north star metric needs is a cute animal...

Highlight of the day

Mill, started by the Nest co-founder, launched a smart compost-bin subscription for $33 per month. Mill's bin dehydrates and mashes food waste to reduce volume by ~90%, with the dried grounds then sent back to Mill to use as an ingredient in animal food.

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

• Amazon Music increases prices in the US and UK

• Twitter displays the bookmark button more prominently

• Twitter announces an ad-free subscription at a higher price

• Microsoft shuts down its AltspaceVR social VR platform

• Google Home ships volume and play controls to its app remote 

General and early-stage

• Winnebago unveils an electric RV

• Maths Planner ships a library of digital math exercises

• Celtx launches a Beat Board to visualize story beats

• Bezel ships a Command Center to easily find and use commands

• Makers Place announces external contract support

Other good finds

• Not so different. The three popular models for product teams 

• Fixed. TikTok confirms employees can decide what goes viral

• Over-reeled. IG boss admits they over-indexed on Reels

Twitter nugget

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- Amol