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SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 06:30
Critical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045.
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Canadian pension giant joins race to fund India’s AI-fueled data center boom

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 05:38
The Canadian pension giant will acquire an 8.2% stake in CtrlS, a tech giant that operates more than 15 data centers across India.
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DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 05:14
With this acquisition, DeepL is opening an office in San Francisco to expand its U.S. business.
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Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 04:00
This will be the second market to have an Uber robotaxi service outfitted with Lucid EVs equipped with a self-driving system from Nuro.
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Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 04:00
Pinterest has launched 'Ask Pinterest,' an experimental AI-powered shopping app that lets users seek recommendations and inspiration through a conversational interface.
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Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 15:34
Anthropic's popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests.
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Apple plans to change its Hide My Email privacy feature that could make it less effective

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 15:09
In the coming weeks, Apple will move anonymously generated emails addresses to a different domain.
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Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 11:22
Qualcomm's CEO said today that the company is working on over 40 new AI hardware designs
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Bug in FIFA World Cup internal system gave anyone ability to modify TV stream

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 11:13
A security researcher said a flaw in FIFA’s online platforms allowed her to access several internal systems, including one that could have allowed her to take control of the TV stream of every World Cup match.
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Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 11:00
Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, introducing new multitasking features, parental controls, security tools, and smartwatch upgrades. The launch is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop that brings Google’s latest AI models to its devices.
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Rivian cuts hundreds of workers after R2 deliveries start

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 10:48
The company said the cuts were part of a restructuring meant to help scale to profitability. Rivian recently pushed back its profitability goal to invest in autonomy.
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Self-driving tech supplier Mobileye wants to be part of the robotaxi revolution — again

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 10:06
The Israeli tech company and Intel subsidiary said it will launch its own robotaxi service in a U.S. city in 2027.
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Snap finally debuts its long awaited AR glasses, Specs, and, oof, they aren’t cheap

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 10:00
After many years, Snap is finally launching its next consumer-focused smart glasses line.
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Sixty percent of U.S. consumers say ‘AI’ in brand messaging is a turnoff, survey finds

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 09:49
WordPress VIP’s latest survey suggests consumers are wary of AI-generated answers even as companies increasingly view AI search as an important referral channel.
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Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 08:35
African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave has hit a new valuation and landed blockchain company Ripple as investor and partner.
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DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 08:05
The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.
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Plaud says its software business topped $100M in ARR after shipping over 2M AI notetakers

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 08:00
Plaud is trying to make a mark in a crowded market full of AI-powered meeting notetakers.
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Robinhood’s note on 10% layoffs shows blaming AI isn’t cutting it

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 07:50
Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs citing the need to restructure to make the most of AI, Robinhood's CEO Vlad Tenev conspicuously made no mention of AI in his note about layoffs.
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SpaceX passes Amazon as valuation balloons to $2.7T

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 06:48
SpaceX's valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday.
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Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 06:15
Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.
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