Software Alternatives, Accelerators & Startups
SaaSHub Weekly / November 23, 2023

OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

Top News

  • OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman. Given the hotness of the AI/ChatGPT nowadays, this is the hottest topic this week. The reason - it was political. What they disclosed publicly - Sam Altman wasn't candid with the board with regards to AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) working for the good of all humanity.
  • ChatGPT with voice is now available to all free users. Read here
  • Euan Garbut, a 16 years old from Glasgow wins Blender's award of "young animator of the year". Read here
  • Apple announces that RCS (Rich Communication Services) support is coming to iPhone next year. read here. This was most probably due to pressure from the EU.
  • Yes, Signal is FREE; however, it costs them "Approximately $14 million dollars per year." to run the infrastructure. read here

Games

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

Should you need some time to relax, here's a list of three highly recommended and loved factory games:

  • Factorio - An Addictive, Action, Real-time Strategy, Survival, Management, Top-down, Co-op, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Wube Software Ltd.
  • Shapes.io - a fun factory base building game about combining shapes
  • Dyson Sphere Program - Factorio in space, but with much better 3D graphics and the ability to expand across planets and solar systems.
  • Opus Magnum - Another minimalist take on the genre, distilling it down into symbols and automated pickers, sorters, and movers on rails.

Need more? Here it is the amazingly curated list that inspired the games section this week.

Featured and useful products

  1. Supabase

    An open source Firebase alternative

  2. Sketchfab

    Sketchfab is an industrial design software tool is useful for ideation and for beginners in the industrial design field.

  3. PAQATO

    The PAQATO After-Sales Experience Platform is the growth driver that makes online stores successful for tomorrow.

  4. TailScale

    Private networks made easy Connect all your devices using WireGuard, without the hassle. Tailscale makes it as easy as installing an app and signing in.

  5. Image Upscaler

    Image Upscaler is an online service that uses deep learning technology to enlarge images without losing quality.

  6. GoRails

    Ruby on Rails screencasts for Web Developers

  7. ProjectionLab

    The personal finance simulator you've been waiting for

  8. Sotion.so

    Membership Management for Notion → Connect your Notion page to a custom domain and Manage Membership access with Password Protection, Email Signups, Email Whitelists, and more.

  9. FinWise

    Personal Finances, Simplified

  10. Limey

    Create FREE one-page sites with limey.io. Receive gifts. Capture leads. Share your favorite photos. All in a matter of minutes.

  11. Flexopus

    Desk sharing booking system for flexible workstations, meeting rooms & parking spaces - implement shared desks easily with Flexopus.

  12. ASocks

    Clear. Fast. Unlimited. Residential & Mobile Proxies For Best Price .

SaaSHub Experts

Top products of the week as selected by SaaSHub's experts community.

  1. YouTube - Our mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world.
  2. Dropbox - Online Sync and File Sharing
  3. Crypto.com - Buy, earn, and spend cryptocurrencies anywhere 💳
  4. Microsoft Azure Functions - Serverless, also known as FaaS (Function-as-a-Service), is a new approach to application development. FaaS is a form of serverless computing with an infrastructure managed by the provider to upload functions and use them on a pay-per-request basis.
  5. Google News - Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.

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Mates, that's all for this week!
I hope it was useful.
- Stan

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