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Google’s News AI pilot expands to over 400 publications, including U.S. local news outlets
In December, Google launched its News AI pilot program, which licenses content from select publishers and uses it to test new AI features in Google News. On Thursday, the company announced that the program has added new partnerships, bringing the total number of publications in the pilot to more than 400 worldwide.
President Trump’s losing streak versus the press continues
A federal judge again sided with CNN, MS NOW and Politico in their fight to retain White House access
A death at a Russian plague lab raised pandemic fears. Here’s what experts are watching
No secondary cases have been confirmed, but experts say Russia’s response and lack of answers warrant continued scrutiny
Brussle: Improve Jev’s accuracy on your data | Product Hunt
Brussle calibrates AI decision from models like Jev about your data, runs it again when a record it read changes, and fits it again when the model changes. A correction is applied only when it beats the model on your held-out outcomes.
How Nashville hot chicken took over the world
I once ate a Hot Ones-style lineup of hot wings that would make Sean Evans blush. I completed the challenge, profusely sweating and hiccuping, and regretted it for days. And I didn't learn a thing. I order spicy food all the time. Apparently, I'm not the only glutton for punishment. The fiery heat of Nashville hot chicken has spread its wings across the US and is now taking over the globe, per Marketplace. Some like it hot Like all good food trends, Nashville hot chicken began with a scorned lover.
Two creators went to NYU’s business school, then decided to make a show about the news
On a September afternoon in Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood, Shreyas Sinha is sitting on a toilet, wearing a blue suit. Looking into the camera, he asks, “Why is it that everything I’ve been eating this year is giving me diarrhea?” Sinha is about to link the 2026 cyclospora outbreaks to decades of problems at the
No one actually likes AI influencers
Read to to the end for an unfortunately really catchy AI-generated ad for dog bowls
Superdraft: Automatically identify opportunities to email your customers | Product Hunt
Good email opportunities slip by when you’re busy running a business. Superdraft spots them and turns them into on-brand drafts with copy, images, and layout. Edit, export HTML, and send through your existing email platform.
You told us you wanted more control over your feed. Here’s the dial
New content preferences let you see more or less video, mute keywords, prioritize longform, and more
withHuman: A human approval layer for AI Agents | Product Hunt
withHuman is an approval layer for AI agents. It intercepts your agents’ tool calls before they run. Rules approve or deny routine calls automatically, and risky ones go to the right person on your team. It works across Claude Code, Codex and agents built with LangGraph, Pydantic AI and more, through an open protocol (AAP). One set of rules for every agent your company runs. Open source, with a hosted version. Use code PRODUCTHUNT for 3 months of Scale free - valid till Friday!
Actually Asked
Actually Asked puts a FAQ section on your site, in your fonts and colours, not a chat bubble. Visitors ask their own question or highlight a sentence to ask about it. Answers come only from your pages, and the questions asked most join your FAQ.
Rushilo: Edit video by talking to Claude Code or Codex | Product Hunt
Rushilo is a Mac and Windows video editor that your own AI drives. Connect Claude Code or Codex, select a clip, and say the edit: trim, split, caption, cut filler words, resize, export. Every change lands on a visible timeline you can undo. Screen recording with auto zoom on Mac, on-device Whisper captions, and direct YouTube upload. We ship no AI, so there are no credits: your subscription or keys pay. Files stay on your disk. $99 once, 3 computers.
Meta’s new ‘Muse Wonder’ model: good for AI agents, bad for design
Watch now (24 mins) | 🎙️Meta launched Muse Wonder with claims of frontier agentic performance, so I ran it headlessly through Claude Code against nearly 20 tasks to find out if any of it is true
Chatway MCP
Chatway is an all-in-one live chat, AI support, and customer service platform. Support customers in real time, automate repetitive questions with the AI Support Agent, manage conversations across channels, and collaborate from one shared inbox. Use mobile apps, automations, ecommerce integrations, Help Center, live translation, teams, and advanced search. Developers can connect AI agents and external tools using MCP, REST API, and Webhooks. Free plan available.
Katie Zacharia’s debut as press secretary went about as badly as it could have
After a rocky 14-minute briefing, questions are mounting about Zacharia’s hiring, her future in the job and her legal credentials
College journalism is thriving at schools that don’t teach it
Hundreds of college newspapers publish at universities that don’t offer journalism majors. That’s no problem for the students.
Trump’s latest attack on James Talarico involves veganism, barbecue and vomiting. Here are the facts
The Texas Democrat once advocated for reducing meat consumption. Trump has turned that into a recurring rally line unsupported by evidence.
Newsroom Profile: Black Indy LIVE
An in-depth analysis of the digital news platform Black Indy LIVE
NestJS Observe
Observability built for NestJS by its creator. Add the SDK and a key, and every request shows up as a trace of your own controllers, providers and queries, with errors, jobs, logs and runtime metrics alongside. Free up to 300k events a month.
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