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Rocket Lab continues buying spree by acquiring satellite company Iridium

Mon, 06/29/2026 - 08:02
The all-stock deal values Iridium at $8 billion, and gives Rocket Lab even more firepower to compete against Amazon and SpaceX.
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Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise

Mon, 06/29/2026 - 07:00
The startup, Proception, is taking a unique approach to collecting training data to tackle one of the hardest problems in robotics: hands.
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Pocket raises $11M in bet on rising demand for AI note-taking devices

Mon, 06/29/2026 - 06:16
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.
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Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity

Mon, 06/29/2026 - 06:00
Flipper Device's new Busy Bar will retail for $249.
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Omen AI’s plan to optimize data centers is all wet

Mon, 06/29/2026 - 06:00
Omen AI raised a $31 million Series A to monitor chip coolant and stop bacterial outbreaks in data centers.
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California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1

Sun, 06/28/2026 - 14:34
Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter.
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Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short

Sun, 06/28/2026 - 12:05
"Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.”
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Writer Ian Bogost says ‘The Small Stuff’ can help us reclaim our lives from dematerialization

Sun, 06/28/2026 - 10:03
Has Silicon Valley been building the wrong things?
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TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD

Sun, 06/28/2026 - 09:05
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
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Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia

Sun, 06/28/2026 - 08:00
Eager to find more public AI-related companies that may do as well as Nvidia, Wall Street investors think they've found a winner with Micron.
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Govee’s smart nugget ice maker makes every iced drink feel like a luxury

Sun, 06/28/2026 - 07:00
For some people, the ice in a beverage is almost as important as the drink itself. That’s the audience Govee had in mind when designing its latest ice maker, the GoveeLife Smart Nugget Ice Maker Pro. This $500 premium smart home gadget is aimed at those who crave what’s called “the good ice,” the soft, chewable […]
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Indian payments chief thinks AI will be heavily involved in next era of digital payment growth

Sat, 06/27/2026 - 22:00
Dilip Asbe said that newer UPI apps could be more competitive with a viable commercial model
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Instagram is testing more ways for users to customize ‘Your Algorithm’

Sat, 06/27/2026 - 14:27
Instagram users could soon see more ways to tune their content.
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SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk’s orbital data center hype

Sat, 06/27/2026 - 13:42
Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.
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Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly leaving for OpenAI

Sat, 06/27/2026 - 09:45
Paul Meade, the Apple vice president in charge of the Vision Pro headset, is reportedly leaving the company to join OpenAI’s hardware team.
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The fittest founder in the room got cancer. Here’s how he used AI to fight back.

Sat, 06/27/2026 - 07:00
When confronted with cancer, Connor Christou fed everything tied tied to his regime — blood results, scan data, wearable output, journal entries — into Claude.
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Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on

Sat, 06/27/2026 - 05:00
New models are launching in Asia that promise Mythos-like capabilities without fear of an export ban. U.S. AI labs may never recover this enormous market.
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Trump Admin releases Anthropic Mythos to be used by more than 100 US companies, agencies

Fri, 06/26/2026 - 18:01
Over 100 companies and government agencies are reportedly authorized to use Mythos 5, including their non-American employees.
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FTC gives Musk the OK to acquire SpaceX alumni startup Mesh

Fri, 06/26/2026 - 17:38
Mesh came out of stealth in February with a $50 million Series A.
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Corgi, the buzzy Y Combinator-backed insurance tech startup, says it didn’t steal an open source product

Fri, 06/26/2026 - 15:00
Corgi became embroiled in controversy when Papermark accused it of stealing its software. Corgi says it did not, raising new questions about vibe coding.
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