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		<title>Even Honda is pivoting to data centers</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/even-honda-is-pivoting-to-data-centers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim De Chant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Honda wants in on the lucrative energy storage market. This week it began producing batteries destined for data centers, not driveways.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis Kalanick is back building a robotics company, and the talent wars and capital are heating up the same way they did the first time around. The money&#8217;s flowing back, and it&#8217;s the people who lived through that first [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lime raises $167M in IPO after years of teasing a public debut</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/lime-raises-167m-in-ipo-after-years-of-teasing-a-public-debut/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean O'Kane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The nine-year-old scooter and bike-share company has said it needs the funds to help pay down around $1 billion in liabilities. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/venice-ai-becomes-a-unicorn-with-65m-series-a-as-its-privacy-first-ai-platform-takes-off/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ram Iyer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Venice AI is already profitable, with annualized run-rate revenues of over $70 million, CEO Erik Voorhees said. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gemini Spark, Google&#8217;s agentic assistant, is now available on Mac</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/gemini-spark-googles-agentic-assistant-is-now-available-on-mac/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Google's 24/7 agentic assistant, Gemini Spark, comes to Mac alongside other improvements, like real-time tracking and support for more apps.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sony to end physical PlayStation game disc production in 2028</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/sony-to-end-physical-playstation-game-discs-in-2028/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Forristal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sony will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games beginning in 2028, as the company embraces an all-digital future. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Builders Stage agenda revealed: Practical strategies for scaling startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/builders-stage-agenda-revealed-practical-strategies-for-scaling-startups-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TechCrunch Events]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, bringing together 10,000+ founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations. and Q&#038;A on what it takes to build and scale successful companies. Register now to save up to $330.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meta, like SpaceX, looks to turn excess AI compute into cash</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/meta-like-spacex-looks-to-turn-excess-ai-compute-into-cash/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Bellan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business, selling access to AI compute power and models. The move would pit it against the big cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The &#8216;Father of the Internet&#8217; is finally retiring</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/the-father-of-the-internet-is-finally-retiring/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Fernholz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the protocols underlying the internet, will step down as Google's chief internet evangelist next week. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump drops restrictions on Anthropic&#8217;s Mythos and Fable models</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/trump-drops-restrictions-on-anthropics-mythos-and-fable-models/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Fernholz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration's erratic approach to AI policymaking has left companies across the industry with little clarity about what will govern future model releases. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/wayve-launches-85m-employee-tender-offer-at-8-5b-valuation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marina Temkin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wayve’s offering is part of a growing trend of AI startups using employee tenders as a strategic tool to attract and retain talent.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Startup Battlefield Australia application closes in days: Apply before July 6</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/last-chance-to-apply-startup-battlefield-australia-applications-close-july-6/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabelle Johannessen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3136531</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[What if one pitch changed everything? The next company nobody has heard of yet is building something that will matter. It could be yours.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>OpenClaw is finally available on Android and iOS</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/openclaw-is-finally-available-on-android-and-ios/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Ropek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3137864</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The free open source agentic program is finally invading your phone. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/the-deepmind-trio-who-built-a-poker-ai-are-now-making-money-for-quant-hedge-funds/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Heim]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3137627</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/realta-fusion-generates-electricity-directly-from-a-fusion-reaction-an-apparent-first/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim De Chant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“We can take power from a plasma,” Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch. The milestone shows “what’s possible,” he added.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/google-introduces-a-faster-cheaper-image-generator-with-nano-banana-2-lite/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Ropek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/clicks-shows-off-its-blackberry-inspired-phone-in-a-new-hands-on-video/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new video shows the final production version of the upcoming Clicks Communicator, a BlackBerry-like smartphone that runs modern apps. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/nvidia-competitor-etched-hits-5b-valuation-1b-in-sales-for-ai-chip/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Bort]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched says it has already booked $1 billion under contract for the inference systems powered by its chip.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/anthropic-launches-claude-sonnet-5-as-a-cheaper-way-to-run-agents/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Bellan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3137723</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 brings stronger agentic capabilities, lower pricing, and improved safety, positioning the model as a cheaper alternative to Opus, GPT-5.5, and Gemini Pro.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/acti-puts-ai-agents-directly-into-your-smartphone-keyboard/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Acti is betting the smartphone keyboard is the next home for AI assistants. The startup's new keyboard for iOS and Android works across apps and lets users create custom AI-powered shortcuts using natural language.]]></description>
		
		
		
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