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<title>Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser’s delusions and ignored her warnings</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/stalking-victim-sues-openai-claims-chatgpt-fueled-her-abusers-delusions-and-ignored-her-warnings</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI ignored three warnings that a ChatGPT user was dangerous — including its own mass-casualty flag — while he stalked and harassed his ex-girlfriend, a new lawsuit alleges. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Stalking, victim, sues, OpenAI, claims, ChatGPT, fueled, her, abuser’s, delusions, and, ignored, her, warnings</media:keywords>
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<title>Battery recycler Ascend Elements files for bankruptcy</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/battery-recycler-ascend-elements-files-for-bankruptcy</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ascend Elements said that it will be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of a canceled government grant and a challenging market for lithium-ion batteries. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClaw’s creator from accessing Claude</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropic-temporarily-banned-openclaws-creator-from-accessing-claude</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ This ban took place after Claude&#039;s pricing changed for OpenClaw users last week. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>How to watch NASA’s Artemis II splash back down to Earth</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-watch-nasas-artemis-ii-splash-back-down-to-earth</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ NASA&#039;s Artemis II mission has traveled farther from Earth than any mission before. Here&#039;s how to watch the crew&#039;s return landing in the Pacific Ocean. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>NASA Artemis II splashes down in Pacific Ocean in ‘perfect’ landing for Moon mission</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nasa-artemis-ii-splashes-down-in-pacific-ocean-in-perfect-landing-for-moon-mission</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Integrity craft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego just after 5:07 p.m. Pacific Time. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-ai-gold-rush-is-pulling-private-wealth-into-riskier-earlier-bets</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ On a recent episode of Equity, we  talked to Arena Private Wealth to explore a growing trend: family offices bypassing VCs to gain direct exposure to AI startups, turning them from passive investors into active participants. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, gold, rush, pulling, private, wealth, into, riskier, earlier, bets </media:keywords>
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<title>Adobe launches Acrobat Spaces, a free AI&#45;powered study tool for students</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/adobe-launches-acrobat-spaces-a-free-ai-powered-study-tool-for-students</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Adobe Acrobat Spaces is a free tool for students to use AI and create different kind of study material from documents ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Adobe, launches, Acrobat, Spaces, free, AI-powered, study, tool, for, students</media:keywords>
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<title>Waymo opens robotaxi service in Nashville, partners with Lyft</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/waymo-opens-robotaxi-service-in-nashville-partners-with-lyft</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Waymo now operates commercial robotaxi services in 11 cities, with various methods to hail. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Waymo, opens, robotaxi, service, Nashville, partners, with, Lyft</media:keywords>
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<title>Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-a-former-airpods-engineer-is-now-building-heat-pumps</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, former, AirPods, engineer, now, building, heat, pumps</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency’s budget by $700 million</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-administration-plans-to-cut-cybersecurity-agencys-budget-by-700-million</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The budget proposal would force CISA to operate with a significantly lower budget than previous years, citing the government&#039;s claims that the election misinformation programs were used to &quot;target the President.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, administration, plans, cut, cybersecurity, agency’s, budget, 700, million</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder&#45;led business talk show</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-acquires-tbpn-the-buzzy-founder-led-business-talk-show</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ TBPN, Silicon Valley&#039;s cult-favorite tech podcast, will operate independently, even as it&#039;s overseen by chief political operative Chris Lehane. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Gateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund II</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gateway-capital-announces-first-close-of-25m-fund-ii</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Gateway Capital, the Milwaukee-based venture firm founded by Dana Guthrie, can now begin investment operations for its $25M Fund II. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gateway, Capital, announces, first, close, 25M, Fund</media:keywords>
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<title>Artemis II is NASA’s last moon mission without Silicon Valley </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/artemis-ii-is-nasas-last-moon-mission-without-silicon-valley</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/artemis-ii-is-nasas-last-moon-mission-without-silicon-valley</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Next time around, the pressure will be on SpaceX and Blue Origin. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Artemis, NASA’s, last, moon, mission, without, Silicon, Valley </media:keywords>
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<title>Telehealth giant Hims &amp;amp; Hers says its customer support system was hacked</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/telehealth-giant-hims-hers-says-its-customer-support-system-was-hacked</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. telehealth giant says hackers stole customer support ticket data over the course of several days in February. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Telehealth, giant, Hims, Hers, says, its, customer, support, system, was, hacked</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon hits sellers with ‘fuel surcharge’ as Iran war roils global energy markets</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-hits-sellers-with-fuel-surcharge-as-iran-war-roils-global-energy-markets</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-hits-sellers-with-fuel-surcharge-as-iran-war-roils-global-energy-markets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The e-commerce giant called the surcharge &quot;temporary&quot; but couldn&#039;t give a date for when the policy would be retired. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, hits, sellers, with, ‘fuel, surcharge’, Iran, war, roils, global, energy, markets</media:keywords>
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<title>Starcloud raises $170 million Series A to build data centers in space</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/starcloud-raises-170-million-series-a-to-build-data-centers-in-space</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/starcloud-raises-170-million-series-a-to-build-data-centers-in-space</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Starcloud, raises, 170, million, Series, build, data, centers, space</media:keywords>
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<title>Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/qodo-raises-70m-for-code-verification-as-ai-coding-scales</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/qodo-raises-70m-for-code-verification-as-ai-coding-scales</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As AI floods software development with code, Qodo is betting the real challenge is making sure it actually works. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Qodo, raises, 70M, for, code, verification, coding, scales</media:keywords>
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<title>Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mistral-ai-raises-830m-in-debt-to-set-up-a-data-center-near-paris</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mistral, raises, 830M, debt, set, data, center, near, Paris</media:keywords>
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<title>AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400 million at $2.3B valuation in pre&#45;IPO round</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-chip-startup-rebellions-raises-400-million-at-23b-valuation-in-pre-ipo-round</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-chip-startup-rebellions-raises-400-million-at-23b-valuation-in-pre-ipo-round</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup, which is planning to go public later this year, designs chips specifically for AI inference, another challenger to Nvidia&#039;s dominance. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>ScaleOps raises $130M to improve computing efficiency amid AI demand</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/scaleops-raises-130m-to-improve-computing-efficiency-amid-ai-demand</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ ScaleOps just raised $130M to tackle GPU shortages and soaring AI cloud costs by automating infrastructure in real time. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ScaleOps, raises, 130M, improve, computing, efficiency, amid, demand</media:keywords>
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<title>Mistral releases a new open&#45;source model for speech generation</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mistral-releases-a-new-open-source-model-for-speech-generation</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Mistral&#039;s new speech model can run on a smartwatch or a smartphone. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mistral, releases, new, open-source, model, for, speech, generation</media:keywords>
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<title>A ‘pound of flesh’ from data centers: one senator’s answer to AI job losses</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-pound-of-flesh-from-data-centers-one-senators-answer-to-ai-job-losses</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-pound-of-flesh-from-data-centers-one-senators-answer-to-ai-job-losses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fears of AI-driven job loss are growing fast, and they’re fueling backlash against data centers. Sen. Mark Warner suggests taxing them to help workers survive the transition. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>WhatsApp can now draft AI&#45;generated responses based on your conversations</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/whatsapp-can-now-draft-ai-generated-responses-based-on-your-conversations</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/whatsapp-can-now-draft-ai-generated-responses-based-on-your-conversations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Meta-owned messaging platform is also launching a way to free up space, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>WhatsApp, can, now, draft, AI-generated, responses, based, your, conversations</media:keywords>
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<title>Cohere launches an open&#45;source voice model specifically for transcription</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cohere-launches-an-open-source-voice-model-specifically-for-transcription</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It currently supports 14 languages. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cohere, launches, open-source, voice, model, specifically, for, transcription</media:keywords>
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<title>Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/conntour-raises-7m-from-general-catalyst-yc-to-build-an-ai-search-engine-for-security-video-systems</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Conntour uses AI models to let security teams query camera feeds using natural language to find any object, person, or situation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Conntour, raises, 7M, from, General, Catalyst, build, search, engine, for, security, video, systems</media:keywords>
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<title>Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/delve-accused-of-misleading-customers-with-fake-compliance</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Delve, accused, misleading, customers, with, ‘fake, compliance’</media:keywords>
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<title>Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/publisher-pulls-horror-novel-shy-girl-over-ai-concerns</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Publisher, pulls, horror, novel, ‘Shy, Girl’, over, concerns</media:keywords>
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<title>It’s been 20 years since the first tweet</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/its-been-20-years-since-the-first-tweet</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/its-been-20-years-since-the-first-tweet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>It’s, been, years, since, the, first, tweet</media:keywords>
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<title>Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/are-ai-tokens-the-new-signing-bonus-or-just-a-cost-of-doing-business</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/are-ai-tokens-the-new-signing-bonus-or-just-a-cost-of-doing-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforward win. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Are, tokens, the, new, signing, bonus, just, cost, doing, business</media:keywords>
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<title>An exclusive tour of Amazon’s Trainium lab, the chip that’s won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/an-exclusive-tour-of-amazons-trainium-lab-the-chip-thats-won-over-anthropic-openai-even-apple</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/an-exclusive-tour-of-amazons-trainium-lab-the-chip-thats-won-over-anthropic-openai-even-apple</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Shortly after Amazon  announced its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, AWS invited me on a private tour of the chip lab at the heart of the deal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>exclusive, tour, Amazon’s, Trainium, lab, the, chip, that’s, won, over, Anthropic, OpenAI, even, Apple </media:keywords>
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<title>Why Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup has gotten so much love, and hate</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-garry-tans-claude-code-setup-has-gotten-so-much-love-and-hate</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-garry-tans-claude-code-setup-has-gotten-so-much-love-and-hate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of people are trying Garry Tan&#039;s Claude Code setup, which was shared on GitHub. And everyone has an opinion: even Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Garry, Tan’s, Claude, Code, setup, has, gotten, much, love, and, hate</media:keywords>
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<title>Mistral bets on ‘build&#45;your&#45;own AI’ as it takes on OpenAI, Anthropic in the enterprise</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mistral-bets-on-build-your-own-ai-as-it-takes-on-openai-anthropic-in-the-enterprise</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mistral-bets-on-build-your-own-ai-as-it-takes-on-openai-anthropic-in-the-enterprise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mistral Forge lets enterprises train custom AI models from scratch on their own data, challenging rivals that rely on fine-tuning and retrieval-based approaches. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mistral, bets, ‘build-your-own, AI’, takes, OpenAI, Anthropic, the, enterprise</media:keywords>
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<title>Kalshi’s legal troubles pile up, as Arizona files first ever criminal charges over ‘illegal gambling business’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/kalshis-legal-troubles-pile-up-as-arizona-files-first-ever-criminal-charges-over-illegal-gambling-business</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/kalshis-legal-troubles-pile-up-as-arizona-files-first-ever-criminal-charges-over-illegal-gambling-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s the latest salvo in an escalating battle between state regulators and an industry that claims it&#039;s not beholden to them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kalshi’s, legal, troubles, pile, up, Arizona, files, first, ever, criminal, charges, over, ‘illegal, gambling, business’</media:keywords>
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<title>Mave Health aims to improve attention and mood with its brain&#45;stimulating headset</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mave-health-aims-to-improve-attention-and-mood-with-its-brain-stimulating-headset</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mave-health-aims-to-improve-attention-and-mood-with-its-brain-stimulating-headset</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mave Health is listing the headset at $495 for pre-orders. It aims to ship devices to users in the U.S. and India in April 2026. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mave, Health, aims, improve, attention, and, mood, with, its, brain-stimulating, headset</media:keywords>
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<title>DOD says Anthropic’s ‘red lines’ make it an ‘unacceptable risk to national security’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/dod-says-anthropics-red-lines-make-it-an-unacceptable-risk-to-national-security</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/dod-says-anthropics-red-lines-make-it-an-unacceptable-risk-to-national-security</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Defense Department said concerns that Anthropic might &quot;attempt to disable its technology&quot; during &quot;warfighting operations&quot; validate its decision to label the AI firm a supply chain risk. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>DOD, says, Anthropic’s, ‘red, lines’, make, ‘unacceptable, risk, national, security’</media:keywords>
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<title>Nyne, founded by a father&#45;son duo, gives AI agents the human context they’re missing</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nyne-founded-by-a-father-son-duo-gives-ai-agents-the-human-context-theyre-missing</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nyne-founded-by-a-father-son-duo-gives-ai-agents-the-human-context-theyre-missing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The data infrastructure startup raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park Commons. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nyne, founded, father-son, duo, gives, agents, the, human, context, they’re, missing</media:keywords>
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<title>Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/digg-lays-off-staff-and-shuts-down-app-as-company-retools</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/digg-lays-off-staff-and-shuts-down-app-as-company-retools</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it&#039;s not giving up on the startup. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Digg, lays, off, staff, and, shuts, down, app, company, retools</media:keywords>
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<title>Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lawyer-behind-ai-psychosis-cases-warns-of-mass-casualty-risks</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lawyer-behind-ai-psychosis-cases-warns-of-mass-casualty-risks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lawyer, behind, psychosis, cases, warns, mass, casualty, risks</media:keywords>
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<title>‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/not-built-right-the-first-time-musks-xai-is-starting-over-again-again</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/not-built-right-the-first-time-musks-xai-is-starting-over-again-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining from Cursor. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘Not, built, right, the, first, time’, —, Musk’s, xAI, starting, over, again, again</media:keywords>
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<title>How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-use-the-new-chatgpt-app-integrations-including-doordash-spotify-uber-and-others</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-use-the-new-chatgpt-app-integrations-including-doordash-spotify-uber-and-others</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, use, the, new, ChatGPT, app, integrations, including, DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and, others</media:keywords>
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<title>Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-rolls-out-new-gemini-capabilities-to-docs-sheets-slides-and-drive</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-rolls-out-new-gemini-capabilities-to-docs-sheets-slides-and-drive</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The idea behind the new features is to make the apps more personal and capable to help users get things done faster, right within the platforms themselves. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, rolls, out, new, Gemini, capabilities, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and, Drive</media:keywords>
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<title>Hyperscale Power is the latest startup to challenge 140&#45;year&#45;old transformer tech</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hyperscale-power-is-the-latest-startup-to-challenge-140-year-old-transformer-tech</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hyperscale-power-is-the-latest-startup-to-challenge-140-year-old-transformer-tech</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Startup Hyperscale Power is developing technology that promises to shrink power transformers, freeing up precious space within data centers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hyperscale, Power, the, latest, startup, challenge, 140-year-old, transformer, tech</media:keywords>
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<title>This SpaceX veteran says the next big thing in space is satellites that return to Earth</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-spacex-veteran-says-the-next-big-thing-in-space-is-satellites-that-return-to-earth</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-spacex-veteran-says-the-next-big-thing-in-space-is-satellites-that-return-to-earth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company&#039;s first demonstration mission is expected in early 2027. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>This, SpaceX, veteran, says, the, next, big, thing, space, satellites, that, return, Earth</media:keywords>
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<title>Adobe is debuting an AI assistant for Photoshop</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/adobe-is-debuting-an-ai-assistant-for-photoshop</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/adobe-is-debuting-an-ai-assistant-for-photoshop</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Adobe is also adding new AI-powered image editing features to Firefly. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Adobe, debuting, assistant, for, Photoshop</media:keywords>
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<title>YouTube expands AI deepfake detection for politicians, government officials, and journalists</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-expands-ai-deepfake-detection-for-politicians-government-officials-and-journalists</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-expands-ai-deepfake-detection-for-politicians-government-officials-and-journalists</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ YouTube&#039;s AI deepfake detection tool is becoming available to politicians, journalists, and officials, letting them flag unauthorized likenesses for removal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>YouTube, expands, deepfake, detection, for, politicians, government, officials, and, journalists</media:keywords>
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<title>DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&amp;amp;A research affordable</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/diligencesquared-uses-ai-voice-agents-to-make-ma-research-affordable</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/diligencesquared-uses-ai-voice-agents-to-make-ma-research-affordable</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Instead of relying on expensive management consultants, the startup uses AI voice agents to conduct interviews with customers of the companies the PE firms are considering buying. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>DiligenceSquared, uses, AI, voice, agents, make, M&amp;A, research, affordable</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply&#45;chain label in court</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropic-to-challenge-dods-supply-chain-label-in-court</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropic-to-challenge-dods-supply-chain-label-in-court</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense&#039;s designation of the AI firm as a supply-chain risk. He claims most Anthropic customers are unaffected by the label. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, challenge, DOD’s, supply-chain, label, court</media:keywords>
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<title>After Europe, WhatsApp will let rival AI companies offer chatbots in Brazil</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/after-europe-whatsapp-will-let-rival-ai-companies-offer-chatbots-in-brazil</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/after-europe-whatsapp-will-let-rival-ai-companies-offer-chatbots-in-brazil</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta is now allowing rival AI companies to provide their chatbots on WhatsApp to Brazilian users for a fee, a day after the company confirmed a similar decision for users in Europe. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>After, Europe, WhatsApp, will, let, rival, companies, offer, chatbots, Brazil</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s Karnataka signals intent to ban social media for under&#45;16s</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indias-karnataka-signals-intent-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indias-karnataka-signals-intent-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Karnataka&#039;s proposal highlights a growing global debate over children’s rights and online policy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India’s, Karnataka, signals, intent, ban, social, media, for, under-16s</media:keywords>
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<title>Quantum scale&#45;up Pasqal plans $2B SPAC listing, promises to ‘remain French’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/quantum-scale-up-pasqal-plans-2b-spac-listing-promises-to-remain-french</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/quantum-scale-up-pasqal-plans-2b-spac-listing-promises-to-remain-french</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A SPAC deal that is set to take French quantum company Pasqal public on the Nasdaq values the company at $2 billion pre-money. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Quantum, scale-up, Pasqal, plans, 2B, SPAC, listing, promises, ‘remain, French’</media:keywords>
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<title>Investors spill what they aren’t looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/investors-spill-what-they-arent-looking-for-anymore-in-ai-saas-companies</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/investors-spill-what-they-arent-looking-for-anymore-in-ai-saas-companies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren&#039;t looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Investors, spill, what, they, aren’t, looking, for, anymore, SaaS, companies</media:keywords>
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<title>Google looks to tackle longstanding RCS spam in India — but not alone</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-looks-to-tackle-longstanding-rcs-spam-in-india-but-not-alone</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-looks-to-tackle-longstanding-rcs-spam-in-india-but-not-alone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, looks, tackle, longstanding, RCS, spam, India, —, but, not, alone</media:keywords>
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<title>Let’s explore the best alternatives to Discord</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lets-explore-the-best-alternatives-to-discord</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lets-explore-the-best-alternatives-to-discord</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With many users feeling uneasy about Discord&#039;s new age verification requirement, here are some alternatives that could be worth exploring. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Let’s, explore, the, best, alternatives, Discord</media:keywords>
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<title>Polymarket saw $529M traded on bets tied to bombing of Iran</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/polymarket-saw-529m-traded-on-bets-tied-to-bombing-of-iran</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/polymarket-saw-529m-traded-on-bets-tied-to-bombing-of-iran</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Six newly-created accounts made a profit of $1 million by correctly betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Polymarket, saw, 529M, traded, bets, tied, bombing, Iran</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropics-claude-reports-widespread-outage</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropics-claude-reports-widespread-outage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic&#039;s AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the bot. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic’s, Claude, reports, widespread, outage</media:keywords>
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<title>Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emerging</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gushwork-bets-on-ai-search-for-customer-leads-and-early-results-are-emerging</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gushwork-bets-on-ai-search-for-customer-leads-and-early-results-are-emerging</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gushwork has raised $9 million in a seed round led by SIG and Lightspeed. The startup has seen early customer traction from AI search tools like ChatGPT. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gushwork, bets, search, for, customer, leads, —, and, early, results, are, emerging</media:keywords>
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<title>Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-this-isnt-our-first-saaspocalypse</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-this-isnt-our-first-saaspocalypse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Salesforce reported a solid year-end earnings and then pulled out all the stops to ward off more talk of the death of its business to AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Salesforce, CEO, Marc, Benioff:, This, isn’t, our, first, SaaSpocalypse</media:keywords>
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<title>Instagram now alerts parents if their teen searches for suicide or self&#45;harm content</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/instagram-now-alerts-parents-if-their-teen-searches-for-suicide-or-self-harm-content</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/instagram-now-alerts-parents-if-their-teen-searches-for-suicide-or-self-harm-content</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Parents will be informed if their teen searches for suicide or self-harm content and offered resources. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Instagram, now, alerts, parents, their, teen, searches, for, suicide, self-harm, content</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Everything Samsung revealed at its Galaxy Unpacked event</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/everything-samsung-revealed-at-its-galaxy-unpacked-event</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/everything-samsung-revealed-at-its-galaxy-unpacked-event</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Samsung&#039;s new privacy screen feature on Galaxy S26 Ultra was the most notable feature of the event. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Everything, Samsung, revealed, its, Galaxy, Unpacked, event</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>How to avoid bad hires in early&#45;stage startups</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-avoid-bad-hires-in-early-stage-startups</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-avoid-bad-hires-in-early-stage-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lucena got the idea for Mappa after trying to build a marketing team but continually feeling like she had made the wrong hires. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, avoid, bad, hires, early-stage, startups</media:keywords>
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<title>Microsoft’s new gaming CEO vows not to flood the ecosystem with ‘endless AI slop’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/microsofts-new-gaming-ceo-vows-not-to-flood-the-ecosystem-with-endless-ai-slop</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/microsofts-new-gaming-ceo-vows-not-to-flood-the-ecosystem-with-endless-ai-slop</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Is Microsoft&#039;s gaming division doubling down on AI? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft’s, new, gaming, CEO, vows, not, flood, the, ecosystem, with, ‘endless, slop’</media:keywords>
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<title>Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after alleged DDoS attack</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/wikipedia-blacklists-archivetoday-after-alleged-ddos-attack</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/wikipedia-blacklists-archivetoday-after-alleged-ddos-attack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Wikipedia editors have decided to remove all links to Archive.today, a web archiving service that they said has been linked to more than 695,000 times across the online encyclopedia. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wikipedia, blacklists, Archive.today, after, alleged, DDoS, attack</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sam-altman-would-like-remind-you-that-humans-use-a-lot-of-energy-too</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sam-altman-would-like-remind-you-that-humans-use-a-lot-of-energy-too</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;It also takes a lot of energy to train a human.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman, would, like, remind, you, that, humans, use, lot, energy, too</media:keywords>
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<title>Move over, Apple: Meet the alternative app stores available in the EU and elsewhere</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/move-over-apple-meet-the-alternative-app-stores-available-in-the-eu-and-elsewhere</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/move-over-apple-meet-the-alternative-app-stores-available-in-the-eu-and-elsewhere</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A list of some of the alternative app stores iPhone users in the EU can try today.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Move, over, Apple:, Meet, the, alternative, app, stores, available, the, and, elsewhere</media:keywords>
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<title>The 9,000&#45;pound monster I don’t want to give back</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-9000-pound-monster-i-dont-want-to-give-back</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-9000-pound-monster-i-dont-want-to-give-back</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I thought: other than hotels that use SUVs like the Escalade IQL to ferry guests around, what kind of monster chooses a car like this? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, 9, 000-pound, monster, don’t, want, give, back</media:keywords>
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<title>U.S. court bars OpenAI from using ‘Cameo’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-court-bars-openai-from-using-cameo</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-court-bars-openai-from-using-cameo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from &quot;Cameo&quot; to &quot;Characters.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>U.S., court, bars, OpenAI, from, using, ‘Cameo’</media:keywords>
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<title>DG Matrix raises $60M to make data center power smarter</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/dg-matrix-raises-60m-to-make-data-center-power-smarter</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/dg-matrix-raises-60m-to-make-data-center-power-smarter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup is making solid-state transformers capable of intelligently aggregating power from a number of different sources before sending it to data center racks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Matrix, raises, 60M, make, data, center, power, smarter</media:keywords>
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<title>Indian AI lab Sarvam’s new models are a major bet on the viability of open&#45;source AI</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indian-ai-lab-sarvams-new-models-are-a-major-bet-on-the-viability-of-open-source-ai</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indian-ai-lab-sarvams-new-models-are-a-major-bet-on-the-viability-of-open-source-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new lineup includes 30-billion and 105-billion parameter models; a text-to-speech model; a speech-to-text model; and a vision model to parse documents. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Indian, lab, Sarvam’s, new, models, are, major, bet, the, viability, open-source</media:keywords>
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<title>Heron Power raises $140M to ramp production of grid&#45;altering tech</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/heron-power-raises-140m-to-ramp-production-of-grid-altering-tech</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/heron-power-raises-140m-to-ramp-production-of-grid-altering-tech</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tesla alumni Drew Baglino raises a large round to build a giga-scale factory, this time at his own startup. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Heron, Power, raises, 140M, ramp, production, grid-altering, tech</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s Sarvam wants to bring its AI models to feature phones, cars and smart glasses</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indias-sarvam-wants-to-bring-its-ai-models-to-feature-phones-cars-and-smart-glasses</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indias-sarvam-wants-to-bring-its-ai-models-to-feature-phones-cars-and-smart-glasses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is using edge models that take up only megabytes of space, can run on most phones with existing processors, and can work offline. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India’s, Sarvam, wants, bring, its, models, feature, phones, cars, and, smart, glasses</media:keywords>
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<title>Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/fintech-lending-giant-figure-confirms-data-breach</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/fintech-lending-giant-figure-confirms-data-breach</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company said hackers downloaded “a limited number of files” after breaking into an employee’s account. The hacking group ShinyHunters took responsibility for the breach. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fintech, lending, giant, Figure, confirms, data, breach</media:keywords>
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<title>Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/airbnb-says-a-third-of-its-customer-support-is-now-handled-by-ai-in-the-us-and-canada</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/airbnb-says-a-third-of-its-customer-support-is-now-handled-by-ai-in-the-us-and-canada</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn&#039;t just search for you, but one that &quot;knows you.&quot; CEO Brian Chesky said, &quot;It will help guests plan their entire trip, help hosts better run their businesses, and help the company operate more efficiently at scale.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Airbnb, says, third, its, customer, support, now, handled, the, and, Canada</media:keywords>
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<title>Airbnb plans to bake in AI features for search, discovery and support</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/airbnb-plans-to-bake-in-ai-features-for-search-discovery-and-support</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/airbnb-plans-to-bake-in-ai-features-for-search-discovery-and-support</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company wants to increase its use of large language models for customer discovery, support and engineering. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Airbnb, plans, bake, features, for, search, discovery, and, support</media:keywords>
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<title>Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and internal systems</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indian-pharmacy-chain-giant-exposed-customer-data-and-internal-systems</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indian-pharmacy-chain-giant-exposed-customer-data-and-internal-systems</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India&#039;s largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Indian, pharmacy, chain, giant, exposed, customer, data, and, internal, systems</media:keywords>
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<title>Nothing opens its first retail store in India</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nothing-opens-its-first-retail-store-in-india</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nothing-opens-its-first-retail-store-in-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The two-story location will sell products from Nothing and the more affordable, mass-market brand CMF. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nothing, opens, its, first, retail, store, India</media:keywords>
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<title>Waymo is testing driverless robotaxis in Nashville</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/waymo-is-testing-driverless-robotaxis-in-nashville</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/waymo-is-testing-driverless-robotaxis-in-nashville</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This is the typical next step before it launches a commercial service. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Waymo, testing, driverless, robotaxis, Nashville</media:keywords>
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<title>India makes Aadhaar more ubiquitous, but critics say security and privacy concerns remain</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/india-makes-aadhaar-more-ubiquitous-but-critics-say-security-and-privacy-concerns-remain</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/india-makes-aadhaar-more-ubiquitous-but-critics-say-security-and-privacy-concerns-remain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ India&#039;s Aadhaar is moving into wallets, hotels and policing through a new app. Critics say that amid the broader Aadhaar rollout, it&#039;s unclear how data shared through the new app would prevent breaches or leaks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India, makes, Aadhaar, more, ubiquitous, but, critics, say, security, and, privacy, concerns, remain</media:keywords>
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<title>Tem raises $75M to remake electricity markets using AI</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tem-raises-75m-to-remake-electricity-markets-using-ai</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tem-raises-75m-to-remake-electricity-markets-using-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tem has built a transaction engine that relies on AI to cut costs. Lightspeed led the round to help the startup expand to the U.S. and Australia. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tem, raises, 75M, remake, electricity, markets, using</media:keywords>
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<title>The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-first-signs-of-burnout-are-coming-from-the-people-who-embrace-ai-the-most</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-first-signs-of-burnout-are-coming-from-the-people-who-embrace-ai-the-most</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Because employees could do more, work began bleeding into lunch breaks and late evenings. The employees&#039; to-do lists expanded to fill every hour that AI freed up, and then kept going. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, first, signs, burnout, are, coming, from, the, people, who, embrace, the, most</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>YouTube rolls out an AI playlist generator for Premium users</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-rolls-out-an-ai-playlist-generator-for-premium-users</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-rolls-out-an-ai-playlist-generator-for-premium-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ YouTube Music is rolling out a new AI-powered playlist-generation feature that allows Premium users on iOS and Android to use text prompts to create playlists. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>YouTube, rolls, out, playlist, generator, for, Premium, users</media:keywords>
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<title>The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-washington-post-is-retreating-from-silicon-valley-when-it-matters-most</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-washington-post-is-retreating-from-silicon-valley-when-it-matters-most</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bezos-owned newspaper gutted its San Francisco bureau and coverage of tech — including journalists reporting on Amazon and Blue Origin. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Washington, Post, retreating, from, Silicon, Valley, when, matters, most</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what’s the prize?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-and-google-are-winning-the-ai-capex-race-but-whats-the-prize</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-and-google-are-winning-the-ai-capex-race-but-whats-the-prize</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In 2026, Amazon plans to spend $200 billion in capex. Google is just behind at $175 billion to $185 billion. It&#039;s a lot of money! ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, and, Google, are, winning, the, capex, race, —, but, what’s, the, prize</media:keywords>
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<title>AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/aws-revenue-continues-to-soar-as-cloud-demand-remains-high</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/aws-revenue-continues-to-soar-as-cloud-demand-remains-high</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AWS recorded its best quarter, in terms of revenue growth, in 13 quarters in Q4 2025 as AI drives AWS adoption. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AWS, revenue, continues, soar, cloud, demand, remains, high</media:keywords>
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<title>Reddit looks to AI search as its next big opportunity</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/reddit-looks-to-ai-search-as-its-next-big-opportunity</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/reddit-looks-to-ai-search-as-its-next-big-opportunity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ During the company&#039;s fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday, it offered an update on its plans to merge traditional and AI search together and hinted that although search is not yet monetized, &quot;it&#039;s an enormous market and opportunity.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reddit, looks, search, its, next, big, opportunity</media:keywords>
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<title>Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sapiom-raises-15m-to-help-ai-agents-buy-their-own-tech-tools</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sapiom-raises-15m-to-help-ai-agents-buy-their-own-tech-tools</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sapiom, raises, 15M, help, agents, buy, their, own, tech, tools</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon’s ‘Melania’ documentary makes $7M on opening weekend</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazons-melania-documentary-makes-7m-on-opening-weekend</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazons-melania-documentary-makes-7m-on-opening-weekend</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While the documentary is exceeding box office expectations, it&#039;s unlikely to make a profit in theaters. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon’s, ‘Melania’, documentary, makes, 7M, opening, weekend</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Tether’s CEO is everywhere right now</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-tethers-ceo-is-everywhere-right-now</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-tethers-ceo-is-everywhere-right-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For years, Tether&#039;s CEO avoided the United States, watching from offshore as regulators circled and prosecutors investigated. Those days are over. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Tether’s, CEO, everywhere, right, now</media:keywords>
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<title>AI layoffs or ‘AI&#45;washing’?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-layoffs-or-ai-washing</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-layoffs-or-ai-washing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>layoffs, ‘AI-washing’</media:keywords>
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<title>TikTok says its services are restored after the outage</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tiktok-says-its-services-are-restored-after-the-outage</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tiktok-says-its-services-are-restored-after-the-outage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TikTok says it finally solved all issues related to outages caused by last week&#039;s U.S. snowstorm. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TikTok, says, its, services, are, restored, after, the, outage</media:keywords>
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<title>These AI notetaking devices can help you record and transcribe your meetings</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/these-ai-notetaking-devices-can-help-you-record-and-transcribe-your-meetings</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/these-ai-notetaking-devices-can-help-you-record-and-transcribe-your-meetings</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ These physical notetakers transcribe audio and give users summaries and action items of meetings using AI. Some even offer live translation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>These, notetaking, devices, can, help, you, record, and, transcribe, your, meetings</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-burned-19-billion-on-vr-last-year-and-2026-wont-be-any-better</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-burned-19-billion-on-vr-last-year-and-2026-wont-be-any-better</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The reported financial losses follow a series of layoffs at the VR unit. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, burned, 19, billion, last, year, and, 2026, won’t, any, better</media:keywords>
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<title>Deezer makes it easier for rival platforms to take a stance against AI&#45;generated music</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/deezer-makes-it-easier-for-rival-platforms-to-take-a-stance-against-ai-generated-music</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/deezer-makes-it-easier-for-rival-platforms-to-take-a-stance-against-ai-generated-music</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Last year, Deezer introduced an AI detection tool that automatically tags fully AI-generated music for listeners and removes it from algorithmic and editorial recommendations. The company announced on Thursday that it’s now making the tool available to other streaming platforms in an effort to help address the rise of AI and fraudulent streams, as well […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Deezer, makes, easier, for, rival, platforms, take, stance, against, AI-generated, music</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple hires iPhone camera app Halide’s co&#45;founder for its design team</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/apple-hires-iphone-camera-app-halides-co-founder-for-its-design-team</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/apple-hires-iphone-camera-app-halides-co-founder-for-its-design-team</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Halide also released a public preview of its up coming app Halide Mark III. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, hires, iPhone, camera, app, Halide’s, co-founder, for, its, design, team</media:keywords>
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<title>Upwind raises $250M at $1.5B valuation to continue building ‘runtime’ cloud security</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/upwind-raises-250m-at-15b-valuation-to-continue-building-runtime-cloud-security</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/upwind-raises-250m-at-15b-valuation-to-continue-building-runtime-cloud-security</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The $250 million Series B was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Upwind, raises, 250M, 1.5B, valuation, continue, building, ‘runtime’, cloud, security</media:keywords>
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<title>Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/waymo-robotaxi-hits-a-child-near-an-elementary-school-in-santa-monica</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/waymo-robotaxi-hits-a-child-near-an-elementary-school-in-santa-monica</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The child, whose age is not public, sustained minor injuries according to Waymo. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Waymo, robotaxi, hits, child, near, elementary, school, Santa, Monica</media:keywords>
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<title>A new test for AI labs: Are you even trying to make money?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-new-test-for-ai-labs-are-you-even-trying-to-make-money</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-new-test-for-ai-labs-are-you-even-trying-to-make-money</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It’s getting hard to tell which AI labs. are actually trying to make money. We created a rating system to help sort it out. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>new, test, for, labs:, Are, you, even, trying, make, money</media:keywords>
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<title>SEC drops lawsuit against Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sec-drops-lawsuit-against-winklevoss-twins-gemini-crypto-exchange</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sec-drops-lawsuit-against-winklevoss-twins-gemini-crypto-exchange</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its lawsuit against Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by Trump backers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SEC, drops, lawsuit, against, Winklevoss, twins’, Gemini, crypto, exchange</media:keywords>
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<title>Former Googlers seek to captivate kids with an AI&#45;powered learning app</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/former-googlers-seek-to-captivate-kids-with-an-ai-powered-learning-app</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/former-googlers-seek-to-captivate-kids-with-an-ai-powered-learning-app</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sparkli said that education systems often fall behind in teaching modern concepts. The company wants to teach kids about topics like skills design, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship by creating an AI-powered learning &quot;expedition.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Former, Googlers, seek, captivate, kids, with, AI-powered, learning, app</media:keywords>
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<title>Tech CEOs boast and bicker about AI at Davos</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tech-ceos-boast-and-bicker-about-ai-at-davos</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tech-ceos-boast-and-bicker-about-ai-at-davos</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There were times at this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum when Davos seemed transformed into a high-powered tech conference. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tech, CEOs, boast, and, bicker, about, Davos</media:keywords>
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<title>Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gmail-is-having-issues-with-spam-and-misclassification</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gmail-is-having-issues-with-spam-and-misclassification</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If your Gmail account doesn’t seem to be working properly today, you’re not alone. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gmail, having, issues, with, spam, and, misclassification</media:keywords>
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<title>Consumers spent more on mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/consumers-spent-more-on-mobile-apps-than-games-in-2025-driven-by-ai-app-adoption</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/consumers-spent-more-on-mobile-apps-than-games-in-2025-driven-by-ai-app-adoption</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Consumers spent more money in mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Consumers, spent, more, mobile, apps, than, games, 2025, driven, app, adoption</media:keywords>
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<title>Language learning marketplace Preply’s unicorn status embodies Ukrainian resilience</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/language-learning-marketplace-preplys-unicorn-status-embodies-ukrainian-resilience</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/language-learning-marketplace-preplys-unicorn-status-embodies-ukrainian-resilience</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Language learning marketplace Preply is now valued at $1.2 billion after raising a $150 million that marks a new chapter for the 14-year-old company. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Language, learning, marketplace, Preply’s, unicorn, status, embodies, Ukrainian, resilience</media:keywords>
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<title>Zanskar thinks 1 TW of geothermal power is being overlooked</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/zanskar-thinks-1-tw-of-geothermal-power-is-being-overlooked</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/zanskar-thinks-1-tw-of-geothermal-power-is-being-overlooked</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Zanskar has raised $115 million to find about a dozen geothermal resources that could help power the grid throughout the U.S. West. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Zanskar, thinks, geothermal, power, being, overlooked</media:keywords>
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<title>Eternal CEO Deepinder Goyal hands over reins to Blinkit chief as quick commerce takes off</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/eternal-ceo-deepinder-goyal-hands-over-reins-to-blinkit-chief-as-quick-commerce-takes-off</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/eternal-ceo-deepinder-goyal-hands-over-reins-to-blinkit-chief-as-quick-commerce-takes-off</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Deepinder Goyal will remain on Eternal&#039;s board as its vice chairman. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Eternal, CEO, Deepinder, Goyal, hands, over, reins, Blinkit, chief, quick, commerce, takes, off</media:keywords>
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<title>Lemonade launches an insurance product for Tesla Full Self&#45;Driving customers</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lemonade-launches-an-insurance-product-for-tesla-full-self-driving-customers</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lemonade-launches-an-insurance-product-for-tesla-full-self-driving-customers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lemonade says it worked with Tesla to gain access to previously-restricted vehicle telemetry data, but declined to offer specifics. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lemonade, launches, insurance, product, for, Tesla, Full, Self-Driving, customers</media:keywords>
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<title>TikTok quietly launches a microdrama app called ‘PineDrama’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tiktok-quietly-launches-a-microdrama-app-called-pinedrama</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tiktok-quietly-launches-a-microdrama-app-called-pinedrama</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Think TikTok, but every single video you come across is a short episode of a fictional story. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TikTok, quietly, launches, microdrama, app, called, ‘PineDrama’</media:keywords>
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<title>Snowflake, Databricks challenger ClickHouse hits $15B valuation</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/snowflake-databricks-challenger-clickhouse-hits-15b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/snowflake-databricks-challenger-clickhouse-hits-15b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The $400 million round was led by Dragoneer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Snowflake, Databricks, challenger, ClickHouse, hits, 15B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>California AG sends Musk’s xAI a cease&#45;and&#45;desist order over sexual deepfakes</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/california-ag-sends-musks-xai-a-cease-and-desist-order-over-sexual-deepfakes</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/california-ag-sends-musks-xai-a-cease-and-desist-order-over-sexual-deepfakes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The flood of AI-generated sexual imagery has spurred concern from state and congressional officials alike. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>California, sends, Musk’s, xAI, cease-and-desist, order, over, sexual, deepfakes</media:keywords>
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<title>AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post  </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-cloud-startup-runpod-hits-120m-in-arr-and-it-started-with-a-reddit-post</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-cloud-startup-runpod-hits-120m-in-arr-and-it-started-with-a-reddit-post</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Their startup journey is a wild example of how if you build it well and the timing is lucky, they will definitely come. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/musk-wants-up-to-134b-in-openai-lawsuit-despite-700b-fortune</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/musk-wants-up-to-134b-in-openai-lawsuit-despite-700b-fortune</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Musk&#039;s legal team argues he should be compensated as an early startup investor who sees returns &quot;many orders of magnitude greater&quot; than his initial investment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Musk, wants, 134B, OpenAI, lawsuit, despite, 700B, fortune</media:keywords>
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<title>Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/converge-bio-raises-25m-backed-by-bessemer-and-execs-from-meta-openai-wiz</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/converge-bio-raises-25m-backed-by-bessemer-and-execs-from-meta-openai-wiz</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Converge, Bio, raises, 25M, backed, Bessemer, and, execs, from, Meta, OpenAI, Wiz</media:keywords>
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<title>Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third&#45;party AI chatbots from WhatsApp</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/brazil-orders-meta-to-suspend-policy-banning-third-party-ai-chatbots-from-whatsapp</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/brazil-orders-meta-to-suspend-policy-banning-third-party-ai-chatbots-from-whatsapp</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Brazil&#039;s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from using its business API to offer chatbots on the app. The agency has also started an investigation against the company to determine if the policy is anti-competitive. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Brazil, orders, Meta, suspend, policy, banning, third-party, chatbots, from, WhatsApp</media:keywords>
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<title>Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/superorganism-raises-25m-to-backbiodiversity-startups</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/superorganism-raises-25m-to-backbiodiversity-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Superorganism launched in 2023 as what it claims is the first venture capital firm focused on biodiversity, aiming to serve as the conservationist on the cap table for nature-friendly startups. Now, the firm has closed its first fund, securing $25.9 million in capital commitments from Cisco Foundation, AMB Holdings, and Builders Vision, among others, along […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Superorganism, raises, 25M, back biodiversity, startups</media:keywords>
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<title>Slackbot is an AI agent now</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/slackbot-is-an-ai-agent-now</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/slackbot-is-an-ai-agent-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Salesforce unveils Slackbot, a new AI agent that allows users to complete tasks across multiple enterprise applications from Slack. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Slackbot, agent, now</media:keywords>
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<title>Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/deepgram-raises-130m-at-13b-valuation-and-buys-a-yc-ai-startup</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/deepgram-raises-130m-at-13b-valuation-and-buys-a-yc-ai-startup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Deepgram is raising its Series C round at a $1.3 billion valuation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Deepgram, raises, 130M, 1.3B, valuation, and, buys, startup</media:keywords>
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<title>Data security startup Cyera hits $9B valuation six months after being valued at $6B</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/data-security-startup-cyera-hits-9b-valuation-six-months-after-being-valued-at-6b</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/data-security-startup-cyera-hits-9b-valuation-six-months-after-being-valued-at-6b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Cyera raised another $400 million just six months after its last huge round. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Data, security, startup, Cyera, hits, 9B, valuation, six, months, after, being, valued, 6B</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropic-adds-allianz-to-growing-list-of-enterprise-wins</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropic-adds-allianz-to-growing-list-of-enterprise-wins</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic announces its first enterprise deal of 2026 which includes building agents and for, and giving Claude code, to Allianz. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, adds, Allianz, growing, list, enterprise, wins</media:keywords>
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<title>The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-venture-firm-that-ate-silicon-valley-just-raised-another-15-billion</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-venture-firm-that-ate-silicon-valley-just-raised-another-15-billion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a blog post published Friday morning, Ben Horowitz writes that &quot;as the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders.&quot; It&#039;s the kind of statement certain to cause agita at rival firms. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, venture, firm, that, ate, Silicon, Valley, just, raised, another, 15, billion</media:keywords>
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<title>X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only after drawing the world’s ire</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/x-restricts-groks-image-generation-to-paying-subscribers-only-after-drawing-the-worlds-ire</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/x-restricts-groks-image-generation-to-paying-subscribers-only-after-drawing-the-worlds-ire</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Elon Musk&#039;s AI company has restricted Grok&#039;s controversial AI image-generation feature to only paying subscribers on X, after the tool invited heated criticism from across the world for letting users generate sexualized images of women and children. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>restricts, Grok’s, image, generation, paying, subscribers, only, after, drawing, the, world’s, ire</media:keywords>
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<title>Flutterwave buys Nigeria’s Mono in rare African fintech exit</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/flutterwave-buys-nigerias-mono-in-rare-african-fintech-exit</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/flutterwave-buys-nigerias-mono-in-rare-african-fintech-exit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Africa’s largest fintech company, Flutterwave, has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono in an all-stock deal valued between $25 million and $40 million, according to people familiar with the transaction. The acquisition brings together two of Africa’s leading fintech infrastructure companies. Flutterwave operates one of the continent’s widest payments networks, while Mono, often described as […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Flutterwave, buys, Nigeria’s, Mono, rare, African, fintech, exit</media:keywords>
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<title>Kodiak taps Bosch to scale its self&#45;driving truck tech</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/kodiak-taps-bosch-to-scale-its-self-driving-truck-tech</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/kodiak-taps-bosch-to-scale-its-self-driving-truck-tech</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is no timeline for when these systems will become available. But once they do, Kodiak could bring its tech to more trucks, faster. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kodiak, taps, Bosch, scale, its, self-driving, truck, tech</media:keywords>
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<title>Teradar reveals its first terahertz&#45;band vision sensor for cars</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/teradar-reveals-its-first-terahertz-band-vision-sensor-for-cars</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/teradar-reveals-its-first-terahertz-band-vision-sensor-for-cars</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is tapping the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum to bring out the best qualities of more common lidar and radar sensors. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Teradar, reveals, its, first, terahertz-band, vision, sensor, for, cars</media:keywords>
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<title>Luminar claims founder Austin Russell is dodging a subpoena in the bankruptcy case</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/luminar-claims-founder-austin-russell-is-dodging-a-subpoena-in-the-bankruptcy-case</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/luminar-claims-founder-austin-russell-is-dodging-a-subpoena-in-the-bankruptcy-case</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Luminar founder claims he has been cooperative. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Luminar, claims, founder, Austin, Russell, dodging, subpoena, the, bankruptcy, case</media:keywords>
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<title>LG’s new OLED TV is just 9mm thick</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lgs-new-oled-tv-is-just-9mm-thick</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lgs-new-oled-tv-is-just-9mm-thick</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This year LG is showing off its manufacturing chops at CES with a new Wallpaper OLED TV that is just 9mm thick. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>LG’s, new, OLED, just, 9mm, thick</media:keywords>
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<title>These are the best gadgets for your pet right now</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/these-are-the-best-gadgets-for-your-pet-right-now</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/these-are-the-best-gadgets-for-your-pet-right-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ From AI smart cameras that describe your pet&#039;s actions to a smart door that knows when they want to go outside, these are the best pet gadgets of 2025. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>These, are, the, best, gadgets, for, your, pet, right, now</media:keywords>
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<title>Tade Oyerinde and Teddy Solomon talk about building engaged audiences at TechCrunch Disrupt</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tadeoyerinde-and-teddy-solomon-talk-about-building-engaged-audiences-at-techcrunch-disrupt</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tadeoyerinde-and-teddy-solomon-talk-about-building-engaged-audiences-at-techcrunch-disrupt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Founders Tade Oyerinde and Teddy Solomon spoke at Disrupt this year about keeping communities engaged. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tade Oyerinde, and, Teddy, Solomon, talk, about, building, engaged, audiences, TechCrunch, Disrupt</media:keywords>
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<title>Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026 </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/investors-predict-aiis-coming-for-labor-in-2026</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/investors-predict-aiis-coming-for-labor-in-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The exact impact AI will have on the enterprise labor market is unclear but investors predict trends will start to emerge in 2026. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Investors, predict, AI is, coming, for, labor, 2026 </media:keywords>
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<title>‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted startup founder credential</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/college-dropout-has-become-the-most-coveted-startup-founder-credential</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/college-dropout-has-become-the-most-coveted-startup-founder-credential</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI founders are increasingly using their &quot;dropout&quot; status as a credential during YC pitches. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘College, dropout’, has, become, the, most, coveted, startup, founder, credential</media:keywords>
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<title>Fizz social app’s CEO on why anon works</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/fizz-social-apps-ceo-on-why-anon-works</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/fizz-social-apps-ceo-on-why-anon-works</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fizz is betting that Gen Z is tired of performing their lives on Instagram and TikTok.   What started as a pandemic-era group chat frustration has turned into the dominant social platform on college campuses across the US, focused on the 99% of life that doesn’t make it into a highlight reel. Capturing the attention of a demographic typically glued […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fizz, social, app’s, CEO, why, anon, works</media:keywords>
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<title>Investors share what to remember while raising a Series A</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/investors-share-what-to-remember-while-raising-a-series-a</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/investors-share-what-to-remember-while-raising-a-series-a</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Investors share what founders should remember if looking to raise a Series A. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Investors, share, what, remember, while, raising, Series</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump administration seeks to deport hate speech researcher previously sued by X</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-administration-seeks-to-deport-hate-speech-researcher-previously-sued-by-x</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-administration-seeks-to-deport-hate-speech-researcher-previously-sued-by-x</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of State from arresting or deporting Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, administration, seeks, deport, hate, speech, researcher, previously, sued</media:keywords>
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<title>FaZe Clan’s future is uncertain after influencers depart</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/faze-clans-future-is-uncertain-after-influencers-depart</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/faze-clans-future-is-uncertain-after-influencers-depart</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Six influencers recently announced that they are leaving esports group FaZe Clan following unsuccessful contract negotiations with new management. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>FaZe, Clan’s, future, uncertain, after, influencers, depart</media:keywords>
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<title>India startup funding hits $11B in 2025 as investors grow more selective</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/india-startup-funding-hits-11b-in-2025-as-investors-grow-more-selective</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/india-startup-funding-hits-11b-in-2025-as-investors-grow-more-selective</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Startup funding rounds in India fell sharply in 2025 as investors concentrated capital into fewer companies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India, startup, funding, hits, 11B, 2025, investors, grow, more, selective</media:keywords>
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<title>Best Apple Watch apps for boosting your productivity</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/best-apple-watch-apps-for-boosting-your-productivity</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/best-apple-watch-apps-for-boosting-your-productivity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Although the Apple Watch comes with simple built-in productivity apps like Reminders and Calendar, it’s worth exploring some third-party apps that are designed to boost productivity by offering additional functionality.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Best, Apple, Watch, apps, for, boosting, your, productivity</media:keywords>
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<title>Hackers stole over $2.7B in crypto in 2025, data shows</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hackers-stole-over-27b-in-crypto-in-2025-data-shows</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hackers-stole-over-27b-in-crypto-in-2025-data-shows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This was another banner year for crypto hacks and heists — 2025 was the third year in a row that a new crypto theft record was set. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hackers, stole, over, 2.7B, crypto, 2025, data, shows</media:keywords>
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<title>John Carreyrou and other authors bring new lawsuit against six major AI companies</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/john-carreyrou-and-other-authors-bring-new-lawsuit-against-six-major-ai-companies</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/john-carreyrou-and-other-authors-bring-new-lawsuit-against-six-major-ai-companies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ These authors rejected Anthropic&#039;s class action settlement, arguing that &quot;LLM companies should not be able to so easily extinguish thousands upon thousands of high-value claims at bargain-basement rates.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>John, Carreyrou, and, other, authors, bring, new, lawsuit, against, six, major, companies</media:keywords>
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<title>Zoox issues software recall over lane crossings</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/zoox-issues-software-recall-over-lane-crossings</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/zoox-issues-software-recall-over-lane-crossings</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company has issued a software update to its autonomous driving system to fix its lane-crossing behavior. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Zoox, issues, software, recall, over, lane, crossings</media:keywords>
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<title>ServiceNow to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75B</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/servicenow-to-acquire-cybersecurity-startup-armis-for-775b</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/servicenow-to-acquire-cybersecurity-startup-armis-for-775b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The deal is expected to yield significant returns for Armis investors, including Sequoia, CapitalG, and Insight Partners. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ServiceNow, acquire, cybersecurity, startup, Armis, for, 7.75B</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump administration’s ban on foreign&#45;made drones starts this week — you can say goodbye to new DJI models</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-administrations-ban-on-foreign-made-drones-starts-this-week-you-can-say-goodbye-to-new-dji-models</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-administrations-ban-on-foreign-made-drones-starts-this-week-you-can-say-goodbye-to-new-dji-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s the latest development in an evolving war between Chinese and American consumer tech products. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, administration’s, ban, foreign-made, drones, starts, this, week, —, you, can, say, goodbye, new, DJI, models</media:keywords>
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<title>Former Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario resigns from Rivian’s board</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/former-patagonia-ceo-rose-marcario-resigns-from-rivians-board</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/former-patagonia-ceo-rose-marcario-resigns-from-rivians-board</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Marcario joined the board in 2021, and will maintain her position as chair overseeing the Rivian Foundation, which made its first grants last year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Former, Patagonia, CEO, Rose, Marcario, resigns, from, Rivian’s, board</media:keywords>
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<title>Building venture&#45;backable companies in heavily regulated spaces</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/building-venture-backable-companies-in-heavily-regulated-spaces</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/building-venture-backable-companies-in-heavily-regulated-spaces</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This week on Build Mode, Startup Battlefield editor Isabelle Johannessen spoke to two founders who are working to make progress in industries ripe for disruption, despite the regulatory headaches that might have deterred many other people. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Building, venture-backable, companies, heavily, regulated, spaces</media:keywords>
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<title>Rocket Lab wins another defense&#45;related space contract</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rocket-lab-wins-another-defense-related-space-contract</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rocket-lab-wins-another-defense-related-space-contract</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The $816 million contract follows a separate $515 million — both awarded by the U.S. Space Development Agency. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rocket, Lab, wins, another, defense-related, space, contract</media:keywords>
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<title>Ex&#45;Splunk execs’ startup Resolve AI hits $1 billion valuation with Series A</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ex-splunk-execs-startup-resolve-ai-hits-1-billion-valuation-with-series-a</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ex-splunk-execs-startup-resolve-ai-hits-1-billion-valuation-with-series-a</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to people familiar with the deal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ex-Splunk, execs’, startup, Resolve, hits, billion, valuation, with, Series</media:keywords>
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<title>Sequoia partner spreads debunked Brown shooting theory, testing new leadership</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sequoia-partner-spreads-debunked-brown-shooting-theory-testing-new-leadership</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sequoia-partner-spreads-debunked-brown-shooting-theory-testing-new-leadership</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The newest episode raises questions about whether Sequoia&#039;s new leadership -- managing partners Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, who took over last month -- can or will rein in Maguire&#039;s social media activity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sequoia, partner, spreads, debunked, Brown, shooting, theory, testing, new, leadership</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI&#45;backed biotech firm Chai Discovery raises $130M Series B at $1.3B valuation</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-backed-biotech-firm-chai-discovery-raises-130m-series-b-at-13b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-backed-biotech-firm-chai-discovery-raises-130m-series-b-at-13b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Chai is building foundation models for drug discovery, specifically to predict interactions between  molecules so they could be reprogramed for cures. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI-backed, biotech, firm, Chai, Discovery, raises, 130M, Series, 1.3B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vcs-discuss-why-most-consumer-ai-startups-still-lack-staying-power</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vcs-discuss-why-most-consumer-ai-startups-still-lack-staying-power</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The next consumer tech revolution may require an introduction of a new personal device. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>VCs, discuss, why, most, consumer, startups, still, lack, staying, power</media:keywords>
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<title>Solo VC and Lovable investor Neil Murray raises third Nordic&#45;focused fund</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/solo-vc-and-lovable-investor-neil-murray-raises-third-nordic-focused-fund</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/solo-vc-and-lovable-investor-neil-murray-raises-third-nordic-focused-fund</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nordic Web closes $6M Fund III. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Solo, and, Lovable, investor, Neil, Murray, raises, third, Nordic-focused, fund</media:keywords>
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<title>Everbloom built an AI to turn chicken feathers into cashmere</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/everbloom-built-an-ai-to-turn-chicken-feathers-into-cashmere</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/everbloom-built-an-ai-to-turn-chicken-feathers-into-cashmere</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Everbloom has also developed a chemical process to transform waste fibers and feathers into upcycled materials that resemble everything from polyester to cashmere. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Everbloom, built, turn, chicken, feathers, into, cashmere</media:keywords>
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<title>Nuclear startup Last Energy raises $100M for its steel&#45;encased micro reactor</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nuclear-startup-last-energy-raises-100m-for-its-steel-encased-micro-reactor</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nuclear-startup-last-energy-raises-100m-for-its-steel-encased-micro-reactor</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Last Energy will use the funds to build its 5 megawatt pilot reactor in Texas, which it hopes to turn on next year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nuclear, startup, Last, Energy, raises, 100M, for, its, steel-encased, micro, reactor</media:keywords>
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<title>1X struck a deal to send its ‘home’ humanoids to factories and warehouses</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/1xstruck-a-deal-to-send-its-home-humanoids-tofactories-and-warehouses</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/1xstruck-a-deal-to-send-its-home-humanoids-tofactories-and-warehouses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite launching as a humanoid robot designed to help consumers around the house, 1X&#039;s Neo robots are heading to industrial use cases. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>1X struck, deal, send, its, ‘home’, humanoids, to factories, and, warehouses</media:keywords>
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<title>Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT&#45;5.2</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-launched-its-deepest-ai-research-agent-yet-on-the-same-day-openai-dropped-gpt-52</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-launched-its-deepest-ai-research-agent-yet-on-the-same-day-openai-dropped-gpt-52</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For the first time, developers can embed Google&#039;s Deep Research tool, based on Gemini 3 Pro, into their own apps. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, launched, its, deepest, research, agent, yet, —, the, same, day, OpenAI, dropped, GPT-5.2</media:keywords>
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<title>Stanford’s star reporter takes on Silicon Valley’s ‘money&#45;soaked’ startup culture</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/stanfords-star-reporter-takes-on-silicon-valleys-money-soaked-startup-culture</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/stanfords-star-reporter-takes-on-silicon-valleys-money-soaked-startup-culture</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ His reporting on a Stanford University president put Theo Baker on the map, but his upcoming book may cement his reputation as the rare young journalist willing to challenge Silicon Valley&#039;s startup machine. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Stanford’s, star, reporter, takes, Silicon, Valley’s, ‘money-soaked’, startup, culture</media:keywords>
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<title>World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/world-launches-its-super-app-including-crypto-pay-and-encrypted-chat-features</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/world-launches-its-super-app-including-crypto-pay-and-encrypted-chat-features</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tools for Humanity, the company behind the app, is seeking to expand its &quot;real human network.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>World, launches, its, ‘super, app, ’, including, crypto, pay, and, encrypted, chat, features</media:keywords>
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<title>Reddit argues it isn’t like other social platforms in case against Australia’s social media ban</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/reddit-argues-it-isnt-like-other-social-platforms-in-case-against-australias-social-media-ban</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/reddit-argues-it-isnt-like-other-social-platforms-in-case-against-australias-social-media-ban</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Reddit, one of the world&#039;s largest social platforms, is arguing that it doesn&#039;t meet the definition of &quot;social media platforms&quot; as it seeks to overturn Australia&#039;s law banning children under 16 years of age from social media. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reddit, argues, isn’t, like, other, social, platforms, case, against, Australia’s, social, media, ban</media:keywords>
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<title>X deactivates European Commission’s ad account after the company was fined €120M</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/x-deactivates-european-commissions-ad-account-after-the-company-was-fined-120m</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/x-deactivates-european-commissions-ad-account-after-the-company-was-fined-120m</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ X has seemingly penalized the European Commission&#039;s account after the commission fined the company over blue checkmarks and ad transparency. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>deactivates, European, Commission’s, account, after, the, company, was, fined, €120M</media:keywords>
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<title>Netflix co&#45;CEO discussed Warner Bros. deal with Trump</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-co-ceo-discussed-warner-bros-deal-with-trump</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-co-ceo-discussed-warner-bros-deal-with-trump</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Will Netflix’s $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. get approval from federal regulators? While Paramount was assumed to be the frontrunner to acquire the storied movie studio thanks to CEO David Ellison’s connections to the Trump administration, new reporting in Bloomberg and The Hollywood Reporter suggests that Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos met with President […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Netflix, co-CEO, discussed, Warner, Bros., deal, with, Trump</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI boasts enterprise win days after internal ‘code red’ on Google threat</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-boasts-enterprise-win-days-after-internal-code-red-on-google-threat</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-boasts-enterprise-win-days-after-internal-code-red-on-google-threat</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ChatGPT Enterprise usage grew 8x year-over-year as workers report saving an hour daily, but OpenAI faces competitive pressure from Anthropic and questions about cost sustainability. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, boasts, enterprise, win, days, after, internal, ‘code, red’, Google, threat</media:keywords>
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<title>Hinge’s new AI feature helps daters move beyond boring small talk</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hinges-new-ai-feature-helps-daters-move-beyond-boring-small-talk</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hinges-new-ai-feature-helps-daters-move-beyond-boring-small-talk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Hinge launched “Convo Starters,” a feature powered by AI that provides personalized tips for initiating meaningful conversations.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hinge’s, new, feature, helps, daters, move, beyond, boring, small, talk</media:keywords>
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<title>Adobe launches content creation hub in Premiere mobile for YouTube Shorts creators</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/adobe-launches-content-creation-hub-in-premiere-mobile-for-youtube-shorts-creators</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/adobe-launches-content-creation-hub-in-premiere-mobile-for-youtube-shorts-creators</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company says the space is designed to give creators everything they need to produce viral videos, grow their audience, and tap into trends, whether it&#039;s creating day-in-the-life vlogs, travel videos, or behind-the-scenes clips. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Adobe, launches, content, creation, hub, Premiere, mobile, for, YouTube, Shorts, creators</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon hopes to jump&#45;start its AI coding tool Kiro by giving it away to startups</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-hopes-to-jump-start-its-ai-coding-tool-kiro-by-giving-it-away-to-startups</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-hopes-to-jump-start-its-ai-coding-tool-kiro-by-giving-it-away-to-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Can Kiro win the hearts of startup founders above the many AI coding tools they already have? Amazon hopes a free year will tempt them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, hopes, jump-start, its, coding, tool, Kiro, giving, away, startups</media:keywords>
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<title>Day One Ventures’ Masha Bucher on why every founder needs to be an influencer</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/day-one-ventures-masha-bucher-on-why-every-founder-needs-to-be-an-influencer</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/day-one-ventures-masha-bucher-on-why-every-founder-needs-to-be-an-influencer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tech is racing ahead while society struggles to keep up. Masha Bucher, founder and GP of Day One Ventures, built her firm around closing that gap by combining venture capital with hands-on PR to help portfolio companies not just raise money, but actually break through the noise.   Day One’s been an early backer of companies like World, Superhuman, and Remote.com, with 12 […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Day, One, Ventures’, Masha, Bucher, why, every, founder, needs, influencer</media:keywords>
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<title>New unicorn Brevo raises $583M to challenge CRM giants</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/new-unicorn-brevo-raises-583m-to-challenge-crm-giants</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/new-unicorn-brevo-raises-583m-to-challenge-crm-giants</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Brevo, a customer relationship management company headquartered in Paris, is now a unicorn. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini was Google’s top trending search term in 2025</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gemini-was-googles-top-trending-search-term-in-2025</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gemini-was-googles-top-trending-search-term-in-2025</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gemini wasn’t the only AI chatbot to make the list, as DeepSeek ranked seventh among the year’s trending searches. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gemini, was, Google’s, top, trending, search, term, 2025</media:keywords>
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<title>Nexus isn’t going all&#45;in on AI, keeping half of its new $700M fund for India startups</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nexus-isnt-going-all-in-on-ai-keeping-half-of-its-new-700m-fund-for-india-startups</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nexus-isnt-going-all-in-on-ai-keeping-half-of-its-new-700m-fund-for-india-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nexus Venture Partners manages $3.2 billion in capital across its funds and has invested in more than 130 companies over the years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nexus, isn’t, going, all-in, AI, keeping, half, its, new, 700M, fund, for, India, startups</media:keywords>
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<title>VC Kara Nortman bet early on women’s sports, and now she’s creating the market</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vc-kara-nortman-bet-early-on-womens-sports-and-now-shes-creating-the-market</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vc-kara-nortman-bet-early-on-womens-sports-and-now-shes-creating-the-market</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As women&#039;s sports enters what feels like a sustained boom period -- the Golden State Valkyries just played their first WNBA next season, the NWSL is expanding, media rights deals are growing -- Nortman remains cautiously optimistic about whether this moment will prove different from past surges in interest. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kara, Nortman, bet, early, women’s, sports, and, now, she’s, creating, the, market</media:keywords>
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<title>No, you can’t get your AI to ‘admit’ to being sexist, but it probably is anyway</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/noyoucantget-your-aitoadmitto-being-sexist-but-itprobably-is-anyway</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/noyoucantget-your-aitoadmitto-being-sexist-but-itprobably-is-anyway</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Though LLMs might not use explicitly biased language, they may infer your demographic data and display implicit biases, researchers say. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>No,  you can’t get, your, AI to ‘admit’ to, being, sexist, but, it probably, anyway</media:keywords>
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<title>New York state law takes aim at personalized pricing</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/new-york-state-law-takes-aim-at-personalized-pricing</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/new-york-state-law-takes-aim-at-personalized-pricing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Businesses that use personalized pricing are now required to tell customers, “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, York, state, law, takes, aim, personalized, pricing</media:keywords>
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<title>Black Friday sets online spending record of $11.8B, Adobe says</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/black-friday-sets-online-spending-record-of-118b-adobe-says</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/black-friday-sets-online-spending-record-of-118b-adobe-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ American consumers spent $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics, which says it tracks more than 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail websites. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Black, Friday, sets, online, spending, record, 11.8B, Adobe, says</media:keywords>
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<title>Airbus orders software fix to thousands of planes due to solar radiation risk</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/airbus-orders-software-fix-to-thousands-of-planes-due-to-solar-radiation-risk</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/airbus-orders-software-fix-to-thousands-of-planes-due-to-solar-radiation-risk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company said it’s taking action because “analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.” ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Airbus, orders, software, fix, thousands, planes, due, solar, radiation, risk</media:keywords>
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<title>Character AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open&#45;ended chat</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/character-ai-will-offer-interactive-stories-to-kids-instead-of-open-ended-chat</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/character-ai-will-offer-interactive-stories-to-kids-instead-of-open-ended-chat</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company announced last month that it would no longer allow minors to use its chat features. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Character, will, offer, interactive, ‘Stories’, kids, instead, open-ended, chat</media:keywords>
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<title>YouTube is working on a feature that will fix the messy home feed</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-is-working-on-a-feature-that-will-fix-the-messy-home-feed</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-is-working-on-a-feature-that-will-fix-the-messy-home-feed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ YouTube is experimenting with a new feature that allows users to customize their home feed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>YouTube, working, feature, that, will, fix, the, messy, home, feed</media:keywords>
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<title>Why ‘hold forever’ investors are snapping up venture capital ‘zombies’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-hold-forever-investors-are-snapping-up-venture-capital-zombies</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-hold-forever-investors-are-snapping-up-venture-capital-zombies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An investor explains the &quot;buy, fix, and hold&quot; model employed by Bending Spoons and similar companies that buy distressed startups. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, ‘hold, forever’, investors, are, snapping, venture, capital, ‘zombies’</media:keywords>
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<title>Uber and WeRide’s robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi is officially driverless</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/uber-and-werides-robotaxi-service-in-abu-dhabi-is-officially-driverless</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/uber-and-werides-robotaxi-service-in-abu-dhabi-is-officially-driverless</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The commercial robotaxi service launched last year. Now, the human safety operator is gone. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Uber, and, WeRide’s, robotaxi, service, Abu, Dhabi, officially, driverless</media:keywords>
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<title>Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI&#45;powered shopping site beyond furniture</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/onton-raises-75m-to-expand-its-ai-powered-shopping-site-beyond-furniture</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/onton-raises-75m-to-expand-its-ai-powered-shopping-site-beyond-furniture</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Onton, which change its name from Deft, is giving users an infinite canvas with AI-powered image generation to nudge them towards making quicker purchase decisions ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Onton, raises, 7.5M, expand, its, AI-powered, shopping, site, beyond, furniture</media:keywords>
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<title>Google says hackers stole data from 200 companies following Gainsight breach</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-says-hackers-stole-data-from-200-companies-following-gainsight-breach</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-says-hackers-stole-data-from-200-companies-following-gainsight-breach</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Notorious hacking collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters takes credit for the breach that affected Salesforce customers’ data, and said it is planning another extortion campaign. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, says, hackers, stole, data, from, 200, companies, following, Gainsight, breach</media:keywords>
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<title>CrowdStrike fires ‘suspicious insider’ who passed information to hackers</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/crowdstrike-fires-suspicious-insider-who-passed-information-to-hackers</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/crowdstrike-fires-suspicious-insider-who-passed-information-to-hackers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike denied it had been hacked following claims from a hacker group, which leaked screenshots from inside CrowdStrike&#039;s network. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>CrowdStrike, fires, ‘suspicious, insider’, who, passed, information, hackers</media:keywords>
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<title>The hottest AI wearables and gadgets you can buy right now</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-hottest-ai-wearables-and-gadgets-you-can-buy-right-now</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-hottest-ai-wearables-and-gadgets-you-can-buy-right-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We compiled all the hottest AI wearables currently available, including Bee, Friend, Plaud, and more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, hottest, wearables, and, gadgets, you, can, buy, right, now</media:keywords>
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<title>Bret Taylor’s Sierra reaches $100M ARR in under two years</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bret-taylors-sierra-reaches-100m-arr-in-under-two-years</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bret-taylors-sierra-reaches-100m-arr-in-under-two-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup’s rapid growth suggests that enerprises are embracing AI agents. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bret, Taylor’s, Sierra, reaches, 100M, ARR, under, two, years</media:keywords>
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<title>How this founder’s unlikely path to Silicon Valley could become an edge in industrial tech</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-this-founders-unlikely-path-to-silicon-valley-could-become-an-edge-in-industrial-tech</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-this-founders-unlikely-path-to-silicon-valley-could-become-an-edge-in-industrial-tech</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Young&#039;s age and background – things that might seem like disadvantages when it comes to more established industries – have become his secret weapons. When he walks into a room of executives twice or three times his age, he says, there&#039;s initial skepticism. &quot;Who the hell is this young guy and how does he know what he&#039;s talking about?&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, this, founder’s, unlikely, path, Silicon, Valley, could, become, edge, industrial, tech</media:keywords>
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<title>Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mastodon-ceo-steps-down-as-the-social-network-restructures</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mastodon-ceo-steps-down-as-the-social-network-restructures</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the Executive Director as the company become structured as a nonprofit government by a board. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mastodon, CEO, steps, down, the, social, network, restructures</media:keywords>
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<title>Databricks reportedly in talks to raise funding at a $130B+ valuation</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/databricksreportedly-intalks-to-raisefunding-at-a-130b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/databricksreportedly-intalks-to-raisefunding-at-a-130b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Databricks is said to be in talks to raise a new round of funding just a few months after its last fundraise, which valued the company at $100 billion. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Databricks reportedly, in talks, raise funding, 130B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>Roblox will require all users to perform age&#45;checks to access chat from January</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/roblox-will-require-all-users-to-perform-age-checks-to-access-chat-from-january</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/roblox-will-require-all-users-to-perform-age-checks-to-access-chat-from-january</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Starting Tuesday, users can voluntarily undergo the age-check process to secure access to communication features. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Roblox, will, require, all, users, perform, age-checks, access, chat, from, January</media:keywords>
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<title>Intuit signs $100M+ deal with OpenAI to bring its apps to ChatGPT</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/intuit-signs-100m-deal-with-openai-to-bring-its-apps-to-chatgpt</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/intuit-signs-100m-deal-with-openai-to-bring-its-apps-to-chatgpt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Intuit said its tools, such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks and Mailchimp, will be accessible through ChatGPT, allowing users to ask questions and complete tasks such as estimating tax refunds, reviewing credit options, or managing business finances. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Intuit, signs, 100M, deal, with, OpenAI, bring, its, apps, ChatGPT</media:keywords>
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<title>Cloudflare outage takes down X one month after Musk mocked AWS customers</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cloudflare-outage-takes-down-x-one-month-after-musk-mocked-aws-customers</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cloudflare-outage-takes-down-x-one-month-after-musk-mocked-aws-customers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The infrastructure service Cloudflare faced massive outages on Tuesday morning, cutting off access to ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and other platforms. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cloudflare, outage, takes, down, one, month, after, Musk, mocked, AWS, customers</media:keywords>
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<title>Build Mode starts at the beginning: How Forethought AI found product&#45;market fit</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/build-mode-starts-at-the-beginning-how-forethought-ai-found-product-market-fit</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/build-mode-starts-at-the-beginning-how-forethought-ai-found-product-market-fit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the debut episode of the Build Mode podcast, we sat down with Deon Nicholas, co-founder of Forethought AI, to unpack what it really takes to build a lasting company with and for your customers from day one. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Build, Mode, starts, the, beginning:, How, Forethought, found, product-market, fit</media:keywords>
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<title>Blue Origin sticks first New Glenn rocket landing and launches NASA spacecraft</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/blue-origin-sticks-first-new-glenn-rocket-landing-and-launches-nasa-spacecraft</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/blue-origin-sticks-first-new-glenn-rocket-landing-and-launches-nasa-spacecraft</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s an impressive accomplishment for the new mega-rocket launch system, and paves the way for the company to start re-using the boosters in commercial missions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Blue, Origin, sticks, first, New, Glenn, rocket, landing, and, launches, NASA, spacecraft</media:keywords>
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<title>VCs abandon old rules for a ‘funky time’ of investing in AI startups</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vcs-abandon-old-rules-for-a-funky-time-of-investing-in-ai-startups</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vcs-abandon-old-rules-for-a-funky-time-of-investing-in-ai-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The goalposts are moving for AI startups when it comes to  growth, product features, and just about everything else. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>VCs, abandon, old, rules, for, ‘funky, time’, investing, startups</media:keywords>
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<title>ChatGPT launches pilot group chats across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/chatgpt-launches-pilot-group-chats-across-japan-new-zealand-south-korea-and-taiwan</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/chatgpt-launches-pilot-group-chats-across-japan-new-zealand-south-korea-and-taiwan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a group chat feature for ChatGPT, currently in pilot across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan, allowing users to collaborate directly within the app. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ChatGPT, launches, pilot, group, chats, across, Japan, New, Zealand, South, Korea, and, Taiwan</media:keywords>
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<title>Inside Harvey: How a first&#45;year legal associate built one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/inside-harvey-how-a-first-year-legal-associate-built-one-of-silicon-valleys-hottest-startups</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/inside-harvey-how-a-first-year-legal-associate-built-one-of-silicon-valleys-hottest-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TechCrunch spoke with Harvey&#039;s CEO and co-founder Winston Weinberg about the wild ride that he and co-founder Gabe Pereyra have been on so far. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Lenskart recovers from tepid open to close first day slightly above IPO price</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lenskart-recovers-from-tepid-open-to-close-first-day-slightly-above-ipo-price</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lenskart-recovers-from-tepid-open-to-close-first-day-slightly-above-ipo-price</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lenskart&#039;s public listing stirred debate over the nearly $8 billion valuation set in its IPO. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lenskart, recovers, from, tepid, open, close, first, day, slightly, above, IPO, price</media:keywords>
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<title>6Sense founder Amanda Kahlow raises $30 million for new human&#45;replacement AI sales startup 1Mind</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/6sense-founder-amanda-kahlow-raises-30-million-fornew-human-replacementaisales-startup1mind</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/6sense-founder-amanda-kahlow-raises-30-million-fornew-human-replacementaisales-startup1mind</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Amanda Kahlow has been quietly been back in sales and marketing tech for about a year with agentic startup 1Mind. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>6Sense, founder, Amanda, Kahlow, raises, 30, million, for new, human-replacement AI sales, startup 1Mind</media:keywords>
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<title>Scribe hits $1.3B valuation as it moves to show where AI will actually pay off</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/scribe-hits-13b-valuation-as-it-moves-to-show-where-ai-will-actually-pay-off</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/scribe-hits-13b-valuation-as-it-moves-to-show-where-ai-will-actually-pay-off</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Scribe Optimize is the startup&#039;s next major offering to help organizations identify where AI will be most useful. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Scribe, hits, 1.3B, valuation, moves, show, where, will, actually, pay, off</media:keywords>
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<title>Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-a-lot-of-people-are-getting-hacked-with-government-spyware</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-a-lot-of-people-are-getting-hacked-with-government-spyware</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficult to justify, given the broad range of victims — journalists, activists, and now political consultants — that have come forward. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, lot, people, are, getting, hacked, with, government, spyware</media:keywords>
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<title>Remote driving startup Vay could grab up to $410M from Singapore’s Grab</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/remote-driving-startup-vay-could-grab-up-to-410m-from-singapores-grab</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/remote-driving-startup-vay-could-grab-up-to-410m-from-singapores-grab</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Vay, a German startup offering remote-controlled rental cars, will get an investment of up to $410M from Singaporean super-app company Grab. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Remote, driving, startup, Vay, could, grab, 410M, from, Singapore’s, Grab</media:keywords>
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<title>Ventures Platform, one of Africa’s most active early&#45;stage investors, has raised another $64 million</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ventures-platform-one-of-africas-most-active-early-stage-investors-has-raised-another-64-million</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ventures-platform-one-of-africas-most-active-early-stage-investors-has-raised-another-64-million</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Lagos-based firm and one of Africa’s most active early-stage investors is targeting a final close of $75 million for its second fund. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ventures, Platform, one, Africa’s, most, active, early-stage, investors, has, raised, another, 64, million</media:keywords>
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<title>Anker&#45;backed hybrid RV startup Evotrex comes out of stealth</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anker-backed-hybrid-rv-startup-evotrex-comes-out-of-stealth</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anker-backed-hybrid-rv-startup-evotrex-comes-out-of-stealth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Evotrex joins startups like Lightship, Pebble, and Grounded in trying to disrupt the RV market, which is skewing younger. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anker-backed, hybrid, startup, Evotrex, comes, out, stealth</media:keywords>
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<title>Perplexity to pay Snap $400M to power search in Snapchat</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/perplexity-to-pay-snap-400m-to-power-search-in-snapchat</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/perplexity-to-pay-snap-400m-to-power-search-in-snapchat</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Snap said today that it has signed a deal with AI-powered search engine Perplexity to power a new chatbot. As part of the deal, Perplexity will pay Snap $400 million in cash and equity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Perplexity, pay, Snap, 400M, power, search, Snapchat</media:keywords>
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<title>Google Maps upgrades navigation in India with Gemini, safety alerts</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-maps-upgrades-navigation-in-india-with-gemini-safety-alerts</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-maps-upgrades-navigation-in-india-with-gemini-safety-alerts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ India becomes the second market after the U.S. to get Gemini-powered navigation on Google Maps. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Maps, upgrades, navigation, India, with, Gemini, safety, alerts</media:keywords>
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<title>Inception raises $50 million to build diffusion models for code and text</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/inception-raises-50-million-to-build-diffusion-models-for-code-and-text</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/inception-raises-50-million-to-build-diffusion-models-for-code-and-text</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Diffusion models already power AI image generators, but Inception thinks they can be even more powerful applied in software development. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Inception, raises, 50, million, build, diffusion, models, for, code, and, text</media:keywords>
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<title>What is Bending Spoons? Everything to know about AOL’s acquirer</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-is-bending-spoons-everything-to-know-about-aols-acquirer</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-is-bending-spoons-everything-to-know-about-aols-acquirer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Bending, Spoons, Everything, know, about, AOL’s, acquirer</media:keywords>
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<title>AI researchers ’embodied’ an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-researchers-embodied-an-llm-into-a-robot-and-it-started-channeling-robin-williams</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-researchers-embodied-an-llm-into-a-robot-and-it-started-channeling-robin-williams</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>researchers, ’embodied’, LLM, into, robot, –, and, started, channeling, Robin, Williams</media:keywords>
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<title>Rising energy prices put AI and data centers in the crosshairs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rising-energy-prices-put-ai-and-data-centers-in-the-crosshairs</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rising-energy-prices-put-ai-and-data-centers-in-the-crosshairs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A majority of consumers say they’re worried about data centers driving up electricity costs. Is the industry prepared for a possible backlash? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rising, energy, prices, put, and, data, centers, the, crosshairs</media:keywords>
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<title>Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong trolls the prediction markets</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-trolls-the-prediction-markets</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-trolls-the-prediction-markets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While Armstrong may have helped some Kalshi and Polymarket users make a little money, he was also illustrating how easily these markets can be manipulated. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Coinbase, CEO, Brian, Armstrong, trolls, the, prediction, markets</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk wants you to know that Sam Altman got a refund for his Tesla Roadster</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/elon-musk-wants-you-to-know-that-sam-altman-got-a-refund-for-his-tesla-roadster</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/elon-musk-wants-you-to-know-that-sam-altman-got-a-refund-for-his-tesla-roadster</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk, wants, you, know, that, Sam, Altman, got, refund, for, his, Tesla, Roadster</media:keywords>
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<title>Phia’s founders on how AI is changing online shopping</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/phias-founders-on-how-ai-is-changing-online-shopping</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/phias-founders-on-how-ai-is-changing-online-shopping</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Phia’s, founders, how, changing, online, shopping</media:keywords>
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<title>Grammarly rebrands to ‘Superhuman,’ launches a new AI assistant</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/grammarly-rebrands-to-superhuman-launches-a-new-ai-assistant</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/grammarly-rebrands-to-superhuman-launches-a-new-ai-assistant</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Grammarly is renaming itself as Superhuman, after acquiring Superhuman email client in July ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Grammarly, rebrands, ‘Superhuman, ’, launches, new, assistant</media:keywords>
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<title>YouTube looks to improve its TV app with QR codes for shopping, AI&#45;powered upscaling</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-looks-to-improve-its-tv-app-with-qr-codes-for-shopping-ai-powered-upscaling</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-looks-to-improve-its-tv-app-with-qr-codes-for-shopping-ai-powered-upscaling</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Key updates include the introduction of QR codes that let you identify and shop for items in tagged videos, AI-powered upscaling, and improved search. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>YouTube, looks, improve, its, app, with, codes, for, shopping, AI-powered, upscaling</media:keywords>
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<title>Character AI is ending its chatbot experience for kids</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/character-ai-is-ending-its-chatbot-experience-for-kids</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/character-ai-is-ending-its-chatbot-experience-for-kids</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After facing lawsuits and public outcry following the suicides of two teenagers, Character.AI says it&#039;s making changes to its platform to protect children, changes that could affect the startup’s bottom line. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Character, ending, its, chatbot, experience, for, kids</media:keywords>
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<title>US signs collaboration agreements with Japan and South Korea for AI, chips and biotech</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-signs-collaboration-agreements-with-japan-and-south-korea-for-ai-chips-and-biotech</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-signs-collaboration-agreements-with-japan-and-south-korea-for-ai-chips-and-biotech</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. inked Technology Prosperity Deals (TPD) with Japan and South Korea with an eye towards spurring collaboration on AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, biotech, space, 6G and other technologies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>signs, collaboration, agreements, with, Japan, and, South, Korea, for, AI, chips, and, biotech</media:keywords>
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<title>The browser wars are back, and this time they’re powered by AI</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-browser-wars-are-back-and-this-time-theyre-powered-by-ai</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-browser-wars-are-back-and-this-time-theyre-powered-by-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The browser wars are heating up again, this time with AI in the driver’s seat.  OpenAI just launched Atlas, a ChatGPT-powered browser that lets users surf the web using natural language, and even includes an “agent mode” that can complete tasks autonomously. It’s one of the biggest browser launches in recent memory, but it’s debuting […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, browser, wars, are, back, and, this, time, they’re, powered</media:keywords>
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<title>How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including Spotify, Figma, Canva, and others</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-use-the-new-chatgpt-app-integrations-including-spotify-figma-canva-and-others</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-use-the-new-chatgpt-app-integrations-including-spotify-figma-canva-and-others</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, use, the, new, ChatGPT, app, integrations, including, Spotify, Figma, Canva, and, others</media:keywords>
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<title>A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-comprehensive-list-of-2025-tech-layoffs</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-comprehensive-list-of-2025-tech-layoffs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>comprehensive, list, 2025, tech, layoffs</media:keywords>
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<title>Musk’s ad chief at X departs after just 10 months</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/musks-ad-chief-at-x-departs-after-just-10-months</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/musks-ad-chief-at-x-departs-after-just-10-months</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The revolving door reportedly reflects deeper tensions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Musk’s, chief, departs, after, just, months</media:keywords>
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<title>The glaring security risks with AI browser agents</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-glaring-security-risks-with-ai-browser-agents</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-glaring-security-risks-with-ai-browser-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ New AI browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity promise to increase user productivity, but they also come with increased security risks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, glaring, security, risks, with, browser, agents</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon identifies the issue that broke much of the internet, says AWS is back to normal</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-identifies-the-issue-that-broke-much-of-the-internet-says-aws-is-back-to-normal</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-identifies-the-issue-that-broke-much-of-the-internet-says-aws-is-back-to-normal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The outage affected websites like Coinbase and Fortnite, and disrupted services like Signal, Zoom, and Amazon&#039;s own products, including Ring. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, identifies, the, issue, that, broke, much, the, internet, says, AWS, back, normal</media:keywords>
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<title>Spiro raises $100M, the largest&#45;ever investment in Africa’s e&#45;mobility</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spiro-raises-100m-the-largest-ever-investment-in-africas-e-mobility</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spiro-raises-100m-the-largest-ever-investment-in-africas-e-mobility</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Dubai-headquartered Spiro is growing quickly with e-motorbikes and a battery swapping network designed for Africa&#039;s needs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Yelp’s AI assistant can now scan restaurant menus to show you what dishes look like</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/yelps-ai-assistant-can-now-scan-restaurant-menus-to-show-you-what-dishes-look-like</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/yelps-ai-assistant-can-now-scan-restaurant-menus-to-show-you-what-dishes-look-like</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Yelp will now let you scan a physical menu show redirect bubbles to Yelp app where you can see how those dishes look. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Yelp’s, assistant, can, now, scan, restaurant, menus, show, you, what, dishes, look, like</media:keywords>
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<title>Airbnb is becoming more social by allowing users to connect with fellow travelers</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/airbnb-is-becoming-more-social-by-allowing-users-to-connect-with-fellow-travelers</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/airbnb-is-becoming-more-social-by-allowing-users-to-connect-with-fellow-travelers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Airbnb is adding social features like connections and messaging to create a social network of fellow travellers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Airbnb, becoming, more, social, allowing, users, connect, with, fellow, travelers</media:keywords>
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<title>X is testing a pay&#45;per&#45;use pricing model for its API</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/x-is-testing-a-pay-per-use-pricing-model-for-its-api</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/x-is-testing-a-pay-per-use-pricing-model-for-its-api</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Two years after revamping its developer programs and pricing, X is expanding the closed beta of a pay-per-use plan for its API to more developers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>testing, pay-per-use, pricing, model, for, its, API</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta previews new parental controls for its AI experiences</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-previews-new-parental-controls-for-its-ai-experiences</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-previews-new-parental-controls-for-its-ai-experiences</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta on Friday previewed its upcoming parental control features for teens’ conversations with AI characters on its platforms. The features, which will be rolled out next year, include the ability to block certain characters and monitor conversation topics. Starting in the coming months, parents will be able to turn off chats with AI characters entirely […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, previews, new, parental, controls, for, its, experiences</media:keywords>
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<title>SK Telecom’s AI unit offers staff voluntary retirement program just weeks after launch</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sk-telecoms-ai-unit-offers-staff-voluntary-retirement-program-just-weeks-after-launch</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sk-telecoms-ai-unit-offers-staff-voluntary-retirement-program-just-weeks-after-launch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ All staff employed by SK Telecom&#039;s new AI division are being offered a voluntary retirement program as part of a broader effort to bring together its various AI-related divisions, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Telecom’s, unit, offers, staff, voluntary, retirement, program, just, weeks, after, launch</media:keywords>
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<title>VLGE is making it easier to world build and shop on Roblox</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vlge-is-making-it-easier-to-world-build-and-shop-on-roblox</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vlge-is-making-it-easier-to-world-build-and-shop-on-roblox</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 50 fashion brands are launching their shoppable worlds for  VLGE&#039;s World Fashion Week, founder Evelyn Mora says. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>VLGE, making, easier, world, build, and, shop, Roblox</media:keywords>
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<title>Ousted Luminar CEO Austin Russell wants to buy the company</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ousted-luminar-ceo-austin-russell-wants-to-buy-the-company</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ousted-luminar-ceo-austin-russell-wants-to-buy-the-company</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Austin Russell was replaced in May following an ethics inquiry, but now he wants to use his new AI lab to buy Luminar. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ousted, Luminar, CEO, Austin, Russell, wants, buy, the, company</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple and Formula 1 ink five&#45;year US streaming deal, bringing all races to Apple TV </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/apple-and-formula-1-ink-five-year-us-streaming-deal-bringing-all-races-to-apple-tv</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/apple-and-formula-1-ink-five-year-us-streaming-deal-bringing-all-races-to-apple-tv</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ All practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix will be available to Apple TV subscribers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, and, Formula, ink, five-year, streaming, deal, bringing, all, races, Apple, TV </media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk vs. the regulators</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/elon-musk-vs-the-regulators</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/elon-musk-vs-the-regulators</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk, vs., the, regulators</media:keywords>
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<title>The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-zorasafe-app-wants-to-protect-older-people-online-and-will-present-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-zorasafe-app-wants-to-protect-older-people-online-and-will-present-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ZoraSafe is designed to protect some of the least protected internet users out there: your parents and grandparents. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, ZoraSafe, app, wants, protect, older, people, online, and, will, present, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2025 </media:keywords>
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<title>Strava eyes IPO as Gen Z trades dating apps for running clubs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/strava-eyes-ipo-as-gen-z-trades-dating-apps-for-running-clubs</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/strava-eyes-ipo-as-gen-z-trades-dating-apps-for-running-clubs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Strava, the 16-year-old fitness tracking app, is gearing up to go public, the Financial Times reports. CEO Michael Martin told the FT that the San Francisco company plans to list “at some point,” eyeing capital for more acquisitions. The company, backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, and Jackson Square Ventures, was last valued at $2.2 billion […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Strava, eyes, IPO, Gen, trades, dating, apps, for, running, clubs</media:keywords>
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<title>Anduril’s new EagleEye MR helmet sees Palmer Luckey return to his VR roots</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/andurils-new-eagleeye-mr-helmet-sees-palmer-luckey-return-to-his-vr-roots</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/andurils-new-eagleeye-mr-helmet-sees-palmer-luckey-return-to-his-vr-roots</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anduril Industries on Monday unveiled “EagleEye,” a helmeted computing system that seeks to turn soldiers into AI-augmented warfighters. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anduril’s, new, EagleEye, helmet, sees, Palmer, Luckey, return, his, roots</media:keywords>
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<title>Salesforce announces Agentforce 360 as enterprise AI competition heats up</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/salesforce-announces-agentforce-360-as-enterprise-ai-competition-heats-up</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/salesforce-announces-agentforce-360-as-enterprise-ai-competition-heats-up</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Salesforce announces an upgraded version of its Agentforce platform designed to help enterprises build and deploy AI agents. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Salesforce, announces, Agentforce, 360, enterprise, competition, heats</media:keywords>
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<title>Battlefield alum DevAlly raises €2M to help companies with Europe’s feisty new accessibility law</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/battlefield-alum-devally-raises-2m-to-help-companies-with-europes-feisty-new-accessibility-law</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/battlefield-alum-devally-raises-2m-to-help-companies-with-europes-feisty-new-accessibility-law</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Regulatory tailwinds and growing awareness around accessibility helped DevAlly secure €2 million in pre-seed funding. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Battlefield, alum, DevAlly, raises, €2M, help, companies, with, Europe’s, feisty, new, accessibility, law</media:keywords>
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<title>DoorDash to use Serve Robotics’ sidewalk robots for deliveries in Los Angeles</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/doordash-to-use-serve-robotics-sidewalk-robots-for-deliveries-in-los-angeles</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/doordash-to-use-serve-robotics-sidewalk-robots-for-deliveries-in-los-angeles</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ DoorDash customers in Los Angeles might soon have their food brought to them by one of Serve Robotics’ sidewalk delivery bots. The two companies on Thursday announced a multi-year partnership that would see them using autonomous robots to make deliveries across the U.S.   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>DoorDash, use, Serve, Robotics’, sidewalk, robots, for, deliveries, Los, Angeles</media:keywords>
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<title>Google ramps up its ‘AI in the workplace’ ambitions with Gemini Enterprise</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-ramps-up-its-ai-in-the-workplace-ambitions-with-gemini-enterprise</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-ramps-up-its-ai-in-the-workplace-ambitions-with-gemini-enterprise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new product launched Thursday already has customers, including Gordon Foods, Macquarie Bank, and Virgin Voyages. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, ramps, its, ‘AI, the, workplace’, ambitions, with, Gemini, Enterprise</media:keywords>
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<title>Tesla’s ‘Full Self&#45;Driving’ software under investigation for traffic safety violations</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/teslas-full-self-driving-software-under-investigation-for-traffic-safety-violations</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/teslas-full-self-driving-software-under-investigation-for-traffic-safety-violations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The U.S.&#039; top auto safety agency said it had identified more than 50 reports of FSD running red lights, crossing yellow lines, or making illegal turns. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tesla’s, ‘Full, Self-Driving’, software, under, investigation, for, traffic, safety, violations</media:keywords>
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<title>China tightens export controls on rare earth minerals once again</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/china-tightens-export-controls-on-rare-earth-minerals-once-again</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/china-tightens-export-controls-on-rare-earth-minerals-once-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As the race to make ever faster semiconductors intensifies, China has once again notched up export controls on rare earth minerals as well as related mining and refining technology. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>China, tightens, export, controls, rare, earth, minerals, once, again</media:keywords>
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<title>Anker offered Eufy camera owners $2 per video for AI training</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anker-offered-eufy-camera-owners-2-per-video-for-ai-training</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anker-offered-eufy-camera-owners-2-per-video-for-ai-training</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of Eufy customers have donated hundreds of thousands of videos to train the company’s AI systems. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anker, offered, Eufy, camera, owners, per, video, for, training</media:keywords>
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<title>Startups and the U.S. government: It’s getting complicated</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/startups-and-the-us-government-its-getting-complicated</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/startups-and-the-us-government-its-getting-complicated</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Equity co-hosts Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff explore the how startups are navigating a topsy-turvy relationship with the U.S. government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Startups, and, the, U.S., government:, It’s, getting, complicated</media:keywords>
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<title>If you’re not an AI startup, good luck raising money from VCs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/if-youre-not-an-ai-startup-good-luck-raising-money-from-vcs</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/if-youre-not-an-ai-startup-good-luck-raising-money-from-vcs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ New PitchBook data illustrates how dramatically AI is dominating startup investment, with 2025 on-track to become the first year when AI accounts for more than half of all VC money invested. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>you’re, not, startup, good, luck, raising, money, from, VCs</media:keywords>
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<title>Newsom signs bill giving Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/newsom-signs-bill-giving-uber-and-lyft-drivers-in-california-the-right-to-unionize</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/newsom-signs-bill-giving-uber-and-lyft-drivers-in-california-the-right-to-unionize</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Drivers for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft will soon have the right to unionize in California as independent contractors, thanks to a bill signed Friday by Governor Gavin Newsom. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Newsom, signs, bill, giving, Uber, and, Lyft, drivers, California, the, right, unionize</media:keywords>
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<title>A breach every month raises doubts about South Korea’s digital defenses</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-breach-every-month-raises-doubts-about-south-koreas-digital-defenses</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-breach-every-month-raises-doubts-about-south-koreas-digital-defenses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Known for its blazing fast internet and home to some of the world’s biggest tech giants, South Korea has also faced a string of data breaches and cybersecurity lapses that has struggled to match the pace of its digital ambitions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>breach, every, month, raises, doubts, about, South, Korea’s, digital, defenses</media:keywords>
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<title>Google teases its new Gemini&#45;powered Google Home speaker, coming in spring 2026</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-teases-its-new-gemini-powered-google-home-speaker-coming-in-spring-2026</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-teases-its-new-gemini-powered-google-home-speaker-coming-in-spring-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google teases a new Gemini-powered smart speaker, due out in spring 2026. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, teases, its, new, Gemini-powered, Google, Home, speaker, coming, spring, 2026</media:keywords>
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<title>Google’s Home app, a command center for the smart home, gets a Gemini upgrade</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/googles-home-app-a-command-center-for-the-smart-home-gets-a-gemini-upgrade</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/googles-home-app-a-command-center-for-the-smart-home-gets-a-gemini-upgrade</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google redesigns its Home app for better usability and adds Gemini-powered features. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google’s, Home, app, command, center, for, the, smart, home, gets, Gemini, upgrade</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-plans-to-sell-targeted-ads-based-on-data-in-your-ai-chats</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-plans-to-sell-targeted-ads-based-on-data-in-your-ai-chats</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta plans to use data from your interactions with AI products to sell targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, plans, sell, targeted, ads, based, data, your, chats</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI ropes in Samsung, SK Hynix to source memory chips for Stargate</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-ropes-in-samsung-sk-hynix-to-source-memory-chips-for-stargate</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-ropes-in-samsung-sk-hynix-to-source-memory-chips-for-stargate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI has struck agreements with two of the world&#039;s biggest manufacturers of memory chips, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, to make DRAM wafers for the Stargate AI infrastructure project, and build data centers in South Korea. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, ropes, Samsung, Hynix, source, memory, chips, for, Stargate</media:keywords>
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<title>Spotify now lets you exclude tracks from your taste profile, improving recommendations</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-now-lets-you-exclude-tracks-from-your-taste-profile-improving-recommendations</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-now-lets-you-exclude-tracks-from-your-taste-profile-improving-recommendations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spotify lets you take more control over your recommendations by excluding tracks from influencing your taste profile. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotify, now, lets, you, exclude, tracks, from, your, taste, profile, improving, recommendations</media:keywords>
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<title>Electronic Arts will reportedly be acquired for $50B</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/electronic-arts-will-reportedly-be-acquired-for-50b</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/electronic-arts-will-reportedly-be-acquired-for-50b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The rumored buyers of EA include investors like Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia&#039;s Public Investment Fund. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Electronic, Arts, will, reportedly, acquired, for, 50B</media:keywords>
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<title>Checkout.com’s new $12B valuation is a glass half&#45;full situation  </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/checkoutcomsnew-12b-valuation-is-a-glass-half-full-situation</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/checkoutcomsnew-12b-valuation-is-a-glass-half-full-situation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Checkout.com is boosting its valuation as part of an employee stock buy-back program, and now says it&#039;s profitable. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Checkout.com’s new, 12B, valuation, glass, half-full, situation  </media:keywords>
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<title>What’s behind the massive AI data center headlines?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/whats-behind-the-massive-ai-data-center-headlines</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/whats-behind-the-massive-ai-data-center-headlines</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This week on Equity, Anthony Ha and Max Zeff go beyond the headlines to break down what&#039;s really going on in these AI infrastructure deals. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What’s, behind, the, massive, data, center, headlines</media:keywords>
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<title>Vibe coding: Hype or new reality? Only at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vibe-coding-hype-or-new-reality-only-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vibe-coding-hype-or-new-reality-only-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lauri Moore (Bessemer), David Cramer (Sentry), and Zach Lloyd (Warp) join the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to debate what founders really need from their first engineering hires — and how AI tooling fits into the equation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Vibe, coding:, Hype, new, reality, Only, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2025</media:keywords>
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<title>Famed roboticist says humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/famed-roboticist-says-humanoid-robot-bubble-is-doomed-to-burst</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/famed-roboticist-says-humanoid-robot-bubble-is-doomed-to-burst</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexterity by showing them videos of humans doing tasks. In a new essay, he calls this approach &quot;pure fantasy thinking.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Famed, roboticist, says, humanoid, robot, bubble, doomed, burst</media:keywords>
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<title>Rocket.new, one of India’s first vibe&#45;coding startups, snags $15M from Accel, Salesforce Ventures</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rocketnew-one-of-indias-first-vibe-coding-startups-snags-15m-from-accel-salesforce-ventures</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rocketnew-one-of-indias-first-vibe-coding-startups-snags-15m-from-accel-salesforce-ventures</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Rocket.new has surged to 400,000 users and $4.5M ARR in three months. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rocket.new, one, India’s, first, vibe-coding, startups, snags, 15M, from, Accel, Salesforce, Ventures</media:keywords>
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<title>After India, OpenAI launches its affordable ChatGPT Go plan in Indonesia</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/after-india-openai-launches-its-affordable-chatgpt-go-plan-in-indonesia</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/after-india-openai-launches-its-affordable-chatgpt-go-plan-in-indonesia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI is launching ChatGPT Go in Indonesia to compete with Google AI Plus plan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>After, India, OpenAI, launches, its, affordable, ChatGPT, plan, Indonesia</media:keywords>
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<title>Sila opens U.S. factory to make silicon anodes for energy dense EV batteries</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sila-opens-us-factory-to-make-silicon-anodes-for-energy-dense-ev-batteries</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sila-opens-us-factory-to-make-silicon-anodes-for-energy-dense-ev-batteries</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sila has been building the facility on Moses Lake, Washington, for nearly two years. Now, it&#039;s poised to start volume production. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sila, opens, U.S., factory, make, silicon, anodes, for, energy, dense, batteries</media:keywords>
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<title>Goodnotes collaborative docs and AI assitant to cater to professional users</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/goodnotes-collaborative-docs-and-ai-assitant-to-cater-to-professional-users</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/goodnotes-collaborative-docs-and-ai-assitant-to-cater-to-professional-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Note taking app Goodnotes is launching new features to cater to professional users. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Goodnotes, collaborative, docs, and, assitant, cater, professional, users</media:keywords>
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<title>Google revamps its Play Store with AI features and more</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-revamps-its-play-store-with-ai-features-and-more</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-revamps-its-play-store-with-ai-features-and-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Users can expect more personalization, a redesigned Apps tab, new Play Games experience, and other features that leverage Gemini AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, revamps, its, Play, Store, with, features, and, more</media:keywords>
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<title>Huawei announces new AI infrastructure as Nvidia gets locked out of China</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/huaweiannounces-new-ai-infrastructure-as-nvidia-gets-locked-out-of-china</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/huaweiannounces-new-ai-infrastructure-as-nvidia-gets-locked-out-of-china</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Huawei&#039;s SuperPoD interconnect technology creates clusters of chips, including AI chips, to increase compute. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Huawei announces, new, infrastructure, Nvidia, gets, locked, out, China</media:keywords>
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<title>Raising Series A in 2026: Insights from top early&#45;stage VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/raising-series-a-in-2026-insights-from-top-early-stage-vcs-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/raising-series-a-in-2026-insights-from-top-early-stage-vcs-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Thomas Krane (Insight Partners), and Sangeen Zeb (GV) share how to win Series A funding in 2026 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Raising, Series, 2026:, Insights, from, top, early-stage, VCs, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2025</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI’s research on AI models deliberately lying is wild </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openais-research-on-ai-models-deliberately-lying-is-wild</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openais-research-on-ai-models-deliberately-lying-is-wild</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI models don&#039;t just hallucinate. They also &quot;scheme,&quot; meaning deliberately lie or hide their true intentions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI’s, research, models, deliberately, lying, wild </media:keywords>
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<title>Indian fintech Jar turns profitable by enabling millions to save in gold</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indian-fintech-jar-turns-profitable-by-enabling-millions-to-save-in-gold</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indian-fintech-jar-turns-profitable-by-enabling-millions-to-save-in-gold</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jar has been profitable after tax for the past two quarters. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Indian, fintech, Jar, turns, profitable, enabling, millions, save, gold</media:keywords>
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<title>Mastodon has a new plan to make money: Hosting and support services for the open social web</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mastodon-has-a-new-plan-to-make-money-hosting-and-support-services-for-the-open-social-web</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mastodon-has-a-new-plan-to-make-money-hosting-and-support-services-for-the-open-social-web</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mastodon launches hosting and support services to generate revenue and expand the open social web. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mastodon, has, new, plan, make, money:, Hosting, and, support, services, for, the, open, social, web</media:keywords>
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<title>Vibe coding has turned senior devs into ‘AI babysitters,’ but they say it’s worth it</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vibe-coding-has-turned-senior-devs-into-ai-babysitters-but-they-say-its-worth-it</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vibe-coding-has-turned-senior-devs-into-ai-babysitters-but-they-say-its-worth-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TechCrunch spoke to experienced coders about their time using AI-generated code about what they see as the future of vibe coding. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Vibe, coding, has, turned, senior, devs, into, ‘AI, babysitters, ’, but, they, say, it’s, worth</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor says we’re in an AI bubble (but that’s okay)</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-board-chair-bret-taylor-says-were-in-an-ai-bubble-but-thats-okay</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-board-chair-bret-taylor-says-were-in-an-ai-bubble-but-thats-okay</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Bret Taylor thinks we&#039;re in an AI bubble — but he doesn&#039;t sound too worried about it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, board, chair, Bret, Taylor, says, we’re, bubble, but, that’s, okay</media:keywords>
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<title>Harvard Law to AI: MarqVision lands $48M to combat brand abuse</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/harvard-law-to-ai-marqvision-lands-48m-to-combat-brand-abuse</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/harvard-law-to-ai-marqvision-lands-48m-to-combat-brand-abuse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This LA-based startup raised $48M to tackle brand abuse ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Harvard, Law, AI:, MarqVision, lands, 48M, combat, brand, abuse</media:keywords>
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<title>Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-will-now-let-free-users-pick-and-play-tracks</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-will-now-let-free-users-pick-and-play-tracks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spotify is adding new features for free customers that let them pick and play tracks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotify, will, now, let, free, users, pick, and, play, tracks</media:keywords>
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<title>US, China reach ‘framework’ deal for TikTok</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-china-reach-framework-deal-for-tiktok</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-china-reach-framework-deal-for-tiktok</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The &quot;framework&quot; deal with China is
&quot;between two private parties, but the commercial terms have been agreed upon,&quot; CNBC quoted Bessent as saying on the sidelines of a meeting between the two countries in Madrid on Monday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>US, China, reach, ‘framework’, deal, for, TikTok</media:keywords>
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<title>Thinking Machines Lab wants to make AI models more consistent</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/thinking-machines-lab-wants-to-make-ai-models-more-consistent</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/thinking-machines-lab-wants-to-make-ai-models-more-consistent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a blog post shared Wednesday, Mira Murati&#039;s startup offered a rare glimpse into some of work its doing to improve AI models. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Thinking, Machines, Lab, wants, make, models, more, consistent</media:keywords>
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<title>Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/perplexity-reportedly-raised-200m-at-20b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/perplexity-reportedly-raised-200m-at-20b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The AI-powered search startup&#039;s valuation jumped from $18 billion two months earlier. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Perplexity, reportedly, raised, 200M, 20B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-california-bill-that-would-regulate-ai-companion-chatbots-is-close-to-becoming-law</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-california-bill-that-would-regulate-ai-companion-chatbots-is-close-to-becoming-law</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If SB 243 is enacted, California would become the first state to require operators to implement safety protocols for AI companions and hold companies legally accountable if their chatbots fail to meet those standards. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>California, bill, that, would, regulate, companion, chatbots, close, becoming, law</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple’s new live translation feature for AirPods won’t be available in the EU at launch</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/apples-new-live-translation-feature-for-airpods-wont-be-available-in-the-eu-at-launch</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/apples-new-live-translation-feature-for-airpods-wont-be-available-in-the-eu-at-launch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On its official page detailing the features available on iOS 26, the company said EU residents or those with EU Apple IDs won&#039;t be able to use live translation, which is powered by Apple Intelligence and will also be coming to AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 2. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple’s, new, live, translation, feature, for, AirPods, won’t, available, the, launch</media:keywords>
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<title>How Bill Gates’s fellowship program is adapting to global uncertainty</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-bill-gatess-fellowship-program-is-adapting-to-global-uncertainty</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-bill-gatess-fellowship-program-is-adapting-to-global-uncertainty</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As Breakthrough Energy Fellows welcomes a new cohort of 22 startups, it is also diversifying its portfolio to include more global founders. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-reorganizes-research-team-behind-chatgpts-personality</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-reorganizes-research-team-behind-chatgpts-personality</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI is shuffling the team that shapes its AI models&#039; behavior, and its leader is moving on to another project within the company. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, reorganizes, research, team, behind, ChatGPT’s, personality</media:keywords>
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<title>Musk’s $1T pay package is full of watered&#45;down versions of his own broken promises</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/musks-1t-pay-package-is-full-of-watered-down-versions-of-his-own-broken-promises</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/musks-1t-pay-package-is-full-of-watered-down-versions-of-his-own-broken-promises</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Musk used to say Tesla would make 20 million cars and one million humanoid robots per year. The company&#039;s board wants far less than that in exchange for $1 trillion. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Musk’s, 1T, pay, package, full, watered-down, versions, his, own, broken, promises</media:keywords>
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<title>The growing debate over expanding age verification laws</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-growing-debate-over-expanding-age-verification-laws</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-growing-debate-over-expanding-age-verification-laws</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation could have a dire impact on privacy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, growing, debate, over, expanding, age, verification, laws</media:keywords>
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<title>EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/eu-fines-google-35b-over-adtech-abuse</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/eu-fines-google-35b-over-adtech-abuse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This is the EU&#039;s largest antitrust penalty ever — and Trump has already threatened to &quot;nullify&quot; it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>fines, Google, 3.5B, over, adtech, ‘abuse’</media:keywords>
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<title>Why is an Amazon&#45;backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-is-an-amazon-backed-ai-startup-making-orson-welles-fan-fiction</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-is-an-amazon-backed-ai-startup-making-orson-welles-fan-fiction</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This is a bad idea. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Amazon-backed, startup, making, Orson, Welles, fan, fiction</media:keywords>
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<title>Brand new unicorn IQM sets its sights beyond Europe for its quantum computers</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/brand-new-unicorn-iqm-sets-its-sights-beyond-europe-for-its-quantum-computers</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/brand-new-unicorn-iqm-sets-its-sights-beyond-europe-for-its-quantum-computers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ IQM, a Finnish quantum computing company  is now a unicorn after raising over $300 million in a Series B round funding led by Ten Eleven Ventures, a U.S. investment firm focused on cybersecurity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Brand, new, unicorn, IQM, sets, its, sights, beyond, Europe, for, its, quantum, computers</media:keywords>
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<title>College social app Fizz expands into grocery delivery</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/college-social-app-fizz-expands-into-grocery-delivery</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/college-social-app-fizz-expands-into-grocery-delivery</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new partnership will allow students to order anything from late-night snacks to weekly groceries directly within the Fizz app in as fast as 15 minutes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>College, social, app, Fizz, expands, into, grocery, delivery</media:keywords>
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<title>PayPal and Venmo are giving out Comet invites and free Perplexity Pro subscriptions</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/paypal-and-venmo-are-giving-out-comet-invites-and-free-perplexity-pro-subscriptions</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/paypal-and-venmo-are-giving-out-comet-invites-and-free-perplexity-pro-subscriptions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The arrangement is part of a new partnership between PayPal and the AI provider, which benefits both companies in different ways. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>PayPal, and, Venmo, are, giving, out, Comet, invites, and, free, Perplexity, Pro, subscriptions</media:keywords>
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<title>Netflix updates its Moments feature to give users greater control over scene clipping</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-updates-its-moments-feature-to-give-users-greater-control-over-scene-clipping</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-updates-its-moments-feature-to-give-users-greater-control-over-scene-clipping</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With the new Moments update, Netflix users now have the option to adjust where each scene clip ends. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Netflix, updates, its, Moments, feature, give, users, greater, control, over, scene, clipping</media:keywords>
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<title>Advanced geothermal startups are just getting warmed up</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/advanced-geothermal-startups-are-just-getting-warmed-up</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/advanced-geothermal-startups-are-just-getting-warmed-up</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Geothermal energy startups including Fervo Energy and Sage Geosystems are signing key deals that bring their technology closer to broader commercial deployment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Advanced, geothermal, startups, are, just, getting, warmed</media:keywords>
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<title>Uber and Lyft drivers in California win a path to unionization </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/uber-and-lyft-drivers-in-california-win-a-path-to-unionization</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/uber-and-lyft-drivers-in-california-win-a-path-to-unionization</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The agreement creates a model for drivers to be able to organize for increased pay, job protections, and other benefits. In exchange, California regulators say they’ll support legislation to reduce expensive insurance coverage mandates that ride-hailing companies have to pay. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Uber, and, Lyft, drivers, California, win, path, unionization </media:keywords>
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<title>TikTok now lets users send voice notes and images in DMs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tiktok-now-lets-users-send-voice-notes-and-images-in-dms</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tiktok-now-lets-users-send-voice-notes-and-images-in-dms</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new capabilities bring TikTok’s messaging experience more in line with that of other popular social apps and services. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TikTok, now, lets, users, send, voice, notes, and, images, DMs</media:keywords>
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<title>Spotlight on AI at TechCrunch Disrupt: Don’t miss these sessions backed by JetBrains and Greenfield</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotlight-on-ai-at-techcrunch-disrupt-dont-miss-these-sessions-backed-by-jetbrains-and-greenfield</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotlight-on-ai-at-techcrunch-disrupt-dont-miss-these-sessions-backed-by-jetbrains-and-greenfield</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TechCrunch Disrupt isn’t just about showcasing the startups of tomorrow — it’s also about surfacing the boldest ideas shaping technology today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotlight, TechCrunch, Disrupt:, Don’t, miss, these, sessions, backed, JetBrains, and, Greenfield</media:keywords>
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<title>Cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cracks-are-forming-in-metas-partnership-with-scale-ai</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cracks-are-forming-in-metas-partnership-with-scale-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Two months after making a $14.3B investment in Scale AI, Meta is relying heavily on its competitors to train next generation AI models. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cracks, are, forming, Meta’s, partnership, with, Scale</media:keywords>
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<title>I’m really impressed with this $400 portable projector</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/im-really-impressed-with-this-400-portable-projector</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/im-really-impressed-with-this-400-portable-projector</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Projectors have come a long way and this portable one from Lumi offers impressive features, like Google TV and an obstacle avoidance function. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>I’m, really, impressed, with, this, 400, portable, projector</media:keywords>
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<title>a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals mostly sit out</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a16z-spends-149m-in-washington-lobbying-while-rivals-mostly-sit-out</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a16z-spends-149m-in-washington-lobbying-while-rivals-mostly-sit-out</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz is burning cash to shape policy on the Hill. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>a16z, spends, 1.49M, Washington, lobbying, while, rivals, mostly, sit, out</media:keywords>
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<title>Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict, filings show</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tesla-could-have-avoided-that-2425m-autopilot-verdict-filings-show</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tesla-could-have-avoided-that-2425m-autopilot-verdict-filings-show</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Instead, a jury awarded plaintiffs $242.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tesla, could, have, avoided, that, 242.5M, Autopilot, verdict, filings, show</media:keywords>
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<title>Spotify launches a messaging feature in a bid to become more social</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-launches-a-messaging-feature-in-a-bid-to-become-more-social</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-launches-a-messaging-feature-in-a-bid-to-become-more-social</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spotify said that messages are not end-to-end encrypted, and that Spotify proactively looks at messages to check if they break its rules. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotify, launches, messaging, feature, bid, become, more, social</media:keywords>
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<title>Frontier buys $31M worth of antacids for the ocean</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/frontier-buys-31m-worth-of-antacids-for-the-ocean</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/frontier-buys-31m-worth-of-antacids-for-the-ocean</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The deal will require Planetary to remove 115,000 metric tons of carbon by increasing the alkalinity of water flowing into the sea. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Frontier, buys, 31M, worth, antacids, for, the, ocean</media:keywords>
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<title>Eyebot gets $20M Series A to boost to expand eye care access</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/eyebot-gets-20m-series-a-to-boost-to-expand-eye-care-access</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/eyebot-gets-20m-series-a-to-boost-to-expand-eye-care-access</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This vision care startup secures $20M Series A for 90-second prescription kiosk. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Eyebot, gets, 20M, Series, boost, expand, eye, care, access</media:keywords>
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<title>Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/deel-scores-a-lawsuit-win-but-not-against-rippling</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/deel-scores-a-lawsuit-win-but-not-against-rippling</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While Deel is calling this a &quot;Rippling-aligned&quot; suit, it&#039;s not the lawsuit filed by Rippling involving an alleged corporate spy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Deel, scores, lawsuit, win, but, not, against, Rippling</media:keywords>
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<title>Finally, Notion now works without an internet connection</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/finally-notion-now-works-without-an-internet-connection</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/finally-notion-now-works-without-an-internet-connection</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For years, one of the most annoying issues with using Notion was that you couldn&#039;t get much done offline because of its cloud-first architecture. The company has finally solved that problem, adding support for an offline mode to its apps. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Finally, Notion, now, works, without, internet, connection</media:keywords>
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<title>Y Combinator alum SRE.ai raises $7.2M for DevOps AI agents</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/y-combinator-alum-sreai-raises-72m-for-devops-ai-agents</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/y-combinator-alum-sreai-raises-72m-for-devops-ai-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company helps automate complex enterprise workflows (like continuous integration and testing) — or, in other words, it makes DevOps capabilities more efficient as AI technology takes hold.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Combinator, alum, SRE.ai, raises, 7.2M, for, DevOps, agents</media:keywords>
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<title>YC&#45;backed Garage raises $13.5M to help firefighters buy equipment</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/yc-backed-garage-raises-135m-to-help-firefighters-buy-equipment</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/yc-backed-garage-raises-135m-to-help-firefighters-buy-equipment</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Garage is a marketplace that sells specialized equipment commonly used in local governments and public safety. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>YC-backed, Garage, raises, 13.5M, help, firefighters, buy, equipment</media:keywords>
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<title>Zoox taps ex&#45;UberPool exec’s startup for routing software help</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/zoox-taps-ex-uberpool-execs-startup-for-routing-software-help</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/zoox-taps-ex-uberpool-execs-startup-for-routing-software-help</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s the latest in a series of deals that have seen robotaxi companies look outward for help in scaling their fledgling networks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Zoox, taps, ex-UberPool, exec’s, startup, for, routing, software, help</media:keywords>
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<title>Les Amis, the European app helping women form friendships, launches in New York</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/les-amis-the-european-app-helping-women-form-friendships-launches-in-new-york</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/les-amis-the-european-app-helping-women-form-friendships-launches-in-new-york</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Les Amis is an app designed to make it easy for women to form friendships and attend local events. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Les, Amis, the, European, app, helping, women, form, friendships, launches, New, York</media:keywords>
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<title>Sen. Hawley to probe Meta after report finds its AI chatbots flirt with kids</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sen-hawley-to-probe-meta-after-report-finds-its-ai-chatbots-flirt-with-kids</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sen-hawley-to-probe-meta-after-report-finds-its-ai-chatbots-flirt-with-kids</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Is there anything - ANYTHING - Big Tech won’t do for a quick buck?” Hawley wrote in a post on X announcing the investigation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sen., Hawley, probe, Meta, after, report, finds, its, chatbots, flirt, with, kids</media:keywords>
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<title>How your solar rooftop became a national security issue</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-your-solar-rooftop-became-a-national-security-issue</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Texas solar company EG4 became the poster child for home energy cybersecurity risks this week after federal officials published an advisory detailing how hackers could hijack its inverters. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Sam Altman, over bread rolls, explores life after GPT&#45;5</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sam-altman-over-bread-rolls-explores-life-after-gpt-5</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sam-altman-over-bread-rolls-explores-life-after-gpt-5</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At a dinner with reporters in San Francisco, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spilled details on the company&#039;s ambitions beyond ChatGPT. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman, over, bread, rolls, explores, life, after, GPT-5</media:keywords>
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<title>Winklevoss twins’ crypto company Gemini files for IPO</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/winklevoss-twins-crypto-company-gemini-files-for-ipo</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/winklevoss-twins-crypto-company-gemini-files-for-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Another crypto company is headed for the public markets. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Winklevoss, twins’, crypto, company, Gemini, files, for, IPO</media:keywords>
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<title>Seoul&#45;based Datumo raises $15.5M to take on Scale AI, backed by Salesforce</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/seoul-based-datumo-raises-155m-to-take-on-scale-ai-backed-by-salesforce</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/seoul-based-datumo-raises-155m-to-take-on-scale-ai-backed-by-salesforce</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Datumo began as an AI data labeling company and now wants to help businesses build safer AI with tools and data that enable testing, monitoring, and improving their models — without requiring technical expertise. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Seoul-based, Datumo, raises, 15.5M, take, Scale, AI, backed, Salesforce</media:keywords>
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<title>Pronto’s 10&#45;minute house help pitch sparked a 3.6x valuation jump in just 90 days</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/prontos-10-minute-house-help-pitch-sparked-a-36x-valuation-jump-in-just-90-days</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/prontos-10-minute-house-help-pitch-sparked-a-36x-valuation-jump-in-just-90-days</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pronto has raised $11 million in an all-equity Series A round co-led by General Catalyst and Glade Brook Capital at a post-money valuation of $45 million. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Pronto’s, 10-minute, house, help, pitch, sparked, 3.6x, valuation, jump, just, days</media:keywords>
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<title>TDK backs Ultraviolette with $21M to take India&#45;made electric motorcycles global</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tdk-backs-ultraviolette-with-21m-to-take-india-made-electric-motorcycles-global</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tdk-backs-ultraviolette-with-21m-to-take-india-made-electric-motorcycles-global</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ultraviolette aims to expand its electric motorcycles to 40 European countries, as well as Latin America and Southeast Asia. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TDK, backs, Ultraviolette, with, 21M, take, India-made, electric, motorcycles, global</media:keywords>
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<title>How a once&#45;tiny research lab helped Nvidia become a $4 trillion&#45;dollar company</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-a-once-tiny-research-lab-helped-nvidia-become-a-4-trillion-dollar-company</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-a-once-tiny-research-lab-helped-nvidia-become-a-4-trillion-dollar-company</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia&#039;s research lab developed the technology that took the company from a video game GPU startup to a $4 trillion-dollar company. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, once-tiny, research, lab, helped, Nvidia, become, trillion-dollar, company</media:keywords>
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<title>Australian court finds Apple, Google abused app store market power</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/australian-court-finds-apple-google-abused-app-store-market-power</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/australian-court-finds-apple-google-abused-app-store-market-power</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Epic Games has just secured a win in its crusade against Apple and Google&#039;s app store policies: The Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday ruled that Apple and Google&#039;s engaged in anti-competitive conduct when it came to their respective app stores, ABC News reported. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Rocket Lab eyes big defense opportunities with new acquisition</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rocket-lab-eyes-big-defense-opportunities-with-new-acquisition</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rocket-lab-eyes-big-defense-opportunities-with-new-acquisition</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Rocket Lab is taking the concept of an &#039;end-to-end&#039; space company to new heights with a forthcoming acquisition. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rocket, Lab, eyes, big, defense, opportunities, with, new, acquisition</media:keywords>
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<title>Tesla shuts down Dojo, the AI training supercomputer that Musk said would be key to full self&#45;driving</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tesla-shuts-down-dojo-the-ai-training-supercomputer-that-musk-said-would-be-key-to-full-self-driving</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tesla-shuts-down-dojo-the-ai-training-supercomputer-that-musk-said-would-be-key-to-full-self-driving</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The disbanding of Tesla’s Dojo efforts follows the departure of around 20 workers, who left the automaker to start their own AI company dubbed DensityAI focused on data center services for industries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tesla, shuts, down, Dojo, the, training, supercomputer, that, Musk, said, would, key, full, self-driving</media:keywords>
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<title>xAI’s legal chief steps down after whirlwind year</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/xais-legal-chief-steps-down-after-whirlwind-year</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/xais-legal-chief-steps-down-after-whirlwind-year</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Robert Keele said this week that he has stepped down as xAI’s head of legal after just over a year, saying he wants to spend more time with his children. In his announcement, Keele also acknowledged “daylight between our worldviews” with boss Elon Musk, who hasn’t commented on Keele’s exit. “I love my two toddlers […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>xAI’s, legal, chief, steps, down, after, whirlwind, year</media:keywords>
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<title>Openvibe combines news and social media in one app</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openvibe-combines-news-and-social-media-in-one-app</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openvibe-combines-news-and-social-media-in-one-app</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Openvibe, an app for tracking the open social web in one place, now supports RSS. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Openvibe, combines, news, and, social, media, one, app</media:keywords>
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<title>Google tests revamped Google Finance with AI upgrades, live news feed</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-tests-revamped-google-finance-with-ai-upgrades-live-news-feed</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-tests-revamped-google-finance-with-ai-upgrades-live-news-feed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Users will now be able to research their financial questions with AI, access advanced charting tools, and get real-time data and news. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, tests, revamped, Google, Finance, with, upgrades, live, news, feed</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenMind wants to be the Android operating system of humanoid robots</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openmind-wants-to-be-the-android-operating-system-of-humanoid-robots</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openmind-wants-to-be-the-android-operating-system-of-humanoid-robots</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenMind is building humanoid robot operating software designed for robots that interact with people and other robots. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenMind, wants, the, Android, operating, system, humanoid, robots</media:keywords>
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<title>Character.AI is adding a social feed to its app</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/characterai-is-adding-a-social-feed-to-its-app</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/characterai-is-adding-a-social-feed-to-its-app</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The social feed lets users share images, videos as well as their chatbots with other users. Users can also share snippets of their chats with characters, post AI-generated images based on their chats with a character, or even have their characters debate topics on a live stream. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Character.AI, adding, social, feed, its, app</media:keywords>
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<title>North Korean spies posing as remote workers have infiltrated hundreds of companies, says CrowdStrike</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/north-korean-spies-posing-as-remote-workers-have-infiltrated-hundreds-of-companies-says-crowdstrike</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/north-korean-spies-posing-as-remote-workers-have-infiltrated-hundreds-of-companies-says-crowdstrike</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ North Korean IT workers are increasingly using generative AI to draft resumes and &quot;deepfake&quot; their appearances to make money for North Korea&#039;s sanctioned nuclear weapons program. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>North, Korean, spies, posing, remote, workers, have, infiltrated, hundreds, companies, says, CrowdStrike</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon shuts down Wondery podcast studio, cuts 110 jobs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-shuts-down-wondery-podcast-studio-cuts-110-jobs</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-shuts-down-wondery-podcast-studio-cuts-110-jobs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite securing big names in the business, the company is now shifting its strategy in an effort to better compete with rivals like Spotify and YouTube. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, shuts, down, Wondery, podcast, studio, cuts, 110, jobs</media:keywords>
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<title>Spotify raises subscription prices</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-raises-subscription-prices</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-raises-subscription-prices</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spotify is raising prices for users in some international markets after a rough quarterly earnings report. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotify, raises, subscription, prices</media:keywords>
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<title>Kleiner Perkins&#45;backed Ambiq pops on IPO debut</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/kleiner-perkins-backed-ambiq-pops-on-ipo-debut</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/kleiner-perkins-backed-ambiq-pops-on-ipo-debut</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The 15-year-old chipmaker saw its shares climb 61% above its IPO price by the close of its first trading day. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kleiner, Perkins-backed, Ambiq, pops, IPO, debut</media:keywords>
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<title>GitHub Copilot crosses 20 million all&#45;time users</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/github-copilot-crosses-20-million-all-time-users</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/github-copilot-crosses-20-million-all-time-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the most popular AI coding tools on the market added five million users in the last three months. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>GitHub, Copilot, crosses, million, all-time, users</media:keywords>
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<title>Proton releases a new app for two&#45;factor authentication</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/proton-releases-a-new-app-for-two-factor-authentication</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/proton-releases-a-new-app-for-two-factor-authentication</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Proton has a free new authenticator apps, which is available cross-platform with end-to-end encryption protection for data. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Proton, releases, new, app, for, two-factor, authentication</media:keywords>
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<title>Uber Eats now lets merchants message customers about their orders</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/uber-eats-now-lets-merchants-message-customers-about-their-orders</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/uber-eats-now-lets-merchants-message-customers-about-their-orders</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With the new Live order chat feature, merchants can message with customers in real-time to do things like confirm replacements for sold out items, clarify special requests, and check in on dietary or allergy preferences. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Uber, Eats, now, lets, merchants, message, customers, about, their, orders</media:keywords>
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<title>Google is experimenting with machine&#45;learning powered age estimation tech in the U.S.</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-is-experimenting-with-machine-learning-powered-age-estimation-tech-in-the-us</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-is-experimenting-with-machine-learning-powered-age-estimation-tech-in-the-us</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google will use machine learning and user data to estimate age of users in the U.S. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, experimenting, with, machine-learning, powered, age, estimation, tech, the, U.S.</media:keywords>
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<title>Intel is spinning off its Network and Edge group</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/intel-is-spinning-off-its-network-and-edge-group</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/intel-is-spinning-off-its-network-and-edge-group</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Intel will remain an anchor investor in the stand-alone company, which produced $5.8 billion in revenue in 2024. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Intel, spinning, off, its, Network, and, Edge, group</media:keywords>
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<title>Index Ventures’ Jahanvi Sardana shares the truth about TAM and what founders should focus on instead</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/index-ventures-jahanvi-sardana-shares-the-truth-about-tam-and-what-founders-should-focus-on-instead</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/index-ventures-jahanvi-sardana-shares-the-truth-about-tam-and-what-founders-should-focus-on-instead</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Index Ventures partner Jahanvi Sardana has a reminder for all those founders worried about finding TAM for their product or service: many startups have emerged from markets that, at the time, were essentially nonexistent. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Index, Ventures’, Jahanvi, Sardana, shares, the, truth, about, TAM, and, what, founders, should, focus, instead</media:keywords>
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<title>India bans streaming apps you’ve never heard of — but millions watch</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/india-bans-streaming-apps-youve-never-heard-of-but-millions-watch</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/india-bans-streaming-apps-youve-never-heard-of-but-millions-watch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting &quot;obscene&quot; content. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India, bans, streaming, apps, you’ve, never, heard, —, but, millions, watch</media:keywords>
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<title>Tesla wants to bring robotaxis to San Francisco. Here’s what’s standing in the way.</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tesla-wants-to-bring-robotaxis-to-san-francisco-heres-whats-standing-in-the-way</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tesla-wants-to-bring-robotaxis-to-san-francisco-heres-whats-standing-in-the-way</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There will be an employee in the driver&#039;s seat -- a big change from how things have been working in Austin. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tesla, wants, bring, robotaxis, San, Francisco., Here’s, what’s, standing, the, way.</media:keywords>
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<title>Allianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/allianz-life-says-majority-of-customers-personal-data-stolen-in-cyberattack</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/allianz-life-says-majority-of-customers-personal-data-stolen-in-cyberattack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Exclusive: Allianz Life said the &quot;majority&quot; of its customers and employees had data stolen in the July cyberattack. The company said it has notified the FBI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Allianz, Life, says, ‘majority’, customers’, personal, data, stolen, cyberattack</media:keywords>
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<title>Nevoya raises $9.3M as its EV truck fleet reaches cost parity with diesel</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nevoya-raises-93m-as-its-ev-truck-fleet-reaches-cost-parity-with-diesel</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nevoya-raises-93m-as-its-ev-truck-fleet-reaches-cost-parity-with-diesel</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ All-electric truck fleet startup Nevoya has landed a fresh round of capital and plans to expand. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nevoya, raises, 9.3M, its, truck, fleet, reaches, cost, parity, with, diesel</media:keywords>
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<title>Lucid Air owners will be able to use Tesla Superchargers from July 31</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lucid-air-owners-will-be-able-to-use-tesla-superchargers-from-july-31</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lucid-air-owners-will-be-able-to-use-tesla-superchargers-from-july-31</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Owners of the Lucid Air sedan will be able to charge their luxury EVs at thousands of Tesla Supercharger stations in North America starting July 31. But there is a notable caveat: Lucid Air vehicles won&#039;t be able to charge as fast as Tesla vehicles. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lucid, Air, owners, will, able, use, Tesla, Superchargers, from, July</media:keywords>
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<title>Betaworks’ third fund closes at $66M to invest in early&#45;stage AI startups</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/betaworks-third-fund-closes-at-66m-to-invest-in-early-stage-ai-startups</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/betaworks-third-fund-closes-at-66m-to-invest-in-early-stage-ai-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ New York City-based Betaworks has closed its $66 million Fund III, which will focus on investing in early-stage AI companies.  Betaworks has been investing in AI since at least 2016 and, through its investment program Camp, has backed companies such as Huggingface and Granola. Jordan Crook, a partner at the firm (and former TechCrunch employee), […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Betaworks’, third, fund, closes, 66M, invest, early-stage, startups</media:keywords>
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<title>Telegram’s crypto wallet launches in the US</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/telegrams-crypto-wallet-launches-in-the-us</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/telegrams-crypto-wallet-launches-in-the-us</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Telegram is expanding access to its crypto wallet for its 87 million users in the US. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Telegram’s, crypto, wallet, launches, the</media:keywords>
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<title>21&#45;year&#45;old MIT dropouts raise $32M at $300M valuation led by Insight</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/21-year-old-mit-dropouts-raise-32m-at-300m-valuation-led-by-insight</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/21-year-old-mit-dropouts-raise-32m-at-300m-valuation-led-by-insight</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Karun Kaushik and Selin Kocalar weren’t planning to raise a Series A so soon. Their AI compliance startup, Delve, which announced a $3 million seed round in January, was growing fast and signing customers at a steady clip. Then, inbound interest started rolling in, COO Kocalar told TechCrunch. Delve, which automates regulatory compliance with AI […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>21-year-old, MIT, dropouts, raise, 32M, 300M, valuation, led, Insight</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropic-tightens-usage-limits-for-claude-code-without-telling-users</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropic-tightens-usage-limits-for-claude-code-without-telling-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Code’s GitHub page, seem to be concentrated among heavy users of the service, many of whom are on the $200-a-month Max plan.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, tightens, usage, limits, for, Claude, Code, –, without, telling, users</media:keywords>
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<title>‘Utopian’ city California Forever announces huge tech manufacturing park </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/utopian-city-california-forever-announces-huge-tech-manufacturing-park</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/utopian-city-california-forever-announces-huge-tech-manufacturing-park</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Solano Foundry is a 2,100-acre manufacturing park that can host 40 million square feet of advanced tech manufacturing space. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘Utopian’, city, California, Forever, announces, huge, tech, manufacturing, park </media:keywords>
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<title>Perplexity sees India as a shortcut in its race against OpenAI</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/perplexity-sees-india-as-a-shortcut-in-its-race-against-openai</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/perplexity-sees-india-as-a-shortcut-in-its-race-against-openai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Perplexity is quietly expanding into India to compete with OpenAI in the next phase of AI adoption. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Perplexity, sees, India, shortcut, its, race, against, OpenAI</media:keywords>
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<title>Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-starts-using-genai-in-its-shows-and-films</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-starts-using-genai-in-its-shows-and-films</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Netflix said it used gen AI for the first time for a scene in an Argentinean show called El Atonata. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Netflix, starts, using, GenAI, its, shows, and, films</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta refuses to sign EU’s AI code of practice</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-refuses-to-sign-eus-ai-code-of-practice</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-refuses-to-sign-eus-ai-code-of-practice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta will not sign the EU&#039;s new rules, calling the implementation &quot;over-reach&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, refuses, sign, EU’s, code, practice</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta acquires voice startup Play AI</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-acquires-voice-startup-play-ai</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-acquires-voice-startup-play-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that uses AI to generate human-sounding voices. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, acquires, voice, startup, Play</media:keywords>
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<title>Jack Dorsey’s latest app tracks sun exposure</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/jack-dorseys-latest-app-tracks-sun-exposure</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/jack-dorseys-latest-app-tracks-sun-exposure</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey&#039;s new app, called Sun Day, ostensibly helps users track UV exposure and Vitamin D intake. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jack, Dorsey’s, latest, app, tracks, sun, exposure</media:keywords>
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<title>Discord’s virtual reward, ‘Orbs,’ launches out of beta</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/discords-virtual-reward-orbs-launches-out-of-beta</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/discords-virtual-reward-orbs-launches-out-of-beta</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ According to Discord, Orbs have been popular among testers, with millions earned and spent during the seven-week beta period. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Discord’s, virtual, reward, ‘Orbs, ’, launches, out, beta</media:keywords>
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<title>Elmo’s X account hacked to publish racist and antisemetic posts</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/elmos-x-account-hacked-to-publish-racist-and-antisemetic-posts</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/elmos-x-account-hacked-to-publish-racist-and-antisemetic-posts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A hacker compromised Elmo&#039;s X account on Sunday and published abusive posts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elmo’s, account, hacked, publish, racist, and, antisemetic, posts</media:keywords>
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<title>Tomorrow: TechCrunch All Stage launches in Boston — and ticket prices rise</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tomorrow-techcrunch-all-stage-launches-in-boston-and-ticket-prices-rise</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tomorrow-techcrunch-all-stage-launches-in-boston-and-ticket-prices-rise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TechCrunch All Stage officially kicks off tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. ET at SoWa Power Station in Boston — and that’s when ticket prices jump to full rate. This isn’t just another founder event. It’s the summit built to help startups fundraise smarter, scale faster, and lead with impact. Whether you’re tightening your pitch, planning a […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tomorrow:, TechCrunch, All, Stage, launches, Boston, —, and, ticket, prices, rise</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump taps transportation secretary Sean Duffy as acting NASA chief</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-taps-transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-as-acting-nasa-chief</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-taps-transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-as-acting-nasa-chief</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ President Donald Trump appointed Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to lead NASA. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, taps, transportation, secretary, Sean, Duffy, acting, NASA, chief</media:keywords>
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<title>Diligent Robotics hires two notable Cruise alumni to its leadership team</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/diligent-robotics-hires-two-notable-cruise-alumni-to-its-leadership-team</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/diligent-robotics-hires-two-notable-cruise-alumni-to-its-leadership-team</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Diligent Robotics hired Cruise&#039;s former chief operating officer and former head of AI and robotics into c-suite positions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Diligent, Robotics, hires, two, notable, Cruise, alumni, its, leadership, team</media:keywords>
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<title>Google announces latest AI American Infrastructure Acadmey cohort</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-announces-latest-ai-american-infrastructure-acadmey-cohort</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Google on Thursday announced the second cohort to take part in its AI Academy American Infrastructure Academy, which seeks to support companies using AI to address issues such as cybersecurity, education, and transportation.  The four-month program is designed for companies at a seed to Series A stage and provides equity-free support and resources like leadership […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, announces, latest, American, Infrastructure, Acadmey, cohort</media:keywords>
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<title>Knox lands $6.5M to compete with Palantir in the federal compliance market</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/knox-lands-65m-to-compete-with-palantir-in-the-federal-compliance-market</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/knox-lands-65m-to-compete-with-palantir-in-the-federal-compliance-market</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While highly sought after, federal software contracts frequently come with a hidden cost: Achieving government SaaS security compliance, known as FedRAMP, can take years and require substantial resources. Achieving this certification typically takes up to three years and costs more than $3 million, covering everything from security operations engineer salaries to security audits, according to […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Knox, lands, 6.5M, compete, with, Palantir, the, federal, compliance, market</media:keywords>
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<title>LGND wants to make ChatGPT for the Earth</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lgnd-wants-to-make-chatgpt-for-the-earth</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lgnd-wants-to-make-chatgpt-for-the-earth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ LGND has raised $9 million to convert geographic data into vector embeddings to power AI models that understand the Earth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>LGND, wants, make, ChatGPT, for, the, Earth</media:keywords>
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<title>Microsoft is closing its local operations in Pakistan</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/microsoft-is-closing-its-local-operations-in-pakistan</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/microsoft-is-closing-its-local-operations-in-pakistan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft is closing its operations in Pakistan, marking the end of a 25-year presence in the South Asian nation. The Redmond-based company on Friday told TechCrunch that it is changing its operational model in Pakistan and will now serve its customers through resellers and “other closely located Microsoft offices.” “Our customer agreements and service will […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft, closing, its, local, operations, Pakistan</media:keywords>
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<title>Ready&#45;made stem cell therapies for pets could be coming</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ready-made-stem-cell-therapies-for-pets-could-be-coming</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ready-made-stem-cell-therapies-for-pets-could-be-coming</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Earlier this week, San Diego startup Gallant announced $18 million in funding to bring the first FDA-approved ready-to-use stem cell therapy to veterinary medicine. If it passes regulatory muster, it could create a whole new way to treat our fur babies. It’s still an experimental field, even though people have been researching stem cells for […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ready-made, stem, cell, therapies, for, pets, could, coming</media:keywords>
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<title>Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-faces-eu-antitrust-complaint-over-ai-overviews</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-faces-eu-antitrust-complaint-over-ai-overviews</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A group known as the Independent Publishers Alliance has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission over Google’s AI Overviews, according to Reuters. The complaint accuses Google of “misusing web content for Google’s AI Overviews in Google Search, which have caused, and continue to cause, significant harm to publishers, including news publishers in the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, faces, antitrust, complaint, over, Overviews</media:keywords>
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<title>Ask not for whom the Louvre of Bluesky tolls, it tolls for thee</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ask-not-for-whom-the-louvre-of-bluesky-tolls-it-tolls-for-thee</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ask-not-for-whom-the-louvre-of-bluesky-tolls-it-tolls-for-thee</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It’s a sad weekend over at Bluesky, where one of the best accounts has disappeared — though we can still hope for its resurrection. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ask, not, for, whom, the, Louvre, Bluesky, tolls, tolls, for, thee</media:keywords>
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<title>Drive Capital’s second act –  how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/drive-capitals-second-act-how-the-columbus-venture-firm-found-success-after-a-split</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/drive-capitals-second-act-how-the-columbus-venture-firm-found-success-after-a-split</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The venture capital world has always had a hot-and-cold relationship with the Midwest. Investors rush in during boom times, then retreat to the coasts when markets turn sour. For Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital, this cycle of attention and disinterest played out against the backdrop of its own internal upheaval several years ago -- a co-founder split that could have ended the firm but may have ultimately strengthened it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Drive, Capital’s, second, act, – , how, the, Columbus, venture, firm, found, success, after, split</media:keywords>
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<title>Qantas hack results in theft of 6 million passengers’ personal data</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/qantas-hack-results-in-theft-of-6-million-passengers-personal-data</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/qantas-hack-results-in-theft-of-6-million-passengers-personal-data</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Qantas, the largest airline in Australia, confirmed the theft of 6 million customers&#039; personal information. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Qantas, hack, results, theft, million, passengers’, personal, data</media:keywords>
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<title>Foxconn tells hundreds of Chinese staff to return from its Indian iPhone factories</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/foxconn-tells-hundreds-of-chinese-staff-to-return-from-its-indian-iphone-factories</link>
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<title>Rivian receives the next $1B from Volkswagen as sales struggles continue</title>
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<title>Tesla faces second straight year of falling sales after another bad quarter</title>
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<title>Microsoft will lay off 9,000 employees, or less than 4% of the company</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The app is Google&#039;s attempt to compete with ByteDance&#039;s popular CapCut editor. ]]></description>
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<title>As job losses loom, Anthropic launches program to track AI’s economic fallout</title>
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<title>Congress might block state AI laws for a decade. Here’s what it means.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A federal proposal that would ban states and local governments from regulating AI for 10 years could soon be signed into law, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and other lawmakers work to secure its inclusion into a GOP megabill ahead of a key July 4 deadline. Here&#039;s what&#039;s at stake. ]]></description>
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<title>Rob Biederman will help founders rethink how to scale at TechCrunch All Stage 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you’re a founder looking to grow your startup, chances are you’re wrestling with more than just product or capital. Talent, scale, and smart execution are the real battlegrounds. That’s exactly what TechCrunch All Stage 2025 is built to address on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. Rob Biederman, managing partner at Asymmetric Capital […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FBI, cybersecurity firms say a prolific hacking crew is now targeting airlines and the transportation sector</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The fresh wave of attacks targeting airlines comes soon after the hackers hit the U.K. retail sector and the insurance industry. ]]></description>
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<title>Uber and Waymo’s commercial robotaxi service is open for business in Atlanta</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Waymo and Uber are offering commercial robotaxi rides in Atlanta. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>US House bans WhatsApp from staff devices</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-house-bans-whatsapp-from-staff-devices</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. government has banned WhatsApp from devices used by U.S. House of Representatives staff, saying the app poses potential security risks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Google brings historical Street View imagery to Google Earth</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-brings-historical-street-view-imagery-to-google-earth</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Google announced on Tuesday that you can now access historical Street View imagery on Google Earth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Novoloop is making tons of upcycled plastic</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/novoloop-is-making-tons-of-upcycled-plastic</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Novoloop recently raised a $21 million Series B to begin building its first commercial scale plastic upcycling plant. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>How a data processing problem at Lyft became the basis for Eventual</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-a-data-processing-problem-at-lyft-became-the-basis-for-eventual</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Eventual&#039;s data processing engine Daft was inspried by the founders&#039; experience working on Lyft&#039;s autonomous vehicle project. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: The Builders Stage agenda is now live and taking shape</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/techcrunch-disrupt-2025-the-builders-stage-agenda-is-now-live-and-taking-shape</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Startups don’t build themselves. The Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, is where investors, operators, and founders come to talk tactics — the nitty-gritty of getting something off the ground and making it work. This year, we’re bringing some of the sharpest minds in the game […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>SpaceX’s Starship blows up ahead of 10th test flight</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacexs-starship-blows-up-ahead-of-10th-test-flight</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s the latest in a string of setbacks for the mega-rocket, which SpaceX hopes to use to build Starlink and one day go to Mars. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Robinhood founder who might just revolutionize energy (if he succeeds)</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-robinhood-founder-who-might-just-revolutionize-energy-if-he-succeeds</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ When Baiju Bhatt stepped away from his role as Chief Creative Officer at Robinhood last year, only those close to him could have predicted his next move: launching a space company built around tech that the aerospace industry has largely dismissed, and which might be more groundbreaking than anyone realizes. If people aren’t paying much […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Meta unveils its Oakley smart glasses</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ After months of rumors, Meta has officially announced its next pair of smart glasses with Oakley. ]]></description>
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