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<title>The Business Economic &#45; : Start Ups</title>
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<dc:rights>Copyright 2026. The Business Economic &#45; All Rights Reserved.</dc:rights>

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<title>Hugging Face confirms breach affected internal datasets and credentials, urges users to take action</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hugging-face-confirms-breach-affected-internal-datasets-and-credentials-urges-users-to-take-action</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hugging Face is urging users to rotate any access tokens stored on the platform and review account activity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to celebrate a huge year for the city’s startup community </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For the first time since 2024, StrictlyVC is coming back to New York City — and we&#039;re bringing the kind of access you’d expect from an under-wraps event to the whole startup, VC, and dealmaking community. ]]></description>
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<title>Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-paid-587m-for-ben-afflecks-ai-filmmaking-startup</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by Ben Affleck. ]]></description>
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<title>What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-to-watch-for-after-jensen-huangs-japan-visit</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan&#039;s entire tech ecosystem. ]]></description>
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<title>Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/can-an-apple-lawsuit-derail-openais-hardware-plans</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple&#039;s lawsuit will cast a shadow over OpenAi&#039;s much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public. ]]></description>
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<title>Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/apple-intelligence-approved-for-launch-in-china-with-alibaba-and-baidu</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The deal, which was rumored to be in the works last year, marks an important step for Apple&#039;s AI ambitions in a key market. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ultrahumans-former-hardware-vp-raises-55m-for-devices-that-control-ai-agents-not-just-record-you</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Aina is going to pilot a new device in the coming weeks. ]]></description>
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<title>Meta now alerts parents if their teen discussed suicide or self&#45;harm with its AI chatbot</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The updates come as Meta and other tech companies are facing scrutiny from regulators and parents around how AI chatbots respond to users in crisis, particularly teenagers. ]]></description>
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<title>Phone maker OnePlus says it won’t release new phones in the US and Europe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027. ]]></description>
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<title>Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/applied-computing-wants-to-give-oil-and-gas-operators-an-ai-model-for-the-entire-plant</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry. ]]></description>
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<title>US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Independent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported in May that a security researcher with cyber firm GitGuardian alerted him to reams of exposed passwords stored in a publicly accessible GitHub repository, which an employee of a CISA contractor had uploaded. ]]></description>
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<title>Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didnt-earn</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend Sophia Kianni is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation.  ]]></description>
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<title>Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ &quot;Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way,&quot; the company said in a blog post. &quot;We&#039;ve heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it&#039;s no longer available.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/blueskys-interim-ceo-toni-schneider-drops-the-interim</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is &quot;all in&quot; on the unconventional social media platform. ]]></description>
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<title>Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/apple-sues-openai-over-alleged-trade-secret-theft</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAI&#039;s senior leadership, including a longtime former employee. ]]></description>
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<title>Netflix invented binge&#45;watching. Now it may have outgrown it.</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-invented-binge-watching-now-it-may-have-outgrown-it</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A new report suggests Netflix viewers aren’t sticking around for Season 2. The bigger issue may be that binge-watching itself is no longer the advantage it once was. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The ‘first’ AI&#45;run ransomware attack still needed a human</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-first-ai-run-ransomware-attack-still-needed-a-human</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn&#039;t quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week&#039;s headlines suggested. ]]></description>
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<title>Hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hacktivists-call-out-trump-by-hacking-and-defacing-us-army-websites</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. Army has fixed two of its websites that were hacked to display messages calling President Trump a &quot;pedophile&quot; and a &quot;thief.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/savis-app-aims-to-protect-consumers-from-realistic-ai-scams-like-kidnappers-demanding-ransom</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday. ]]></description>
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<title>The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-first-american-autonomous-ground-vehicles-are-fighting-in-ukraine</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Forterra has deployed more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs in conflict zones in Ukraine. ]]></description>
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<title>Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/private-space-pilots-are-flying-orbital-missions-for-the-us-space-force</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ True Anomaly and Rocket Lab are performing Top Gun-style satellite fly-bys for the U.S. military. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/thiel-capitals-jack-selby-nabs-stakes-in-hot-startups-like-etched-through-arizona-connections</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Selby&#039;s VC firm, Copper Sky Capital, is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing. ]]></description>
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<title>Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/politician-who-investigated-spyware-abuses-had-his-phone-hacked-with-pegasus-spyware</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/politician-who-investigated-spyware-abuses-had-his-phone-hacked-with-pegasus-spyware</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A government customer of NSO Group used the company&#039;s Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry. ]]></description>
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<title>Last chance to apply — Startup Battlefield Australia applications close July 6</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/last-chance-to-apply-startup-battlefield-australia-applications-close-july-6</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you&#039;re going to apply for Startup Battlefield Australia, now is the time. Applications close July 6, and once the deadline passes, the opportunity is gone. ]]></description>
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<title>Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mark-zuckerberg-tells-staff-that-ai-agents-havent-progressed-as-quickly-as-hed-hoped</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated. ]]></description>
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<title>California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/california-law-targeting-loud-streaming-ads-takes-effect-on-july-1</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter. ]]></description>
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<title>Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ford-rehires-gray-beard-engineers-after-ai-falls-short</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ford-rehires-gray-beard-engineers-after-ai-falls-short</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.” ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ford, rehires, ‘gray, beard’, engineers, after, falls, short</media:keywords>
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<title>Pocket raises $11M in bet on rising demand for AI note&#45;taking devices</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/pocket-raises-11m-in-bet-on-rising-demand-for-ai-note-taking-devices</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/pocket-raises-11m-in-bet-on-rising-demand-for-ai-note-taking-devices</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pocket sells a $129 credit card-shaped puck, which sticks to the back of your phone, and promises unlimited recordings, transcriptions, and to-do items. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Pocket, raises, 11M, bet, rising, demand, for, note-taking, devices</media:keywords>
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<title>Omen AI’s plan to optimize data centers is all wet</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/omen-ais-plan-to-optimize-data-centers-is-all-wet</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/omen-ais-plan-to-optimize-data-centers-is-all-wet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Omen AI raised a $31 million Series A to monitor chip coolant and stop bacterial outbreaks in data centers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Omen, AI’s, plan, optimize, data, centers, all, wet</media:keywords>
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<title>Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/flipper-devices-new-busy-bar-is-a-customizable-display-for-productivity</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/flipper-devices-new-busy-bar-is-a-customizable-display-for-productivity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Flipper Device&#039;s new Busy Bar will retail for $249. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Flipper, Device’s, new, Busy, Bar, customizable, display, for, productivity</media:keywords>
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<title>Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/europe-is-pushing-back-on-washingtons-chip-war</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/europe-is-pushing-back-on-washingtons-chip-war</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now put off-limits. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Europe, pushing, back, Washington’s, chip, war</media:keywords>
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<title>Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/adobe-acquires-image-and-video-enhancement-tool-maker-topaz-labs</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/adobe-acquires-image-and-video-enhancement-tool-maker-topaz-labs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Adobe said that it will integrate Topaz Labs&#039; tools across its apps. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Adobe, acquires, image, and, video, enhancement, tool, maker, Topaz, Labs</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-ups-india-bet-with-fresh-13b-ai-infrastructure-investment</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amazon-ups-india-bet-with-fresh-13b-ai-infrastructure-investment</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Amazon’s latest India investment comes as global tech companies race to expand AI infrastructure in the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, ups, India, bet, with, fresh, 13B, infrastructure, investment</media:keywords>
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<title>Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used its tools anyway</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cellebrite-said-it-cut-off-russia-but-russia-used-its-tools-anyway</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cellebrite-said-it-cut-off-russia-but-russia-used-its-tools-anyway</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a phone-unlocking device made by Cellebrite, even after the company said it would stop selling to Putin’s government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cellebrite, said, cut, off, Russia, but, Russia, used, its, tools, anyway</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump admin proposes axing brake pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-admin-proposes-axing-brake-pedal-requirement-for-avs-in-a-boost-for-tesla</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-admin-proposes-axing-brake-pedal-requirement-for-avs-in-a-boost-for-tesla</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Transportation wants to remove the brake pedal requirement for vehicles &quot;designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, admin, proposes, axing, brake, pedal, requirement, for, AVs, boost, for, Tesla</media:keywords>
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<title>Aura’s impressive e&#45;ink photo frame doesn’t even look digital</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/auras-impressive-e-ink-photo-frame-doesnt-even-look-digital</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/auras-impressive-e-ink-photo-frame-doesnt-even-look-digital</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has completely refreshed this product space with its gorgeous Aura Ink frame, which uses e-ink to create a display that doesn’t even look digital. Digital frames have always been so popular […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Aura’s, impressive, e-ink, photo, frame, doesn’t, even, look, digital</media:keywords>
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<title>Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/every-fusion-startup-that-has-raised-over-100m</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/every-fusion-startup-that-has-raised-over-100m</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Every, fusion, startup, that, has, raised, over, 100M</media:keywords>
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<title>He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots.</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/he-made-your-free-video-player-run-smoothly-now-hes-doing-that-for-robots</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/he-made-your-free-video-player-run-smoothly-now-hes-doing-that-for-robots</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>made, your, free, video, player, run, smoothly., Now, he’s, doing, that, for, robots.</media:keywords>
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<title>From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn’t stop anyone</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/from-pgp-to-mythos-a-brief-history-of-export-controls-that-didnt-stop-anyone</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/from-pgp-to-mythos-a-brief-history-of-export-controls-that-didnt-stop-anyone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It&#039;s unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>From, PGP, Mythos:, brief, history, export, controls, that, didn’t, stop, anyone</media:keywords>
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<title>Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan’s biggest IPO of 2026. Here’s why it matters</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/go-eyes-robotaxis-and-acquisitions-after-japans-biggest-ipo-of-2026-heres-why-it-matters</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/go-eyes-robotaxis-and-acquisitions-after-japans-biggest-ipo-of-2026-heres-why-it-matters</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Go’s IPO — Japan’s biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country’s languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing app with the capital required to address an existential issue: Japan’s shortage of drivers. Go, which went public Tuesday, plans to use the ¥88.6 billion […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>eyes, robotaxis, and, acquisitions, after, Japan’s, biggest, IPO, 2026., Here’s, why, matters</media:keywords>
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<title>This startup’s super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chef’s knives</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-startups-super-metals-could-soon-be-in-military-drones-luxury-watches-and-chefs-knives</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-startups-super-metals-could-soon-be-in-military-drones-luxury-watches-and-chefs-knives</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Instead of heating metals, Foundation Alloy beats them into submission. The startup has raised $22 million to scale up production of its alloys. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>This, startup’s, super, metals, could, soon, military, drones, luxury, watches, and, chef’s, knives</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacex-to-acquire-cursor-for-60b-in-stock-days-after-blockbuster-ipo</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacex-to-acquire-cursor-for-60b-in-stock-days-after-blockbuster-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The deal is supposed to help SpaceX&#039;s struggling AI division. The company told IPO investors it sees a $26 trillion addressable market in AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, acquire, Cursor, for, 60B, stock, days, after, blockbuster, IPO</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX passes Amazon as valuation balloons to $2.7T</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacex-passes-amazon-as-valuation-balloons-to-27t</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacex-passes-amazon-as-valuation-balloons-to-27t</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SpaceX&#039;s valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, passes, Amazon, valuation, balloons, 2.7T</media:keywords>
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<title>Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/probably-raises-9m-to-build-a-more-reliable-kind-of-ai</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/probably-raises-9m-to-build-a-more-reliable-kind-of-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Probably, raises, 9M, build, more, reliable, kind</media:keywords>
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<title>India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/india-orders-temporary-ban-on-telegram-over-exam-fraud-concerns</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/india-orders-temporary-ban-on-telegram-over-exam-fraud-concerns</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The restrictions include a nationwide ban on Telegram until June 22 and a requirement to disable the app&#039;s message editing feature. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India, orders, temporary, ban, Telegram, over, exam, fraud, concerns</media:keywords>
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<title>Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/equal-ai-raises-30m-to-screen-calls-so-indians-dont-have-to</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/equal-ai-raises-30m-to-screen-calls-so-indians-dont-have-to</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Equal, raises, 30M, screen, calls, Indians, don’t, have</media:keywords>
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<title>Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cheaper-faster-and-culturally-aware-avataars-video-ai-is-built-for-indias-scale</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cheaper-faster-and-culturally-aware-avataars-video-ai-is-built-for-indias-scale</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Avataar AI&#039;s distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cheaper, faster, and, culturally, aware, Avataar’s, video, built, for, India’s, scale</media:keywords>
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<title>Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/theker-just-raised-85m-to-build-the-factory-robot-that-doesnt-specialize-in-anything</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/theker-just-raised-85m-to-build-the-factory-robot-that-doesnt-specialize-in-anything</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker&#039;s machines are built to be reconfigured. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Theker, just, raised, 85M, build, the, factory, robot, that, doesn’t, specialize, anything</media:keywords>
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<title>Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/jeff-bezoss-prometheus-raises-12b-to-build-an-artificial-general-engineer-for-the-physical-world</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/jeff-bezoss-prometheus-raises-12b-to-build-an-artificial-general-engineer-for-the-physical-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jeff, Bezos’s, Prometheus, raises, 12B, build, ‘artificial, general, engineer’, for, the, physical, world</media:keywords>
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<title>US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-surveillance-law-to-expire-for-first-time-after-lawmakers-reject-trumps-controversial-pick-to-lead-spy-agencies</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-surveillance-law-to-expire-for-first-time-after-lawmakers-reject-trumps-controversial-pick-to-lead-spy-agencies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The spy law known as Section 702, which authorizes the NSA and FBI&#039;s warrantless surveillance, will all but certainly expire on Friday for the first time. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>surveillance, law, expire, for, first, time, after, lawmakers, reject, Trump’s, controversial, pick, lead, spy, agencies</media:keywords>
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<title>Eventbrite and Vimeo owner Bending Spoons files to go public</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/eventbrite-and-vimeo-owner-bending-spoons-files-to-go-public</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/eventbrite-and-vimeo-owner-bending-spoons-files-to-go-public</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bending Spoons say its app caters to a user base of over 500 million monthly active users. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Eventbrite, and, Vimeo, owner, Bending, Spoons, files, public</media:keywords>
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<title>Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/massachusetts-votes-to-pass-new-privacy-rights-bill-that-bans-sale-of-precise-location-data</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/massachusetts-votes-to-pass-new-privacy-rights-bill-that-bans-sale-of-precise-location-data</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The bill is expected to blanket ban companies and startups from selling people&#039;s precise location data across the state. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Massachusetts, votes, pass, new, privacy, rights, bill, that, bans, sale, precise, location, data</media:keywords>
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<title>Uber, Wayve and Waymo are headed towards a robotaxi showdown in London</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/uber-wayve-and-waymo-are-headed-towards-a-robotaxi-showdown-in-london</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/uber-wayve-and-waymo-are-headed-towards-a-robotaxi-showdown-in-london</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Uber customers in the UK can now join an interest list to increase their chances of being matched with a Wayve robotaxi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Uber, Wayve, and, Waymo, are, headed, towards, robotaxi, showdown, London</media:keywords>
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<title>Is this the dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/is-this-the-dawn-of-the-tokenpocalypse</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/is-this-the-dawn-of-the-tokenpocalypse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We&#039;re likely to see more price increases as the big AI companies plan to go public. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Notion restores access to Anthropic after service disruption</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/notion-restores-access-to-anthropic-after-service-disruption</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Notion&#039;s head of product said he was &quot;astonished&quot; at “the amount of people RT-ing this.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Notion, restores, access, Anthropic, after, service, disruption</media:keywords>
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<title>Defense tech is flooded with money, but who’s built to last?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/defense-tech-is-flooded-with-money-but-whos-built-to-last</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Defense tech is red hot right now. Anduril and Mach Industries just doubled and quadrupled their valuations, respectively, and the U.S. government is proposing a 40% increase in defense budget. A wave of new startups is chasing those government contracts, but according to Ross Fubini, the venture investor who wrote Anduril’s first check, most of them will get lost in the Valley of Death between prototype contract […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Oura Ring 5 review: Thinner, lighter, better</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/oura-ring-5-review-thinner-lighter-better</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/oura-ring-5-review-thinner-lighter-better</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Ring 5, which Oura describes as the world’s smallest smart ring, is 40% smaller than its predecessor and starts at $399. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Oura, Ring, review:, Thinner, lighter, better</media:keywords>
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<title>Benchmark raises its first&#45;ever growth fund as part of $2B capital raise</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/benchmark-raises-its-first-ever-growth-fund-as-part-of-2b-capital-raise</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/benchmark-raises-its-first-ever-growth-fund-as-part-of-2b-capital-raise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The legendary abandons its more than 20 year tradition of keeping its funds to about $425 million. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Benchmark, raises, its, first-ever, growth, fund, part, 2B, capital, raise</media:keywords>
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<title>Quick commerce FirstClub doubles valuation to $255M in nine months</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/quick-commerce-firstclub-doubles-valuation-to-255m-in-nine-months</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/quick-commerce-firstclub-doubles-valuation-to-255m-in-nine-months</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bengaluru startup has crossed 1 million orders and reached a $50 million annualized GMV run rate within a year of launch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Quick, commerce, FirstClub, doubles, valuation, 255M, nine, months</media:keywords>
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<title>Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lovable-signs-multiyear-deal-with-google-cloud-to-up-usage-5x-source-says</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lovable-signs-multiyear-deal-with-google-cloud-to-up-usage-5x-source-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lovable and Google signed an expanded multiyear deal that involves a 5x expansion of Lovable&#039;s footprint on Google Cloud, and expanded access to Anthropic Claude. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lovable, signs, multiyear, deal, with, Google, Cloud, usage, 5x, source, says</media:keywords>
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<title>What happens in Vega$: steroids, swimmers, and a billion&#45;dollar hustle</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-happens-in-vega-steroids-swimmers-and-a-billion-dollar-hustle</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-happens-in-vega-steroids-swimmers-and-a-billion-dollar-hustle</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Enhanced Games — a singular sporting competition where a majority of the athletes were on performance enhancing drugs — may herald a new business model that the tech industry is ready to embrace. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, happens, Vega:, steroids, swimmers, and, billion-dollar, hustle</media:keywords>
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<title>SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/softbank-says-it-will-invest-up-to-75-billion-to-build-french-data-centers</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/softbank-says-it-will-invest-up-to-75-billion-to-build-french-data-centers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The goal, the firm said, is to develop and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SoftBank, says, will, invest, €75, billion, build, French, data, centers</media:keywords>
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<title>This weekend’s two biggest movies were both directed by YouTubers</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-weekends-two-biggest-movies-were-both-directed-by-youtubers</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-weekends-two-biggest-movies-were-both-directed-by-youtubers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The YouTube-to-prestige-horror pipeline is looking very strong. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>This, weekend’s, two, biggest, movies, were, both, directed, YouTubers</media:keywords>
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<title>Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/snap-alums-unveil-ghost-angels-fund</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/snap-alums-unveil-ghost-angels-fund</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next generation of social media. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Snap, alums, unveil, Ghost, Angels, fund</media:keywords>
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<title>‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token&#45;based billing spurs consternation among devs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-a-joke-github-copilots-new-token-based-billing-spurs-consternation-among-devs</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-a-joke-github-copilots-new-token-based-billing-spurs-consternation-among-devs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The golden age of Microsoft&#039;s Github Copilot appears to be at an end. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘What, joke’:, Github, Copilot’s, new, token-based, billing, spurs, consternation, among, devs</media:keywords>
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<title>Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/robinhood-now-lets-your-ai-agents-trade-stocks</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/robinhood-now-lets-your-ai-agents-trade-stocks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Robinhood will let users create a separate account with pre-loaded balance that an agent use to trade ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Robinhood, now, lets, your, agents, trade, stocks</media:keywords>
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<title>Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tech-ceos-are-apparently-suffering-from-ai-psychosis</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tech-ceos-are-apparently-suffering-from-ai-psychosis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;CEOs are uniquely prone to AI psychosis,&quot; Box CEO Aaron Levie opines. Maybe that explains the almost religious belief in AI productivity gains. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tech, CEOs, are, apparently, suffering, from, psychosis</media:keywords>
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<title>China is increasingly keeping its best AI talent to itself</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/china-is-increasingly-keeping-its-best-ai-talent-to-itself</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/china-is-increasingly-keeping-its-best-ai-talent-to-itself</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ China&#039;s AI boom is producing world-class talent, and Beijing is increasingly reluctant to let them go elsewhere. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>China, increasingly, keeping, its, best, talent, itself</media:keywords>
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<title>ClickHouse triples anualized revenue to $250M, charting a path toward an IPO</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/clickhouse-triples-anualized-revenue-to-250m-charting-a-path-toward-an-ipo</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/clickhouse-triples-anualized-revenue-to-250m-charting-a-path-toward-an-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The database provider is eyeing a public debut within the next few years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ClickHouse, triples, anualized, revenue, 250M, charting, path, toward, IPO</media:keywords>
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<title>YouTube will now automatically label AI videos</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-will-now-automatically-label-ai-videos</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-will-now-automatically-label-ai-videos</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ YouTube will now automatically label videos that use significant photorealistic AI, instead of relying solely on creators to disclose AI-generated content themselves. It&#039;s also making AI labels more prominent. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>YouTube, will, now, automatically, label, videos</media:keywords>
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<title>Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/peec-one-of-berlins-rising-startups-more-than-doubled-annualized-revenue-in-months-to-10m-sources-say</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/peec-one-of-berlins-rising-startups-more-than-doubled-annualized-revenue-in-months-to-10m-sources-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Peec, which helps brands track their presence in AI searches, offers proof of a key trend among European startups. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Peec, one, Berlin’s, rising, startups, more, than, doubled, annualized, revenue, months, 10M, sources, say</media:keywords>
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<title>AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-is-being-used-to-resurrect-the-voices-of-dead-pilots</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-is-being-used-to-resurrect-the-voices-of-dead-pilots</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ People used AI on a spectrogram image of cockpit recordings to reconstruct them, forcing the NTSB to temporarily block access to its docket system. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacex-launches-starship-v3-for-the-first-time-but-loses-booster-on-return</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacex-launches-starship-v3-for-the-first-time-but-loses-booster-on-return</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company had a mostly successful first launch of its upgraded Starship V3, which it needs to power its many ambitious goals in the years to come. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, launches, Starship, for, the, first, time, but, loses, booster, return</media:keywords>
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<title>Blue Origin cleared to fly New Glenn mega&#45;rocket after April mishap</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/blue-origin-cleared-to-fly-new-glenn-mega-rocket-after-april-mishap</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/blue-origin-cleared-to-fly-new-glenn-mega-rocket-after-april-mishap</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jeff Bezos&#039; rocket company confirmed an engine failure led to the loss of an AST SpaceMobile satellite last month, but offered little detail. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Blue, Origin, cleared, fly, New, Glenn, mega-rocket, after, April, mishap</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/elon-musk-has-given-up-on-solar-power-on-earth</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/elon-musk-has-given-up-on-solar-power-on-earth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Elon Muks&#039;s xAI has gone all in on natural gas, while SpaceX is obsessed with orbital data centers. What happened to the &quot;solar-electric economy&quot; he promised? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk, has, given, solar, power, on, Earth</media:keywords>
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<title>Theo Baker spent four years investigating Stanford. Before he leaves, here’s what he found.</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/theo-baker-spent-four-years-investigating-stanford-before-he-leaves-heres-what-he-found</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/theo-baker-spent-four-years-investigating-stanford-before-he-leaves-heres-what-he-found</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;There&#039;s a common refrain among [young] people in this world that it&#039;s easier to raise money for a startup right now than to get an internship. Which is remarkable, right?&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Theo, Baker, spent, four, years, investigating, Stanford., Before, leaves, here’s, what, found.</media:keywords>
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<title>OSHA probing worker death at SpaceX’s Starbase site</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/osha-probing-worker-death-at-spacexs-starbase-site</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/osha-probing-worker-death-at-spacexs-starbase-site</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The death is the latest worker safety issue at the Starbase facility, which has a higher injury rate than all other SpaceX sites. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OSHA, probing, worker, death, SpaceX’s, Starbase, site</media:keywords>
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<title>SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude — no PhD in computing required</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sandboxaq-brings-its-drug-discovery-models-to-claude-no-phd-in-computing-required</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sandboxaq-brings-its-drug-discovery-models-to-claude-no-phd-in-computing-required</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Other venture-backed companies like Chai Discovery and Isomorphic Labs have raced to build better models. SandboxAQ is betting that access is the bigger obstacle and that Claude solves it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SandboxAQ, brings, its, drug, discovery, models, Claude, —, PhD, computing, required</media:keywords>
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<title>Stilta raises $10.5M from a16z and YC to help companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/stilta-raises-105m-from-a16z-and-yc-to-help-companies-rediscover-the-patents-they-forgot-they-had</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/stilta-raises-105m-from-a16z-and-yc-to-help-companies-rediscover-the-patents-they-forgot-they-had</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Stilta announced Tuesday a $10 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors in the round include YC and operators from companies like OpenAI, Legora, and Lovable.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/solar-to-dominate-energy-by-2035-but-ai-data-centers-will-keep-fossil-fuels-in-business</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/solar-to-dominate-energy-by-2035-but-ai-data-centers-will-keep-fossil-fuels-in-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Costs for solar panels are expected to drop another 30% in the coming decade, helping the tech cement its lead in energy markets. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Even GoPro is pivoting to defense</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/even-gopro-is-pivoting-to-defense</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/even-gopro-is-pivoting-to-defense</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The action camera maker, like so many other companies these days, is looking to defense applications as it evaluates a possible sale. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Even, GoPro, pivoting, defense</media:keywords>
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<title>Meridian Ventures launched $35M fund to back MBA&#45;deferred founders</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meridian-ventures-launched-35m-fund-to-back-mba-deferred-founders</link>
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<title>Osaurus brings both local and cloud AI models to your Mac</title>
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<title>Indian Uber rival Rapido raises $240M at $3B valuation</title>
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<media:keywords>Indian, Uber, rival, Rapido, raises, 240M, 3B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>What the jury will actually decide in the case of Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Here&#039;s what the biggest tech court case of the year is all about. ]]></description>
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<title>There aren’t enough rockets for space data centers. Cowboy Space raised $275 million to build them.</title>
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<title>Venmo’s biggest makeover in years comes at a very interesting time</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/venmos-biggest-makeover-in-years-comes-at-a-very-interesting-time</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The timing is notable. PayPal, which owns Venmo, is restructuring to spin Venmo off as a standalone business unit — a move widely seen as laying the groundwork for a potential sale. Stripe has reportedly expressed interest in buying PayPal outright. ]]></description>
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<title>Korea’s biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/koreas-biggest-manufacturers-back-config-the-tsmc-of-robot-data</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Samsung, Hyundai and LG just bet on the startup that wants to be robotics&#039; data backbone. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>Korea’s, biggest, manufacturers, back, Config, the, TSMC, robot, data</media:keywords>
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<title>Get ready for the whisper&#45;filled office of the future</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/get-ready-for-the-whisper-filled-office-of-the-future</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/get-ready-for-the-whisper-filled-office-of-the-future</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ How will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Get, ready, for, the, whisper-filled, office, the, future</media:keywords>
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<title>Discord launches Nitro Rewards, giving subscribers access to the base tier of Xbox Game Pass for no extra cost</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/discord-launches-nitro-rewards-giving-subscribers-access-to-the-base-tier-of-xbox-game-pass-for-no-extra-cost</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/discord-launches-nitro-rewards-giving-subscribers-access-to-the-base-tier-of-xbox-game-pass-for-no-extra-cost</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Discord&#039;s Nitro Rewards program will give Nitro subscribers access to Xbox Game Pass, and discounts from Logitech, SteelSeries, and other gaming brands. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>Discord, launches, Nitro, Rewards, giving, subscribers, access, the, base, tier, Xbox, Game, Pass, for, extra, cost</media:keywords>
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<title>Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/five-architects-of-the-ai-economy-explain-where-the-wheels-are-coming-off</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with TechCrunch about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the possibility that the whole architecture that undergirds the tech is wrong. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>Five, architects, the, economy, explain, where, the, wheels, are, coming, off</media:keywords>
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<title>A 20&#45;minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-20-minute-pitch-wins-indian-startup-pronto-backing-from-lachy-groom</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>20-minute, pitch, wins, Indian, startup, Pronto, backing, from, Lachy, Groom</media:keywords>
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<title>China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open&#45;source AI skyrockets</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/chinas-moonshot-ai-raises-2b-at-20b-valuation-as-demand-for-open-source-ai-skyrockets</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/chinas-moonshot-ai-raises-2b-at-20b-valuation-as-demand-for-open-source-ai-skyrockets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Moonshot&#039;s annualized recurring revenue topped $200 million in April, driven by rapid growth in paid subscriptions and API usage. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>China’s, Moonshot, raises, 2B, 20B, valuation, demand, for, open-source, skyrockets</media:keywords>
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<title>Spotify wants to become the home for AI&#45;generated personal audio</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-wants-to-become-the-home-for-ai-generated-personal-audio</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-wants-to-become-the-home-for-ai-generated-personal-audio</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Users will be able to create a podcast from Codex or Claude Code and import it to Spotify ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotify, wants, become, the, home, for, AI-generated, personal, audio</media:keywords>
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<title>Spotify’s AI DJ now supports French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotifys-ai-dj-now-supports-french-german-italian-and-brazilian-portuguese</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotifys-ai-dj-now-supports-french-german-italian-and-brazilian-portuguese</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spotify&#039;s AI DJ feature now supports French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotify’s, now, supports, French, German, Italian, and, Brazilian, Portuguese</media:keywords>
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<title>Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/farewell-jeeves-askcom-shuts-down</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/farewell-jeeves-askcom-shuts-down</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Owner IAC says it&#039;s discontinuing its search business. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Farewell, Jeeves:, Ask.com, shuts, down</media:keywords>
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<title>Netflix delays Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ movie for big theatrical push in 2027</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-delays-greta-gerwigs-narnia-movie-for-big-theatrical-push-in-2027</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-delays-greta-gerwigs-narnia-movie-for-big-theatrical-push-in-2027</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;The Magician&#039;s Nephew&quot; looks like a big next step in Netflix&#039;s thawing relationship with movie theaters. ]]></description>
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<title>The best AI dictation apps, tested and ranked</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-best-ai-dictation-apps-tested-and-ranked</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ AI-powered dictation apps are useful for replying to emails, taking notes, and even coding through your voice ]]></description>
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<title>AI&#45;generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-generated-actors-and-scripts-are-now-ineligible-for-oscars</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Bad news for Tilly Norwood. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>AI-generated, actors, and, scripts, are, now, ineligible, for, Oscars</media:keywords>
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<title>This tiny, magnetic e&#45;reader could stop you from doomscrolling</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-tiny-magnetic-e-reader-could-stop-you-from-doomscrolling</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-tiny-magnetic-e-reader-could-stop-you-from-doomscrolling</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Xteink X3 is a delightfully tiny, MagSafe-compatible e-ink reader that attaches to the back of your phone like a Pop Socket. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>This, tiny, magnetic, e-reader, could, stop, you, from, doomscrolling</media:keywords>
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<title>Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-translate-now-lets-you-practice-pronunciation</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and India with support for English, Spanish, and Hindi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Google, Translate, now, lets, you, practice, pronunciation</media:keywords>
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<title>Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sri-lanka-discloses-another-missing-payment-days-after-hackers-stole-25m-from-its-finance-ministry</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The government of Sri Lanka has lost more than $3 million in two recent, separate cybersecurity incidents as the country continues to recover from its 2022 debt crisis. ]]></description>
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<title>Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/firestorm-labs-raises-82m-to-take-drone-factories-into-the-field</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A defense startup just raised $82 million to put drone factories inside shipping containers and bring manufacturing to the front lines. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>Firestorm, Labs, raises, 82M, take, drone, factories, into, the, field</media:keywords>
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<title>BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bmw-i-ventures-has-a-new-300m-fund-and-ai-is-riding-shotgun</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bmw-i-ventures-has-a-new-300m-fund-and-ai-is-riding-shotgun</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as industrial software, advanced materials, and manufacturing and supply chain technologies. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>BMW, Ventures, has, new, 300M, fund, and, riding, shotgun</media:keywords>
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<title>Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meet-shapes-the-app-bringing-humans-and-ai-into-the-same-group-chats</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meet-shapes-the-app-bringing-humans-and-ai-into-the-same-group-chats</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans.  ]]></description>
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<title>Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Steve Ballmer wrote a fiery letter in the sentencing of disgraced founder Joseph Sanberg documenting all the harm that&#039;s befalling him as an investor. ]]></description>
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<title>Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/palantir-is-reportedly-helping-the-irs-investigate-financial-crimes</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The IRS has used Palantir&#039;s software since at least 2018, The Intercept reports. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>Palantir, reportedly, helping, the, IRS, investigate, financial, crimes</media:keywords>
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<title>Cohere acquires, merges with Germany&#45;based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cohere-acquires-merges-with-germany-based-startup-to-create-a-transatlantic-ai-powerhouse</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Cohere, the Canada-based AI company that makes AI tools for businesses in regulated industries, announced Friday it would merge with Aleph Alpha, a German company that also builds AI systems for businesses and governments.  ]]></description>
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<title>Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre&#45;seed to build an AI social network in iMessage</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/two-college-kids-raise-a-51-million-pre-seed-to-build-an-ai-social-network-in-imessage</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Series, a social networking app that&#039;s grown popular on college campuses, announced a $5.1 million pre-seed round from some big names in tech. ]]></description>
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<title>Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>With US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Some lawmakers are calling for widespread reforms following years of surveillance scandals and abuses across successive U.S. administrations. But even if the spy law known as Section 702 expires on April 30, the government&#039;s spy powers will not automatically lapse. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>GRAI believes AI can make music more social, not replace artists</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/grai-believes-ai-can-make-music-more-social-not-replace-artists</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ AI music startup GRAI says fans want to remix tracks, not generate songs from scratch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>GRAI, believes, can, make, music, more, social, not, replace, artists</media:keywords>
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<title>Cash App is targeting a new kind of customer: 6&#45;12 year olds</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cash-app-is-targeting-a-new-kind-of-customer-6-12-year-olds</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Tech companies are constantly on the hunt for new customers, and Cash App, the fintech company owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block, believes it has found a promising new demographic: children. The company, which already offers financial services to teens, said this week that it is expanding its youth-focused services in an effort to build a […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>What’s the key to better vegan cheese? Microbreweries, one startup says</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/whats-the-key-to-better-vegan-cheese-microbreweries-one-startup-says</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ AuX Labs says it has found a better way to make vegan cheese that tastes and feels like the real thing — and costs the same. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Revolut eyes valuation of up to $200B in eventual IPO</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/revolut-eyes-valuation-of-up-to-200b-in-eventual-ipo</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Fintech giant Revolut, which secured a full banking license in the U.K. in March after years of waiting, was most recently valued at $75 billion in a secondary share sale. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Borja &amp;amp; Co. — Redefining Modern Luxury, Quietly but Powerfully</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/borja-co-redefining-modern-luxury-quietly-but-powerfully</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Meme Borja - International News Correspondent</dc:creator>
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<title>AI WORLD In Comeback Mode</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-world-in-comeback-mode</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back, AI WORLD! exclaimed tourists who once visited the resort before the Pandemic. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 15:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>9 Yards Technology Leading Software Development &amp;amp; Testing Company</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Today you can easily find manifold startups dedicated to IT Services, but 9 Yards Technology is not one of them. We are known to offer a wide array of IT services, including Web Development, App Development, Quality Testing, and IT Staffing, with a futuristic approach. 9 Yards Technology is a dream to reform the face of prevailing IT services globally and bring such advanced IT products into existence to revolutionize the IT industry worldwide. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Mobile App Development Software Development</media:keywords>
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