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US government says it got hacked — again techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/us…

US government says it got hacked — again | TechCrunch

A top Democrat on the Senate's Intelligence Committee warned that the information accessed on a Homeland Security intelligence-sharing network may risk national security.

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Microsoft launches its own AI deployment company with $2.5 billion commitment techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/mi…

Microsoft launches its own AI deployment company with $2.5 billion commitment | TechCrunch

Microsoft follows Amazon, OpenAI and Anthropic with its new AI deployment group.

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Tesla saw a massive sales jump in the second quarter techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/te…

Tesla saw a massive sales jump in the second quarter | TechCrunch

The company delivered more than 480,000 EVs globally, seemingly thanks to geographic expansion and cheaper versions of the Model 3, Model Y, and Cybertruck.

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Rivian raises EV sales forecast as Q2 production ramps up techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/ri…

Rivian raises EV sales forecast as Q2 production ramps up | TechCrunch

The company now expects to ship a few thousand more vehicles by the end of 2026 than it previously expected, after launching its R2 SUV last month.

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Yep, we’re using OpenClaw to date now techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/ye…

Yep, we're using OpenClaw to date now | TechCrunch

Ben Guez has "a bunch of potential international wives in DMs," thanks to an automated script he set up using OpenClaw, Claude code, and Instagram trials.

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Indian tech tycoon bets $30M of his own money to build AI alternative to Microsoft Office techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/in…

Indian tech tycoon bets $30M of his own money to build AI alternative to Microsoft Office |...

Neo is Bhavin Turakhia’s fifth venture and his latest involving enterprise software. This time he's taking on Microsoft Office, Google Apps with AI.

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Apple is reportedly planning new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro releases early next year techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/ap…

Apple is reportedly planning new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro releases early next year | TechCrunch

Apple is readying several new iPad Pro tablets, and a budget-friendly MacBook Pro, reports suggest.

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"Investors, public and private, have much more appetite for AI than for aging SaaS businesses." And that's why you're seeing plenty of talk about AI amid Bending Spoons' $18B IPO today, as their collection of brands like AOL, Vimeo, and Evernote, hit the public markets. spr.ly/6010BDFlmn

After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck | TechCrunch

The co-founders of Bending Spoons, the Italian company quietly buying beloved, ailing Internet brands, learned big lessons from their own startup's failure.

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Bending Spoons defies SaaS slump, surges 40% on first day of trading techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/be…

Bending Spoons defies SaaS slump, surges 40% on first day of trading | TechCrunch

The company has grown rapidly by acquiring and revamping last-generation tech brands like AOL, Eventbrite, Evernote, Meetup, and Vimeo.

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After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/af…

After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck | TechCrunch

The co-founders of Bending Spoons, the Italian company quietly buying beloved, ailing Internet brands, learned big lessons from their own startup's failure.

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WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/wh…

WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags | TechCrunch

Meta says usernames improve privacy, but critics question whether its safeguards can prevent impersonation.

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Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/ap…

Apple's Hide My Email feature has a bug that's been exposing real email addresses, researcher...

Research appears to reveal a bug that could render the feature effectively useless.

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Amazon has launched a new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic. Engineers on the new team will embed within companies to deploy purpose-built agents, focusing on fast deployments and customer self-sufficiency: spr.ly/6012BDFMpo
AWS VP of Frontier AI Francessca Vasquez

ALT AWS VP of Frontier AI Francessca Vasquez

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SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/sp…

SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish | TechCrunch

SpaceX reportedly showed investors a "handset-like" AI device before going public. It could be another signal SpaceX wants to expand into wireless.

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Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/as…

Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller | TechCrunch

The actor and investor is joining forces with Morgan Beller, who was previously a GP at NFX, to invest in early-stage startups.

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Neocloud Together AI raises $800M, leaps to $8.3B valuation techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/ne…

Neocloud Together AI raises $800M, leaps to $8.3B valuation | TechCrunch

The AI neocloud provider, which specializes in hosting open source models, last raised at a $3.3 billion valuation in early 2025.

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Cloudflare’s new policy pushes AI companies to pay for publishers’ content techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/cl…

Cloudflare's new policy pushes AI companies to pay for publishers' content | TechCrunch

Cloudflare is giving AI companies until September 15 to separate web crawlers used for search from those used for AI training and agents, or risk being blocked by default on many publisher sites.

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Even Honda is pivoting to data centers techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/ev…

Even Honda is pivoting to data centers | TechCrunch

Honda wants in on the lucrative energy storage market. This week it began producing batteries destined for data centers, not driveways.

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Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freights techcrunch.com/video/autonom…

Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freights | TechCrunch

It feels like 2016 all over again. Watch as Humble Robotics⁠ founder and CEO joins Equity to talk about AV déjà vu and what he's learned from 15 years of building startups across electrification,...

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Lime raises $167M in IPO after years of teasing a public debut techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/li…

Lime raises $167M in IPO after years of teasing a public debut | TechCrunch

The nine-year-old scooter and bike-share company has said it needs the funds to help pay down around $1 billion in liabilities.

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