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NewsPicks AI: Oura is going public, but these smart ring companies are coming for its crown
The smart ring market is getting crowded, and Oura isn’t waiting around to see what happens next: it officially filed to go public on September 3. The Finnish...
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NewsPicks AI: The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus
When it first happens to you, you think you’re crazy. You wander into a cafe and look at a menu with a variety...
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NewsPicks AI: Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella
Scientists at Google Deepmind and Google Research released a new artificial intelligence model for weather forecasting today that sees our changing atmosphere more...
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NewsPicks AI: Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families
AI agents that perform tasks on your behalf to help solve your daily problems are all the rage in Silicon Valley. But the...
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NewsPicks AI: Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals
Cars in European cities are smaller than ever. But as Europe’s appetite for microcars has grown, the cute Italian ‘yoghurt pots’ have largely...
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NewsPicks AI: The Theragun Sense makes everyday recovery surprisingly easy
As my 20s are set to come to an end later this year, I’ve officially reached the age where sleeping in the wrong...
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NewsPicks AI: Is the best way to watch a movie on a pair of sunglasses?
I am nothing if not a huge movie buff. I watch way too many of them, and I’m always on the hunt for...
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NewsPicks AI: AI, athletes, and Keith Rabois: StrictlyVC is back in New York on September 10
Mark your calendars: on Thursday night, September 10, StrictlyVC — TechCrunch’s boutique evening series — is heading to New York’s West Village (the...
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NewsPicks AI: Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade
If you buy the new Pixel 11 Pro, you might have to proactively tell people that you bought the latest phone, unless they...
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NewsPicks AI: Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development
Companies are still grappling with exactly how software development should work in the AI area, but one early answer is the so-called software...
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NewsPicks AI: Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly...
