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NewsPicks AI: Etsy faces user boycott over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ branded products
The Florida GOP isn’t the only one profiting from the detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” by selling merchandise. A subset of Etsy...
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NewsPicks AI: TechCrunch Mobility: Uber makes a bet on premium robotaxis
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NewsPicks AI: Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot
SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker...
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NewsPicks AI: Perplexity sees India as a shortcut in its race against OpenAI
While OpenAI has cemented its lead in the U.S., Perplexity is taking a different route — quietly expanding into India to compete in...
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NewsPicks AI: TikTok is adding features for songwriters to its app
TikTok is adding new features to its app to let songwriters highlight their works. These features, rolling out in beta, include a “Songwriter”...
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NewsPicks AI: Beeper’s all-in-one messaging app relaunches with an on-device model and premium upgrades
Multi-service messaging app Beeper, which allows people to connect to all their chat apps from one interface, is relaunching its app on Wednesday...
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NewsPicks AI: Of course, Grok’s AI companions want to have sex and burn down schools
Elon Musk is a man who named a government agency after a memecoin, designed a robotaxi test network in the shape of a...
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NewsPicks AI: Venture gets a rare Native American-led fund in Betsy Fore’s Velveteen Ventures
When Betsy Fore was five, her grandmother got her a gift she has never forgotten: A Velveteen Rabbit from Goodwill that Fore believed,...
