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Nov 04, 2025

Hello, GrowthHackers! 

Welcome to your daily unfair advantage.

Every morning, we cut through the noise to bring you sharp insights, fast news, and fresh sparks to light up your brain and fuel your hustle. From scrappy hacks to big tech moves, AI shifts to culture flips this is your intel to stay ahead, move fast, and break boring.

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Quick Hits

1. iOS 26.1 lets you turn down liquid glass’ transparency
   (Finally, introverts and OLEDs can chill.)

2. Apple’s App Store gets a new web interface
   (From apps to access)

3. How Introvert Marketers Can Treat Job Hunting Like a Marketing Campaign
   (A funnel is still a funnel even when the product is you.)

The Growth joke of the day

Why did the AI refuse to attend the brainstorming session?
Because it didn’t want to be trained again.

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Facebook Will Now Allow Private Groups to Switch to Public Instead

  Facebook introduces a feature for group admins to convert private groups to public for greater discovery and growth, while preserving historical privacy for past content and addressing concerns about community management and visibility.

• Gmail users urged to 'reset password' immediately after 180 million leaked online
  Google has issued a new warning to Gmail users after it was revealed that 180 million passwords have been leaked online even though Gmail has not suffered a breach

• You don't know it, but this underrated built-in Windows tool perfectly reports your PC's stability

  Windows has gotten more useful over the years, meaning you don't have to rely on third-party software for certain features as much. While I was aware of the ability to manage drive partitions and markup screenshots without needing additional software, I was intrigued when I was recommended Reliability Monitor a Windows tool I had previously missed.

• Bluesky Reaches 40M Users So Should Your Brand Be on It?
  While Threads and X continue to fight it out for supremacy in the post-Twitter race, Bluesky also continues to add more users, albeit it a slower pace.

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People

• Kevin Rose’s simple test for AI hardware would you want to punch someone in the face who’s wearing it?

  Veteran investor Kevin Rose discusses the pitfalls of AI wearables, emphasizing emotional impact and social acceptability over raw technical capability, while urging VCs to prioritize founders with bold visions and empathy. Addresses the evolution of entrepreneurship and shifts in VC, due in part to AI lowering technical barriers to market.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

• Microsoft inks $9.7B deal with Australia’s IREN for AI cloud capacity
  Microsoft signs a $9.7 billion deal to secure AI-optimized GPU capacity from Australia’s IREN. This underlines the fierce competition for AI compute power, supporting Microsoft Azure’s continued expansion in AI services and infrastructure.

• Dia’s AI browser starts adding Arc’s ‘greatest hits’ to its feature set
  The AI web browser Dia is drawing inspiration from its predecessor, Arc, an earlier experiment in modernizing the web-browsing experience that hailed from the startup known as The Browser Company.

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