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TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire

TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’...

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation a...

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Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.

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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400...

The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.

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Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips

Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt...

Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials...

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Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option

Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option

The ability to add Venmo to Google Play comes as people are spending more money ...

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Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

Google Maps adds agentic features, including food order...

The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google...

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Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce

Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind ...

The startup's platform predicts what product a shopper wants next, learn their g...

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Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI

Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to sc...

Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its c...

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Ford’s new electric truck, ‘Fathom’, starts at $28,350

Ford’s new electric truck, ‘Fathom’, starts at $28,350

Due in "fall 2027," Ford said Thursday that it won't reveal what Fathom looks li...

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Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs

Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarkin...

Suno's watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on se...

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Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT

Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via C...

OpenAI's CEO seemed excited to share a "cool use case" for parents.

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Should you still buy your next smartphone — or subscribe to it instead?

Should you still buy your next smartphone — or subscrib...

Apple's new Upgrade program is the latest sign that smartphone ownership is chan...

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YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’

YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’

Green offered a remarkable apology, saying that "the level of dopamine that I've...

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Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps

Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘n...

Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify”...

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Inside the London hacker house taking a stand against founder burnout

Inside the London hacker house taking a stand against f...

How one founder house is betting work-life balance can beat burnout .