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		<title>As layoffs deepen, AI&#8217;s role in the cuts is murky – but it definitely has one</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/29/as-layoffs-deepen-ais-role-in-the-cuts-is-murky-but-it-definitely-has-one/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Layoffs season is extending into a sustained state, defying more typical formations of cyclical boom and bust periods in tech. Meanwhile, AI continues to be ascendant &#8212; or at least the current version of neural networks trained on large datasets that drives developments like OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT and Anthropic&#8217;s Claude. One topic keeps coming up in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s reluctant, punitive compliance with regulators will burn its political and developer goodwill</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/26/apples-reluctant-punitive-compliance-with-regulators-will-burn-its-political-and-developer-goodwill/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 20:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apple is on a roll when it comes to having its hand forced by state entities and governing bodies: Alternative payment methods, stripping features from existing hardware, allowing alternate app stores and genuine browser default competition — everywhere you turn it seems to be satisfying some reversal, owing either to trial judgments not going its [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>VR needs to build for its best use cases — not for all-around computing</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/23/vr-needs-to-build-for-its-best-use-cases-not-for-all-around-computing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;s Vision Pro launch resembles its Apple Watch debut in more ways than one, but to me the most telling similarity is in the marketing approach. Apple has striven to distance the Vision Pro from the existing crop of virtual reality (and even mixed reality) devices — many of which are objective failures — by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Forget Apple Vision Pro — rabbit r1 is 2024&#8217;s most exciting launch yet</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/19/forget-apple-vision-pro-rabbit-r1-is-2024s-most-exciting-launch-yet/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The year is off to a quick start in terms of new product launches and availability, even leaving aside the usual mid-tier smorgasbord that is CES. Apple just started pre-sales of its Vision Pro mixed reality headset, with shipments beginning in early February; meanwhile, Samsung debuted the next generation of the only viable iPhone competitor [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales ban to resume January 18</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/17/apple-watch-series-9-and-ultra-2-sales-ban-to-resume-january-18/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 20:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 sales will be halted again in the U.S. starting at 5 PM tomorrow, January 18, due to the rejection of a bid by Apple to have the sales ban paused throughout its appeal of an ITC decision that found its blood oxygen feature infringe on patents [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elon&#8217;s Tesla robot is sort of &#8216;ok&#8217; at folding laundry in pre-scripted demo</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/15/elons-tesla-robot-is-sort-of-ok-at-folding-laundry-in-pre-scripted-demo/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 19:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk&#8217;s Optimus humanoid robot from Tesla is doing more stuff &#8212; this time folding a t-shirt on a table in a development facility. The robot looks to be fairly competent when it comes to this task, but moments after Musk shared the video, he also shared some follow-up information which definitely dampens some of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s fix for the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales ban could be disabling a useless feature</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/15/apples-fix-for-the-apple-watch-series-9-and-ultra-2-sales-ban-is-disabling-a-useless-feature/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 18:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apple is readying a more permanent fix for the ITC ruling that ended up temporarily blocking sales of its Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Series 9 models in the U.S. (which are both now back on sale &#8212; though again, potentially temporarily). The proposed solution, discovered in a brief legal filing (via 9to5Mac) by the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The year of &#8216;does this serve us&#8217; and the rejection of reification</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/15/the-year-of-does-this-serve-us-and-the-rejection-of-reification/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[2024 has arrived, and with it, a renewed interest in artificial intelligence, which seems like it&#8217;ll probably continue to enjoy at least middling hype throughout the year. Of course, it&#8217;s being cheerled by techno-zealot billionaires and the flunkies bunked within their cozy islands of influence, primarily in Silicon Valley &#8212; and derided by fabulists who [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Will Apple&#8217;s Vision Pro launch be a Groundhog Day for immersive computing?</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/08/will-apples-vision-pro-launch-be-a-groundhog-day-for-immersive-computing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;s Vision Pro headset is set to finally launch in the U.S. on February 2, at a retail price of $3,499. At that price, there&#8217;s no doubt it&#8217;ll have limited appeal, which seems just fine with Apple given reports about their initial sales expectations. Apple originally announced Vision Pro last June at its annual developer [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>I broke my wrist: Meta Quest 3 and Supernatural helped me through</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/03/i-broke-my-wrist-meta-quest-3-and-supernatural-helped-me-through/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I broke my wrist (in a very stupid way, e-scooters are bad) and the prospect of a protracted recovery period with extremely limited mobility in that arm was really not something I was looking forward to. Generally, I&#8217;m an extremely active person who primarily enjoys weight training, and it&#8217;s a key [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AI isn&#8217;t and won&#8217;t soon be evil or even smart, but it&#8217;s also irreversibly pervasive</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/14/ai-isnt-and-wont-soon-be-evil-or-even-smart-but-its-also-irreversibly-pervasive/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=2641740</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence &#8212; or rather, the variety based on large language models we&#8217;re currently enthralled with &#8212; is already in the autumn of its hype cycle, but unlike crypto, it won&#8217;t just disappear into the murky, undignified corners of the internet once its &#8220;trend&#8221; status fades. Instead, it&#8217;s settling into a place where its use [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Xbox Cloud Gaming now available on Meta Quest 2, 3 and Pro</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/xbox-cloud-gaming-now-available-on-meta-quest-2-3-and-pro/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Xbox has brought is Cloud Gaming service to Meta Quest VR headset devices, as both companies said it would at the launch of the latest Quest 3 hardware earlier this year. The Xbox Cloud Gaming app has a beta label, and it&#8217;s limited to Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest Pro headsets (sorry OG Quest [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>With iMessage thanks to Beeper Mini, the OnePlus Open is my new favorite phone</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/05/imessage-on-android-oneplus-open/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=2637818</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Multi-platform messaging startup Beeper, founded by YC and Pebble alum Eric Migicovsky, delivered an iMessage experience for Android that doesn&#8217;t use any intermediaries and, as such, should be (always a big caveat here since we&#8217;re relying on the company&#8217;s word) private and secure. It has the potential to illuminate just how much lock-in value iMessage [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The end of Elon</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/01/the-end-of-elon/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Standing on the rear bed of his greatest boondoggle, his face obscured in shadow, the billionaire who built a rabid fanbase through seemingly inhuman feats of engineering and willpower cut a greatly reduced figure: Elon Musk was presiding over the first customer deliveries of a Tesla truck that, like most things Musk touched, was drastically [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>With AI chatbots, will Elon Musk and the ultra-rich replace the masses?</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/27/with-ai-chatbots-will-elon-musk-and-the-ultra-rich-replace-the-masses/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk is hyping the imminent release of his ChatGPT competitor Grok, yet another example of how his entire personality is just itself a biological LLM made by ingesting all of Reddit and 4chan. Grok already seems patterned in many ways off of the worst of Elon&#8217;s indulgences, with the sense of humor of a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>OpenAI will benefit from unity of purpose with Sam Altman&#8217;s return</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/22/openai-will-benefit-from-unity-of-purpose-with-sam-altmans-return/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 12:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=2632729</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI CEO. His reinstatement comes after a whirlwind few days in which we saw unusual corporate governance lead to an attempt to oust Altman, despite support from both Microsoft and the vast majority of OpenAI&#8217;s workforce. While the whole process was incredibly messy, the result [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Microsoft is the only real winner in the OpenAI debacle</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/20/microsoft-is-the-only-real-winner-in-the-openai-debacle/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OpenAI is in the process of fully collapsing on itself, following the ousting of former CEO Sam Altman in a shocking board decision. Exactly why the board decided to fire Altman is still unclear, but it seems increasingly likely that it was more about power-play shenanigans than anything else. What is clear is that Microsoft, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Building digital infrastructure for developing countries with Nasrat Khalid from Aseel</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/podcast/building-digital-infrastructure-for-developing-countries-with-nasrat-khalid-from-aseel/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 21:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Host Becca Szkutak is joined by our old friend Darrell Etherington to talk with Nasrat Khalid of Aseel.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Apple, it&#8217;s time to fold</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/06/apple-its-time-to-fold/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 20:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apple is relatively fresh off its annual iPhone refresh, having just released the iPhone 15 and 15 Pro in September. The hardware updates for this generation are solid and meaningful, but also iterative &#8212; meaning the iPhone from this year is very similar, in most meaningful ways, to the iPhone from last year. Meanwhile, Apple&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The iPhone 15&#8217;s best friend is an ultra-budget, stripped-down version of Apple Vision Pro</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/02/the-iphone-15s-best-friend-is-an-ultra-budget-stripped-down-version-of-apple-vision-pro/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darrell Etherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 18:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[iPhone 15 got USB-C, a great upgrade just for the sake of cable management sanity, but that also brought support for native video out. That means you can connect displays to the iPhone easily with a single cable and do fun stuff like output Netflix videos to your hotel TV, for instance &#8212; but it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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