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		<title>Medicare&#8217;s new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/medicares-new-payment-model-is-built-for-ai-and-most-of-the-tech-world-has-no-idea/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Loizos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450M</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/kevin-hartzs-a-just-closed-its-third-fund-with-450-million/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic-Madori Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The firm takes a generalist approach, backing companies across categories such as AI applications, fintech, healthcare, and security. The average check size for this fund will be between $3 million and $5 million, with the aim to back at least 30 startups. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/former-tesla-exec-and-heron-power-ceo-drew-baglino-has-founded-a-heat-pump-startup/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim De Chant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3121632</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Sadi Thermal Machines is Drew Baglino's second startup since leaving Tesla in 2024.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/musk-mulled-handing-openai-to-his-children-altman-testifies/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Fernholz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Altman said that Musk's focus on controlling the initial for-profit gave him pause because OpenAI was dedicated to keeping advanced AI out of the hands of a single person, and Altman, with his experience running the prominent startup accelerator Y Combinator, knew "founders who had control usually did not give it up."]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/anthropic-warns-investors-against-secondary-platforms-offering-access-to-its-shares/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ram Iyer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA["Any sale or transfer of Anthropic stock, or any interest in Anthropic stock, offered by these firms is void and will not be recognized on our books and records," the company's support page reads.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Potholes cost cities millions: This company is using AI and trucks to fix them</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/potholes-cost-cities-millions-samsara-using-ai-trucks-fix/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean O'Kane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[potholes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3121274</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Fleet management company Samsara has developed an AI model to detect different kinds of potholes and gauge how fast they're deteriorating.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/report-google-and-spacex-in-talks-to-put-data-centers-into-orbit/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Bellan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/everything-google-announced-at-its-android-show-from-googlebooks-to-vibe-coded-widgets/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez, Ivan Mehta, Aisha Malik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The AI legal services industry is heating up — Anthropic is getting in on the action</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/the-ai-legal-services-industry-is-heating-up-anthropic-is-getting-in-on-the-action/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Ropek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Claude]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anthropic's new tools are designed to help law firms automate specific clerical functions — things like document search and review, case law resources, deposition prep, document drafting, and other related areas. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Google adds Gemini-powered dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/google-adds-gemini-powered-dictation-to-gboard-which-could-be-bad-news-for-dictation-startups/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Google's transcription feature will initially launch with Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/android-adds-a-feature-to-stop-you-from-doomscrolling/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive scrolling habits.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Google unveils Googlebook, a new line of AI-native laptops</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/google-unveils-googlebooks-a-new-line-of-ai-native-laptops/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aisha Malik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[googlebooks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3121293</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The company says Googlebooks, which are launching this fall, are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence to offer personal and proactive help.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Google&#8217;s &#8216;Create My Widget&#8217; feature will let you vibe-code your own widgets</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/googles-create-my-widget-feature-will-let-you-vibe-code-your-own-widgets/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aisha Malik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To create a widget, users will be able to describe what they want using natural language. For example, you could ask the feature to "suggest three high-protein meal prep recipes every week" in order to get a custom dashboard that you can add and resize on your home screen.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Google brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/google-brings-agentic-ai-and-vibe-coded-widgets-to-android/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3121517</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Gemini Intelligence will also include Gboard-based dictation and form-filling capabilities.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Google launches new Android security feature to help uncover spyware attacks</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/google-launches-new-android-security-feature-to-help-uncover-spyware-attacks/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3121576</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Intrusion Logging is a new part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which aims to help protect human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents from government spyware attack and law enforcement forensic devices.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Indigo brings the open social web to one app</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/indigo-brings-the-open-social-web-to-one-app/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Indigo's new social app lets you cross-post to the open social web, including Mastodon and Bluesky, and browse a unified timeline.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US bank discloses security lapse after sharing customer data with AI app</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/us-bank-discloses-security-lapse-after-sharing-customer-data-with-ai-app/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Community Bank, which operates in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, disclosed a cybersecurity incident that exposed customers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/threads-tests-a-meta-ai-integration-that-works-similarly-to-grok/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aisha Malik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The feature is designed to help people get real-time context about trends and breaking stories, as well as receive recommendations, all within conversations. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Exaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for catching and stopping cyberattacks as they happen</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/exaforce-raises-125m-series-b-to-build-ai-for-catching-and-stopping-cyberattacks-as-they-happen/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marina Temkin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As bad actors weaponize AI to exploit software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, companies are increasingly recognizing the need to bolster their cybersecurity defenses. The round valued the three-year-old startup at $725 million. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Waymo issues recall to deal with a flooding problem</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/waymo-issues-recall-to-deal-with-a-flooding-problem/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean O'Kane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Waymo has issued a software recall that makes its robotaxis more cautious around flooded areas. A "final remedy" is in the works.]]></description>
		
		
		
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