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Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/nv…

Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition | TechCrunch

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the popular open source AI hub, for $12.9 billion in a move that would let Nvidia both protect its chip empire and jump back into the cloud business.

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SpaceX will build a second, $100B ‘Starbase’ spaceport in Louisiana techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/sp…

SpaceX will build a second, $100B 'Starbase' spaceport in Louisiana | TechCrunch

The company says it will start construction in 2027 and that a Starship rocket could take flight as soon as 2029.

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Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/se…

Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal | TechCrunch

The funding, Gatik's largest so far, was led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies.

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Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/tw…

Two years after launch, Walmart's Flipkart is closing in on India's quick-commerce leaders |...

Flipkart's quick-commerce venture is delivering 1.1 million to 1.2 million orders a day, nearly triple its November volume.

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Marvell gives Google option to buy $12.2 billion stake in custom chip deal thestar.com.my/tech/tech-new…

Marvell gives Google option to buy $12.2 billion stake in custom AI chip deal

Aug 19 (Reuters) - Marvell Technology ⁠will help develop Google's in-demand custom chips and has offered the search giant ⁠the right to buy a potential $12.2 billion stake, the latest deal in which...

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Global bond yields hit multi-decade highs as governments pay the price for U.S.-Iran stalemate cnbc.com/2026/08/18/bond-yie…

Global bond yields hit multi-decade highs as governments pay the price for U.S.-Iran stalemate

International government bond yields followed U.S. Treasury yields higher on Tuesday.

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Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/ub…

Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network | TechCrunch

Uber is also making investing in Zipline a part of the tie-up.

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Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/mi…

Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps | TechCrunch

Microsoft is simplifying Copilot by combining its consumer and business apps, and dropping AI-generated podcasts, Group Chats, Deep Research, and its Mico character.

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Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/fo…

Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid | TechCrunch

Form Energy has landed Google and Crusoe as customers. Now, it has raised $750 million to expand manufacturing to deliver its massive, 100-hour batteries.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/ma…

Mark Zuckerberg's AI manifesto is exactly why people don't like AI | TechCrunch

On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the "personal superintelligence" systems Meta AI is building.

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Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/tr…

Trump's DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships | TechCrunch

The DOJ alleged that OpenAI did not meaningful attempt to hire U.S. citizens before seeking permanent residence for Visa-holding employees.

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Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/lu…

Lucid's turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis | TechCrunch

Lucid's new CEO Silvio Napoli listed four must-win priorities, including the successful launch of its midsize EV, finishing a factory in Saudi Arabia, cutting expenses, and robotaxis.

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Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/ap…

Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report | TechCrunch

Apple has appealed a new legal demand by the U.K. government, which critics say could threaten the privacy rights of users all over the world.

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NTT Backs Room-Temperature Optical Quantum Computer Targeting Million Qubits techtimes.com/articles/32276…

NTT Backs Room-Temperature Optical Quantum Computer Targeting Million Qubits

Optical quantum computer startup OptQC has secured NTT investment targeting one million qubits by fiscal 2030. OptQC’s room-temperature photonic design uses time-domain multiplexing to scale qubits...

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Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI, Anthropic more than ever techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/mi…

Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI, Anthropic more than ever | TechCrunch

Microsoft pitched its own homegrown AI models, harnesses, and even a Mythos competitor on Wednesday, telling Wall Street it plans for continued growth.

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Sam Altman is ready to decelerate techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/sa…

Sam Altman is ready to decelerate | TechCrunch

His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."

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Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/sa…

Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive | TechCrunch

Companies without their own models — or without a layer of AI infrastructure known as AI gateways to separate their prompts from the model itself — will be in trouble, Nadella says.

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NHTSA Brake Rule Would End Robotaxi Production Cap: Public Comment Closes Tomorrow techtimes.com/articles/32162…

NHTSA Brake Rule Would End Robotaxi Production Cap: Public Comment Closes Tomorrow

NHTSA’s proposed brake rule would remove the pedal mandate for autonomous vehicles, creating the first permanent federal certification pathway for pedal-free robotaxis and ending the 2,500-unit...

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Tesla’s door handles may spur new US safety rules techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/te…

Tesla's door handles may spur new US safety rules | TechCrunch

The new rule-making process follows a series of incidents, including fatal ones, in which people have become stuck inside cars.

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AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/ai…

AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors  | TechCrunch

Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model -- no GPUs required, it says.

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