| | | | Community | University | Jan 07, 2026 | 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. | Think of it as your growth-fueled espresso shot. Short. Smart. Addictive. | Let's dive in.👇 | | Quick Hits | |
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Why did the smart Lego brick stop working? Because it needed a software update… right in the middle of playtime. |
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| | | | | What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing? | Strategies | TikTok Launches Regional Event Calendars for 2026 TikTok released new regional marketing calendars covering key cultural moments and suggested TikTok advertising tools, helping marketers align strategies to seasonal and local events for better engagement and campaign planning throughout 2026. Meta pauses international expansion of its Ray-Ban Display glasses Meta has halted its plan to sell Ray-Ban Display smart glasses internationally due to soaring U.S. demand and product waitlists into late 2026. New features (teleprompter, digital note-taking) and navigation improvements were also announced, showcasing wearable tech's digital marketing potential. Threads is developing in-message games Meta's Threads is prototyping chat-based games (starting with basketball), aiming to drive engagement and growth in competition with platforms like X and Apple Messages. Game features could be used for viral marketing and retention strategies within digital communities. Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation Articul8, an enterprise AI company spun out of Intel in early 2024, has secured more than half of a planned $70 million funding round at a $500 million pre-money valuation, according to its CEO, as it looks to capitalize on growing demand for AI systems in regulated industries. Spotify lowers monetization threshold for video podcasts Spotify is lowering its eligibility criteria for podcasters to monetize their videos on the platform, dropping the minimum episode requirement to three, minimum consumption hours to 2,000, and engaged audience member threshold to 1,000 over the last 30 days. ____________________________________________________________
| People | Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking... Bryan Fleming, founder of pcTattletale, pleaded guilty to computer hacking, illegal surveillance software advertising, and conspiracy. The case marks the first major U.S. prosecution of a stalkerware operator in a decade, affecting digital privacy, compliance, and possibly advertising/marketing ethics standards.
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