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<title>On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Elon Musk took the stand for the second day for his attempt to legally dismantle OpenAI. ]]></description>
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<title>Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The maker of Claude has received multiple pre-emptive offers at valuations in the $850 billion to $900 billion range, according to sources familiar with the matter. ]]></description>
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<title>Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending</title>
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<title>Amazon, Meta join fight to end Google Pay, PhonePe dominance in India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ PhonePe and Google Pay command 80% of India&#039;s UPI instant payments network. Rivals are set to meet with regulators to lobby for restrictions. ]]></description>
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<title>SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ You need infrastructure to build AI a and robots, but apparently you also need AI and robots to build infrastructure. ]]></description>
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<title>Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ We visited Scout AI&#039;s training ground where it&#039;s working on AI agents that give individual soldiers control of  fleets of autonomous vehicles. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:50:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Match Group invests $100M in Sniffies, a cruising app for gay men</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/match-group-invests-100m-in-sniffies-a-cruising-app-for-gay-men</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The app is Match Group&#039;s newest attempt to get mobile users excited about online romance again. ]]></description>
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<title>Amazon launches an AI&#45;powered audio Q&amp;amp;A experience on product pages</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Amazon&#039;s new &quot;Join the chat&quot; feature lets you ask questions about products and receive AI-powered audio responses. ]]></description>
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<title>Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A day after OpenAI got Microsoft to agree to end exclusive rights, AWS announced a slate of OpenAI model offerings, including a new agent service. ]]></description>
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<title>At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s a story Musk has told before -- in interviews and to author Walter Isaacson for his bestselling biography of Musk -- but Tuesday was the first time he said it under oath. ]]></description>
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<title>How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Geopolitical turmoil has made venture investing challenging, leading Kompas VC to carve out a niche in startups focused on the physical world. ]]></description>
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<title>OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-ends-microsoft-legal-peril-over-its-50b-amazon-deal</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft gets more cash in a revenue-share agreement. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:06:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Consumers lost $2.1B to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/consumers-lost-21b-to-social-media-scams-in-2025-ftc-reports</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The agency reports that losses from social media scams have increased eightfold and that social media scams resulted in higher losses than any other method scammers used to contact consumers. ]]></description>
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<title>Letterboxd, the social platform for film buffs, reportedly looking for new owner</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/letterboxd-the-social-platform-for-film-buffs-reportedly-looking-for-new-owner</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Potential buyers of Letterboxd include Versant, the parent company of CNBC and MS NOW, and Hollywood media company The Ankler, according to Semafor. ]]></description>
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<title>India’s Snabbit closes $56M round as investor interest in on&#45;demand home services heats up</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-snabbit-closes-56m-round-as-investor-interest-in-on-demand-home-services-heats-up</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Snabbit now processes over 40,000 daily jobs and has cut costs sharply as it expands across cities and services. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>India’s, Snabbit, closes, 56M, round, investor, interest, on-demand, home, services, heats</media:keywords>
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<title>Drizzle on top: a new high&#45;end dog food brand is coming for the 1%</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/drizzle-on-top-a-new-high-end-dog-food-brand-is-coming-for-the-1</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/drizzle-on-top-a-new-high-end-dog-food-brand-is-coming-for-the-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Golden Child is launching with two &quot;five-star&quot; products: a fresh frozen meal system and, more intriguingly, a &quot;drizzle.&quot; It has also raised $37 million in funding. ]]></description>
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<title>TechCrunch Mobility: Elon’s admission</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-elons-admission</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:02:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>What Tim Cook built</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/what-tim-cook-built</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss how Apple has changed since Cook became CEO in 2011, and what challenges incoming CEO John Ternus will be facing. ]]></description>
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<title>Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazons-new-podcast-strategy-monetize-everything</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Amazon&#039;s podcasting business seems to have transformed over the past six months. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Stanford freshmen who want to rule the world . . . will probably read this book and try even harder</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Can a book like this actually change anything? Or does the spotlight, as it always seems to, send more students racing to the place? ]]></description>
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<title>Truecaller faces mounting pressures as its growth matures</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/truecaller-faces-mounting-pressures-as-its-growth-matures</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ As growth slows, Truecaller is leaning on subscriptions, business services, and new features to sustain momentum beyond India. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/why-cohere-is-merging-with-aleph-alpha</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Lidl’s owner, Schwarz Group. With the blessing of their governments, the companies intend to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The climate tech IPO window could finally be cracking open</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-climate-tech-ipo-window-could-finally-be-cracking-open</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-climate-tech-ipo-window-could-finally-be-cracking-open</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nuclear startup X-energy went public, geothermal startup Fervo is about to. Could this be the moment that climate tech investors have been waiting for? ]]></description>
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<title>OpenAI CEO apologizes to Tumbler Ridge community</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-ceo-apologizes-to-tumbler-ridge-community</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a letter to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is “deeply sorry” that his company failed to alert law enforcement about the suspect in a recent mass shooting. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Maine’s governor vetoes data center moratorium</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ L.D. 307 would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centers — lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027. ]]></description>
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<title>Anthropic created a test marketplace for agent&#45;on&#45;agent commerce</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals for real goods and real money. ]]></description>
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<title>Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre&#45;seed to build an AI social network in iMessage</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/two-college-kids-raise-a-51-million-pre-seed-to-build-an-ai-social-network-in-imessage</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Series, a social networking app that&#039;s grown popular on college campuses, announced a $5.1 million pre-seed round from some big names in tech. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:02:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Two, college, kids, raise, 5.1, million, pre-seed, build, social, network, iMessage</media:keywords>
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<title>Cohere acquires, merges with Germany&#45;based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/cohere-acquires-merges-with-germany-based-startup-to-create-a-transatlantic-ai-powerhouse</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/cohere-acquires-merges-with-germany-based-startup-to-create-a-transatlantic-ai-powerhouse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Cohere, the Canada-based AI company that makes AI tools for businesses in regulated industries, announced Friday it would merge with Aleph Alpha, a German company that also builds AI systems for businesses and governments.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:02:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cohere, acquires, merges, with, Germany-based, startup, create, ‘transatlantic, powerhouse’</media:keywords>
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<title>Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/palantir-is-reportedly-helping-the-irs-investigate-financial-crimes</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/palantir-is-reportedly-helping-the-irs-investigate-financial-crimes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The IRS has used Palantir&#039;s software since at least 2018, The Intercept reports. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:02:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Palantir, reportedly, helping, the, IRS, investigate, financial, crimes</media:keywords>
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<title>Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/steve-ballmer-blasts-founder-he-backed-who-pleaded-guilty-to-fraud-i-was-duped-and-feel-silly</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/steve-ballmer-blasts-founder-he-backed-who-pleaded-guilty-to-fraud-i-was-duped-and-feel-silly</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Steve Ballmer wrote a fiery letter in the sentencing of disgraced founder Joseph Sanberg documenting all the harm that&#039;s befalling him as an investor. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:02:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Steve, Ballmer, blasts, founder, backed, who, pleaded, guilty, fraud:, ‘I, was, duped, and, feel, silly’</media:keywords>
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<title>Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/lachy-groom-to-back-india-startup-pronto-at-a-200m-valuation-sources-say</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/lachy-groom-to-back-india-startup-pronto-at-a-200m-valuation-sources-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This round, should it occur, would double the house-help startup&#039;s valuation in a matter of weeks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:02:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lachy, Groom, back, India, startup, Pronto, 200M, valuation, sources, say</media:keywords>
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<title>These are the countries moving to ban social media for children</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/these-are-the-countries-moving-to-ban-social-media-for-children</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/these-are-the-countries-moving-to-ban-social-media-for-children</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:06:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>These, are, the, countries, moving, ban, social, media, for, children</media:keywords>
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<title>Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/redwood-materials-loses-coo-amid-layoffs-restructuring</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/redwood-materials-loses-coo-amid-layoffs-restructuring</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restructuring, TechCrunch has learned. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:06:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Redwood, Materials, loses, COO, amid, layoffs, restructuring</media:keywords>
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<title>Authorities arrest special forces soldier who allegedly made $400K on Polymarket bet involving Maduro operation</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/authorities-arrest-special-forces-soldier-who-allegedly-made-400k-on-polymarket-bet-involving-maduro-operation</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/authorities-arrest-special-forces-soldier-who-allegedly-made-400k-on-polymarket-bet-involving-maduro-operation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The soldier is accused of using classified government information to inform a wager on the prediction market Polymarket. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:06:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Authorities, arrest, special, forces, soldier, who, allegedly, made, 400K, Polymarket, bet, involving, Maduro, operation</media:keywords>
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<title>Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/bob-iger-rejoins-thrive-capital-as-advisor-after-disney-exit</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/bob-iger-rejoins-thrive-capital-as-advisor-after-disney-exit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The former Disney CEO hold a stake in Thrive, and has previously held the role of the venture partner at the firm. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:06:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bob, Iger, rejoins, Thrive, Capital, advisor, after, Disney, exit</media:keywords>
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<title>Porsche is adding an all&#45;electric Cayenne coupe to its lineup</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/porsche-is-adding-an-all-electric-cayenne-coupe-to-its-lineup</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/porsche-is-adding-an-all-electric-cayenne-coupe-to-its-lineup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Porsche will start selling the Cayenne Coupe Electric in late summer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:06:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Porsche, adding, all-electric, Cayenne, coupe, its, lineup</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self&#45;Driving’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musk-admits-millions-of-tesla-owners-need-upgrades-for-true-full-self-driving</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musk-admits-millions-of-tesla-owners-need-upgrades-for-true-full-self-driving</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The admission could open Tesla to legal challenges after it spent years promising customers they were just one software update away from owning fully autonomous cars. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk, admits, millions, Tesla, owners, need, upgrades, for, true, ‘Full, Self-Driving’</media:keywords>
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<title>Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-updates-workspace-to-make-ai-your-new-office-intern</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-updates-workspace-to-make-ai-your-new-office-intern</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google has introduced a host of new automated functions into Workspace, all of which are driven by Workspace Intelligence, its new AI system. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, updates, Workspace, make, your, new, office, intern</media:keywords>
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<title>Tesla just increased its spending plan to $25B — here’s where the money is going</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/tesla-just-increased-its-spending-plan-to-25b-heres-where-the-money-is-going</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/tesla-just-increased-its-spending-plan-to-25b-heres-where-the-money-is-going</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tesla&#039;s planned capex for 2026 is three times higher than what the company has historically spent. Its CFO said, as a result, Tesla will have a negative free cash flow the rest of the year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tesla, just, increased, its, spending, plan, 25B, —, here’s, where, the, money, going</media:keywords>
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<title>Shade lands $14M to let creative teams search their video libraries in plain English</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/shade-lands-14m-to-let-creative-teams-search-their-video-libraries-in-plain-english</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/shade-lands-14m-to-let-creative-teams-search-their-video-libraries-in-plain-english</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Shade has its own filesystem that lets you &quot;stream&quot; files directly to your local drive ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Shade, lands, 14M, let, creative, teams, search, their, video, libraries, plain, English</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-app-market-is-booming-but-global-platforms-are-capturing-most-of-the-gains</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-app-market-is-booming-but-global-platforms-are-capturing-most-of-the-gains</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India&#039;s spending per user lags global peers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India’s, app, market, booming, —, but, global, platforms, are, capturing, most, the, gains</media:keywords>
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<title>Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple: Here’s a look at his 15&#45;year legacy, from new products and services to China expansion</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/tim-cook-is-stepping-down-as-ceo-of-apple-heres-a-look-at-his-15-year-legacy-from-new-products-and-services-to-china-expansion</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/tim-cook-is-stepping-down-as-ceo-of-apple-heres-a-look-at-his-15-year-legacy-from-new-products-and-services-to-china-expansion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Cook, who joined Apple in 1998, succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO in 2011 and went on to transform Apple into a $4 trillion powerhouse.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tim, Cook, stepping, down, CEO, Apple:, Here’s, look, his, 15-year, legacy, from, new, products, and, services, China, expansion</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60B</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/spacex-is-working-with-cursor-and-has-an-option-to-buy-the-startup-for-60b</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/spacex-is-working-with-cursor-and-has-an-option-to-buy-the-startup-for-60b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The move could shore up weaknesses at each company, but it also reveals them. Neither Cursor nor xAI has proprietary models that can match the leading offerings from Anthropic and OpenAI — the same companies now competing directly with Cursor for the developer market. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, working, with, Cursor, and, has, option, buy, the, startup, for, 60B</media:keywords>
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<title>Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropic’s exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/unauthorized-group-has-gained-access-to-anthropics-exclusive-cyber-tool-mythos-report-claims</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/unauthorized-group-has-gained-access-to-anthropics-exclusive-cyber-tool-mythos-report-claims</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic told TechCrunch it is investigating the claims, but maintains that there is no evidence that its systems have been impacted. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Unauthorized, group, has, gained, access, Anthropic’s, exclusive, cyber, tool, Mythos, report, claims</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/meta-will-record-employees-keystrokes-and-use-it-to-train-its-ai-models</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/meta-will-record-employees-keystrokes-and-use-it-to-train-its-ai-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta says that it has a new internal tool that is converting mouse movements and button clicks into data that can train its AI models. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, will, record, employees’, keystrokes, and, use, train, its, models</media:keywords>
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<title>Redwood Materials lays off 10% in restructuring to chase energy storage business</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/redwood-materials-lays-off-10-in-restructuring-to-chase-energy-storage-business</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/redwood-materials-lays-off-10-in-restructuring-to-chase-energy-storage-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is restructuring some teams to accommodate a booming energy storage business, according to emails viewed by TechCrunch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Redwood, Materials, lays, off, 10, restructuring, chase, energy, storage, business</media:keywords>
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<title>Google Photos adds new touch&#45;up tools for ‘quick’ fixes</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-photos-adds-new-touch-up-tools-for-quick-fixes</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-photos-adds-new-touch-up-tools-for-quick-fixes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ You can use the new tools to remove blemishes, refine skin texture, brighten eyes, or whiten teeth in photos. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Photos, adds, new, touch-up, tools, for, ‘quick’, fixes</media:keywords>
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<title>Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/tim-cook-stepping-down-as-apple-ceo-john-ternus-taking-over</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/tim-cook-stepping-down-as-apple-ceo-john-ternus-taking-over</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The transition has been expected for some time and ends one of the longer and more impactful runs a CEO has had at any company. Cook had inherited a company that many industry watchers and enthusiasts struggled to separate from its famed founder. What he leaves behind is a $4 trillion business with annual revenue that has more than quadrupled on his watch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tim, Cook, stepping, down, Apple, CEO, John, Ternus, taking, over</media:keywords>
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<title>Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in 7 new countries</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-rolls-out-gemini-in-chrome-in-7-new-countries</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-rolls-out-gemini-in-chrome-in-7-new-countries</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. The company is rolling this feature out to both desktop and iOS in all of these countries except Japan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, rolls, out, Gemini, Chrome, new, countries</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-takes-5b-from-amazon-and-pledges-100b-in-cloud-spending-in-return</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-takes-5b-from-amazon-and-pledges-100b-in-cloud-spending-in-return</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It&#039;s investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, takes, 5B, from, Amazon, and, pledges, 100B, cloud, spending, return</media:keywords>
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<title>Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/who-is-john-ternus-the-incoming-apple-ceo</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/who-is-john-ternus-the-incoming-apple-ceo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Starting on September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world&#039;s most valuable companies, but if you&#039;re not a dedicated Apple enthusiast, you&#039;ve probably never heard of this man, who has largely remained out of the spotlight until now. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Who, John, Ternus, the, incoming, Apple, CEO</media:keywords>
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<title>Palantir posts mini&#45;manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/palantir-posts-mini-manifesto-denouncing-inclusivity-and-regressive-cultures</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/palantir-posts-mini-manifesto-denouncing-inclusivity-and-regressive-cultures</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Palantir&#039;s ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it&#039;s worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of &quot;the West.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Palantir, posts, mini-manifesto, denouncing, inclusivity, and, ‘regressive’, cultures</media:keywords>
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<title>Robots beat human records at Beijing half&#45;marathon</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/robots-beat-human-records-at-beijing-half-marathon</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/robots-beat-human-records-at-beijing-half-marathon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Robots, beat, human, records, Beijing, half-marathon</media:keywords>
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<title>Blue Origin’s New Glenn put a customer satellite in the wrong orbit during its third launch</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/blue-origins-new-glenn-put-a-customer-satellite-in-the-wrong-orbit-during-its-third-launch</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/blue-origins-new-glenn-put-a-customer-satellite-in-the-wrong-orbit-during-its-third-launch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The first major failure of Blue Origin&#039;s new heavy-launch system could create delays to its ambition to help NASA and the Trump administration return to the Moon. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The 12&#45;month window</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-12-month-window</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-12-month-window</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A lot of AI startups exist partly because the foundation models haven&#039;t expanded into their category yet. As many jokingly acknowledge, that won&#039;t last forever. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, 12-month, window</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI’s existential questions</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openais-existential-questions</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openais-existential-questions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss OpenAI&#039;s latest acquisitions and whether they address &quot;two big existential problems&quot; for the company. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI’s, existential, questions</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-app-store-is-booming-again-and-ai-may-be-why</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-app-store-is-booming-again-and-ai-may-be-why</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ New data from Appfigures shows a swell of new app launches in 2026, suggesting AI tools could be fueling a mobile software boom. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, App, Store, booming, again, and, may, why</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic’s relationship with the Trump administration seems to be thawing</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropics-relationship-with-the-trump-administration-seems-to-be-thawing</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropics-relationship-with-the-trump-administration-seems-to-be-thawing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite recently being designated a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, Anthropic is still talking to high-level members of the Trump administration. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic’s, relationship, with, the, Trump, administration, seems, thawing</media:keywords>
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<title>AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-chip-startup-cerebras-files-for-ipo</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-chip-startup-cerebras-files-for-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In recent months, the company announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services to use Cerebras chips in Amazon data centers, as well as a deal with OpenAI reportedly worth more than $10 billion. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>chip, startup, Cerebras, files, for, IPO</media:keywords>
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<title>VC Ron Conway says he has a ‘rare form of cancer’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/vc-ron-conway-says-he-has-a-rare-form-of-cancer</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/vc-ron-conway-says-he-has-a-rare-form-of-cancer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Conway wrote that he “will be stepping back from some of my usual activities,” but he will “continue to support” founders backed by his firm SV Angel. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ron, Conway, says, has, ‘rare, form, cancer’</media:keywords>
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<title>Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/tesla-brings-its-robotaxi-service-to-dallas-and-houston</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/tesla-brings-its-robotaxi-service-to-dallas-and-houston</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company now offers robotaxi service in three cities, all of them in Texas, after launching in Austin last year and starting to offer rides without safety drivers in January 2026. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tesla, brings, its, robotaxi, service, Dallas, and, Houston</media:keywords>
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<title>Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/sources-cursor-in-talks-to-raise-2b-at-50b-valuation-as-enterprise-growth-surges</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/sources-cursor-in-talks-to-raise-2b-at-50b-valuation-as-enterprise-growth-surges</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sources:, Cursor, talks, raise, 2B, 50B, valuation, enterprise, growth, surges</media:keywords>
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<title>Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced to probation</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/man-who-hacked-us-supreme-court-filing-system-sentenced-to-probation</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/man-who-hacked-us-supreme-court-filing-system-sentenced-to-probation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nicholas Moore hacked into three U.S. government networks using stolen credentials, and then bragged about it and posted victims&#039; personal data on Instagram under the handle @ihackedthegovernment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Man, who, hacked, Supreme, Court, filing, system, sentenced, probation</media:keywords>
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<title>Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/kevin-weil-and-bill-peebles-exit-openai-as-company-continues-to-shed-side-quests</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/kevin-weil-and-bill-peebles-exit-openai-as-company-continues-to-shed-side-quests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles are leaving OpenAI as the company shuts down Sora and folds its science team, signaling a sharp pivot away from consumer moonshots toward enterprise AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kevin, Weil, and, Bill, Peebles, exit, OpenAI, company, continues, shed, ‘side, quests’</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/sam-altmans-project-world-looks-to-scale-its-human-verification-empire-first-stop-tinder</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/sam-altmans-project-world-looks-to-scale-its-human-verification-empire-first-stop-tinder</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ World, which has raised eyebrows (but also a lot of interest) with its Orb-centered anonymous verification project, is looking to expand its influence via a bevy of new partnerships. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman’s, project, World, looks, scale, its, human, verification, empire., First, stop:, Tinder.</media:keywords>
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<title>Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwallex are now going after each other</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/once-close-enough-for-an-acquisition-stripe-and-airwallex-are-now-going-after-each-other</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/once-close-enough-for-an-acquisition-stripe-and-airwallex-are-now-going-after-each-other</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For most of its life, Airwallex and Stripe have mostly operated in different geographies, selling to different buyers. That&#039;s changing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Once, close, enough, for, acquisition, Stripe, and, Airwallex, are, now, going, after, each, other</media:keywords>
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<title>Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/upscale-ai-in-talks-to-raise-at-2b-valuation-says-report</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/upscale-ai-in-talks-to-raise-at-2b-valuation-says-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven months ago. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Upscale, talks, raise, 2B, valuation, says, report</media:keywords>
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<title>Netflix co&#45;founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/netflix-co-founder-and-chair-reed-hastings-to-leave-board</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/netflix-co-founder-and-chair-reed-hastings-to-leave-board</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Hastings helped to transform the video rental industry — first with physical, then digital, delivery. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Netflix, co-founder, and, chair, Reed, Hastings, leave, board</media:keywords>
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<title>Luma launches AI&#45;powered production studio with faith&#45;focused Wonder Project</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/luma-launches-ai-powered-production-studio-with-faith-focused-wonder-project</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/luma-launches-ai-powered-production-studio-with-faith-focused-wonder-project</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The studio&#039;s first project will be about Moses and star Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley, to be released this spring on Prime Video. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Luma, launches, AI-powered, production, studio, with, faith-focused, Wonder, Project</media:keywords>
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<title>Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/factory-hits-15b-valuation-to-build-ai-coding-for-enterprises</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/factory-hits-15b-valuation-to-build-ai-coding-for-enterprises</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The three-year-old startup raised $150 million led by Khosla Ventures. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Factory, hits, 1.5B, valuation, build, coding, for, enterprises</media:keywords>
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<title>New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/new-leaders-new-fund-sequoia-has-raised-7b-to-expand-its-ai-bets</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/new-leaders-new-fund-sequoia-has-raised-7b-to-expand-its-ai-bets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The fundraise is the first major capital raise under Sequoia&#039;s new leadership, with Alfred Lin and Pat Grady now serving as co-stewards of the 54-year-old firm. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, leaders, new, fund:, Sequoia, has, raised, 7B, expand, its, bets</media:keywords>
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<title>Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends with an acquisition by Caterpillar</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/monarch-tractors-collapse-ends-with-an-acquisition-by-caterpillar</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/monarch-tractors-collapse-ends-with-an-acquisition-by-caterpillar</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup had faced mounting pressure from dealers, farmers, and a co-founder who complained that Monarch&#039;s tech didn&#039;t work properly. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Monarch, Tractor’s, collapse, ends, with, acquisition, Caterpillar</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Wait, could they still actually break up Live Nation?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/wait-could-they-still-actually-break-up-live-nation</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/wait-could-they-still-actually-break-up-live-nation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A federal jury found that Live Nation has acted illegally as a monopoly -- but the company just came to a tentative settlement with the DOJ last month. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:03:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wait, could, they, still, actually, break, Live, Nation</media:keywords>
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<title>Ford EV and tech chief leaving automaker</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ford-ev-and-tech-chief-leaving-automaker</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ford-ev-and-tech-chief-leaving-automaker</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Doug Field had stints at Apple and Tesla before joining Ford in 2021. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:03:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ford, and, tech, chief, leaving, automaker</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon&#45;backed X&#45;energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-backed-x-energy-files-to-raise-up-to-800m-in-ipo</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-backed-x-energy-files-to-raise-up-to-800m-in-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nuclear startup X-energy hit the road today to sell prospective investors on its initial public offering. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:03:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon-backed, X-energy, files, raise, 800M, IPO</media:keywords>
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<title>DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/deepl-known-for-text-translation-now-wants-to-translate-your-voice</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/deepl-known-for-text-translation-now-wants-to-translate-your-voice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ DeepL says its tech could be used for real-time translation with meeting tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:03:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>DeepL, known, for, text, translation, now, wants, translate, your, voice</media:keywords>
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<title>London gets closer to its first robotaxi service as Waymo begins testing</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/london-gets-closer-to-its-first-robotaxi-service-as-waymo-begins-testing</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/london-gets-closer-to-its-first-robotaxi-service-as-waymo-begins-testing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Waymo&#039;s commercial service will eventually follow testing if the U.K. government approves. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>London, gets, closer, its, first, robotaxi, service, Waymo, begins, testing</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic co&#45;founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-co-founder-confirms-the-company-briefed-the-trump-administration-on-mythos</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-co-founder-confirms-the-company-briefed-the-trump-administration-on-mythos</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In an interview at the Semafor World Economy summit this week, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explained why the company was still engaged with the U.S. government while simultaneously suing them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, co-founder, confirms, the, company, briefed, the, Trump, administration, Mythos</media:keywords>
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<title>Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug&#45;ins used in thousands of websites</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/someone-planted-backdoors-in-dozens-of-wordpress-plug-ins-used-in-thousands-of-websites</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/someone-planted-backdoors-in-dozens-of-wordpress-plug-ins-used-in-thousands-of-websites</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Dozens of WordPress plug-ins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after they were sold to a new corporate owner. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Someone, planted, backdoors, dozens, WordPress, plug-ins, used, thousands, websites</media:keywords>
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<title>AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-data-center-startup-fluidstack-in-talks-for-1b-round-at-18b-valuation-months-after-hitting-75b-says-report</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-data-center-startup-fluidstack-in-talks-for-1b-round-at-18b-valuation-months-after-hitting-75b-says-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>data, center, startup, Fluidstack, talks, for, 1B, round, 18B, valuation, months, after, hitting, 7.5B, says, report</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropics-rise-is-giving-some-openai-investors-second-thoughts</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropics-rise-is-giving-some-openai-investors-second-thoughts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI&#039;s recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic&#039;s current $380 billion valuation look like the relative bargain. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Microsoft is officially killing its Outlook Lite app next month</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/microsoft-is-officially-killing-its-outlook-lite-app-next-month</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/microsoft-is-officially-killing-its-outlook-lite-app-next-month</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Launched in 2022, Outlook Lite is a lightweight version of the regular Outlook app, designed for Android phones with limited storage and regions with slower internet connections. The app had already been scheduled for retirement. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:07:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft, officially, killing, its, Outlook, Lite, app, next, month</media:keywords>
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<title>Uber and Nuro begin testing premium robotaxi service in San Francisco</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/uber-and-nuro-begin-testing-premium-robotaxi-service-in-san-francisco</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/uber-and-nuro-begin-testing-premium-robotaxi-service-in-san-francisco</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Uber employees can now hail a Lucid robotaxi as part of the testing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:07:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Uber, and, Nuro, begin, testing, premium, robotaxi, service, San, Francisco</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-has-bought-ai-personal-finance-startup-hiro</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-has-bought-ai-personal-finance-startup-hiro</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The acquisition indicates a capability that OpenAI is building into ChatGPT: financial planning. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, has, bought, personal, finance, startup, Hiro</media:keywords>
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<title>An Amazon warehouse worker died on the job at Oregon facility</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/an-amazon-warehouse-worker-died-on-the-job-at-oregon-facility</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/an-amazon-warehouse-worker-died-on-the-job-at-oregon-facility</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Though Amazon has faced issues with warehouse safety, the company said that the death was not work related. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, warehouse, worker, died, the, job, Oregon, facility</media:keywords>
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<title>Inertia moves to commercialize one of the world’s most elaborate science experiments</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/inertia-moves-to-commercialize-one-of-the-worlds-most-elaborate-science-experiments</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/inertia-moves-to-commercialize-one-of-the-worlds-most-elaborate-science-experiments</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Inertia has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, paving the way for the company to bring its pioneering fusion reactor to market. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Inertia, moves, commercialize, one, the, world’s, most, elaborate, science, experiments</media:keywords>
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<title>TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self&#45;driving vehicle talent?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-who-is-poaching-all-the-self-driving-vehicle-talent</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-who-is-poaching-all-the-self-driving-vehicle-talent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TechCrunch, Mobility:, Who, poaching, all, the, self-driving, vehicle, talent</media:keywords>
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<title>X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/x-says-its-reducing-payments-to-clickbait-accounts</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/x-says-its-reducing-payments-to-clickbait-accounts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation, according to its head of product Nikita Bier ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>says, it’s, reducing, payments, clickbait, accounts</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-reportedly-testing-four-designs-for-upcoming-smart-glasses</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-reportedly-testing-four-designs-for-upcoming-smart-glasses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ These glasses are a step back from an ambitious plan that once called for Apple to launch a variety of mixed and augmented reality devices. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, reportedly, testing, four, designs, for, upcoming, smart, glasses</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/trump-officials-may-be-encouraging-banks-to-test-anthropics-mythos-model</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/trump-officials-may-be-encouraging-banks-to-test-anthropics-mythos-model</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The report is particularly surprising since the Department of Defense recently declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, officials, may, encouraging, banks, test, Anthropic’s, Mythos, model</media:keywords>
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<title>The largest orbital compute cluster is open for business</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-largest-orbital-compute-cluster-is-open-for-business</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-largest-orbital-compute-cluster-is-open-for-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Kepler Communications is flying 40 GPUs in Earth orbit. And its latest customer is Sophia Space. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, largest, orbital, compute, cluster, open, for, business</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia&#45;backed SiFive hits $3.65 billion valuation for open AI chips</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidia-backed-sifive-hits-365-billion-valuation-for-open-ai-chips</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidia-backed-sifive-hits-365-billion-valuation-for-open-ai-chips</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The deal is interesting for a number of reasons, including that SiFive&#039;s chip designs are based on RISC-V, not x86 or ARM. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia-backed, SiFive, hits, 3.65, billion, valuation, for, open, chips</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman responds to ‘incendiary’ New Yorker article after attack on his home</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/sam-altman-responds-to-incendiary-new-yorker-article-after-attack-on-his-home</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/sam-altman-responds-to-incendiary-new-yorker-article-after-attack-on-his-home</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The OpenAI CEO&#039;s new blog post responds to both an apparent attack on his home and an in-depth New Yorker profile raising questions about his trustworthiness. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman, responds, ‘incendiary’, New, Yorker, article, after, attack, his, home</media:keywords>
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<title>AMC will stream ‘The Audacity’ premiere in 21 parts on TikTok</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amc-will-stream-the-audacity-premiere-in-21-parts-on-tiktok</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amc-will-stream-the-audacity-premiere-in-21-parts-on-tiktok</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Is this a smart way to build buzz, or just an odd attempt to recreate Quibi? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AMC, will, stream, ‘The, Audacity’, premiere, parts, TikTok</media:keywords>
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<title>Kalshi wins temporary pause in Arizona criminal case</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/kalshi-wins-temporary-pause-in-arizona-criminal-case</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/kalshi-wins-temporary-pause-in-arizona-criminal-case</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday that it has won a temporary restraining order preventing Arizona from pursuing its criminal case against Kalshi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kalshi, wins, temporary, pause, Arizona, criminal, case</media:keywords>
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<title>Walmart&#45;owned Flipkart, Amazon are squeezing India’s quick commerce startups</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/walmart-owned-flipkart-amazon-are-squeezing-indias-quick-commerce-startups</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/walmart-owned-flipkart-amazon-are-squeezing-indias-quick-commerce-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Flipkart&#039;s ongoing expansion beyond major cities and heavy discounting is raising risks for India&#039;s quick commerce startups, analysts say. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Walmart-owned, Flipkart, Amazon, are, squeezing, India’s, quick, commerce, startups</media:keywords>
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<title>Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser’s delusions and ignored her warnings</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/stalking-victim-sues-openai-claims-chatgpt-fueled-her-abusers-delusions-and-ignored-her-warnings</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/stalking-victim-sues-openai-claims-chatgpt-fueled-her-abusers-delusions-and-ignored-her-warnings</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI ignored three warnings that a ChatGPT user was dangerous — including its own mass-casualty flag — while he stalked and harassed his ex-girlfriend, a new lawsuit alleges. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Stalking, victim, sues, OpenAI, claims, ChatGPT, fueled, her, abuser’s, delusions, and, ignored, her, warnings</media:keywords>
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<title>Battery recycler Ascend Elements files for bankruptcy</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/battery-recycler-ascend-elements-files-for-bankruptcy</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/battery-recycler-ascend-elements-files-for-bankruptcy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ascend Elements said that it will be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of a canceled government grant and a challenging market for lithium-ion batteries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Battery, recycler, Ascend, Elements, files, for, bankruptcy</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClaw’s creator from accessing Claude</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-temporarily-banned-openclaws-creator-from-accessing-claude</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-temporarily-banned-openclaws-creator-from-accessing-claude</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This ban took place after Claude&#039;s pricing changed for OpenClaw users last week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, temporarily, banned, OpenClaw’s, creator, from, accessing, Claude</media:keywords>
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<title>How to watch NASA’s Artemis II splash back down to Earth</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/how-to-watch-nasas-artemis-ii-splash-back-down-to-earth</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/how-to-watch-nasas-artemis-ii-splash-back-down-to-earth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA&#039;s Artemis II mission has traveled farther from Earth than any mission before. Here&#039;s how to watch the crew&#039;s return landing in the Pacific Ocean. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, watch, NASA’s, Artemis, splash, back, down, Earth</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Artemis II splashes down in Pacific Ocean in ‘perfect’ landing for Moon mission</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nasa-artemis-ii-splashes-down-in-pacific-ocean-in-perfect-landing-for-moon-mission</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nasa-artemis-ii-splashes-down-in-pacific-ocean-in-perfect-landing-for-moon-mission</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Integrity craft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego just after 5:07 p.m. Pacific Time. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Artemis, splashes, down, Pacific, Ocean, ‘perfect’, landing, for, Moon, mission</media:keywords>
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<title>Volkswagen drops all&#45;electric ID.4 in the US in pivot back to gas SUVs</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/volkswagen-drops-all-electric-id4-in-the-us-in-pivot-back-to-gas-suvs</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/volkswagen-drops-all-electric-id4-in-the-us-in-pivot-back-to-gas-suvs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ All resources at its U.S. factory are aimed at the upcoming Atlas SUV. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Volkswagen, drops, all-electric, ID.4, the, pivot, back, gas, SUVs</media:keywords>
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<title>What founders can learn from Anjuna’s layoffs and recovery</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/what-founders-can-learn-from-anjunas-layoffs-and-recovery</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/what-founders-can-learn-from-anjunas-layoffs-and-recovery</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In 2021, Anjuna Security was growing fast, hiring aggressively, and chasing a market that seemed limitless. By the end of that year, the venture-backed cybersecurity company had scaled to around 75 employees, building out sales, customer success, and support teams in anticipation of continued hypergrowth. Then 2022 hit. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, founders, can, learn, from, Anjuna’s, layoffs, and, recovery</media:keywords>
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<title>EFF is the latest organization to leave X</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/eff-is-the-latest-organization-to-leave-x</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/eff-is-the-latest-organization-to-leave-x</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The EFF follows the departure of various news organizations and others who no longer find X a viable source of traffic. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>EFF, the, latest, organization, leave</media:keywords>
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<title>ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/chatgpt-finally-offers-100month-pro-plan</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/chatgpt-finally-offers-100month-pro-plan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for: a $100/month plan. Previously, subscriptions jumped from $20 to $200 per month. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ChatGPT, finally, offers, 100month, Pro, plan</media:keywords>
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<title>Florida AG to probe OpenAI, alleging possible connection to FSU shooting</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/florida-ag-to-probe-openai-alleging-possible-connection-to-fsu-shooting</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/florida-ag-to-probe-openai-alleging-possible-connection-to-fsu-shooting</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier plans to investigate OpenAI for its alleged harm to minors, potential to threaten national security, and its possible link to a shooting at Florida State University last year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:07:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Florida, probe, OpenAI, alleging, possible, connection, FSU, shooting</media:keywords>
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<title>AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/aws-boss-explains-why-investing-billions-in-both-anthropic-and-openai-is-an-ok-conflict</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/aws-boss-explains-why-investing-billions-in-both-anthropic-and-openai-is-an-ok-conflict</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AWS has an ingrained culture of handling competition, he explained, because the cloud giant also competes with its partners. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AWS, boss, explains, why, investing, billions, both, Anthropic, and, OpenAI, conflict</media:keywords>
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<title>Canva doubles down on AI and marketing automation with Simtheory, Ortto acquisitions</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/canva-doubles-down-on-ai-and-marketing-automation-with-simtheory-ortto-acquisitions</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/canva-doubles-down-on-ai-and-marketing-automation-with-simtheory-ortto-acquisitions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Canva says the acquisitions add strengths in agentic AI, data infrastructure, marketing automation, and customer engagement. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Canva, doubles, down, and, marketing, automation, with, Simtheory, Ortto, acquisitions</media:keywords>
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<title>Poke makes using AI agents as easy as sending a text</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/poke-makes-using-ai-agents-as-easy-as-sending-a-text</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/poke-makes-using-ai-agents-as-easy-as-sending-a-text</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Poke, makes, using, agents, easy, sending, text</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>A self&#45;driving car in Texas hit and killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/a-self-driving-car-in-texas-hit-and-killed-a-mother-duck-sparking-neighborhood-outrage</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/a-self-driving-car-in-texas-hit-and-killed-a-mother-duck-sparking-neighborhood-outrage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An Avride autonomous vehicle near Austin hit the duck, facing backlash from the community. &quot;It didn&#039;t slow down or hesitate at all, just steamrolled right through,&quot; according to a witness. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>self-driving, car, Texas, hit, and, killed, mother, duck, sparking, neighborhood, outrage</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/wireguard-vpn-developer-cant-ship-software-updates-after-microsoft-locks-account</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/wireguard-vpn-developer-cant-ship-software-updates-after-microsoft-locks-account</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying him and is blocking their ability to send software updates to users. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>WireGuard, VPN, developer, can’t, ship, software, updates, after, Microsoft, locks, account</media:keywords>
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<title>Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/firmus-the-southgate-ai-data-center-builder-backed-by-nvidia-hits-55b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/firmus-the-southgate-ai-data-center-builder-backed-by-nvidia-hits-55b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider Firmus has now raised $1.35 billion in six months. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Firmus, the, ‘Southgate’, data, center, builder, backed, Nvidia, hits, 5.5B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>Iranian hackers are targeting American critical infrastructure, US agencies warn</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/iranian-hackers-are-targeting-american-critical-infrastructure-us-agencies-warn</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/iranian-hackers-are-targeting-american-critical-infrastructure-us-agencies-warn</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A joint FBI, NSA, and CISA advisory warns that Iranian hackers have &quot;escalated&quot; their tactics in response to the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Iranian, hackers, are, targeting, American, critical, infrastructure, agencies, warn</media:keywords>
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<title>VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/vc-eclipse-has-a-new-13b-fund-to-back-and-build-physical-ai-startups</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/vc-eclipse-has-a-new-13b-fund-to-back-and-build-physical-ai-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Eclipse will put some of that money towards incubating, or building startups. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Eclipse, has, new, 1.3B, fund, back, —, and, build, —, ‘physical, AI’, startups</media:keywords>
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<title>I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/i-cant-help-rooting-for-tiny-open-source-ai-model-maker-arcee</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/i-cant-help-rooting-for-tiny-open-source-ai-model-maker-arcee</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Arcee is a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a high-performing, massive, open source LLM. And it&#039;s gaining popularity with OpenClaw users. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>can’t, help, rooting, for, tiny, open, source, model, maker, Arcee</media:keywords>
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<title>Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-quietly-launched-an-ai-dictation-app-that-works-offline</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-quietly-launched-an-ai-dictation-app-that-works-offline</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google&#039;s new offline-first dictation app uses Gemma AI models to take on the apps like Wispr Flow. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, quietly, launched, dictation, app, that, works, offline</media:keywords>
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<title>Gas prices aren’t the only factor fueling used EV sales</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/gas-prices-arent-the-only-factor-fueling-used-ev-sales</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/gas-prices-arent-the-only-factor-fueling-used-ev-sales</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The most recent electric vehicle sales data provided a grim picture — at least for new EVs. Used EVs are moving in the opposite direction. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gas, prices, aren’t, the, only, factor, fueling, used, sales</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund </title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-alums-have-been-quietly-investing-from-a-new-potentially-100m-fund</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-alums-have-been-quietly-investing-from-a-new-potentially-100m-fund</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI, is aiming to raise $100 million for its first fund. It has already written some checks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, alums, have, been, quietly, investing, from, new, potentially, 100M, fund </media:keywords>
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<title>AI design platform Picsart launches a creator monetization program</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-design-platform-picsart-launches-a-creator-monetization-program</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-design-platform-picsart-launches-a-creator-monetization-program</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The program invites creators to create original content with Picsart tools for a specific campaign, share it on their social channels, and earn revenue based on how their audience engages. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>design, platform, Picsart, launches, creator, monetization, program</media:keywords>
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<title>AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey&#45;style reports at a fraction of the cost</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-startup-rocket-offers-vibe-mckinsey-style-reports-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-startup-rocket-offers-vibe-mckinsey-style-reports-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Rocket&#039;s new AI platform combines strategy, product building, and competitive intelligence, aiming to move beyond code generation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>startup, Rocket, offers, vibe, McKinsey-style, reports, fraction, the, cost</media:keywords>
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<title>TechCrunch Mobility: ‘A stunning lack of transparency’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-a-stunning-lack-of-transparency</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-a-stunning-lack-of-transparency</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. T ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TechCrunch, Mobility:, ‘A, stunning, lack, transparency’</media:keywords>
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<title>Copilot is ‘for entertainment purposes only,’ according to Microsoft’s terms of use</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/copilot-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only-according-to-microsofts-terms-of-use</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/copilot-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only-according-to-microsofts-terms-of-use</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI skeptics aren’t the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models’ outputs — that’s what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of service. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Copilot, ‘for, entertainment, purposes, only, ’, according, Microsoft’s, terms, use</media:keywords>
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<title>Polymarket took down wagers tied to rescue of downed Air Force officer</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/polymarket-took-down-wagers-tied-to-rescue-of-downed-air-force-officer</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/polymarket-took-down-wagers-tied-to-rescue-of-downed-air-force-officer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A Democratic congressman had harsh criticism for Polymarket for allowing users to bet on the date the U.S. would confirm the rescue of Air Force service members shot down over Iran. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Polymarket, took, down, wagers, tied, rescue, downed, Air, Force, officer</media:keywords>
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<title>The Xiaomi 17 Ultra has some impressive add&#45;ons that make snapping photos really fun</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-xiaomi-17-ultra-has-some-impressive-add-ons-that-make-snapping-photos-really-fun</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-xiaomi-17-ultra-has-some-impressive-add-ons-that-make-snapping-photos-really-fun</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Xiaomi 17 Ultra gives you a ton of options to play around with images, including preset filters and hardware add-ons. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Xiaomi, Ultra, has, some, impressive, add-ons, that, make, snapping, photos, really, fun</media:keywords>
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<title>After fighting malware for decades, this cybersecurity veteran is now hacking drones</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/after-fighting-malware-for-decades-this-cybersecurity-veteran-is-now-hacking-drones</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/after-fighting-malware-for-decades-this-cybersecurity-veteran-is-now-hacking-drones</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mikko Hyppönen is one of the most recognizable faces of the cybersecurity industry. After fighting computer viruses, worms, and malware, for more than 35 years, he tells TechCrunch why he is now working on systems to stop killer drones. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>After, fighting, malware, for, decades, this, cybersecurity, veteran, now, hacking, drones</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic says Claude Code subscribers will need to pay extra for OpenClaw usage</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-says-claude-code-subscribers-will-need-to-pay-extra-for-openclaw-usage</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-says-claude-code-subscribers-will-need-to-pay-extra-for-openclaw-usage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It’s about to become more expensive for Claude Code subscribers to use Anthropic’s coding assistant with OpenClaw and other third-party tools. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, says, Claude, Code, subscribers, will, need, pay, extra, for, OpenClaw, usage</media:keywords>
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<title>Embattled startup Delve has ‘parted ways’ with Y Combinator</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/embattled-startup-delve-has-parted-ways-with-y-combinator</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/embattled-startup-delve-has-parted-ways-with-y-combinator</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The controversy around Delve appears to have cost the compliance startup its relationship with accelerator Y Combinator. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:03:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Embattled, startup, Delve, has, ‘parted, ways’, with, Combinator</media:keywords>
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<title>Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar&#45;powered cow collars</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/peter-thiels-big-bet-on-solar-powered-cow-collars</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/peter-thiels-big-bet-on-solar-powered-cow-collars</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Why did Founders Fund invest $220 million in cattle management startup Halter? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:03:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Peter, Thiel’s, big, bet, solar-powered, cow, collars</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead ‘special projects’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-executive-shuffle-includes-new-role-for-coo-brad-lightcap-to-lead-special-projects</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-executive-shuffle-includes-new-role-for-coo-brad-lightcap-to-lead-special-projects</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In addition to Lightcap&#039;s new role, OpenAI CMO Kate Rouch will be stepping away from the company to focus on cancer recovery, with a plan to return when her health allows. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:07:23 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, executive, shuffle, includes, new, role, for, COO, Brad, Lightcap, lead, ‘special, projects’</media:keywords>
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<title>Tesla’s Texas factory workforce reportedly shrunk 22% in 2025</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/teslas-texas-factory-workforce-reportedly-shrunk-22-in-2025</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/teslas-texas-factory-workforce-reportedly-shrunk-22-in-2025</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tesla&#039;s headcount fell from 21,191 workers to 16,506 workers in 2025, according to a report, as it grappled with its second straight year of declining sales. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:07:23 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tesla’s, Texas, factory, workforce, reportedly, shrunk, 22, 2025</media:keywords>
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<title>The anonymous social app that thinks it can work in Saudi Arabia</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-anonymous-social-app-that-thinks-it-can-work-in-saudi-arabia</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-anonymous-social-app-that-thinks-it-can-work-in-saudi-arabia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When Fizz quietly debuted in Saudi Arabia, founder and CEO Teddy Solomon wasn’t expecting the app to catch on like it did. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:07:23 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, anonymous, social, app, that, thinks, can, work, Saudi, Arabia</media:keywords>
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<title>Lucid blames dip in Q1 sales on seat supplier issue</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/lucid-blames-dip-in-q1-sales-on-seat-supplier-issue</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/lucid-blames-dip-in-q1-sales-on-seat-supplier-issue</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lucid said it has resolved the problem and is not changing its guidance for 2026. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:07:23 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lucid, blames, dip, sales, seat, supplier, issue</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic is having a moment in the private markets; SpaceX could spoil the party</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-is-having-a-moment-in-the-private-markets-spacex-could-spoil-the-party</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-is-having-a-moment-in-the-private-markets-spacex-could-spoil-the-party</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Glen Anderson, president of Rainmaker Securities, says the secondary market for private shares has never been more active — with Anthropic the hottest trade around, OpenAI losing ground, and SpaceX&#039;s looming IPO poised to reshape the landscape for everyone. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:07:23 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, having, moment, the, private, markets, SpaceX, could, spoil, the, party</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder&#45;led business talk show</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-acquires-tbpn-the-buzzy-founder-led-business-talk-show</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-acquires-tbpn-the-buzzy-founder-led-business-talk-show</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TBPN, Silicon Valley&#039;s cult-favorite tech podcast, will operate independently, even as it&#039;s overseen by chief political operative Chris Lehane. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, acquires, TBPN, the, buzzy, founder-led, business, talk, show</media:keywords>
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<title>Gateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund II</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/gateway-capital-announces-first-close-of-25m-fund-ii</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/gateway-capital-announces-first-close-of-25m-fund-ii</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gateway Capital, the Milwaukee-based venture firm founded by Dana Guthrie, can now begin investment operations for its $25M Fund II. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gateway, Capital, announces, first, close, 25M, Fund</media:keywords>
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<title>Artemis II is NASA’s last moon mission without Silicon Valley </title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/artemis-ii-is-nasas-last-moon-mission-without-silicon-valley</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/artemis-ii-is-nasas-last-moon-mission-without-silicon-valley</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Next time around, the pressure will be on SpaceX and Blue Origin. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Artemis, NASA’s, last, moon, mission, without, Silicon, Valley </media:keywords>
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<title>Telehealth giant Hims &amp;amp; Hers says its customer support system was hacked</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/telehealth-giant-hims-hers-says-its-customer-support-system-was-hacked</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/telehealth-giant-hims-hers-says-its-customer-support-system-was-hacked</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. telehealth giant says hackers stole customer support ticket data over the course of several days in February. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Telehealth, giant, Hims, Hers, says, its, customer, support, system, was, hacked</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon hits sellers with ‘fuel surcharge’ as Iran war roils global energy markets</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-hits-sellers-with-fuel-surcharge-as-iran-war-roils-global-energy-markets</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-hits-sellers-with-fuel-surcharge-as-iran-war-roils-global-energy-markets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The e-commerce giant called the surcharge &quot;temporary&quot; but couldn&#039;t give a date for when the policy would be retired. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, hits, sellers, with, ‘fuel, surcharge’, Iran, war, roils, global, energy, markets</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>A new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying sign&#45;up process (and it’s working)</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/a-new-dating-app-sonder-has-a-deliberately-annoying-sign-up-process-and-its-working</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/a-new-dating-app-sonder-has-a-deliberately-annoying-sign-up-process-and-its-working</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sonder profiles are completely unstructured, encouraging users to build something that looks like a mood board or a digital collage. Think MySpace rather than LinkedIn. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>new, dating, app, Sonder, has, deliberately, annoying, sign-up, process, and, it’s, working</media:keywords>
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<title>‘System failure’ paralyzes Baidu robotaxis in China</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/system-failure-paralyzes-baidu-robotaxis-in-china</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/system-failure-paralyzes-baidu-robotaxis-in-china</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Passengers in Baidu&#039;s robotaxis were trapped for up to two hours. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘System, failure’, paralyzes, Baidu, robotaxis, China</media:keywords>
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<title>The reputation of troubled YC startup Delve has gotten even worse</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-reputation-of-troubled-yc-startup-delve-has-gotten-even-worse</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-reputation-of-troubled-yc-startup-delve-has-gotten-even-worse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Delve faces new allegations that it violated the open source license of its customer, Sim.ai, by taking the customers&#039;s tool and passing it off as its own. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, reputation, troubled, startup, Delve, has, gotten, even, worse</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic took down thousands of GitHub repos trying to yank its leaked source code — a move the company says was an accident</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-took-down-thousands-of-github-repos-trying-to-yank-its-leaked-source-code-a-move-the-company-says-was-an-accident</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-took-down-thousands-of-github-repos-trying-to-yank-its-leaked-source-code-a-move-the-company-says-was-an-accident</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic executives said it was an accident and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, took, down, thousands, GitHub, repos, trying, yank, its, leaked, source, code, —, move, the, company, says, was, accident</media:keywords>
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<title>De&#45;fi platform Drift suspends deposits and withdrawals after millions in crypto stolen in hack</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/de-fi-platform-drift-suspends-deposits-and-withdrawals-after-millions-in-crypto-stolen-in-hack</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/de-fi-platform-drift-suspends-deposits-and-withdrawals-after-millions-in-crypto-stolen-in-hack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Blockchain trackers put the cryptocurrency heist in the hundreds of millions of dollars and is already on track to be the largest crypto theft in 2026 so far. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>De-fi, platform, Drift, suspends, deposits, and, withdrawals, after, millions, crypto, stolen, hack</media:keywords>
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<title>Robotaxi companies refuse to say how often their AVs need remote help</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/robotaxi-companies-refuse-to-say-how-often-their-avs-need-remote-help</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/robotaxi-companies-refuse-to-say-how-often-their-avs-need-remote-help</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox all refused to cough up a number during Senator Ed Markey&#039;s recent investigation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:03:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Robotaxi, companies, refuse, say, how, often, their, AVs, need, remote, help</media:keywords>
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<title>Salesforce announces an AI&#45;heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/salesforce-announces-an-ai-heavy-makeover-for-slack-with-30-new-features</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/salesforce-announces-an-ai-heavy-makeover-for-slack-with-30-new-features</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Slack just got a whole lot more useful. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:03:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Salesforce, announces, AI-heavy, makeover, for, Slack, with, new, features</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic is having a month</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-is-having-a-month</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-is-having-a-month</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:03:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, having, month</media:keywords>
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<title>Toyota’s Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the ‘future of mobility’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/toyotas-woven-capital-appoints-new-cio-and-coo-in-push-for-finding-the-future-of-mobility</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/toyotas-woven-capital-appoints-new-cio-and-coo-in-push-for-finding-the-future-of-mobility</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Woven Capital is the growth-stage venture capital arm of Toyota, focused on backing founders building in space, cybersecurity, and autonomous driving. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:03:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Toyota’s, Woven, Capital, appoints, new, CIO, and, COO, push, for, finding, the, ‘future, mobility’</media:keywords>
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<title>Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open&#45;source LiteLLM project</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/mercor-says-it-was-hit-by-cyberattack-tied-to-compromise-of-open-source-litellm-project</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/mercor-says-it-was-hit-by-cyberattack-tied-to-compromise-of-open-source-litellm-project</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company&#039;s systems. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mercor, says, was, hit, cyberattack, tied, compromise, open-source, LiteLLM, project</media:keywords>
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<title>Popular AI gateway startup LiteLLM ditches controversial startup Delve</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/popular-ai-gateway-startup-litellm-ditches-controversial-startup-delve</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/popular-ai-gateway-startup-litellm-ditches-controversial-startup-delve</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ LiteLLM had obtained two security compliance certifications via Delve and fell victim to some horrific credential-stealing malware last week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Popular, gateway, startup, LiteLLM, ditches, controversial, startup, Delve</media:keywords>
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<title>15% of Americans say they’d be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/15-of-americans-say-theyd-be-willing-to-work-for-an-ai-boss-according-to-new-poll</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/15-of-americans-say-theyd-be-willing-to-work-for-an-ai-boss-according-to-new-poll</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 15% of Americans say they&#039;d be willing to have a job where their direct supervisor was an AI program that assigned tasks and set schedules. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>15, Americans, say, they’d, willing, work, for, boss, according, new, poll</media:keywords>
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<title>Allbirds is selling for $39 million. It raised nearly 10 times that amount in its IPO.</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/allbirds-is-selling-for-39-million-it-raised-nearly-10-times-that-amount-in-its-ipo</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/allbirds-is-selling-for-39-million-it-raised-nearly-10-times-that-amount-in-its-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The collapse of the brand, which was originally venture-backed and that went public in 2021,  has been well-documented. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Allbirds, selling, for, 39, million., raised, nearly, times, that, amount, its, IPO.</media:keywords>
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<title>The Silicon Valley congressional race is getting ugly</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-silicon-valley-congressional-race-is-getting-ugly</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-silicon-valley-congressional-race-is-getting-ugly</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The primary isn’t until early June, but the CA-17 race between five-term incumbent Ro Khanna and tech founder Ethan Agarwal is already getting nasty. Agarwal entered the race in March, backed by a roster of prominent tech billionaires largely in response to Khanna’s public support for a proposed California ballot measure that would impose a […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Silicon, Valley, congressional, race, getting, ugly</media:keywords>
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<title>Airbnb is introducing a private car pick&#45;up service</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/airbnb-is-introducing-a-private-car-pick-up-service</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/airbnb-is-introducing-a-private-car-pick-up-service</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Airbnb is partnering with transportation company Welcome Pickups to let users book a private car service during their trip. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Airbnb, introducing, private, car, pick-up, service</media:keywords>
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<title>Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/soras-shutdown-could-be-a-reality-check-moment-for-ai-video</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/soras-shutdown-could-be-a-reality-check-moment-for-ai-video</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Is this just normal corporate strategy, or are we about to see a broader pullback on AI-generated video? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sora’s, shutdown, could, reality, check, moment, for, video</media:keywords>
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<title>‘Project Hail Mary’ becomes Amazon MGM’s biggest box office hit</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/project-hail-mary-becomes-amazon-mgms-biggest-box-office-hit</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/project-hail-mary-becomes-amazon-mgms-biggest-box-office-hit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Amazon’s bet on “Project Hail Mary” has paid off handsomely. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘Project, Hail, Mary’, becomes, Amazon, MGM’s, biggest, box, office, hit</media:keywords>
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<title>YouTube CEO says the best YouTubers will ‘never leave their home’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/youtube-ceo-says-the-best-youtubers-will-never-leave-their-home</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/youtube-ceo-says-the-best-youtubers-will-never-leave-their-home</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ CEO Neal Mohan insisted that he isn’t worried about Netflix luring away YouTube&#039;s most popular creators. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:03:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>YouTube, CEO, says, the, best, YouTubers, will, ‘never, leave, their, home’</media:keywords>
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<title>The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-pixel-10a-doesnt-have-a-camera-bump-and-its-great</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-pixel-10a-doesnt-have-a-camera-bump-and-its-great</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Google Pixel 10a can lay flat on a table, but otherwise the company hasn&#039;t brought a ton of upgrades to its newest budget smartphone. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:03:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Pixel, 10a, doesn’t, have, camera, bump, and, it’s, great</media:keywords>
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<title>Why OpenAI really shut down Sora</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/why-openai-really-shut-down-sora</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/why-openai-really-shut-down-sora</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI&#039;s decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:03:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, OpenAI, really, shut, down, Sora</media:keywords>
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<title>These iPad apps will make you wish you had more free time</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/these-ipad-apps-will-make-you-wish-you-had-more-free-time</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/these-ipad-apps-will-make-you-wish-you-had-more-free-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>These, iPad, apps, will, make, you, wish, you, had, more, free, time</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk’s last co&#45;founder reportedly leaves xAI</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musks-last-co-founder-reportedly-leaves-xai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musks-last-co-founder-reportedly-leaves-xai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ All but two of Musk&#039;s 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk’s, last, co-founder, reportedly, leaves, xAI</media:keywords>
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<title>Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/stanford-study-outlines-dangers-of-asking-ai-chatbots-for-personal-advice</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/stanford-study-outlines-dangers-of-asking-ai-chatbots-for-personal-advice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Stanford, study, outlines, dangers, asking, chatbots, for, personal, advice</media:keywords>
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<title>Mark Zuckerberg texted Elon Musk to offer help with DOGE</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/mark-zuckerberg-texted-elon-musk-to-offer-help-with-doge</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/mark-zuckerberg-texted-elon-musk-to-offer-help-with-doge</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cagefight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trump administration. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mark, Zuckerberg, texted, Elon, Musk, offer, help, with, DOGE</media:keywords>
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<title>Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/bluesky-leans-into-ai-with-attie-an-app-for-building-custom-feeds</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bluesky, leans, into, with, Attie, app, for, building, custom, feeds</media:keywords>
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<title>Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/waymos-skyrocketing-ridership-in-one-chart</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/waymos-skyrocketing-ridership-in-one-chart</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Waymo&#039;s weekly paid robotaxi trips have increased tenfold in less than two years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Waymo’s, skyrocketing, ridership, one, chart</media:keywords>
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<title>Memory chip giant SK hynix could help end ‘RAMmageddon’ with blockbuster US IPO</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/memory-chip-giant-sk-hynix-could-help-end-rammageddon-with-blockbuster-us-ipo</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/memory-chip-giant-sk-hynix-could-help-end-rammageddon-with-blockbuster-us-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SK hynix’s potential U.S. listing could raise $10-$14 billion to help it build more capacity, encourage others to follow, and end the &#039;RAMmageddon&#039; memory shortage. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Memory, chip, giant, hynix, could, help, end, ‘RAMmageddon’, with, blockbuster, IPO</media:keywords>
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<title>Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/why-softbanks-new-40b-loan-points-to-a-2026-openai-ipo</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/why-softbanks-new-40b-loan-points-to-a-2026-openai-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are extending a 12-month, unsecured loan to the Japanese conglomerate. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, SoftBank’s, new, 40B, loan, points, 2026, OpenAI, IPO</media:keywords>
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<title>Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1 billion, again</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/physical-intelligence-is-reportedly-in-talks-to-raise-1-billion-again</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/physical-intelligence-is-reportedly-in-talks-to-raise-1-billion-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The deal would effectively double the company&#039;s $5.6 billion valuation in just four months. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Physical, Intelligence, reportedly, talks, raise, billion, again</media:keywords>
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<title>Whoop has LeBron – now it wants your mom</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/whoop-has-lebron-now-it-wants-your-mom</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/whoop-has-lebron-now-it-wants-your-mom</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Whoop founder Will Ahmed has spent 14 years building a health wearable beloved by elite athletes, and is now racing Oura — and the FDA, and the limits of consumer medicine — to turn it into something that could one day save your life. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Whoop, has, LeBron, –, now, wants, your, mom</media:keywords>
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<title>Mastodon is making its decentralized social network easier to use with its latest revamp</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/mastodon-is-making-its-decentralized-social-network-easier-to-use-with-its-latest-revamp</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/mastodon-is-making-its-decentralized-social-network-easier-to-use-with-its-latest-revamp</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mastodon is redesigning user profiles to simplify the experience and better appeal to mainstream users and organizations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mastodon, making, its, decentralized, social, network, easier, use, with, its, latest, revamp</media:keywords>
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<title>Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/wikipedia-cracks-down-on-the-use-of-ai-in-article-writing</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/wikipedia-cracks-down-on-the-use-of-ai-in-article-writing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The site, whose policies are subject to change, has struggled with the issue of AI-generated writing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wikipedia, cracks, down, the, use, article, writing</media:keywords>
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<title>You can now transfer your chats and personal information from other chatbots directly into Gemini</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/you-can-now-transfer-your-chats-and-personal-information-from-other-chatbots-directly-into-gemini</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/you-can-now-transfer-your-chats-and-personal-information-from-other-chatbots-directly-into-gemini</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google is launching &quot;switching tools&quot; that, just as it sounds, will make it easier for users of other chatbots to switch to Gemini. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>You, can, now, transfer, your, chats, and, personal, information, from, other, chatbots, directly, into, Gemini</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic wins injunction against Trump administration over Defense Department saga</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-wins-injunction-against-trump-administration-over-defense-department-saga</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-wins-injunction-against-trump-administration-over-defense-department-saga</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration rescind recent restrictions it placed on the AI company. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, wins, injunction, against, Trump, administration, over, Defense, Department, saga</media:keywords>
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<title>David Sacks is done as AI czar — here’s what he’s doing instead</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/david-sacks-is-done-as-ai-czar-heres-what-hes-doing-instead</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/david-sacks-is-done-as-ai-czar-heres-what-hes-doing-instead</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sacks will be much further from power center in Washington than since the outset of this second Trump administration. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>David, Sacks, done, czar, —, here’s, what, he’s, doing, instead</media:keywords>
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<title>The AI skills gap is here, says AI company, and power users are pulling ahead</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-ai-skills-gap-is-here-says-ai-company-and-power-users-are-pulling-ahead</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-ai-skills-gap-is-here-says-ai-company-and-power-users-are-pulling-ahead</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic finds AI isn’t replacing jobs yet, but early data shows growing inequality as experienced users gain an edge, raising concerns about future displacement and workforce divides. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, skills, gap, here, says, company, and, power, users, are, pulling, ahead</media:keywords>
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<title>Delve did the security compliance on LiteLLM, an AI project hit by malware</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/delve-did-the-security-compliance-on-litellm-an-ai-project-hit-by-malware</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/delve-did-the-security-compliance-on-litellm-an-ai-project-hit-by-malware</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ LiteLLM offers an AI open source project used by millions that was infected by credential harvesting malware. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Delve, did, the, security, compliance, LiteLLM, project, hit, malware</media:keywords>
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<title>Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/mercor-competitor-deccan-ai-raises-25m-sources-experts-from-india</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/mercor-competitor-deccan-ai-raises-25m-sources-experts-from-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Deccan AI concentrates its workforce in India to manage quality in a fast-growing but fragmented AI training market. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mercor, competitor, Deccan, raises, 25M, sources, experts, from, India</media:keywords>
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<title>The least surprising chapter of the Manus story is what’s happening right now</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-least-surprising-chapter-of-the-manus-story-is-whats-happening-right-now</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-least-surprising-chapter-of-the-manus-story-is-whats-happening-right-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Did anyone think there would not be a reckoning over this tie-up? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, least, surprising, chapter, the, Manus, story, what’s, happening, right, now</media:keywords>
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<title>A little&#45;known Croatian startup is coming for the robotaxi market with help from Uber</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/a-little-known-croatian-startup-is-coming-for-the-robotaxi-market-with-help-from-uber</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/a-little-known-croatian-startup-is-coming-for-the-robotaxi-market-with-help-from-uber</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Verne, the robotaxi company launched under Rimac Group, is starting with a service in Zagreb, Croatia. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>little-known, Croatian, startup, coming, for, the, robotaxi, market, with, help, from, Uber</media:keywords>
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<title>Lululemon bets Epoch Biodesign can eat its shorts, literally</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/lululemon-bets-epoch-biodesign-can-eat-its-shorts-literally</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/lululemon-bets-epoch-biodesign-can-eat-its-shorts-literally</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Startup Epoch Biodesign uses enzymes to break plastic waste down into monomers, the chemical building blocks that can be used to make new plastic. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lululemon, bets, Epoch, Biodesign, can, eat, its, shorts, literally</media:keywords>
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<title>New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/new-mexico-just-handed-meta-its-first-courtroom-defeat-over-child-safety-and-the-rest-of-the-country-is-watching</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/new-mexico-just-handed-meta-its-first-courtroom-defeat-over-child-safety-and-the-rest-of-the-country-is-watching</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The dollar amount isn’t as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Mexico, just, handed, Meta, its, first, courtroom, defeat, over, child, safety, and, the, rest, the, country, watching</media:keywords>
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<title>With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/with-35b-in-fresh-capital-kleiner-perkins-is-going-all-in-on-ai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/with-35b-in-fresh-capital-kleiner-perkins-is-going-all-in-on-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups, and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>With, 3.5B, fresh, capital, Kleiner, Perkins, going, all</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon just bought a startup making kid&#45;size humanoid robots</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-just-bought-a-startup-making-kid-size-humanoid-robots</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-just-bought-a-startup-making-kid-size-humanoid-robots</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The acquisition of Fauna Robotics is the second robotics startup Amazon has purchased this month. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, just, bought, startup, making, kid-size, humanoid, robots</media:keywords>
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<title>A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/a-former-thiel-fellows-startup-just-launched-a-drone-it-says-can-replace-police-helicopters</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/a-former-thiel-fellows-startup-just-launched-a-drone-it-says-can-replace-police-helicopters</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Brinc launched its newest 911 response drone this week, as the company seeks to expand its prominence in the public safety industry. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>former, Thiel, fellow’s, startup, just, launched, drone, says, can, replace, police, helicopters</media:keywords>
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<title>Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/air-street-becomes-one-of-the-largest-solo-vcs-in-europe-with-232m-fund</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/air-street-becomes-one-of-the-largest-solo-vcs-in-europe-with-232m-fund</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Air, Street, becomes, one, the, largest, solo, VCs, Europe, with, 232M, fund</media:keywords>
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<title>Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/despite-bitter-rivalry-kalshi-polymarket-ceos-back-35m-predictions-markets-vc-fund</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/despite-bitter-rivalry-kalshi-polymarket-ceos-back-35m-predictions-markets-vc-fund</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Despite, bitter, rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket, CEOs, back, 35M, predictions, markets, fund</media:keywords>
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<title>Bengaluru food delivery startup Swish raises $38M, its third round in 18 months</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/bengaluru-food-delivery-startup-swish-raises-38m-its-third-round-in-18-months</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/bengaluru-food-delivery-startup-swish-raises-38m-its-third-round-in-18-months</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Swish has more than doubled its valuation in a year as its full-stack, hyperlocal model positions ultra-fast food delivery as a high-frequency habit. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bengaluru, food, delivery, startup, Swish, raises, 38M, its, third, round, months</media:keywords>
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<title>Emil Michael, now a senior Pentagon official, says he’ll never forgive Uber investors who ousted him and Kalanick</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/emil-michael-now-a-senior-pentagon-official-says-hell-never-forgive-uber-investors-who-ousted-him-and-kalanick</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/emil-michael-now-a-senior-pentagon-official-says-hell-never-forgive-uber-investors-who-ousted-him-and-kalanick</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When asked whether he was still &quot;salty&quot; about about being shown the door at Uber, alongside co-founder Travis Kalanick, Michael didn&#039;t equivocate. &quot;I&#039;ll never forget that, nor forgive,&quot; he said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Emil, Michael, now, senior, Pentagon, official, says, he’ll, never, forgive, Uber, investors, who, ousted, him, and, Kalanick</media:keywords>
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<title>Delve halts demos, Insight Partners scrubs investment post amid ‘fake compliance’ allegations</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/delve-halts-demos-insight-partners-scrubs-investment-post-amid-fake-compliance-allegations</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/delve-halts-demos-insight-partners-scrubs-investment-post-amid-fake-compliance-allegations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After a whistleblower alleged that the startup fabricated audit evidence, its prominent Series A investor removed an article detailing why it led the deal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Delve, halts, demos, Insight, Partners, scrubs, investment, post, amid, ‘fake, compliance’, allegations</media:keywords>
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<title>TechCrunch Mobility: Uber everywhere, all at once</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-uber-everywhere-all-at-once</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-uber-everywhere-all-at-once</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TechCrunch, Mobility:, Uber, everywhere, all, once</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk unveils chip manufacturing plans for SpaceX and Tesla</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musk-unveils-chip-manufacturing-plans-for-spacex-and-tesla</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musk-unveils-chip-manufacturing-plans-for-spacex-and-tesla</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Elon Musk recently outlined ambitious plans for a chip-building collaboration Tesla and SpaceX — but he has a history of overpromising. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk, unveils, chip, manufacturing, plans, for, SpaceX, and, Tesla</media:keywords>
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<title>Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/cursor-admits-its-new-coding-model-was-built-on-top-of-moonshot-ais-kimi</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/cursor-admits-its-new-coding-model-was-built-on-top-of-moonshot-ais-kimi</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cursor, admits, its, new, coding, model, was, built, top, Moonshot, AI’s, Kimi</media:keywords>
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<title>Do you want to build a robot snowman?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/do-you-want-to-build-a-robot-snowman</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/do-you-want-to-build-a-robot-snowman</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we recapped CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote and debated what it means for Nvidia’s future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>you, want, build, robot, snowman</media:keywords>
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<title>The SEC drops its four&#45;year&#45;old investigation into EV startup Faraday Future</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-sec-drops-its-four-year-old-investigation-into-ev-startup-faraday-future</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-sec-drops-its-four-year-old-investigation-into-ev-startup-faraday-future</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After four years, and multiple subpoenas and depositions, the beleaguered startup has dodged yet another bullet. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, SEC, drops, its, four-year-old, investigation, into, startup, Faraday, Future</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/why-wall-street-wasnt-won-over-by-nvidias-big-conference</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/why-wall-street-wasnt-won-over-by-nvidias-big-conference</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia&#039;s latest conference shows that most in the industry aren&#039;t concerned by that possibility. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Wall, Street, wasn’t, won, over, Nvidia’s, big, conference</media:keywords>
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<title>Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/delve-accused-of-misleading-customers-with-fake-compliance</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/delve-accused-of-misleading-customers-with-fake-compliance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Delve, accused, misleading, customers, with, ‘fake, compliance’</media:keywords>
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<title>Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/publisher-pulls-horror-novel-shy-girl-over-ai-concerns</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/publisher-pulls-horror-novel-shy-girl-over-ai-concerns</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Publisher, pulls, horror, novel, ‘Shy, Girl’, over, concerns</media:keywords>
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<title>It’s been 20 years since the first tweet</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/its-been-20-years-since-the-first-tweet</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/its-been-20-years-since-the-first-tweet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>It’s, been, years, since, the, first, tweet</media:keywords>
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<title>Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/are-ai-tokens-the-new-signing-bonus-or-just-a-cost-of-doing-business</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/are-ai-tokens-the-new-signing-bonus-or-just-a-cost-of-doing-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforward win. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Are, tokens, the, new, signing, bonus, just, cost, doing, business</media:keywords>
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<title>Amid legal turmoil, Kalshi is temporarily banned in Nevada</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amid-legal-turmoil-kalshi-is-temporarily-banned-in-nevada</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amid-legal-turmoil-kalshi-is-temporarily-banned-in-nevada</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s the latest escalation in a regulatory battle over the future of prediction markets. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amid, legal, turmoil, Kalshi, temporarily, banned, Nevada</media:keywords>
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<title>What happened at Nvidia GTC: NemoClaw, Robot Olaf, and a $1 trillion bet</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/what-happened-at-nvidia-gtcnemoclaw-robot-olaf-and-a1-trillionbet</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/what-happened-at-nvidia-gtcnemoclaw-robot-olaf-and-a1-trillionbet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut. The message was hard to miss: Nvidia […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, happened, Nvidia, GTC: NemoClaw, Robot, Olaf, and, a 1, trillion bet</media:keywords>
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<title>Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/microsoft-rolls-back-some-of-its-copilot-ai-bloat-on-windows</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/microsoft-rolls-back-some-of-its-copilot-ai-bloat-on-windows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft, rolls, back, some, its, Copilot, bloat, Windows</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musk-misled-twitter-investors-while-trying-to-get-out-of-acquisition-jury-says</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musk-misled-twitter-investors-while-trying-to-get-out-of-acquisition-jury-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk, misled, Twitter, investors, while, trying, get, out, acquisition, jury, says</media:keywords>
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<title>New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/new-court-filing-reveals-pentagon-told-anthropic-the-two-sides-were-nearly-aligned-a-week-after-trump-declared-the-relationship-kaput</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/new-court-filing-reveals-pentagon-told-anthropic-the-two-sides-were-nearly-aligned-a-week-after-trump-declared-the-relationship-kaput</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon&#039;s assertion that the AI company poses an &quot;unacceptable risk to national security&quot; and arguing that the government&#039;s case relies on technical misunderstandings and claims that were never actually raised during the months of negotiations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, court, filing, reveals, Pentagon, told, Anthropic, the, two, sides, were, nearly, aligned, —, week, after, Trump, declared, the, relationship, kaput</media:keywords>
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<title>Online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027, Cloudflare CEO says</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/online-bot-traffic-will-exceed-human-traffic-by-2027-cloudflare-ceo-says</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/online-bot-traffic-will-exceed-human-traffic-by-2027-cloudflare-ceo-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI bots may outnumber humans online by 2027, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, as generative AI agents dramatically increase web traffic and infrastructure demands. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Online, bot, traffic, will, exceed, human, traffic, 2027, Cloudflare, CEO, says</media:keywords>
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<title>Polymarket continues its partnership spree with a Major League Baseball deal</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/polymarket-continues-its-partnership-spree-with-a-major-league-baseball-deal</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/polymarket-continues-its-partnership-spree-with-a-major-league-baseball-deal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ MLB is only the latest in a string of recently announced partnerships involving the prediction market. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Polymarket, continues, its, partnership, spree, with, Major, League, Baseball, deal</media:keywords>
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<title>Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/employees-had-to-restrain-a-dancing-humanoid-robot-after-it-went-wild-at-a-california-restaurant</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/employees-had-to-restrain-a-dancing-humanoid-robot-after-it-went-wild-at-a-california-restaurant</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A dancing robot in a Haidilao hot pot restaurant boogied down a little too hard. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Employees, had, restrain, dancing, humanoid, robot, after, went, wild, California, restaurant</media:keywords>
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<title>Jeff Bezos reportedly wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/jeff-bezos-reportedly-wants-100-billion-to-buy-and-transform-old-manufacturing-firms-with-ai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/jeff-bezos-reportedly-wants-100-billion-to-buy-and-transform-old-manufacturing-firms-with-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Amazon magnate has a new project centered around acquiring industrial firms and revamping them with AI technology. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jeff, Bezos, reportedly, wants, 100, billion, buy, and, transform, old, manufacturing, firms, with</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon acquires Rivr, maker of a stair&#45;climbing delivery robot</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-acquires-rivr-maker-of-a-stair-climbing-delivery-robot</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-acquires-rivr-maker-of-a-stair-climbing-delivery-robot</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Amazon and Jeff Bezos had previously invested in the startup. The deal signals the e-commerce giant&#039;s interest in doorstep delivery. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, acquires, Rivr, maker, stair-climbing, delivery, robot</media:keywords>
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<title>Nothing CEO Carl Pei says smartphone apps will disappear as AI agents take their place</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nothing-ceo-carl-pei-says-smartphone-apps-will-disappear-as-ai-agents-take-their-place</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nothing-ceo-carl-pei-says-smartphone-apps-will-disappear-as-ai-agents-take-their-place</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nothing CEO Carl Pei says AI agents will eventually replace apps, shifting smartphones toward systems that understand intent and act on a user&#039;s behalf. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nothing, CEO, Carl, Pei, says, smartphone, apps, will, disappear, agents, take, their, place</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman’s thank&#45;you to coders draws the memes</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/sam-altmans-thank-you-to-coders-draws-the-memes</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/sam-altmans-thank-you-to-coders-draws-the-memes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Altman expresses gratitude for people who knew how to write their code from scratch. The internet replies with salty jokes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman’s, thank-you, coders, draws, the, memes</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/meta-is-having-trouble-with-rogue-ai-agents</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/meta-is-having-trouble-with-rogue-ai-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn&#039;t have permission to see it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, having, trouble, with, rogue, agents</media:keywords>
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<title>Two Palantir veterans just came out of stealth with $30 million and a Sequoia stamp of approval</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/two-palantir-veterans-just-came-out-of-stealth-with-30-million-and-a-sequoia-stamp-of-approval</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/two-palantir-veterans-just-came-out-of-stealth-with-30-million-and-a-sequoia-stamp-of-approval</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The founders are worth paying attention to. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Two, Palantir, veterans, just, came, out, stealth, with, 30, million, and, Sequoia, stamp, approval</media:keywords>
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<title>Multiverse Computing pushes its compressed AI models into the mainstream</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/multiverse-computing-pushes-its-compressed-ai-models-into-the-mainstream</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/multiverse-computing-pushes-its-compressed-ai-models-into-the-mainstream</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After compressing models from major AI labs including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and Mistral AI, Multiverse Computing has launched both an app that showcases the capabilities of its compressed models and an API that makes them more widely available. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Multiverse, Computing, pushes, its, compressed, models, into, the, mainstream</media:keywords>
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<title>Kagi brings its ‘small web’ of a human&#45;only internet to mobile devices</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/kagi-brings-its-small-web-of-a-human-only-internet-to-mobile-devices</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/kagi-brings-its-small-web-of-a-human-only-internet-to-mobile-devices</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Kagi&#039;s &quot;Small Web&quot; offers a handpicked collection of more than 30,000 non-commercial, human-authored websites, including personal blogs, webcomics, and independent videos. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kagi, brings, its, ‘small, web’, human-only, internet, mobile, devices</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple rolls out first ‘background security’ update for iPhones, iPads, and Macs to fix Safari bug</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-rolls-out-first-background-security-update-for-iphones-ipads-and-macs-to-fix-safari-bug</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-rolls-out-first-background-security-update-for-iphones-ipads-and-macs-to-fix-safari-bug</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple&#039;s first-ever &quot;background security improvement&quot; fixes a vulnerability in its Safari browser running its latest software. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, rolls, out, first, ‘background, security’, update, for, iPhones, iPads, and, Macs, fix, Safari, bug</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup has gotten so much love, and hate</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/why-garry-tans-claude-code-setup-has-gotten-so-much-love-and-hate</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/why-garry-tans-claude-code-setup-has-gotten-so-much-love-and-hate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of people are trying Garry Tan&#039;s Claude Code setup, which was shared on GitHub. And everyone has an opinion: even Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Garry, Tan’s, Claude, Code, setup, has, gotten, much, love, and, hate</media:keywords>
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<title>Mistral bets on ‘build&#45;your&#45;own AI’ as it takes on OpenAI, Anthropic in the enterprise</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/mistral-bets-on-build-your-own-ai-as-it-takes-on-openai-anthropic-in-the-enterprise</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/mistral-bets-on-build-your-own-ai-as-it-takes-on-openai-anthropic-in-the-enterprise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mistral Forge lets enterprises train custom AI models from scratch on their own data, challenging rivals that rely on fine-tuning and retrieval-based approaches. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mistral, bets, ‘build-your-own, AI’, takes, OpenAI, Anthropic, the, enterprise</media:keywords>
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<title>Kalshi’s legal troubles pile up, as Arizona files first ever criminal charges over ‘illegal gambling business’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/kalshis-legal-troubles-pile-up-as-arizona-files-first-ever-criminal-charges-over-illegal-gambling-business</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/kalshis-legal-troubles-pile-up-as-arizona-files-first-ever-criminal-charges-over-illegal-gambling-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s the latest salvo in an escalating battle between state regulators and an industry that claims it&#039;s not beholden to them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kalshi’s, legal, troubles, pile, up, Arizona, files, first, ever, criminal, charges, over, ‘illegal, gambling, business’</media:keywords>
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<title>Warren presses Pentagon over decision to grant xAI access to classified networks</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/warren-presses-pentagon-over-decision-to-grant-xai-access-to-classified-networks</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/warren-presses-pentagon-over-decision-to-grant-xai-access-to-classified-networks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sen. Elizabeth Warren noted that Grok, xAI&#039;s controversial chatbot, has created harmful outputs for users and poses a potential national security risk. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Warren, presses, Pentagon, over, decision, grant, xAI, access, classified, networks</media:keywords>
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<title>Jensen Huang just put Nvidia’s Blackwell and Vera Rubin sales projections into the $1 trillion stratosphere</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/jensen-huang-just-put-nvidias-blackwell-and-vera-rubin-sales-projections-into-the-1-trillion-stratosphere</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/jensen-huang-just-put-nvidias-blackwell-and-vera-rubin-sales-projections-into-the-1-trillion-stratosphere</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he expects $1 trillion worth of orders for the chips. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jensen, Huang, just, put, Nvidia’s, Blackwell, and, Vera, Rubin, sales, projections, into, the, trillion, stratosphere</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia’s version of OpenClaw could solve its biggest problem: security</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidias-version-of-openclaw-could-solve-its-biggest-problem-security</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidias-version-of-openclaw-could-solve-its-biggest-problem-security</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia announced an open enterprise AI agent platform, called NemoClaw, that is built off of viral OpenClaw. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia’s, version, OpenClaw, could, solve, its, biggest, problem:, security</media:keywords>
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<title>SEC eyes shift to twice&#45;yearly earnings reports</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/sec-eyes-shift-to-twice-yearly-earnings-reports</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/sec-eyes-shift-to-twice-yearly-earnings-reports</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The SEC is working on a proposal to allow public companies to release earnings reports twice a year instead of quarterly, per the WSJ.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SEC, eyes, shift, twice-yearly, earnings, reports</media:keywords>
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<title>Picsart now allows creators to ‘hire’ AI assistants through agent marketplace</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/picsart-now-allows-creators-to-hire-ai-assistants-through-agent-marketplace</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/picsart-now-allows-creators-to-hire-ai-assistants-through-agent-marketplace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Picsart&#039;s AI agent marketplace will launch with four agents, then add more agents each week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Picsart, now, allows, creators, ‘hire’, assistants, through, agent, marketplace</media:keywords>
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<title>ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/bytedance-reportedly-pauses-global-launch-of-its-seedance-20-video-generator</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/bytedance-reportedly-pauses-global-launch-of-its-seedance-20-video-generator</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is reportedly delaying the launch as its engineers and lawyers work to avert further legal issues. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ByteDance, reportedly, pauses, global, launch, its, Seedance, 2.0, video, generator</media:keywords>
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<title>Google, Accel India accelerator chooses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-accel-india-accelerator-chooses-5-startups-and-none-are-ai-wrappers</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-accel-india-accelerator-chooses-5-startups-and-none-are-ai-wrappers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google and Accel say about 70% of AI startup pitches tied to India were &quot;wrappers&quot; as they reviewed more than 4,000 applications for their Atoms cohort. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Accel, India, accelerator, chooses, startups, and, none, are, ‘AI, wrappers’</media:keywords>
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<title>Netflix’s ‘Frankenstein’ wins three Oscars, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ wins two</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/netflixs-frankenstein-wins-three-oscars-kpop-demon-hunters-wins-two</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/netflixs-frankenstein-wins-three-oscars-kpop-demon-hunters-wins-two</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Frankenstein” won for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, while “KPop Demon Hunters” won for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Netflix’s, ‘Frankenstein’, wins, three, Oscars, ‘KPop, Demon, Hunters’, wins, two</media:keywords>
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<title>The billionaires made a promise — now some want out</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-billionaires-made-a-promise-now-some-want-out</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-billionaires-made-a-promise-now-some-want-out</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign they called the Giving Pledge: a public commitment, open to the world’s wealthiest people, to give away more than half their fortune during their lifetime or upon their death. The moment seemed to call for it. Tech was minting billionaires faster than any […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, billionaires, made, promise, —, now, some, want, out</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/meta-reportedly-considering-layoffs-that-could-affect-20-of-the-company</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/meta-reportedly-considering-layoffs-that-could-affect-20-of-the-company</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ These layoffs could help Facebook&#039;s parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and hiring. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, reportedly, considering, layoffs, that, could, affect, 20, the, company</media:keywords>
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<title>Honda is killing its EVs — and any chance of competing in the future</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/honda-is-killing-its-evs-and-any-chance-of-competing-in-the-future</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/honda-is-killing-its-evs-and-any-chance-of-competing-in-the-future</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Honda&#039;s decision to kill its three EVs for the U.S. market will reverberate far beyond North America. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Honda, killing, its, EVs, — and, any, chance, competing, the, future</media:keywords>
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<title>US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/us-army-announces-contract-with-anduril-worth-up-to-20b</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/us-army-announces-contract-with-anduril-worth-up-to-20b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate &quot;procurement actions.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Army, announces, contract, with, Anduril, worth, 20B</media:keywords>
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<title>The MacBook Neo is ‘the most repairable MacBook’ in years, according to iFixit</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-macbook-neo-is-the-most-repairable-macbook-in-years-according-to-ifixit</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-macbook-neo-is-the-most-repairable-macbook-in-years-according-to-ifixit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook — it’s also the company&#039;s most repairable laptop in “about fourteen years.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, MacBook, Neo, ‘the, most, repairable, MacBook’, years, according, iFixit</media:keywords>
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<title>Facebook makes it easier for creators to report impersonators</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/facebook-makes-it-easier-for-creators-to-report-impersonators</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/facebook-makes-it-easier-for-creators-to-report-impersonators</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Facebook is making it easier for creators to report impersonators while tightening rules around reposts and other unoriginal content. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Facebook, makes, easier, for, creators, report, impersonators</media:keywords>
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<title>Nyne, founded by a father&#45;son duo, gives AI agents the human context they’re missing</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nyne-founded-by-a-father-son-duo-gives-ai-agents-the-human-context-theyre-missing</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nyne-founded-by-a-father-son-duo-gives-ai-agents-the-human-context-theyre-missing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The data infrastructure startup raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park Commons. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nyne, founded, father-son, duo, gives, agents, the, human, context, they’re, missing</media:keywords>
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<title>Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/digg-lays-off-staff-and-shuts-down-app-as-company-retools</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/digg-lays-off-staff-and-shuts-down-app-as-company-retools</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it&#039;s not giving up on the startup. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Digg, lays, off, staff, and, shuts, down, app, company, retools</media:keywords>
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<title>Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/lawyer-behind-ai-psychosis-cases-warns-of-mass-casualty-risks</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/lawyer-behind-ai-psychosis-cases-warns-of-mass-casualty-risks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lawyer, behind, psychosis, cases, warns, mass, casualty, risks</media:keywords>
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<title>‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/not-built-right-the-first-time-musks-xai-is-starting-over-again-again</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/not-built-right-the-first-time-musks-xai-is-starting-over-again-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining from Cursor. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘Not, built, right, the, first, time’, —, Musk’s, xAI, starting, over, again, again</media:keywords>
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<title>Channel Surfer lets you watch YouTube like it’s old&#45;school cable TV</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/channel-surfer-lets-you-watch-youtube-like-its-old-school-cable-tv</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/channel-surfer-lets-you-watch-youtube-like-its-old-school-cable-tv</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The web app lets you turn on YouTube and surf channels like you&#039;re watching cable TV in the &#039;90s. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Channel, Surfer, lets, you, watch, YouTube, like, it’s, old-school, cable</media:keywords>
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<title>Sales automation startup Rox AI hits $1.2B valuation, sources say</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/sales-automation-startup-rox-ai-hits-12b-valuation-sources-say</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/sales-automation-startup-rox-ai-hits-12b-valuation-sources-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Rox, founded in 2024 by the former chief growth officer of New Relic, offers an AI-native alternative to CRM tools. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sales, automation, startup, Rox, hits, 1.2B, valuation, sources, say</media:keywords>
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<title>How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/how-to-watch-jensen-huangs-nvidia-gtc-2026-keynote</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/how-to-watch-jensen-huangs-nvidia-gtc-2026-keynote</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ GTC — which stands for GPU Technology Conference — is Nvidia&#039;s flagship annual event, where the chipmaker typically uses the spotlight to announce new products, champion partnerships, and lay out its vision for the future of computing. Huang&#039;s keynote will focus on Nvidia&#039;s role in the future of computing and AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, watch, Jensen, Huang’s, Nvidia, GTC, 2026, keynote</media:keywords>
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<title>Truecaller now lets you hang up on scammers — on behalf of your family</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/truecaller-now-lets-you-hang-up-on-scammers-on-behalf-of-your-family</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/truecaller-now-lets-you-hang-up-on-scammers-on-behalf-of-your-family</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Caller identity platform Truecaller recently launched a new feature that lets one person become an admin of a family group, get alerts about fraud calls received by other members, and even end a call on their behalf if they suspect a family member might get scammed. The company, which has over 450 million users, first […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Truecaller, now, lets, you, hang, scammers, —, behalf, your, family</media:keywords>
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<title>Before quantum computing arrives, this startup wants enterprises already running on it</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/before-quantum-computing-arrives-this-startup-wants-enterprises-already-running-on-it</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/before-quantum-computing-arrives-this-startup-wants-enterprises-already-running-on-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After selling his AI startup to AMD for $665 million, Peter Sarlin is back with QuTwo, a new venture building the infrastructure it believes enterprises will need when quantum computing finally arrives. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Before, quantum, computing, arrives, this, startup, wants, enterprises, already, running</media:keywords>
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<title>Ford’s new AI assistant will help fleet owners know if seatbelts are being used</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/fords-new-ai-assistant-will-help-fleet-owners-know-if-seatbelts-are-being-used</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/fords-new-ai-assistant-will-help-fleet-owners-know-if-seatbelts-are-being-used</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ford Pro AI debuted at Work Truck Week in Indianapolis and is now available to all of its U.S.-based Pro telematics subscribers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Google Play is adding new paid and PC games, game trials, community posts, and more</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-play-is-adding-new-paid-and-pc-games-game-trials-community-posts-and-more</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-play-is-adding-new-paid-and-pc-games-game-trials-community-posts-and-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The updates indicate that Google is focused on transforming Google Play into an enhanced gaming hub. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Play, adding, new, paid, and, games, game, trials, community, posts, and, more</media:keywords>
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<title>Nuro is testing its autonomous vehicle tech on Tokyo’s streets</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nuro-is-testing-its-autonomous-vehicle-tech-on-tokyos-streets</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nuro-is-testing-its-autonomous-vehicle-tech-on-tokyos-streets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nuro began testing its self-driving software on public roads in Tokyo, marking the first international expansion for the AV startup. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nuro, testing, its, autonomous, vehicle, tech, Tokyo’s, streets</media:keywords>
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<title>AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood put out the worst song I’ve ever heard</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-actor-tilly-norwood-put-out-the-worst-song-ive-ever-heard</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-actor-tilly-norwood-put-out-the-worst-song-ive-ever-heard</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This song is an AI actor&#039;s rallying cry to other AI actors, urging them to keep going despite the naysayers who doubt their humanity. Literally no one can relate to this. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘actor’, Tilly, Norwood, put, out, the, worst, song, I’ve, ever, heard</media:keywords>
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<title>Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/chinese-brain-interface-startup-gestala-raises-21m-just-two-months-after-launch</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/chinese-brain-interface-startup-gestala-raises-21m-just-two-months-after-launch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This is the largest early-stage funding in China’s brain computer interface industry. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Chinese, brain, interface, startup, Gestala, raises, 21M, just, two, months, after, launch</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-launches-its-healthcare-ai-assistant-on-its-website-and-app</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-launches-its-healthcare-ai-assistant-on-its-website-and-app</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:07:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, launches, its, healthcare, assistant, its, website, and, app</media:keywords>
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<title>Google and Tesla think we’re managing the electrical grid all wrong</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-and-tesla-think-were-managing-the-electrical-grid-all-wrong</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-and-tesla-think-were-managing-the-electrical-grid-all-wrong</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The duo have teamed up with other companies to launch Utilize, which seeks to change how the grid is used and regulated. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:07:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, and, Tesla, think, we’re, managing, the, electrical, grid, all, wrong</media:keywords>
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<title>In a vote of confidence for Meta’s Threads, Kalshi adds sharing feature</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/in-a-vote-of-confidence-for-metas-threads-kalshi-adds-sharing-feature</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/in-a-vote-of-confidence-for-metas-threads-kalshi-adds-sharing-feature</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Kalshi now offers a share option that will automatically embed the relevant prediction market chart into a Threads post. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>vote, confidence, for, Meta’s, Threads, Kalshi, adds, sharing, feature</media:keywords>
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<title>Google brings Gemini in Chrome to India</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-brings-gemini-in-chrome-to-india</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-brings-gemini-in-chrome-to-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As part of the rollout, Gemini will support languages including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, and Tamil. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, brings, Gemini, Chrome, India</media:keywords>
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<title>Anduril snaps up space surveillance firm ExoAnalytic Solutions</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anduril-snaps-up-space-surveillance-firm-exoanalytic-solutions</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anduril-snaps-up-space-surveillance-firm-exoanalytic-solutions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The deal could give Anduril a better shot at lucrative missile defense contracts through the &quot;Golden Dome&quot; system. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anduril, snaps, space, surveillance, firm, ExoAnalytic, Solutions</media:keywords>
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<title>Electric air taxi maker Archer hits back at Joby in countersuit alleging concealed Chinese ties</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/electric-air-taxi-maker-archer-hits-back-at-joby-in-countersuit-alleging-concealed-chinese-ties</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/electric-air-taxi-maker-archer-hits-back-at-joby-in-countersuit-alleging-concealed-chinese-ties</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Archer&#039;s countersuit comes four months after Joby sued its rival for alleged &#039;corporate espionage.&#039; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Electric, air, taxi, maker, Archer, hits, back, Joby, countersuit, alleging, concealed, Chinese, ties</media:keywords>
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<title>An iPhone&#45;hacking toolkit used by Russian spies likely came from U.S military contractor</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/an-iphone-hacking-toolkit-used-by-russian-spies-likely-came-from-us-military-contractor</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/an-iphone-hacking-toolkit-used-by-russian-spies-likely-came-from-us-military-contractor</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking tools were theirs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>iPhone-hacking, toolkit, used, Russian, spies, likely, came, from, U.S, military, contractor</media:keywords>
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<title>Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/yann-lecuns-ami-labs-raises-103-billion-to-build-world-models</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/yann-lecuns-ami-labs-raises-103-billion-to-build-world-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Yann, LeCun’s, AMI, Labs, raises, 1.03, billion, build, world, models</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple now makes one in four iPhones in India: report</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-now-makes-one-in-four-iphones-in-india-report</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-now-makes-one-in-four-iphones-in-india-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple reportedly produced 55 million units in India last year, a shift accelerated as Apple faced growing uncertainty in China. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, now, makes, one, four, iPhones, India:, report</media:keywords>
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<title>Uzbekistan’s Uzum valuation leaps over 50% in seven months to $2.3B</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/uzbekistans-uzum-valuation-leaps-over-50-in-seven-months-to-23b</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/uzbekistans-uzum-valuation-leaps-over-50-in-seven-months-to-23b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Uzum now reaches 20 million users and processes $11B in payments as it expands its e-commerce and fintech ecosystem across Uzbekistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Uzbekistan’s, Uzum, valuation, leaps, over, 50, seven, months, 2.3B</media:keywords>
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<title>TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s R2 gambit</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-rivians-r2-gambit</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-rivians-r2-gambit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TechCrunch, Mobility:, Rivian’s, gambit</media:keywords>
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<title>Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/owner-of-ice-detention-facility-sees-big-opportunity-in-ai-man-camps</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/owner-of-ice-detention-facility-sees-big-opportunity-in-ai-man-camps</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI data center developers are increasingly relying on a style of camp popularized as housing for men working in remote oil fields. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Owner, ICE, detention, facility, sees, big, opportunity, man, camps</media:keywords>
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<title>Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/will-the-pentagons-anthropic-controversy-scare-startups-away-from-defense-work</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/will-the-pentagons-anthropic-controversy-scare-startups-away-from-defense-work</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we discussed what the controversy means for other startups seeking to work with the federal government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Will, the, Pentagon’s, Anthropic, controversy, scare, startups, away, from, defense, work</media:keywords>
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<title>Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/palmer-luckeys-retro-gaming-startup-modretro-reportedly-seeks-funding-at-1b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/palmer-luckeys-retro-gaming-startup-modretro-reportedly-seeks-funding-at-1b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company launched its first product, a Game Boy-style handheld device called the Chromatic, in 2024. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Palmer, Luckey’s, retro, gaming, startup, ModRetro, reportedly, seeks, funding, 1B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy fears since the Super Bowl, but his answers may not help</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/rings-jamie-siminoff-has-been-trying-to-calm-privacy-fears-since-the-super-bowl-but-his-answers-may-not-help</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/rings-jamie-siminoff-has-been-trying-to-calm-privacy-fears-since-the-super-bowl-but-his-answers-may-not-help</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The facial recognition question is where things get more tangled. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ring’s, Jamie, Siminoff, has, been, trying, calm, privacy, fears, since, the, Super, Bowl, but, his, answers, may, not, help</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon deal</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-robotics-lead-caitlin-kalinowski-quits-in-response-to-pentagon-deal</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-robotics-lead-caitlin-kalinowski-quits-in-response-to-pentagon-deal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that in response to OpenAI&#039;s controversial agreement with the Department of Defense, she’s resigned from her role leading the company&#039;s robotics team. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, robotics, lead, Caitlin, Kalinowski, quits, response, Pentagon, deal</media:keywords>
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<title>Grammarly’s ‘expert review’ is just missing the actual experts</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/grammarlys-expert-review-is-just-missing-the-actual-experts</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/grammarlys-expert-review-is-just-missing-the-actual-experts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A recently-added feature in Grammarly purports to improve users’ writing with help from the world&#039;s great writers and thinkers — and some tech journalists, too. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Grammarly’s, ‘expert, review’, just, missing, the, actual, experts</media:keywords>
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<title>Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, just, gave, Sundar, Pichai, 692M, pay, package</media:keywords>
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<title>Push for $40 smartphones builds momentum, but still faces cost hurdles</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/push-for-40-smartphones-builds-momentum-but-still-faces-cost-hurdles</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/push-for-40-smartphones-builds-momentum-but-still-faces-cost-hurdles</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A coalition of telecom operators and device makers is pushing $40 smartphones to bring up to 20 million people online, but rising component costs threaten the plan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Push, for, 40, smartphones, builds, momentum, but, still, faces, cost, hurdles</media:keywords>
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<title>A roadmap for AI, if anyone will listen</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/a-roadmap-for-ai-if-anyone-will-listen</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/a-roadmap-for-ai-if-anyone-will-listen</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pro-Human Declaration was finalized before last week&#039;s Pentagon-Anthropic standoff, but the collision of the two events wasn’t lost on anyone involved. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>roadmap, for, AI, anyone, will, listen</media:keywords>
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<title>OSHA probing fatality at Rivian warehouse</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/osha-probing-fatality-at-rivian-warehouse</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/osha-probing-fatality-at-rivian-warehouse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A 61-year-old worker died on Thursday after reportedly getting stuck between a tractor trailer and a loading dock. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OSHA, probing, fatality, Rivian, warehouse</media:keywords>
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<title>Life EV officially owns Rad Power Bikes now</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/life-ev-officially-owns-rad-power-bikes-now</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/life-ev-officially-owns-rad-power-bikes-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Rad Power brand is expected to live on. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Life, officially, owns, Rad, Power, Bikes, now</media:keywords>
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<title>Nintendo sues the US government for a refund on tariffs</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nintendo-sues-the-us-government-for-a-refund-on-tariffs</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nintendo-sues-the-us-government-for-a-refund-on-tariffs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This lawsuit comes after a Supreme Court decision struck down some of the president&#039;s sweeping tariffs, which had impacted Nintendo and thousands of other companies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nintendo, sues, the, government, for, refund, tariffs</media:keywords>
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<title>X is testing a new ad format that connects posts with products</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/x-is-testing-a-new-ad-format-that-connects-posts-with-products</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/x-is-testing-a-new-ad-format-that-connects-posts-with-products</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An ad test on X promotes Musk&#039;s Starlink beneath original content. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>testing, new, format, that, connects, posts, with, products</media:keywords>
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<title>Robinhood’s startup fund stumbles in NYSE debut</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/robinhoods-startup-fund-stumbles-in-nyse-debut</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/robinhoods-startup-fund-stumbles-in-nyse-debut</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The fund currently offers retail investors exposure to eight startups, including Mercor, Ramp, and Stripe, with plans to expand its portfolio. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Robinhood’s, startup, fund, stumbles, NYSE, debut</media:keywords>
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<title>FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance systems: Report</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/fbi-investigating-hack-on-its-wiretap-and-surveillance-systems-report</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/fbi-investigating-hack-on-its-wiretap-and-surveillance-systems-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Hackers allegedly broke into the FBI’s networks, according to a report by CNN. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>FBI, investigating, hack, its, wiretap, and, surveillance, systems:, Report</media:keywords>
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<title>AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcare</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/aws-launches-a-new-ai-agent-platform-specifically-for-healthcare</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/aws-launches-a-new-ai-agent-platform-specifically-for-healthcare</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with patient scheduling, documentation, and patient verification. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AWS, launches, new, agent, platform, specifically, for, healthcare</media:keywords>
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<title>Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/cluely-ceo-roy-lee-admits-to-publicly-lying-about-revenue-numbers-last-year</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/cluely-ceo-roy-lee-admits-to-publicly-lying-about-revenue-numbers-last-year</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on X. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cluely, CEO, Roy, Lee, admits, publicly, lying, about, revenue, numbers, last, year</media:keywords>
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<title>DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&amp;amp;A research affordable</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/diligencesquared-uses-ai-voice-agents-to-make-ma-research-affordable</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/diligencesquared-uses-ai-voice-agents-to-make-ma-research-affordable</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Instead of relying on expensive management consultants, the startup uses AI voice agents to conduct interviews with customers of the companies the PE firms are considering buying. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>DiligenceSquared, uses, AI, voice, agents, make, M&amp;A, research, affordable</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply&#45;chain label in court</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-to-challenge-dods-supply-chain-label-in-court</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-to-challenge-dods-supply-chain-label-in-court</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense&#039;s designation of the AI firm as a supply-chain risk. He claims most Anthropic customers are unaffected by the label. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, challenge, DOD’s, supply-chain, label, court</media:keywords>
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<title>His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/his-house-burned-down-he-used-the-insurance-money-to-buildpopsockets</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/his-house-burned-down-he-used-the-insurance-money-to-buildpopsockets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination.  Watch as founder and former CEO […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>His, house, burned, down., used, the, insurance, money, build PopSockets.</media:keywords>
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<title>Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20%</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-settles-with-epic-games-drops-its-play-store-commissions-to-20</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-settles-with-epic-games-drops-its-play-store-commissions-to-20</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google has dropped its commission, charging a 20% service fee and an optional 5% to use its billing services. It will also offer a new process for third-party app stores. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, settles, with, Epic, Games, drops, its, Play, Store, commissions, 20</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-music-to-add-transparency-tags-to-distinguish-ai-music-says-report</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-music-to-add-transparency-tags-to-distinguish-ai-music-says-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The label or distributor has to opt in to tagging their music as AI, so it&#039;s unclear how effective this intervention will be. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, Music, add, Transparency, Tags, distinguish, music, says, report</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies,’ report says</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-calls-openais-messaging-around-military-deal-straight-up-lies-report-says</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-calls-openais-messaging-around-military-deal-straight-up-lies-report-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements -- then, OpenAI swooped in. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, CEO, Dario, Amodei, calls, OpenAI’s, messaging, around, military, deal, ‘straight, lies, ’, report, says</media:keywords>
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<title>Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/jensen-huang-says-nvidia-is-pulling-back-from-openai-and-anthropic-but-his-explanation-raises-more-questions-than-it-answers</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/jensen-huang-says-nvidia-is-pulling-back-from-openai-and-anthropic-but-his-explanation-raises-more-questions-than-it-answers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his company&#039;s investments in OpenAI and Anthropic will likely be its last — but his explanation may not tell the whole story. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jensen, Huang, says, Nvidia, pulling, back, from, OpenAI, and, Anthropic, but, his, explanation, raises, more, questions, than, answers</media:keywords>
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<title>TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since sale</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/tiktok-down-for-some-in-us-thanks-to-second-oracle-outage-since-sale</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/tiktok-down-for-some-in-us-thanks-to-second-oracle-outage-since-sale</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TikTok experienced a similar outage just days after ByteDance divested the app&#039;s U.S. operations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TikTok, down, for, some, US, thanks, second, Oracle, outage, since, sale</media:keywords>
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<title>Just three companies dominated the $189B in VC investments last month</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/just-three-companies-dominated-the-189b-in-vc-investments-last-month</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/just-three-companies-dominated-the-189b-in-vc-investments-last-month</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Crunchbase data shows a record $189 billion of global venture capital flowed to startups last month, with AI startups nabbing 90% of the capital. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Just, three, companies, dominated, the, 189B, investments, last, month</media:keywords>
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<title>Alibaba’s Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI push</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/alibabas-qwen-tech-lead-steps-down-after-major-ai-push</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/alibabas-qwen-tech-lead-steps-down-after-major-ai-push</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Reactions rippled through Alibaba&#039;s Qwen team after tech lead Junyang Lin stepped down following a major model launch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Alibaba’s, Qwen, tech, lead, steps, down, after, major, push</media:keywords>
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<title>A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/a-suite-of-government-hacking-tools-targeting-iphones-is-now-being-used-by-cybercriminals</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/a-suite-of-government-hacking-tools-targeting-iphones-is-now-being-used-by-cybercriminals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Security researchers say exploits used by governments to hack into iPhones have been found to be used by cybercriminals. They warned of an emerging market for &quot;secondhand&quot; exploits. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>suite, government, hacking, tools, targeting, iPhones, now, being, used, cybercriminals</media:keywords>
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<title>Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/why-ai-startups-are-selling-the-same-equity-at-two-different-prices</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/why-ai-startups-are-selling-the-same-equity-at-two-different-prices</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, startups, are, selling, the, same, equity, two, different, prices</media:keywords>
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<title>Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank&#45;backed PayPay</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/geopolitical-drama-reportedly-stalls-ipo-of-softbank-backed-paypay</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/geopolitical-drama-reportedly-stalls-ipo-of-softbank-backed-paypay</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Japan-based company reportedly aimed for a public valuation of at least ¥1.5 trillion ($10 billion). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Geopolitical, drama, reportedly, stalls, IPO, SoftBank-backed, PayPay</media:keywords>
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<title>Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/stripe-wants-to-turn-your-ai-costs-into-a-profit-center</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/stripe-wants-to-turn-your-ai-costs-into-a-profit-center</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Stripe, wants, turn, your, costs, into, profit, center</media:keywords>
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<title>ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/chatgpt-uninstalls-surged-by-295-after-dod-deal</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/chatgpt-uninstalls-surged-by-295-after-dod-deal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Many consumers ditched ChatGPT&#039;s app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude&#039;s downloads grew. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ChatGPT, uninstalls, surged, 295, after, DoD, deal</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-pronto-formalizes-house-help-as-its-valuation-jumps-8x-in-under-a-year</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-pronto-formalizes-house-help-as-its-valuation-jumps-8x-in-under-a-year</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India&#039;s largely offline home services market. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India’s, Pronto, formalizes, house, help, its, valuation, jumps, under, year</media:keywords>
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<title>Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/cursor-has-reportedly-surpassed-2b-in-annualized-revenue</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/cursor-has-reportedly-surpassed-2b-in-annualized-revenue</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cursor, has, reportedly, surpassed, 2B, annualized, revenue</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI reveals more details about its agreement with the Pentagon</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-reveals-more-details-about-its-agreement-with-the-pentagon</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-reveals-more-details-about-its-agreement-with-the-pentagon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By CEO Sam Altman’s own admission, OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense was “definitely rushed,” and “the optics don’t look good.” ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, reveals, more, details, about, its, agreement, with, the, Pentagon</media:keywords>
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<title>Investors spill what they aren’t looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/investors-spill-what-they-arent-looking-for-anymore-in-ai-saas-companies</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/investors-spill-what-they-arent-looking-for-anymore-in-ai-saas-companies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren&#039;t looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Investors, spill, what, they, aren’t, looking, for, anymore, SaaS, companies</media:keywords>
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<title>Google looks to tackle longstanding RCS spam in India — but not alone</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-looks-to-tackle-longstanding-rcs-spam-in-india-but-not-alone</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-looks-to-tackle-longstanding-rcs-spam-in-india-but-not-alone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, looks, tackle, longstanding, RCS, spam, India, —, but, not, alone</media:keywords>
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<title>Let’s explore the best alternatives to Discord</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/lets-explore-the-best-alternatives-to-discord</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/lets-explore-the-best-alternatives-to-discord</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With many users feeling uneasy about Discord&#039;s new age verification requirement, here are some alternatives that could be worth exploring. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Let’s, explore, the, best, alternatives, Discord</media:keywords>
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<title>Polymarket saw $529M traded on bets tied to bombing of Iran</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/polymarket-saw-529m-traded-on-bets-tied-to-bombing-of-iran</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/polymarket-saw-529m-traded-on-bets-tied-to-bombing-of-iran</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Six newly-created accounts made a profit of $1 million by correctly betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Polymarket, saw, 529M, traded, bets, tied, bombing, Iran</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropics-claude-rises-to-no-2-in-the-app-store-following-pentagon-dispute</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropics-claude-rises-to-no-2-in-the-app-store-following-pentagon-dispute</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>What to know about the landmark Warner Bros. Discovery sale</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/what-to-know-about-the-landmark-warner-brosdiscovery-sale</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/what-to-know-about-the-landmark-warner-brosdiscovery-sale</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Learn more about Paramount&#039;s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery — a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion — as it continues to develop. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, know, about, the, landmark, Warner, Bros. Discovery, sale</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Why did Netflix back down from its deal to acquire Warner Bros.?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/why-did-netflix-back-down-from-its-deal-to-acquire-warner-bros</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/why-did-netflix-back-down-from-its-deal-to-acquire-warner-bros</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Netflix&#039;s co-CEO reportedly told Trump, &quot;I took your advice.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, did, Netflix, back, down, from, its, deal, acquire, Warner, Bros.</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>The trap Anthropic built for itself</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-trap-anthropic-built-for-itself</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-trap-anthropic-built-for-itself</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there&#039;s not a lot to protect them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, trap, Anthropic, built, for, itself</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-vs-the-pentagon-whats-actually-at-stake</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-vs-the-pentagon-whats-actually-at-stake</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, vs., the, Pentagon:, What’s, actually, stake</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/musk-bashes-openai-in-deposition-saying-nobody-committed-suicide-because-of-grok</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/musk-bashes-openai-in-deposition-saying-nobody-committed-suicide-because-of-grok</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI&#039;s Grok flooded X with nonconsensual nude images. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Musk, bashes, OpenAI, deposition, saying, ‘nobody, committed, suicide, because, Grok’</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply&#45;chain risk</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/pentagon-moves-to-designate-anthropic-as-a-supply-chain-risk</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/pentagon-moves-to-designate-anthropic-as-a-supply-chain-risk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;We don&#039;t need it, we don&#039;t want it, and will not do business with them again,&quot; the president wrote in the post. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Pentagon, moves, designate, Anthropic, supply-chain, risk</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-fires-employee-for-using-confidential-info-on-prediction-markets</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-fires-employee-for-using-confidential-info-on-prediction-markets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, fires, employee, for, using, confidential, info, prediction, markets</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>India disrupts access to popular developer platform Supabase with blocking order</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/india-disrupts-access-to-popular-developer-platform-supabase-with-blocking-order</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/india-disrupts-access-to-popular-developer-platform-supabase-with-blocking-order</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ India, one of Supabase’s biggest markets, is seeing patchy access after a government block order. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India, disrupts, access, popular, developer, platform, Supabase, with, blocking, order</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>PayPal might not be looking to sell itself: Report</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/paypal-might-not-be-looking-to-sell-itself-report</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/paypal-might-not-be-looking-to-sell-itself-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ PayPal may not be in talks to be acquired, sources have told Semafor, after a previous news report that Stripe was sniffing around. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>PayPal, might, not, looking, sell, itself:, Report</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-ceo-stands-firm-as-pentagon-deadline-looms</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-ceo-stands-firm-as-pentagon-deadline-looms</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he &quot;cannot in good conscience accede&quot; to the Pentagon&#039;s demands to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, CEO, stands, firm, Pentagon, deadline, looms</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/jack-dorsey-just-halved-the-size-of-blocks-employee-base-and-he-says-your-company-is-next</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/jack-dorsey-just-halved-the-size-of-blocks-employee-base-and-he-says-your-company-is-next</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jack, Dorsey, just, halved, the, size, Block’s, employee, base, —, and, says, your, company, next</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison&#45;owned Paramount</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/netflix-backs-out-of-bid-for-warner-bros-discovery-giving-studios-hbo-and-cnn-to-ellison-owned-paramount</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/netflix-backs-out-of-bid-for-warner-bros-discovery-giving-studios-hbo-and-cnn-to-ellison-owned-paramount</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a one-two punch of centibillion-dollar offers, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over. David Ellison-owned Paramount will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Netflix has lost. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Netflix, backs, out, bid, for, Warner, Bros., Discovery, giving, studios, HBO, and, CNN, Ellison-owned, Paramount</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/plaid-valued-at-8b-in-employee-share-sale</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/plaid-valued-at-8b-in-employee-share-sale</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Plaid, valued, 8B, employee, share, sale</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>The White House wants AI companies to cover rate hikes. Most have already said they would.</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-white-house-wants-ai-companies-to-cover-rate-hikes-most-have-already-said-they-would</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-white-house-wants-ai-companies-to-cover-rate-hikes-most-have-already-said-they-would</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Many hyperscalers have already made public commitments to cover electricity cost increases. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, White, House, wants, companies, cover, rate, hikes., Most, have, already, said, they, would.</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Nvidia has another record quarter amid record capex spends</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidia-has-another-record-quarter-amid-record-capex-spends</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidia-has-another-record-quarter-amid-record-capex-spends</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;The demand for tokens in the world has gone completely exponential,&quot; Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said about the company&#039;s earnings. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia, has, another, record, quarter, amid, record, capex, spends</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Anthropic acquires computer&#45;use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-acquires-computer-use-ai-startup-vercept-after-meta-poached-one-of-its-founders</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-acquires-computer-use-ai-startup-vercept-after-meta-poached-one-of-its-founders</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person with a laptop would. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, acquires, computer-use, startup, Vercept, after, Meta, poached, one, its, founders</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emerging</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/gushwork-bets-on-ai-search-for-customer-leads-and-early-results-are-emerging</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/gushwork-bets-on-ai-search-for-customer-leads-and-early-results-are-emerging</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gushwork has raised $9 million in a seed round led by SIG and Lightspeed. The startup has seen early customer traction from AI search tools like ChatGPT. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gushwork, bets, search, for, customer, leads, —, and, early, results, are, emerging</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-this-isnt-our-first-saaspocalypse</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-this-isnt-our-first-saaspocalypse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Salesforce reported a solid year-end earnings and then pulled out all the stops to ward off more talk of the death of its business to AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Salesforce, CEO, Marc, Benioff:, This, isn’t, our, first, SaaSpocalypse</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple rolls out age&#45;verification tools worldwide to comply with growing web of child safety laws</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-rolls-out-age-verification-tools-worldwide-to-comply-with-growing-web-of-child-safety-laws</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-rolls-out-age-verification-tools-worldwide-to-comply-with-growing-web-of-child-safety-laws</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple complies with new age-assurance laws in the U.S. and abroad, including those that block users from downloading apps aimed at adults. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, rolls, out, age-verification, tools, worldwide, comply, with, growing, web, child, safety, laws</media:keywords>
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<title>Spanish ‘soonicorn’ Multiverse Computing releases free compressed AI model</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/spanish-soonicorn-multiverse-computing-releases-free-compressed-ai-model</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/spanish-soonicorn-multiverse-computing-releases-free-compressed-ai-model</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spanish startup Multiverse Computing has released a new version of its HyperNova 60B model on Hugging Face that, it says, bests Mistral&#039;s model. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spanish, ‘soonicorn’, Multiverse, Computing, releases, free, compressed, model</media:keywords>
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<title>Self&#45;driving tech startup Wayve raises $1.2B from Nvidia, Uber, and three automakers</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/self-driving-tech-startup-wayve-raises-12b-from-nvidia-uber-and-three-automakers</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/self-driving-tech-startup-wayve-raises-12b-from-nvidia-uber-and-three-automakers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Major automakers, tech giants, AI companies, and chipmakers are all trying to get a piece of Wayve. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Self-driving, tech, startup, Wayve, raises, 1.2B, from, Nvidia, Uber, and, three, automakers</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500M</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidia-challenger-ai-chip-startup-matx-raised-500m</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidia-challenger-ai-chip-startup-matx-raised-500m</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup was founded by former Google TPU engineers in 2023. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia, challenger, chip, startup, MatX, raised, 500M</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s AI boom pushes firms to trade near&#45;term revenue for users</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-ai-boom-pushes-firms-to-trade-near-term-revenue-for-users</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-ai-boom-pushes-firms-to-trade-near-term-revenue-for-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ChatGPT and rivals are testing whether India&#039;s massive AI user boom can translate into paying customers as free offers wind down. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India’s, boom, pushes, firms, trade, near-term, revenue, for, users</media:keywords>
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<title>With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: At least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic </title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/with-ai-investor-loyalty-is-almost-dead-at-least-a-dozen-openai-vcs-now-also-back-anthropic</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/with-ai-investor-loyalty-is-almost-dead-at-least-a-dozen-openai-vcs-now-also-back-anthropic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While some dual investors are understandable, others were more shocking, and signal the disregard of a longstanding ethical conflict-of-interest rule. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>With, AI, investor, loyalty, almost, dead:, least, dozen, OpenAI, VCs, now, also, back, Anthropic </media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Tesla’s battle with the California Department of Motor Vehicles isn’t over after all</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/teslas-battle-with-the-california-department-of-motor-vehicles-isnt-over-after-all</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/teslas-battle-with-the-california-department-of-motor-vehicles-isnt-over-after-all</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the California DMV in the ongoing battle around Autopilot. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tesla’s, battle, with, the, California, Department, Motor, Vehicles, isn’t, over, after, all</media:keywords>
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<title>A Meta AI security researcher said an OpenClaw agent ran amok on her inbox </title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/a-meta-ai-security-researcher-said-an-openclaw-agent-ran-amok-on-her-inbox</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/a-meta-ai-security-researcher-said-an-openclaw-agent-ran-amok-on-her-inbox</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The viral X post from an AI security researcher reads like satire. But it&#039;s really a word of warning about what can go wrong when handing tasks to an AI agent. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, security, researcher, said, OpenClaw, agent, ran, amok, her, inbox </media:keywords>
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<title>Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow to fix cross&#45;border B2B payments</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/stripe-paypal-ventures-bet-on-indias-xflow-to-fix-cross-border-b2b-payments</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/stripe-paypal-ventures-bet-on-indias-xflow-to-fix-cross-border-b2b-payments</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Stripe and PayPal Ventures have participated in Xflow&#039;s $16.6 million round that gives it a post-money valuation of $85 million. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Stripe, PayPal, Ventures, bet, India’s, Xflow, fix, cross-border, B2B, payments</media:keywords>
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<title>Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/canva-acquires-startups-working-on-animation-and-marketing</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/canva-acquires-startups-working-on-animation-and-marketing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With the new acquisitions, the company wants to bolster its position as a marketing solution by potentially adding video creation and more granular measurement. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Canva, acquires, startups, working, animation, and, marketing</media:keywords>
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<title>Quantonation’s double&#45;sized second fund shows quantum still has believers</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/quantonations-double-sized-second-fund-shows-quantum-still-has-believers</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/quantonations-double-sized-second-fund-shows-quantum-still-has-believers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Quantonation Ventures, a venture firm investing in quantum and physics-based startups, has closed its oversubscribed second fund at €220 million, or approximately $260 million. That’s more than twice the size of its inaugural fund, and comes in addition to other signals that the quantum winter isn’t coming yet. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Quantonation’s, double-sized, second, fund, shows, quantum, still, has, believers</media:keywords>
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<title>Bill Gurley says that right now, the worst thing you can do for your career is play it safe</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/bill-gurley-says-that-right-now-the-worst-thing-you-can-do-for-your-career-is-play-it-safe</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/bill-gurley-says-that-right-now-the-worst-thing-you-can-do-for-your-career-is-play-it-safe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;The number one thing is to get out of your head this ideal that gets passed around in the self-help world: &#039;go get a mentor,&#039; and everyone runs out and cold calls someone that&#039;s ridiculously too high and unachievable, and it doesn&#039;t work.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bill, Gurley, says, that, right, now, the, worst, thing, you, can, for, your, career, play, safe</media:keywords>
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<title>Can the creator economy stay afloat in a flood of AI slop?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/can-the-creator-economy-stay-afloat-in-a-flood-of-ai-slop</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/can-the-creator-economy-stay-afloat-in-a-flood-of-ai-slop</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of Equity, we debated what’s next for the creator economy, and whether there will be any room for the next generation of creators to stand out. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Can, the, creator, economy, stay, afloat, flood, slop</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple might take a new approach to announcing its next products</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-might-take-a-new-approach-to-announcing-its-next-products</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-might-take-a-new-approach-to-announcing-its-next-products</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple has invited the tech press to a “special Apple experience” on March 4, but it might unfold a bit differently than the company&#039;s standard press event. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, might, take, new, approach, announcing, its, next, products</media:keywords>
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<title>Wispr Flow launches an Android app for AI&#45;powered dictation</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/wispr-flow-launches-an-android-app-for-ai-powered-dictation</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/wispr-flow-launches-an-android-app-for-ai-powered-dictation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI-powered dictation startup Wispr Flow has launched its Android app today. The company released its app for Mac and Windows first, then launched on iOS in June 2025. On iOS, users could use Wispr Flow through a dedicated keyboard. On Android, the interface is a bit different, as you can access the dictionary through a […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wispr, Flow, launches, Android, app, for, AI-powered, dictation</media:keywords>
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<title>Google VP warns that two types of AI startups may not survive</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-vp-warns-that-two-types-of-ai-startups-may-not-survive</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-vp-warns-that-two-types-of-ai-startups-may-not-survive</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As generative AI evolves, a Google VP warns that LLM wrappers and AI aggregators face mounting pressure, with shrinking margins and limited differentiation threatening their long-term viability. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, warns, that, two, types, startups, may, not, survive</media:keywords>
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<title>Microsoft’s new gaming CEO vows not to flood the ecosystem with ‘endless AI slop’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/microsofts-new-gaming-ceo-vows-not-to-flood-the-ecosystem-with-endless-ai-slop</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/microsofts-new-gaming-ceo-vows-not-to-flood-the-ecosystem-with-endless-ai-slop</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Is Microsoft&#039;s gaming division doubling down on AI? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft’s, new, gaming, CEO, vows, not, flood, the, ecosystem, with, ‘endless, slop’</media:keywords>
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<title>Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after alleged DDoS attack</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/wikipedia-blacklists-archivetoday-after-alleged-ddos-attack</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/wikipedia-blacklists-archivetoday-after-alleged-ddos-attack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Wikipedia editors have decided to remove all links to Archive.today, a web archiving service that they said has been linked to more than 695,000 times across the online encyclopedia. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wikipedia, blacklists, Archive.today, after, alleged, DDoS, attack</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/sam-altman-would-like-remind-you-that-humans-use-a-lot-of-energy-too</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/sam-altman-would-like-remind-you-that-humans-use-a-lot-of-energy-too</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;It also takes a lot of energy to train a human.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman, would, like, remind, you, that, humans, use, lot, energy, too</media:keywords>
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<title>Move over, Apple: Meet the alternative app stores available in the EU and elsewhere</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/move-over-apple-meet-the-alternative-app-stores-available-in-the-eu-and-elsewhere</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/move-over-apple-meet-the-alternative-app-stores-available-in-the-eu-and-elsewhere</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A list of some of the alternative app stores iPhone users in the EU can try today.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Move, over, Apple:, Meet, the, alternative, app, stores, available, the, and, elsewhere</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple’s iOS 26.4 arrives in public beta with AI music playlists, video podcasts, and more</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/apples-ios-264-arrives-in-public-beta-with-ai-music-playlists-video-podcasts-and-more</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/apples-ios-264-arrives-in-public-beta-with-ai-music-playlists-video-podcasts-and-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Several updates are introduced in iOS 26.4, including an AI-powered playlist-generation feature in Apple Music, support for video content in the Podcasts app, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, and more.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple’s, iOS, 26.4, arrives, public, beta, with, music, playlists, video, podcasts, and, more</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic&#45;funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-funded-group-backs-candidate-attacked-by-rival-ai-super-pac</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/anthropic-funded-group-backs-candidate-attacked-by-rival-ai-super-pac</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Dueling pro-AI PACs have centered around backing or targeting one New York congressional bid: Alex Bores, whose RAISE Act requires AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious system misuse. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic-funded, group, backs, candidate, attacked, rival, super, PAC</media:keywords>
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<title>Remember HQ? ‘Quiz Daddy’ Scott Rogowsky is back with TextSavvy, a daily mobile game show</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/remember-hq-quiz-daddy-scott-rogowsky-is-back-with-textsavvy-a-daily-mobile-game-show</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/remember-hq-quiz-daddy-scott-rogowsky-is-back-with-textsavvy-a-daily-mobile-game-show</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The former HQ host Scott Rogowsky is back with TextSavvy, a live mobile game show that he&#039;s building on his own terms. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Remember, HQ, ‘Quiz, Daddy’, Scott, Rogowsky, back, with, TextSavvy, daily, mobile, game, show</media:keywords>
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<title>The creator economy’s ad revenue problem and India’s AI ambitions</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-creator-economys-ad-revenue-problem-and-indias-ai-ambitions</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-creator-economys-ad-revenue-problem-and-indias-ai-ambitions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn’t cutting it anymore. YouTubers are launching product lines, acquiring startups, and building actual business empires. In fact, MrBeast’s company bought fintech startup Step, and his chocolate business is outearning his media arm. This isn’t just one creator’s strategy. For many, it’s the new playbook.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan unpack how creators are diversifying beyond ads, […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, creator, economy’s, revenue, problem, and, India’s, ambitions</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s Sarvam launches Indus AI chat app as competition heats up</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-sarvam-launches-indus-ai-chat-app-as-competition-heats-up</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-sarvam-launches-indus-ai-chat-app-as-competition-heats-up</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sarvam&#039;s Indus chat app is currently available in beta. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India’s, Sarvam, launches, Indus, chat, app, competition, heats</media:keywords>
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<title>FBI says ATM ‘jackpotting’ attacks are on the rise, and netting hackers millions in stolen cash</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/fbi-says-atm-jackpotting-attacks-are-on-the-rise-and-netting-hackers-millions-in-stolen-cash</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/fbi-says-atm-jackpotting-attacks-are-on-the-rise-and-netting-hackers-millions-in-stolen-cash</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The FBI says hacks that trick ATMs into spitting out cash on demand are rising, with hundreds of attacks in the past year alone netting hackers millions in stolen bills. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>FBI, says, ATM, ‘jackpotting’, attacks, are, the, rise, and, netting, hackers, millions, stolen, cash</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia deepens early&#45;stage push into India’s AI startup ecosystem</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidia-deepens-early-stage-push-into-indias-ai-startup-ecosystem</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidia-deepens-early-stage-push-into-indias-ai-startup-ecosystem</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia is working with investors, nonprofits, and venture firms to build earlier ties with India&#039;s fast-growing AI founder ecosystem. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia, deepens, early-stage, push, into, India’s, startup, ecosystem</media:keywords>
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<title>Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores — again</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/googles-new-gemini-pro-model-has-record-benchmark-scores-again</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/googles-new-gemini-pro-model-has-record-benchmark-scores-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gemini 3.1 Pro promises a Google LLM capable of handling more complex forms of work. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google’s, new, Gemini, Pro, model, has, record, benchmark, scores, —, again</media:keywords>
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<title>Ali Partovi’s Neo looks to upend the accelerator model with low&#45;dilution terms</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ali-partovis-neo-looks-to-upend-the-accelerator-model-with-low-dilution-terms</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ali-partovis-neo-looks-to-upend-the-accelerator-model-with-low-dilution-terms</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Neo&#039;s new Residency program invests $750,000 in an uncapped SAFE for startups and provides a $40,000 no-strings-attached grant for college students. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ali, Partovi’s, Neo, looks, upend, the, accelerator, model, with, low-dilution, terms</media:keywords>
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<title>General Catalyst commits $5B to India over five years</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/general-catalyst-commits-5b-to-india-over-five-years</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/general-catalyst-commits-5b-to-india-over-five-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The pledge marks a sharp jump from General Catalyst&#039;s earlier $500 million–$1 billion India earmark. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>General, Catalyst, commits, 5B, India, over, five, years</media:keywords>
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<title>Is your startup’s check engine light on? Google Cloud’s VP explains what to do</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/is-your-startups-check-engine-light-on-google-clouds-vp-explains-what-to-do</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/is-your-startups-check-engine-light-on-google-clouds-vp-explains-what-to-do</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facing tighter funding, rising infrastructure costs, and more pressure to show real traction early. Cloud credits, access to GPUs, and foundation models have made it easier to get started, but those early infrastructure choices can have unforeseen consequences once startups move beyond […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>your, startup’s, check, engine, light, on, Google, Cloud’s, explains, what</media:keywords>
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<title>Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/hacking-conference-def-con-bans-three-people-linked-to-epstein</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/hacking-conference-def-con-bans-three-people-linked-to-epstein</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported connections with Jeffrey Epstein. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hacking, conference, Def, Con, bans, three, people, linked, Epstein</media:keywords>
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<title>Etsy sells secondhand clothing marketplace Depop to eBay for $1.2B</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/etsy-sells-secondhand-clothing-marketplace-depop-to-ebay-for-12b</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/etsy-sells-secondhand-clothing-marketplace-depop-to-ebay-for-12b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The deal comes nearly five years after Etsy purchased Depop for $1.62 billion, at a time when secondhand clothing apps were gaining traction during the pandemic. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Etsy, sells, secondhand, clothing, marketplace, Depop, eBay, for, 1.2B</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI deepens India push with Pine Labs fintech partnership</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-deepens-india-push-with-pine-labs-fintech-partnership</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-deepens-india-push-with-pine-labs-fintech-partnership</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI moves beyond ChatGPT in India with a Pine Labs deal targeting enterprise payments and AI-driven commerce. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, deepens, India, push, with, Pine, Labs, fintech, partnership</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI taps Tata for 100MW AI data center capacity in India, eyes 1GW</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-taps-tata-for-100mw-ai-data-center-capacity-in-india-eyes-1gw</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-taps-tata-for-100mw-ai-data-center-capacity-in-india-eyes-1gw</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI also plans to expand its presence in India with new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru later this year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, taps, Tata, for, 100MW, data, center, capacity, India, eyes, 1GW</media:keywords>
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<title>Ford turns to F1 and bounties to build a $30,000 electric truck</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ford-turns-to-f1-and-bounties-to-build-a-30000-electric-truck</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ford-turns-to-f1-and-bounties-to-build-a-30000-electric-truck</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A combination of 3D-printed Lego-like parts, Formula 1 thinking, and a bounty program will help the company hit that target. The team, led by Tesla veteran Alan Clarke, is obsessed with efficiency. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ford, turns, and, bounties, build, 30, 000, electric, truck</media:keywords>
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<title>Jack Altman joins Benchmark as GP</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/jack-altman-joins-benchmark-as-gp</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/jack-altman-joins-benchmark-as-gp</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jack Altman and Benchmark announced today that he would be joining the firm as a general partner.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jack, Altman, joins, Benchmark</media:keywords>
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<title>Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/intellexas-predator-spyware-used-to-hack-iphone-of-journalist-in-angola-research-says</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/intellexas-predator-spyware-used-to-hack-iphone-of-journalist-in-angola-research-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Amnesty International says it found evidence that a government customer of Intellexa, a sanctioned surveillance vendor, used its Predator spyware against a prominent journalist in Angola. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Intellexa’s, Predator, spyware, used, hack, iPhone, journalist, Angola, research, says</media:keywords>
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<title>Tesla dodges 30&#45;day suspension in California after removing ‘Autopilot’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/tesla-dodges-30-day-suspension-in-california-after-removing-autopilot</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/tesla-dodges-30-day-suspension-in-california-after-removing-autopilot</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The decision comes a month after Tesla discontinued Autopilot, its basic driver-assistance system. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tesla, dodges, 30-day, suspension, California, after, removing, ‘Autopilot’</media:keywords>
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<title>U.S. court bars OpenAI from using ‘Cameo’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/us-court-bars-openai-from-using-cameo</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/us-court-bars-openai-from-using-cameo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from &quot;Cameo&quot; to &quot;Characters.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>U.S., court, bars, OpenAI, from, using, ‘Cameo’</media:keywords>
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<title>After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think OpenClaw is all that exciting</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/after-all-the-hype-some-ai-experts-dont-think-openclaw-is-all-that-exciting</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/after-all-the-hype-some-ai-experts-dont-think-openclaw-is-all-that-exciting</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel,&quot; one expert told TechCrunch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>After, all, the, hype, some, experts, don’t, think, OpenClaw, all, that, exciting</media:keywords>
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<title>Flapping Airplanes on the future of AI: ‘We want to try really radically different things’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/flapping-airplanes-on-the-future-of-ai-we-want-to-try-really-radically-different-things</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/flapping-airplanes-on-the-future-of-ai-we-want-to-try-really-radically-different-things</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;We&#039;re exploring a different set of tradeoffs.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Flapping, Airplanes, the, future, AI:, ‘We, want, try, really, radically, different, things’</media:keywords>
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<title>How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/how-ricursive-intelligence-raised-335m-at-a-4b-valuation-in-4-months</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/how-ricursive-intelligence-raised-335m-at-a-4b-valuation-in-4-months</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The reason why this nascent startup had VCs lining up is the founders.They are so famed in the AI world, everyone tried to hire them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Ricursive, Intelligence, raised, 335M, 4B, valuation, months</media:keywords>
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<title>Have money, will travel: a16z’s hunt for the next European unicorn</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/have-money-will-travel-a16zs-hunt-for-the-next-european-unicorn</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/have-money-will-travel-a16zs-hunt-for-the-next-european-unicorn</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ According to a16z, it has eyes around the world in order to spot companies as early as local funds might. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Have, money, will, travel:, a16z’s, hunt, for, the, next, European, unicorn</media:keywords>
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<title>Cohere launches a family of open multilingual models</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/cohere-launches-a-family-of-open-multilingual-models</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/cohere-launches-a-family-of-open-multilingual-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Cohere&#039;s Tiny Aya models support over 70 langauges ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cohere, launches, family, open, multilingual, models</media:keywords>
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<title>Longtime NPR host David Greene sues Google over NotebookLM voice</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/longtime-npr-host-david-greene-sues-google-over-notebooklm-voice</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/longtime-npr-host-david-greene-sues-google-over-notebooklm-voice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The longtime host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” is suing Google, alleging that the male podcast voice in the company’s NotebookLM tool is based on him. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Longtime, NPR, host, David, Greene, sues, Google, over, NotebookLM, voice</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openclaw-creator-peter-steinberger-joins-openai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openclaw-creator-peter-steinberger-joins-openai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI said OpenClaw will live on as an open source project. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenClaw, creator, Peter, Steinberger, joins, OpenAI</media:keywords>
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<title>Blackstone backs Neysa in up to $1.2B financing as India pushes to build domestic AI infrastructure</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/blackstone-backs-neysa-in-up-to-12b-financing-as-india-pushes-to-build-domestic-ai-infrastructure</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/blackstone-backs-neysa-in-up-to-12b-financing-as-india-pushes-to-build-domestic-ai-infrastructure</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Neysa is targeting deployments of more than 20,000 GPUs over time as demand for local AI compute accelerates. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Blackstone, backs, Neysa, 1.2B, financing, India, pushes, build, domestic, infrastructure</media:keywords>
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<title>As AI data centers hit power limits, Peak XV backs Indian startup C2i to fix the bottleneck</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/as-ai-data-centers-hit-power-limits-peak-xv-backs-indian-startup-c2i-to-fix-the-bottleneck</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/as-ai-data-centers-hit-power-limits-peak-xv-backs-indian-startup-c2i-to-fix-the-bottleneck</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ C2i has raised $15 million as it tests a grid-to-GPU approach to reducing power losses in AI data centers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>data, centers, hit, power, limits, Peak, backs, Indian, startup, C2i, fix, the, bottleneck</media:keywords>
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<title>African defensetech Terra Industries, founded by two Gen Zers, raises additional $22M in a month</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/african-defensetech-terra-industries-founded-by-two-gen-zers-raises-additional-22m-in-a-month</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/african-defensetech-terra-industries-founded-by-two-gen-zers-raises-additional-22m-in-a-month</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Terra Industries, the African defense company, announced Monday that it had secured an additional $22 million in funding to further expand the business.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>African, defensetech, Terra, Industries, founded, two, Gen, Zers, raises, additional, 22M, month</media:keywords>
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<title>‘Clueless’ &#45;inspired app Alta partners with brand Public School to start integrating styling tools into websites</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/clueless-inspired-app-alta-partners-with-brand-public-school-to-start-integrating-styling-tools-into-websites</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/clueless-inspired-app-alta-partners-with-brand-public-school-to-start-integrating-styling-tools-into-websites</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This week, Alta unveiled its first integration collaboration, teaming up with Public School, a storied New York City brand. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘Clueless’, -inspired, app, Alta, partners, with, brand, Public, School, start, integrating, styling, tools, into, websites</media:keywords>
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<title>In a changed VC landscape, this exec is doubling down on overlooked founders</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/in-a-changed-vc-landscape-this-exec-is-doubling-down-on-overlooked-founders</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/in-a-changed-vc-landscape-this-exec-is-doubling-down-on-overlooked-founders</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As much of Silicon Valley chases mega-rounds and buzzy AI deals, Stacy Brown-Philpot is running Cherryrock Capital like a throwback to venture capital&#039;s earlier days ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>changed, landscape, this, exec, doubling, down, overlooked, founders</media:keywords>
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<title>Is safety ‘dead’ at xAI?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/is-safety-dead-at-xai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/is-safety-dead-at-xai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged, according to a former employee. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>safety, ‘dead’, xAI</media:keywords>
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<title>Homeland Security reportedly sent hundreds of subpoenas seeking to unmask anti&#45;ICE accounts</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/homeland-security-reportedly-sent-hundreds-of-subpoenas-seeking-to-unmask-anti-ice-accounts</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/homeland-security-reportedly-sent-hundreds-of-subpoenas-seeking-to-unmask-anti-ice-accounts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Homeland Security has been increasing pressure on tech companies to identify the owners of accounts that criticize ICE. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Homeland, Security, reportedly, sent, hundreds, subpoenas, seeking, unmask, anti-ICE, accounts</media:keywords>
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<title>The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-great-computer-science-exodus-and-where-students-are-going-instead</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-great-computer-science-exodus-and-where-students-are-going-instead</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, great, computer, science, exodus, and, where, students, are, going, instead</media:keywords>
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<title>Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/fintech-lending-giant-figure-confirms-data-breach</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/fintech-lending-giant-figure-confirms-data-breach</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company said hackers downloaded “a limited number of files” after breaking into an employee’s account. The hacking group ShinyHunters took responsibility for the breach. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fintech, lending, giant, Figure, confirms, data, breach</media:keywords>
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<title>Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/airbnb-says-a-third-of-its-customer-support-is-now-handled-by-ai-in-the-us-and-canada</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/airbnb-says-a-third-of-its-customer-support-is-now-handled-by-ai-in-the-us-and-canada</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn&#039;t just search for you, but one that &quot;knows you.&quot; CEO Brian Chesky said, &quot;It will help guests plan their entire trip, help hosts better run their businesses, and help the company operate more efficiently at scale.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Airbnb, says, third, its, customer, support, now, handled, the, and, Canada</media:keywords>
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<title>Airbnb plans to bake in AI features for search, discovery and support</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/airbnb-plans-to-bake-in-ai-features-for-search-discovery-and-support</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/airbnb-plans-to-bake-in-ai-features-for-search-discovery-and-support</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company wants to increase its use of large language models for customer discovery, support and engineering. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Airbnb, plans, bake, features, for, search, discovery, and, support</media:keywords>
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<title>Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and internal systems</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/indian-pharmacy-chain-giant-exposed-customer-data-and-internal-systems</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/indian-pharmacy-chain-giant-exposed-customer-data-and-internal-systems</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India&#039;s largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Indian, pharmacy, chain, giant, exposed, customer, data, and, internal, systems</media:keywords>
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<title>Nothing opens its first retail store in India</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nothing-opens-its-first-retail-store-in-india</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nothing-opens-its-first-retail-store-in-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The two-story location will sell products from Nothing and the more affordable, mass-market brand CMF. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nothing, opens, its, first, retail, store, India</media:keywords>
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<title>Rivian was saved by software in 2025</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/rivian-was-saved-by-software-in-2025</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/rivian-was-saved-by-software-in-2025</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company&#039;s annual revenue was boosted by its technology joint venture with Volkswagen Group. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rivian, was, saved, software, 2025</media:keywords>
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<title>IBM will hire your entry&#45;level talent in the age of AI</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ibmwill-hire-your-entry-level-talent-in-the-age-of-ai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ibmwill-hire-your-entry-level-talent-in-the-age-of-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ IBM plans to triple its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, but these jobs will have different tasks than in previous years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>IBM will, hire, your, entry-level, talent, the, age</media:keywords>
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<title>Amid disappointing earnings, Pinterest claims it sees more searches than ChatGPT</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amid-disappointing-earnings-pinterest-claims-it-sees-more-searches-than-chatgpt</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amid-disappointing-earnings-pinterest-claims-it-sees-more-searches-than-chatgpt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pinterest&#039;s stock tumbles after an earnings miss, with higher-than-expected usage its only bright spot. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amid, disappointing, earnings, Pinterest, claims, sees, more, searches, than, ChatGPT</media:keywords>
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<title>For $1M, you can pay Bryan Johnson (or BryanAI?) to teach you how to live longer</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/for-1m-you-can-pay-bryan-johnson-or-bryanai-to-teach-you-how-to-live-longer</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/for-1m-you-can-pay-bryan-johnson-or-bryanai-to-teach-you-how-to-live-longer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The longevity-obsessed investor Bryan Johnson is charging $1 million to sign up for his &quot;Immortals&quot; program. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>For, 1M, you, can, pay, Bryan, Johnson, or, BryanAI, teach, you, how, live, longer</media:keywords>
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<title>Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of its self&#45;driving cars</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/waymo-is-asking-doordash-drivers-to-shut-the-doors-of-its-self-driving-cars</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/waymo-is-asking-doordash-drivers-to-shut-the-doors-of-its-self-driving-cars</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If a passenger accidentally leaves a Waymo door open, the vehicle can get stuck in place. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Waymo, asking, DoorDash, drivers, shut, the, doors, its, self-driving, cars</media:keywords>
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<title>Uber Eats launches AI assistant to help with grocery cart creation</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/uber-eats-launches-ai-assistant-to-help-with-grocery-cart-creation</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/uber-eats-launches-ai-assistant-to-help-with-grocery-cart-creation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Uber Eats launched a new AI feature, “Cart Assistant,” that can automatically add items to your cart based on text or image prompts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Uber, Eats, launches, assistant, help, with, grocery, cart, creation</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple’s Siri revamp reportedly delayed… again</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/apples-siri-revamp-reportedly-delayed-again</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/apples-siri-revamp-reportedly-delayed-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While the new Siri was expected to launch with the upcoming iOS 26.4 update in March, now, the changes are expected to roll out more slowly over time, reportedly postponing some features until the May iOS update, or even until the release of iOS 27 in September. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple’s, Siri, revamp, reportedly, delayed…, again</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI disbands mission alignment team</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-disbands-mission-alignment-team</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-disbands-mission-alignment-team</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The team&#039;s leader has been given a new role as OpenAI&#039;s chief futurist, while the other team members have been reassigned throughout the company. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, disbands, mission, alignment, team</media:keywords>
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<title>AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-inference-startup-modal-labs-in-talks-to-raise-at-25b-valuation-sources-say</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-inference-startup-modal-labs-in-talks-to-raise-at-25b-valuation-sources-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ General Catalyst is in talks to lead the round for the four-year-old startup, according to our sources. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>inference, startup, Modal, Labs, talks, raise, 2.5B, valuation, sources, say</media:keywords>
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<title>xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all&#45;hands</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/xai-lays-out-interplanetary-ambitions-in-public-all-hands</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/xai-lays-out-interplanetary-ambitions-in-public-all-hands</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing its full 45-minute all-hands presentation to the X platform, making it widely available. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>xAI, lays, out, interplanetary, ambitions, public, all-hands</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon may launch a marketplace where media sites can sell their content to AI companies</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-may-launch-a-marketplace-where-media-sites-can-sell-their-content-to-ai-companies</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-may-launch-a-marketplace-where-media-sites-can-sell-their-content-to-ai-companies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A new report claims the e-commerce giant is looking to create a pipeline of licensable content between media publishers and AI companies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, may, launch, marketplace, where, media, sites, can, sell, their, content, companies</media:keywords>
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<title>Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/okay-now-exactly-half-of-xais-founding-team-has-left-the-company</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/okay-now-exactly-half-of-xais-founding-team-has-left-the-company</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Whatever the cause of the departures, the cumulative impact is alarming. There is a lot of work left to do at xAI, and an IPO will bring more scrutiny than the lab has ever faced before. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Okay, now, exactly, half, xAI’s, founding, team, has, left, the, company</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot’s “adult mode” reportedly fired on discrimination claim</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-policy-exec-who-opposed-chatbots-adult-mode-reportedly-fired-on-discrimination-claim</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openai-policy-exec-who-opposed-chatbots-adult-mode-reportedly-fired-on-discrimination-claim</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The executive has denied the allegation that she engaged in discrimination. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, policy, exec, who, opposed, chatbot’s, “adult, mode”, reportedly, fired, discrimination, claim</media:keywords>
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<title>With co&#45;founders leaving and an IPO looming, Elon Musk turns talk to the moon</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/with-co-founders-leaving-and-an-ipo-looming-elon-musk-turns-talk-to-the-moon</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/with-co-founders-leaving-and-an-ipo-looming-elon-musk-turns-talk-to-the-moon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ According to The New York Times, which reports that it heard the meeting, Musk told employees that xAI needs a lunar manufacturing facility, a factory on the moon that will build AI satellites and fling them into space via a giant catapult. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>With, co-founders, leaving, and, IPO, looming, Elon, Musk, turns, talk, the, moon</media:keywords>
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<title>Samsung to hold its Galaxy S26 event on February 25</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/samsung-to-hold-its-galaxy-s26-event-on-february-25</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/samsung-to-hold-its-galaxy-s26-event-on-february-25</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Samsung is going to launch S26 lineup just before Mobile World Congress (MWC). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Samsung, hold, its, Galaxy, S26, event, February</media:keywords>
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<title>MrBeast’s company buys Gen Z&#45;focused fintech app Step</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/mrbeasts-company-buys-gen-z-focused-fintech-app-step</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/mrbeasts-company-buys-gen-z-focused-fintech-app-step</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>MrBeast’s, company, buys, Gen, Z-focused, fintech, app, Step</media:keywords>
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<title>Waymo is testing driverless robotaxis in Nashville</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/waymo-is-testing-driverless-robotaxis-in-nashville</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/waymo-is-testing-driverless-robotaxis-in-nashville</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This is the typical next step before it launches a commercial service. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Waymo, testing, driverless, robotaxis, Nashville</media:keywords>
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<title>India makes Aadhaar more ubiquitous, but critics say security and privacy concerns remain</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/india-makes-aadhaar-more-ubiquitous-but-critics-say-security-and-privacy-concerns-remain</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/india-makes-aadhaar-more-ubiquitous-but-critics-say-security-and-privacy-concerns-remain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ India&#039;s Aadhaar is moving into wallets, hotels and policing through a new app. Critics say that amid the broader Aadhaar rollout, it&#039;s unclear how data shared through the new app would prevent breaches or leaks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India, makes, Aadhaar, more, ubiquitous, but, critics, say, security, and, privacy, concerns, remain</media:keywords>
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<title>Tem raises $75M to remake electricity markets using AI</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/tem-raises-75m-to-remake-electricity-markets-using-ai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/tem-raises-75m-to-remake-electricity-markets-using-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tem has built a transaction engine that relies on AI to cut costs. Lightspeed led the round to help the startup expand to the U.S. and Australia. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tem, raises, 75M, remake, electricity, markets, using</media:keywords>
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<title>The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-first-signs-of-burnout-are-coming-from-the-people-who-embrace-ai-the-most</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-first-signs-of-burnout-are-coming-from-the-people-who-embrace-ai-the-most</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Because employees could do more, work began bleeding into lunch breaks and late evenings. The employees&#039; to-do lists expanded to fill every hour that AI freed up, and then kept going. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, first, signs, burnout, are, coming, from, the, people, who, embrace, the, most</media:keywords>
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<title>San Francisco’s pro&#45;billionaire march draws dozens</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/san-franciscos-pro-billionaire-march-draws-dozens</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/san-franciscos-pro-billionaire-march-draws-dozens</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A march supporting California’s billionaires didn’t exactly draw a huge crowd on Saturday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>San, Francisco’s, pro-billionaire, march, draws, dozens</media:keywords>
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<title>TechCrunch Mobility: Is $16B enough to build a profitable robotaxi business?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-is-16b-enough-to-build-a-profitable-robotaxi-business</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/techcrunch-mobility-is-16b-enough-to-build-a-profitable-robotaxi-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TechCrunch, Mobility:, 16B, enough, build, profitable, robotaxi, business</media:keywords>
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<title>Okay, I’m slightly less mad about that ‘Magnificent Ambersons’ AI project</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/okay-im-slightly-less-mad-about-that-magnificent-ambersons-ai-project</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/okay-im-slightly-less-mad-about-that-magnificent-ambersons-ai-project</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ But this is still a bad idea. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Okay, I’m, slightly, less, mad, about, that, ‘Magnificent, Ambersons’, project</media:keywords>
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<title>Crypto.com places $70M bet on AI.com domain ahead of Super Bowl</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/cryptocom-places-70m-bet-on-aicom-domain-ahead-of-super-bowl</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/cryptocom-places-70m-bet-on-aicom-domain-ahead-of-super-bowl</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The purchase rewrites the domain record books -- not that the crypto industry has ever been accused of restraint when it comes to spending. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Crypto.com, places, 70M, bet, AI.com, domain, ahead, Super, Bowl</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon’s ‘Melania’ documentary stumbles in second weekend</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazons-melania-documentary-stumbles-in-second-weekend</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amazons-melania-documentary-stumbles-in-second-weekend</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After a better-than-expected opening weekend in theaters, box office for Amazon’s “Melania”fell 67%. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:05:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon’s, ‘Melania’, documentary, stumbles, second, weekend</media:keywords>
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<title>New York lawmakers propose a three&#45;year pause on new data centers</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/new-york-lawmakers-propose-a-three-year-pause-on-new-data-centers</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/new-york-lawmakers-propose-a-three-year-pause-on-new-data-centers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Although the bill’s prospects are uncertain, New York is at least the sixth state to consider pausing construction of new data centers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, York, lawmakers, propose, three-year, pause, new, data, centers</media:keywords>
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<title>NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Kalshi as an investor</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nba-star-giannis-antetokounmpo-joins-kalshi-as-an-investor</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nba-star-giannis-antetokounmpo-joins-kalshi-as-an-investor</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Antetokounmpo is the first NBA player to directly invest in Kalshi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NBA, star, Giannis, Antetokounmpo, joins, Kalshi, investor</media:keywords>
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<title>The kids ‘picked last in gym class’ gear up for Super Bowl</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-kids-picked-last-in-gym-class-gear-up-for-super-bowl</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-kids-picked-last-in-gym-class-gear-up-for-super-bowl</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is expected to be there. Apple&#039;s Tim Cook, too. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, kids, ‘picked, last, gym, class’, gear, for, Super, Bowl</media:keywords>
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<title>India has changed its startup rules for deep tech</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/india-has-changed-its-startup-rules-for-deep-tech</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/india-has-changed-its-startup-rules-for-deep-tech</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ India is adjusting startup rules to help more of its deep tech startups with funding and long-term success. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/from-svedka-to-anthropic-brands-make-bold-plays-with-ai-in-super-bowl-ads</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/from-svedka-to-anthropic-brands-make-bold-plays-with-ai-in-super-bowl-ads</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ From the first AI-generated Big Game ad courtesy of Svedka to Anthropic&#039;s beef with OpenAI, here are the biggest ads from Super Bowl LX. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>From, Svedka, Anthropic, brands, make, bold, plays, with, Super, Bowl, ads</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple is working to make CarPlay compatible with AI chatbots like ChatGPT</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-is-working-to-make-carplay-compatible-with-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-is-working-to-make-carplay-compatible-with-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple engineers are working to support AI chatbot apps over the next few months. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, working, make, CarPlay, compatible, with, chatbots, like, ChatGPT</media:keywords>
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<title>‘Industry’ season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/industry-season-4-captures-tech-fraud-better-than-any-show-on-tv-right-now</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/industry-season-4-captures-tech-fraud-better-than-any-show-on-tv-right-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This latest season of the TV show Industry takes a look at the world of money and power through the eyes of a fintech baron. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘Industry’, season, captures, tech, fraud, better, than, any, show, right, now</media:keywords>
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<title>An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/an-ai-startup-founder-says-hes-planning-a-march-for-billionaires-in-protest-of-californias-wealth-tax</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/an-ai-startup-founder-says-hes-planning-a-march-for-billionaires-in-protest-of-californias-wealth-tax</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The organizer of the event swears it&#039;s not a joke. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>startup, founder, says, he’s, planning, ‘March, for, Billionaires’, protest, California’s, wealth, tax</media:keywords>
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<title>Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/benchmark-raises-225m-in-special-funds-to-double-down-on-cerebras</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/benchmark-raises-225m-in-special-funds-to-double-down-on-cerebras</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Benchmark Capital has been an investor in the Nvidia rival since 2016. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Benchmark, raises, 225M, special, funds, double, down, Cerebras</media:keywords>
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<title>The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-washington-post-is-retreating-from-silicon-valley-when-it-matters-most</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-washington-post-is-retreating-from-silicon-valley-when-it-matters-most</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bezos-owned newspaper gutted its San Francisco bureau and coverage of tech — including journalists reporting on Amazon and Blue Origin. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Washington, Post, retreating, from, Silicon, Valley, when, matters, most</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what’s the prize?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-and-google-are-winning-the-ai-capex-race-but-whats-the-prize</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-and-google-are-winning-the-ai-capex-race-but-whats-the-prize</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In 2026, Amazon plans to spend $200 billion in capex. Google is just behind at $175 billion to $185 billion. It&#039;s a lot of money! ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, and, Google, are, winning, the, capex, race, —, but, what’s, the, prize</media:keywords>
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<title>AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/aws-revenue-continues-to-soar-as-cloud-demand-remains-high</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/aws-revenue-continues-to-soar-as-cloud-demand-remains-high</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AWS recorded its best quarter, in terms of revenue growth, in 13 quarters in Q4 2025 as AI drives AWS adoption. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AWS, revenue, continues, soar, cloud, demand, remains, high</media:keywords>
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<title>Reddit looks to AI search as its next big opportunity</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/reddit-looks-to-ai-search-as-its-next-big-opportunity</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/reddit-looks-to-ai-search-as-its-next-big-opportunity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ During the company&#039;s fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday, it offered an update on its plans to merge traditional and AI search together and hinted that although search is not yet monetized, &quot;it&#039;s an enormous market and opportunity.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reddit, looks, search, its, next, big, opportunity</media:keywords>
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<title>Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/sapiom-raises-15m-to-help-ai-agents-buy-their-own-tech-tools</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/sapiom-raises-15m-to-help-ai-agents-buy-their-own-tech-tools</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sapiom, raises, 15M, help, agents, buy, their, own, tech, tools</media:keywords>
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<title>Alphabet won’t talk about the Google&#45;Apple AI deal, even to investors</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/alphabet-wont-talk-about-the-google-apple-ai-deal-even-to-investors</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/alphabet-wont-talk-about-the-google-apple-ai-deal-even-to-investors</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Alphabet CEO skipped an analyst&#039;s question about Apple on the company&#039;s earnings call. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Alphabet, won’t, talk, about, the, Google-Apple, deal, even, investors</media:keywords>
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<title>Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/stripe-alumni-raise-30m-series-a-for-duna-backed-by-stripe-and-adyen-execs</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/stripe-alumni-raise-30m-series-a-for-duna-backed-by-stripe-and-adyen-execs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Having raised a €30 million Series A round led by CapitalG, business identity verification startup Duna is now among the most well-capitalized European startups founded by Stripe alumni. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Stripe, alumni, raise, €30M, Series, for, Duna, backed, Stripe, and, Adyen, execs</media:keywords>
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<title>Mundi Ventures closes on €750M for Kembara, its largest deep tech and climate fund</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/mundi-ventures-closes-on-750m-for-kembara-its-largest-deep-tech-and-climate-fund</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/mundi-ventures-closes-on-750m-for-kembara-its-largest-deep-tech-and-climate-fund</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spain-based deeptech and climate megafund Kembara has just completed a €750 million first close toward its €1 billion target.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mundi, Ventures, closes, €750M, for, Kembara, its, largest, deep, tech, and, climate, fund</media:keywords>
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<title>As it preps Specs for the masses, Snap’s Q4 shows revenue growth but fewer daily users</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/as-it-preps-specs-for-the-masses-snaps-q4-shows-revenue-growth-but-fewer-daily-users</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/as-it-preps-specs-for-the-masses-snaps-q4-shows-revenue-growth-but-fewer-daily-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is engaged in a strategy to diversify its revenue sources as it heads into the new year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>preps, Specs, for, the, masses, Snap’s, shows, revenue, growth, but, fewer, daily, users</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/sam-altman-got-exceptionally-testy-over-claude-super-bowl-ads</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/sam-altman-got-exceptionally-testy-over-claude-super-bowl-ads</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ He posted a novella-sized rant that devolved into to calling his rival &quot;dishonest&quot; and &quot;authoritarian.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman, got, exceptionally, testy, over, Claude, Super, Bowl, ads</media:keywords>
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<title>Intel will start making GPUs, a market dominated by Nvidia </title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/intel-will-start-making-gpus-a-market-dominated-by-nvidia</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/intel-will-start-making-gpus-a-market-dominated-by-nvidia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Intel has been bulking up a team to focus on this effort and will develop its GPU strategy around customer needs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Intel, will, start, making, GPUs, market, dominated, Nvidia </media:keywords>
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<title>The Minneapolis tech community holds strong during ‘tense and difficult time’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-minneapolis-tech-community-holds-strong-during-tense-and-difficult-time</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-minneapolis-tech-community-holds-strong-during-tense-and-difficult-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Founders and investors in the Minneapolis tech industry told TechCrunch they&#039;ve put much of their work on hold to help out their community. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Minneapolis, tech, community, holds, strong, during, ‘tense, and, difficult, time’</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s Varaha bags $20M to scale carbon removal from the Global South</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-varaha-bags-20m-to-scale-carbon-removal-from-the-global-south</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-varaha-bags-20m-to-scale-carbon-removal-from-the-global-south</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Varaha&#039;s fresh funding is part of a $45 million Series B round led by WestBridge Capital. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India’s, Varaha, bags, 20M, scale, carbon, removal, from, the, Global, South</media:keywords>
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<title>Epstein&#45;linked longevity guru Peter Attia leaves David Protein, and his own startup ‘won’t comment’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/epstein-linked-longevity-guru-peter-attia-leaves-david-protein-and-his-own-startup-wont-comment</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/epstein-linked-longevity-guru-peter-attia-leaves-david-protein-and-his-own-startup-wont-comment</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Attia co-founded longevity medical testing startup Biograph, which came out of stealth a year ago. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Epstein-linked, longevity, guru, Peter, Attia, leaves, David, Protein, and, his, own, startup, ‘won’t, comment’</media:keywords>
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<title>Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/exclusive-positron-raises-230m-series-b-to-take-on-nvidias-ai-chips</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/exclusive-positron-raises-230m-series-b-to-take-on-nvidias-ai-chips</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The investment comes from backers including the Qatar Investment Authority as demand for chips beyond Nvidia soars and as Qatar aims to build out its AI infrastructure. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Exclusive:, Positron, raises, 230M, Series, take, Nvidia’s, chips</media:keywords>
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<title>Adobe Animate is shutting down as company focuses on AI</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/adobe-animate-is-shutting-down-as-company-focuses-on-ai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/adobe-animate-is-shutting-down-as-company-focuses-on-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026, as Adobe shifts its focus to AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Adobe, Animate, shutting, down, company, focuses</media:keywords>
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<title>China is leading the fight against hidden car door handles</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/china-is-leading-the-fight-against-hidden-car-door-handles</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/china-is-leading-the-fight-against-hidden-car-door-handles</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Under new safety rules published Monday by China&#039;s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, cars sold in the country must have mechanical releases on their door handles. The new rules, which go in effect January 1, 2027, will prohibit the hidden, electronically actuated door handles popularized by Tesla — and now found on numerous other electric vehicles in China. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>China, leading, the, fight, against, hidden, car, door, handles</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk’s SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musk’s xAI, with plan to build data centers in space</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musks-spacex-officially-acquires-elon-musks-xai-with-plan-to-build-data-centers-in-space</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musks-spacex-officially-acquires-elon-musks-xai-with-plan-to-build-data-centers-in-space</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The merger creates the world&#039;s most valuable private company and paves the way for Musk to try and prove out the usefulness of space-based data centers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk’s, SpaceX, officially, acquires, Elon, Musk’s, xAI, with, plan, build, data, centers, space</media:keywords>
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<title>Waymo raises $16B to scale robotaxi fleet internationally</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/waymo-raises-16b-to-scale-robotaxi-fleet-internationally</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/waymo-raises-16b-to-scale-robotaxi-fleet-internationally</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Waymo said the funds will be used to fuel its growth, which has accelerated over the past year and doesn&#039;t appear to be slowing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Waymo, raises, 16B, scale, robotaxi, fleet, internationally</media:keywords>
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<title>Fintech CEO and Forbes 30 Under 30 alum has been charged for alleged fraud</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/fintech-ceo-and-forbes-30-under-30-alum-has-been-charged-for-alleged-fraud</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/fintech-ceo-and-forbes-30-under-30-alum-has-been-charged-for-alleged-fraud</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup CEO says she plans to publicly address the charges this week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fintech, CEO, and, Forbes, Under, alum, has, been, charged, for, alleged, fraud</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon’s ‘Melania’ documentary makes $7M on opening weekend</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazons-melania-documentary-makes-7m-on-opening-weekend</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amazons-melania-documentary-makes-7m-on-opening-weekend</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While the documentary is exceeding box office expectations, it&#039;s unlikely to make a profit in theaters. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon’s, ‘Melania’, documentary, makes, 7M, opening, weekend</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Tether’s CEO is everywhere right now</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/why-tethers-ceo-is-everywhere-right-now</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/why-tethers-ceo-is-everywhere-right-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For years, Tether&#039;s CEO avoided the United States, watching from offshore as regulators circled and prosecutors investigated. Those days are over. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Tether’s, CEO, everywhere, right, now</media:keywords>
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<title>AI layoffs or ‘AI&#45;washing’?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-layoffs-or-ai-washing</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-layoffs-or-ai-washing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>layoffs, ‘AI-washing’</media:keywords>
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<title>TikTok says its services are restored after the outage</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/tiktok-says-its-services-are-restored-after-the-outage</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/tiktok-says-its-services-are-restored-after-the-outage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TikTok says it finally solved all issues related to outages caused by last week&#039;s U.S. snowstorm. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TikTok, says, its, services, are, restored, after, the, outage</media:keywords>
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<title>These AI notetaking devices can help you record and transcribe your meetings</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/these-ai-notetaking-devices-can-help-you-record-and-transcribe-your-meetings</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/these-ai-notetaking-devices-can-help-you-record-and-transcribe-your-meetings</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ These physical notetakers transcribe audio and give users summaries and action items of meetings using AI. Some even offer live translation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>These, notetaking, devices, can, help, you, record, and, transcribe, your, meetings</media:keywords>
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<title>HomeBoost’s app will show you where to save on your utility bills</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/homeboosts-app-will-show-you-where-to-save-on-your-utility-bills</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/homeboosts-app-will-show-you-where-to-save-on-your-utility-bills</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup is partnering with utilities to help homeowners determine the best upgrades to cut their energy use. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>HomeBoost’s, app, will, show, you, where, save, your, utility, bills</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia CEO pushes back against report that his company’s $100B OpenAI investment has stalled</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidia-ceo-pushes-back-against-report-that-his-companys-100b-openai-investment-has-stalled</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/nvidia-ceo-pushes-back-against-report-that-his-companys-100b-openai-investment-has-stalled</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that a recent report of friction between his company and OpenAI was “nonsense.” ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia, CEO, pushes, back, against, report, that, his, company’s, 100B, OpenAI, investment, has, stalled</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX seeks federal approval to launch 1 million solar&#45;powered satellite data centers</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/spacex-seeks-federal-approval-to-launch-1-million-solar-powered-satellite-data-centers</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/spacex-seeks-federal-approval-to-launch-1-million-solar-powered-satellite-data-centers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SpaceX&#039;s filing claims these satellites will be “a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization — one that can harness the Sun’s full power.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, seeks, federal, approval, launch, million, solar-powered, satellite, data, centers</media:keywords>
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<title>Waymo reportedly raising a $16B funding round</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/waymo-reportedly-raising-a-16b-funding-round</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/waymo-reportedly-raising-a-16b-funding-round</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Waymo is reportedly finalizing a new funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Waymo, reportedly, raising, 16B, funding, round</media:keywords>
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<title>Meet the new European unicorns of 2026</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/meet-the-new-european-unicorns-of-2026</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/meet-the-new-european-unicorns-of-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ From Belgium to Ukraine, five fresh European unicorns were minted this January. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meet, the, new, European, unicorns, 2026</media:keywords>
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<title>Informant told FBI that Jeffrey Epstein had a ‘personal hacker’</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/informant-told-fbi-that-jeffrey-epstein-had-a-personal-hacker</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/informant-told-fbi-that-jeffrey-epstein-had-a-personal-hacker</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries, including an unnamed central African government, the U.K., and the United States. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Informant, told, FBI, that, Jeffrey, Epstein, had, ‘personal, hacker’</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/openclaws-ai-assistants-are-now-building-their-own-social-network</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/openclaws-ai-assistants-are-now-building-their-own-social-network</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell — again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot, it has now picked OpenClaw as its new name. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenClaw’s, assistants, are, now, building, their, own, social, network</media:keywords>
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<title>OnlyFans considering selling majority stake to Architect Capital</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/onlyfans-considering-selling-majority-stake-to-architect-capital</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/onlyfans-considering-selling-majority-stake-to-architect-capital</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This isn&#039;t the first time in recent memory that OnlyFans has been in talks to sell off its business. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OnlyFans, considering, selling, majority, stake, Architect, Capital</media:keywords>
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<title>A peek inside Physical Intelligence, the startup building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/a-peek-inside-physical-intelligence-the-startup-building-silicon-valleys-buzziest-robot-brains</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/a-peek-inside-physical-intelligence-the-startup-building-silicon-valleys-buzziest-robot-brains</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn’t show it. He’s working with people who&#039;ve been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he needs to know. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>peek, inside, Physical, Intelligence, the, startup, building, Silicon, Valley’s, buzziest, robot, brains</media:keywords>
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<title>a16z partner Kofi Ampadu to leave firm after TxO program pause</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/a16z-partner-kofi-ampadu-to-leave-firm-after-txo-program-pause</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/a16z-partner-kofi-ampadu-to-leave-firm-after-txo-program-pause</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ampadu&#039;s departure perhaps signals the end of the TxO chapter. The fund and program focused on supporting underserved founders by providing access to tech networks and investment capital through a donor-advised fund. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>a16z, partner, Kofi, Ampadu, leave, firm, after, TxO, program, pause</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-is-reportedly-in-talks-to-invest-50b-in-openai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/amazon-is-reportedly-in-talks-to-invest-50b-in-openai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, reportedly, talks, invest, 50B, OpenAI</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI in talks to merge, according to reports</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musks-spacex-tesla-and-xai-in-talks-to-merge-according-to-reports</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/elon-musks-spacex-tesla-and-xai-in-talks-to-merge-according-to-reports</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk’s, SpaceX, Tesla, and, xAI, talks, merge, according, reports</media:keywords>
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<title>Guys, I don’t think Tim Cook knows how to monetize AI</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/guys-i-dont-think-tim-cook-knows-how-to-monetize-ai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/guys-i-dont-think-tim-cook-knows-how-to-monetize-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments. The answer will not shock you. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Guys, don’t, think, Tim, Cook, knows, how, monetize</media:keywords>
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<title>The iPhone just had its best quarter ever</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/the-iphone-just-had-its-best-quarter-ever</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/the-iphone-just-had-its-best-quarter-ever</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Growth in regions like China and India are credited with pushing Apple&#039;s phone sales higher than ever. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, iPhone, just, had, its, best, quarter, ever</media:keywords>
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<title>How Sequoia&#45;backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/how-sequoia-backed-ethos-reached-the-public-market-while-rivals-fell-short</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/how-sequoia-backed-ethos-reached-the-public-market-while-rivals-fell-short</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Sequoia-backed, Ethos, reached, the, public, market, while, rivals, fell, short</media:keywords>
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<title>Microsoft gained $7.6B from OpenAI last quarter</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/microsoft-gained-76b-from-openai-last-quarter</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/microsoft-gained-76b-from-openai-last-quarter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft, one of OpenAI&#039;s major investors, is benefiting greatly from the AI lab&#039;s growth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft, gained, 7.6B, from, OpenAI, last, quarter</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump energy department loosens rules on nuclear safety</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/trump-energy-department-loosens-rules-on-nuclear-safety</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/trump-energy-department-loosens-rules-on-nuclear-safety</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new rules apply to nuclear reactors built on Department of Energy property, which includes several currently being developed by startups. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, energy, department, loosens, rules, nuclear, safety</media:keywords>
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<title>Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/zuckerberg-teases-agentic-commerce-tools-and-major-ai-rollout-in-2026</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/zuckerberg-teases-agentic-commerce-tools-and-major-ai-rollout-in-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mark Zuckerberg says 2026 will be &quot;a big year for delivering personal super intelligence.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Zuckerberg, teases, agentic, commerce, tools, and, major, rollout, 2026</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/meta-burned-19-billion-on-vr-last-year-and-2026-wont-be-any-better</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/meta-burned-19-billion-on-vr-last-year-and-2026-wont-be-any-better</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The reported financial losses follow a series of layoffs at the VR unit. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, burned, 19, billion, last, year, and, 2026, won’t, any, better</media:keywords>
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<title>Deezer makes it easier for rival platforms to take a stance against AI&#45;generated music</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/deezer-makes-it-easier-for-rival-platforms-to-take-a-stance-against-ai-generated-music</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/deezer-makes-it-easier-for-rival-platforms-to-take-a-stance-against-ai-generated-music</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Last year, Deezer introduced an AI detection tool that automatically tags fully AI-generated music for listeners and removes it from algorithmic and editorial recommendations. The company announced on Thursday that it’s now making the tool available to other streaming platforms in an effort to help address the rise of AI and fraudulent streams, as well […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:01:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Deezer, makes, easier, for, rival, platforms, take, stance, against, AI-generated, music</media:keywords>
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<title>Fashion rental app By Rotation and Uber partner to help deliver ski clothing</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/fashion-rental-app-by-rotation-and-uber-partner-to-help-deliver-ski-clothing</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/fashion-rental-app-by-rotation-and-uber-partner-to-help-deliver-ski-clothing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Rotation, one of the U.K.’s most popular peer-to-peer fashion rental platforms, is partnering with Uber to deliver ski clothes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fashion, rental, app, Rotation, and, Uber, partner, help, deliver, ski, clothing</media:keywords>
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<title>Everything you need to know about viral personal AI assistant Clawdbot (now Moltbot)</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-viral-personal-ai-assistant-clawdbot-now-moltbot</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-viral-personal-ai-assistant-clawdbot-now-moltbot</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Personal AI assistant Moltbot —formerly Clawdbot — has gone viral in a matter of weeks. But there’s more you should know before jumping on the bandwagon. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Everything, you, need, know, about, viral, personal, assistant, Clawdbot, now, Moltbot</media:keywords>
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<title>What you should know about the owners of US TikTok</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/what-you-should-know-about-the-owners-of-us-tiktok</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/what-you-should-know-about-the-owners-of-us-tiktok</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ​ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, recently established a separate American entity to run the app’s U.S. operations. This restructuring aims to separate U.S. TikTok from its Chinese parent, addressing concerns about data privacy and foreign control. The move came after years of pressure from lawmakers, who feared the Chinese government’s potential access to Americans’ data. […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, you, should, know, about, the, owners, TikTok</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s Shadowfax slips on listing, as client concentration spooks investors</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-shadowfax-slips-on-listing-as-client-concentration-spooks-investors</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/indias-shadowfax-slips-on-listing-as-client-concentration-spooks-investors</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Shadowfax shares fell about 9% on theirdebut, valuing the logistics firm near its last private valuation. ]]></description>
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<title>Google Photos brings its prompt&#45;based editing feature to India, Australia and Japan</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-photos-brings-its-prompt-based-editing-feature-to-india-australia-and-japan</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Users can describe their edits in natural language to modify an image. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Photos, brings, its, prompt-based, editing, feature, India, Australia, and, Japan</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta to test premium subscriptions on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/meta-to-test-premium-subscriptions-on-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the coming months, Meta is going to explore a premium experience on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp that gives users access to special features and more control over how they share and connect, while keeping the core experiences free.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, test, premium, subscriptions, Instagram, Facebook, and, WhatsApp</media:keywords>
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<title>AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation two months after launch</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/ai-chip-startup-ricursive-hits-4b-valuation-two-months-after-launch</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ricursive joins Recursive and Unconventional AI in raising massive funds at multi-billion valuations out of the gate. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>chip, startup, Ricursive, hits, 4B, valuation, two, months, after, launch</media:keywords>
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<title>Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/google-pays-68m-to-settle-claims-its-voice-assistant-spied-on-users</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/google-pays-68m-to-settle-claims-its-voice-assistant-spied-on-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement of the class-action case, which accused the firm of &quot;unlawful and intentional interception and recording of individuals’ confidential communications without their consent and subsequent unauthorized disclosure of those communications to third parties.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:01:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, pays, 68M, settle, claims, its, voice, assistant, spied, users</media:keywords>
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<title>South Korea’s Edenlux set for U.S. debut of eye&#45;strain wellness device</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/south-koreas-edenlux-set-for-us-debut-of-eye-strain-wellness-device</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/south-koreas-edenlux-set-for-us-debut-of-eye-strain-wellness-device</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Edenlux builds wearable tech to protect and train your eyes, inspired by its founder’s personal vision recovery. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>South, Korea’s, Edenlux, set, for, U.S., debut, eye-strain, wellness, device</media:keywords>
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<title>Qualcomm backs SpotDraft to scale on&#45;device contract AI with valuation doubling toward $400M</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/qualcomm-backs-spotdraft-to-scale-on-device-contract-ai-with-valuation-doubling-toward-400m</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/qualcomm-backs-spotdraft-to-scale-on-device-contract-ai-with-valuation-doubling-toward-400m</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SpotDraft now processes over 1 million contracts annually using its AI tool, with contract volumes up 173% year-over-year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Qualcomm, backs, SpotDraft, scale, on-device, contract, with, valuation, doubling, toward, 400M</media:keywords>
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<title>Science fiction writers, Comic&#45;Con say goodbye to AI</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/science-fiction-writers-comic-con-say-goodbye-to-ai</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/science-fiction-writers-comic-con-say-goodbye-to-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Some of the major players in science fiction and pop culture are taking firmer stances against generative AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Science, fiction, writers, Comic-Con, say, goodbye</media:keywords>
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<title>Humans&amp;amp; thinks coordination is the next frontier for AI, and they’re building a model to prove it</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/humans-thinks-coordination-is-the-next-frontier-for-ai-and-theyre-building-a-model-to-prove-it</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/humans-thinks-coordination-is-the-next-frontier-for-ai-and-theyre-building-a-model-to-prove-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Humans&amp;, a new startup founded by alumni of Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, and Google DeepMind, is building the next generation of foundation models for collaboration, not chat. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Humans&amp;, thinks, coordination, the, next, frontier, for, AI, and, they’re, building, model, prove</media:keywords>
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<title>ChatGPT is pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/chatgpt-is-pulling-answers-from-elon-musks-grokipedia</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Information from the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musk’s xAI is beginning to appear in answers from ChatGPT. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ChatGPT, pulling, answers, from, Elon, Musk’s, Grokipedia</media:keywords>
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<title>This founder cracked firefighting — now he’s creating an AI gold mine</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/this-founder-cracked-firefighting-now-hes-creating-an-ai-gold-mine</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/this-founder-cracked-firefighting-now-hes-creating-an-ai-gold-mine</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The nozzle is just the beginning – what company founder Sunny Sethi calls &quot;the muscle on the ground.” ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>This, founder, cracked, firefighting, —, now, he’s, creating, gold, mine</media:keywords>
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<title>Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/synthesia-hits-4b-valuation-lets-employees-cash-out</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion — up from $2.1 billion just a year ago. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Synthesia, hits, 4B, valuation, lets, employees, cash, out</media:keywords>
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<title>A new test for AI labs: Are you even trying to make money?</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/a-new-test-for-ai-labs-are-you-even-trying-to-make-money</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/a-new-test-for-ai-labs-are-you-even-trying-to-make-money</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It’s getting hard to tell which AI labs. are actually trying to make money. We created a rating system to help sort it out. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>new, test, for, labs:, Are, you, even, trying, make, money</media:keywords>
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<title>SEC drops lawsuit against Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/sec-drops-lawsuit-against-winklevoss-twins-gemini-crypto-exchange</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/sec-drops-lawsuit-against-winklevoss-twins-gemini-crypto-exchange</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its lawsuit against Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by Trump backers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SEC, drops, lawsuit, against, Winklevoss, twins’, Gemini, crypto, exchange</media:keywords>
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<title>Former Googlers seek to captivate kids with an AI&#45;powered learning app</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/former-googlers-seek-to-captivate-kids-with-an-ai-powered-learning-app</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/former-googlers-seek-to-captivate-kids-with-an-ai-powered-learning-app</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sparkli said that education systems often fall behind in teaching modern concepts. The company wants to teach kids about topics like skills design, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship by creating an AI-powered learning &quot;expedition.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Former, Googlers, seek, captivate, kids, with, AI-powered, learning, app</media:keywords>
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<title>Tech CEOs boast and bicker about AI at Davos</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/tech-ceos-boast-and-bicker-about-ai-at-davos</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/tech-ceos-boast-and-bicker-about-ai-at-davos</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There were times at this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum when Davos seemed transformed into a high-powered tech conference. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tech, CEOs, boast, and, bicker, about, Davos</media:keywords>
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<title>Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/gmail-is-having-issues-with-spam-and-misclassification</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/gmail-is-having-issues-with-spam-and-misclassification</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If your Gmail account doesn’t seem to be working properly today, you’re not alone. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gmail, having, issues, with, spam, and, misclassification</media:keywords>
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<title>Waymo probed by National Transportation Safety Board over illegal school bus behavior</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/waymo-probed-by-national-transportation-safety-board-over-illegal-school-bus-behavior</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/waymo-probed-by-national-transportation-safety-board-over-illegal-school-bus-behavior</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The NTSB joins the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in investigating Waymo vehicles illegally passing stopped school buses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:04:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Waymo, probed, National, Transportation, Safety, Board, over, illegal, school, bus, behavior</media:keywords>
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<title>Who’s behind AMI Labs, Yann LeCun’s ‘world model’ startup</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/whos-behind-ami-labs-yann-lecuns-world-model-startup</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/whos-behind-ami-labs-yann-lecuns-world-model-startup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Yann LeCun&#039;s new venture, AMI Labs, has drawn intense attention since the AI scientist left Meta to found it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:04:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Who’s, behind, AMI, Labs, Yann, LeCun’s, ‘world, model’, startup</media:keywords>
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<title>TikTok users freak out over app’s ‘immigration status’ collection — here’s what it means</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/tiktok-users-freak-out-over-apps-immigration-status-collection-heres-what-it-means</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/tiktok-users-freak-out-over-apps-immigration-status-collection-heres-what-it-means</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TikTok users are freaking out over a mention of &quot;immigration status&quot; data collection, but lawyers explain the disclosure is related to state privacy laws. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:04:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TikTok, users, freak, out, over, app’s, ‘immigration, status’, collection, —, here’s, what, means</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple iPhone just had its best year in India as the smartphone market stays broadly flat</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-iphone-just-had-its-best-year-in-india-as-the-smartphone-market-stays-broadly-flat</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/apple-iphone-just-had-its-best-year-in-india-as-the-smartphone-market-stays-broadly-flat</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple shipped a record 14 million iPhones in India in 2025 and gained market share. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:04:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, iPhone, just, had, its, best, year, India, the, smartphone, market, stays, broadly, flat</media:keywords>
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<title>Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/legal-ai-giant-harvey-acquires-hexus-as-competition-heats-up-in-legal-tech</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/legal-ai-giant-harvey-acquires-hexus-as-competition-heats-up-in-legal-tech</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Hexus founder and CEO Sakshi Pratap, who previously held engineering roles at Walmart, Oracle, and Google, tells TechCrunch that her San Francisco-based team has already joined Harvey, while the startup&#039;s India-based engineers will come onboard once Harvey establishes a Bangalore office. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:04:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Legal, giant, Harvey, acquires, Hexus, competition, heats, legal, tech</media:keywords>
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<title>Prague Business &amp;amp; Investment Forum Unlocks New Investment Gateways in the Philippines and Europe</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/prague-business-investment-forum-unlocks-new-investment-gateways-in-the-philippines-and-europe</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/prague-business-investment-forum-unlocks-new-investment-gateways-in-the-philippines-and-europe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Prague, Czech Republic — October 10, 2025 — The Prague Business &amp; Investment Forum, organized by BusinessTrade Online, concluded with high-impact results, positioning the Philippines as one of the most attractive investment destinations in Asia while strengthening Czech–Philippine economic ties. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:34:37 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - International News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>BORJA &amp;amp; CO. — A NEW LANGUAGE OF MODERN LUXURY</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/borja-co-a-new-language-of-modern-luxury</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:42:26 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Meme Borja - International News Correspondent</dc:creator>
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<title>Latest Case Laws on Section 142(1): What Indian Courts Say About Income Tax Notices</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/latest-case-laws-on-section-1421-what-indian-courts-say-about-income-tax-notices</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/latest-case-laws-on-section-1421-what-indian-courts-say-about-income-tax-notices</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ check that a 142(1) notice clearly lists what’s required, is properly served through the faceless portal, and comes from the right authority; respond on time (or seek extension) and record any service/jurisdiction objections promptly. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:17:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ruchimaheshwari</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Section 142(1), Income Tax Notices</media:keywords>
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<title>How AI Is Automating Software Testing with Self&#45;Healing Tools</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/how-ai-is-automating-software-testing-with-self-healing-tools</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/how-ai-is-automating-software-testing-with-self-healing-tools</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI is revolutionizing software testing through self-healing tools that automatically detect and fix broken test scripts when application changes occur. By using machine learning to identify UI elements and adapt test cases in real-time, these tools reduce maintenance, enhance reliability, and accelerate release cycles. Self-healing automation is a key advancement in enabling continuous testing within Agile and DevOps environments. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Sapphire Software Solutions</dc:creator>
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<title>Leading Mobile App Development Company in Chennai – Crafting Next&#45;Gen Mobile Solutions</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/mobile-app-development</link>
<guid>https://italianexaminer.com/mobile-app-development</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A mobile app development company in Chennai specializes in creating innovative, high-performance, and scalable mobile applications for businesses of all sizes. Whether you require an iOS, Android, or cross-platform solution, Chennai-based developers ensure seamless functionality, user-friendly design, and robust security. With expertise in the latest technologies, these companies help businesses enhance digital engagement and optimize operations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:42:38 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>calistabennet</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mobile app development</media:keywords>
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<title>Unveiling Robust Market Insights with B2B Panel Providers</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/unveiling-robust-market-insights-with-b2b-panel-providers</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:07:12 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>How Can Generative AI Solutions Be Trusted for Sensitive Applications in 2025?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Discover how generative AI can be trusted for sensitive applications in 2025 with robust security, ethics, and transparency. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:12:21 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Not Tea, Not Milk, but Café Latte Colored Sand Beaches of the Philippines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The island of Palawan has been ranked as one of the top beaches in the world, and it’s easy to see why — it’s simply breathtaking. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:43:35 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Best Cafe Latte&#45;Colored Sand Found in Palawan, Philippines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ November 28, 2024 - Manila, Philippines - Carlos de Castro said the Philippines has grown in popularity as a spot for expats from the USA and Europe in recent years.  Palawan&#039;s beautiful coastline given its geographical position tops the list.  Blame it for its white, pink, and café latte colored beaches to the limestone cliffs of rock formations, offering a level of diversity that is rarely found anywhere. Carlos is the interior architect of several iconic Philippine landmarks such as Okada, Solaire, and Raffles Hotel, among others. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:26:08 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Beulah International Steers Wardwizard Innovations Towards Comprehensive EV Infrastructure Development in the Philippines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ July 18, 2024, Manila, Philippines -  Beulah Solutions Corporation (Beulah) , a leading integration company and EPC firm in the Philippines backed by RP Connect, held meetings with Wardwizard Innovations &amp; Mobility Ltd. (WIML), under the ‘Joy e-bike’ and ‘Joy e-rik’ brands, to strengthens their strategic partnership for revolutionizing the public transportation system with electric mobility solutions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:28:13 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dante Ulanday - News Writer and  Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Market Trends: Incontinence Care Products Market Anticipating US$ 22.9 Billion by 2034</title>
<link>https://italianexaminer.com/market-trends-incontinence-care-products-market-anticipating-us-229-billion-by-2034</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Several factors contribute to the growth and demand within the market. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:22:49 +0200</pubDate>
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