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Why people aren’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future

Sun, 08/16/2026 - 13:32
On the latest episode of Equity podcast, we discuss why not everyone is buying Zuckerberg’s vision.
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Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’

Sun, 08/16/2026 - 09:53
Dario Amodei is pushing back against the idea that he's been painting an overly pessimistic picture of AI.
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TechCrunch Mobility: The shifting flight path of electric air taxis

Sun, 08/16/2026 - 09:04
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery

Sat, 08/15/2026 - 14:29
The woman claimed that AI tools are "taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse."
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Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work

Sat, 08/15/2026 - 11:58
How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?
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SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition

Sat, 08/15/2026 - 09:30
AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX.
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How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked

Sat, 08/15/2026 - 09:10
A guide on how to check if hackers have broken into your accounts on the most popular AI platforms.
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Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M

Sat, 08/15/2026 - 06:15
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies. 
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Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 15:43
PayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm's new CEO attempts to turn the company around.
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Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 13:37
Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
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Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 12:33
The AI opportunity is huge but "it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment discipline," Kushner warns in his first-ever investment letter.
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What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on U.S. water utilities

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 12:04
Over the last couple of weeks, hackers have targeted and broken into the systems of several water plants in the United States. Here’s what we know and don’t know about this wave of attacks allegedly carried out by the Iranian government.
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Read-it-later app Pocket shut down down — here are the best alternatives

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 11:58
Pocket users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items, including lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights.
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Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can’t stop hitting snooze

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 09:21
Unforgetful, the latest app from longtime indie developer Marco Arment, is designed to make reminders harder to ignore — or accidentally dismiss.
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Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 09:13
Turning off this setting won't affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file
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Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’?

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 08:43
Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyone” rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equity’s […]
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Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 07:54
Apple is asking a federal judge to allow it to charge commissions of up to 15% on purchases made through external links in iOS apps.
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Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 07:50
The idea that GPUs are poorly suited for agentic workflows may be a misconception, according to French startup Kog.
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Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 07:05
Natural gas prices could triple in some parts of the U.S., which could saddle hyperscalers with massive bills to power their AI data centers.
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US courts will start publishing how often the government uses spyware

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 06:29
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts told TechCrunch that it will start disclosing how many times judges authorized the use of spyware to wiretap suspected criminals.
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