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		<title>In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/in-the-weights-is-your-new-ai-centric-vanity-search/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Ha]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So ... what's your In the Weights score?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Founders Fund&#8217;s outlier bet on humanely killed fish</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/founders-funds-outlier-bet-on-humanely-killed-fish/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Loizos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/nobel-laureate-john-jumper-is-leaving-deepmind-for-rival-anthropic/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Ha]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jumper isn't the only big name leaving Google DeepMind.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Every new iOS 27 feature that&#8217;s worth knowing about</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/every-new-ios-27-feature-thats-worth-knowing-about/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Forristal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While it's not flashy like Apple’s new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence upgrades, there are still a number of additions to iOS 27 worth looking at. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he&#8217;s doing that for robots.</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/he-made-your-free-video-player-run-smoothly-now-hes-doing-that-for-robots/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Heim]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kyber]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[physical ai]]></category>
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					<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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		<title>From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn&#8217;t stop anyone</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/encryption-spyware-and-now-mythos-history-shows-why-cyber-export-control-doesnt-work/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthropic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan&#8217;s biggest IPO of 2026 — here&#8217;s why it matters</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/go-eyes-robotaxis-and-acquisitions-after-japans-biggest-ipo-of-2026-heres-why-it-matters/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Park]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<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.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Aura&#8217;s impressive e-ink photo frame doesn&#8217;t even look digital</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/auras-impressive-e-ink-photo-frame-doesnt-even-look-digital/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Silberling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;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&#8217;t even look digital. Digital frames have always been so popular [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/every-fusion-startup-that-has-raised-over-100m/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim De Chant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<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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		<title>Is the US government&#8217;s Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/video/is-the-us-governments-anthropic-ban-accidentally-helping-the-brand/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Theresa Loconsolo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just as last week&#160;was ending,&#160;the US government&#160;forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5&#8217;s guardrails.&#160; Cybersecurity researchers have&#160;since signed an open letter&#160;calling&#160;the move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the same jailbreaks exist in other models.&#160;So&#160;is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/billionaire-ambani-wants-ai-in-every-call-app-and-home/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mukesh Ambani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reliance Jio Platforms]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The CEO of Allbirds&#8217; new AI biz has a plan, but no team</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/the-ceo-of-allbirds-new-ai-biz-has-a-plan-but-no-employees/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Fernholz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what's next is less clear.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The US says ASML&#8217;s top chip tool may be in China, but how?</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/the-us-says-asmls-top-chip-tool-may-be-in-china-asml-says-it-isnt/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Loizos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christophe Fouquet]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There's a commercial logic that cuts against the idea that ASML would risk its export license to arm a Chinese customer.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/telegram-ban-in-india-sparks-a-rush-to-vpns-rival-apps/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed Deductive AI for up to $85M</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/source-elastic-agrees-to-buy-crv-backed-deductiveai-for-up-to-85m/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marina Temkin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deductive AI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega-round</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/ai-inference-startup-baseten-reportedly-raising-1-5b-months-after-its-last-mega-round/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic-Madori Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush" marches on.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/snap-spins-off-ai-video-team-into-new-company-dotmo-due-to-costs/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Ropek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be composed of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development.  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO </title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/openai-is-bringing-on-some-big-guns-in-the-lead-up-to-its-ipo/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Bellan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dean ball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noam Shazeer]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The 11 standout startups from YC&#8217;s Demo Day, according to VCs</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/the-11-standout-startups-from-ycs-demo-day-according-to-vcs/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marina Temkin, Dominic-Madori Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TechCrunch spoke to investors to find the hottest startups in the Spring 2026 YC batch. Some of them commanded valuations of over $175 million, VCs said.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rivian owners file lawsuit alleging false promises on self-driving features</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/rivian-owners-file-lawsuit-alleging-false-promises-on-self-driving-features/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirsten Korosec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plaintiffs in the class -action complaint allege Rivian falsely promised for years it would bring hands-free driving to its first-generation R1 vehicles. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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