Product Hunt

A new hunting gadget lets users create their own cover scents from plants gathered in the woods, reducing the need for store-bought scent-masking products. Men's Journal highlighted the device, which is drawing attention among hunters interested in DIY scent control ahead of the season.

Logitech's chief executive is personally traveling worldwide to secure semiconductor supplies as the global chip shortage disrupts production of the company's computer peripherals. The Wall Street Journal reports the unusual step reflects how severe supply constraints have become for electronics makers, with the CEO hunting for chips and alternative suppliers to keep products shipping.

Retail analysts say shoppers increasingly use artificial intelligence tools to find the best deals, and that this behaviour is becoming a benchmark for customer experience. Retailers that make offers easy for AI assistants to discover and compare are seen as better positioned, while those with fragmented pricing or poor product data risk losing bargain-hunting customers to more AI-friendly competitors.

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's Game of the Year Edition is drawing attention among gamers. The expanded version of the 2014 Monolith Productions action title bundles the main game with its story DLC, including the Bright Lord and Lord of the Hunt campaigns. Discussion so far centres on the edition itself rather than any new announcement, with no confirmation of a re-release or sale from Warner Bros.

A new analysis argues that expanded playoffs across American leagues have turned perennial losing into a sellable product: as long as a team is mathematically alive, fans keep buying tickets, merchandise and subscriptions. The piece suggests that keeping more teams nominally 'in the hunt' rewards mediocrity while extracting revenue from optimism.