TechCrunch Mobility: The battle over robotaxi rules
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5 things Gemini still can’t do that keep me paying for ChatGPT
Stephen Radochia / Android Authority Gemini is the Swiss Army knife of the AI world. Backed by Google, it is available across platforms and deeply integrated into Android, letting it…
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OnePlus is gone, and Android phones just became more boring in the US
I wasn’t expecting a smartphone brand’s exit to hit me this hard, but OnePlus leaving the US and Europe genuinely did. The company has already confirmed that it will no…
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Bethesda confirms Fallout 5, Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, and new Obsidian Fallout game
The takeaway: Unveiling a long-term roadmap is often seen as a damage-control strategy when a game or franchise is underperforming commercially. Many would likely describe the Fallout franchise’s current position…
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It’s past time to end AI-based automated customer responses
An automated chatbot working for Anthropic this month shot down a Wiz researcher’s security hole report, saying that it “falls outside of the Claude Code threat model.” That was news…
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China is rebuilding the smartphone around AI agents. ZTE’s NaviX sold out in hours.
TL;DR ZTE showed the NaviX Ultra at WAIC, calling it the first agentic AI smartphone. It runs ByteDance’s Doubao agent. StepFun and Honor showed similar devices. ZTE showcased the NaviX…
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Amazon Accidentally Bills Users Billions of Times What They Owe
Most of us sense we’re in an affordability crisis these days. If you’re like me, you’re helpless and complacent at the checkstand even when it feels like you’re being mugged….
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I’ve used foldable phones for years — here’s how the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and iPhone Ultra are fixing the form factor in 2026
Foldable phones are no longer a novelty, but what is novel this year is that Apple is almost certainly joining Samsung and Google in releasing a phone in a foldable…
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Intuit scrapped its own AI agent architecture twice in four months. At VB Transform 2026, its AI VP called that the fast path
Intuit was an early pioneer in the usage of agentic AI, but its path to success has hardly been a straight line. At VB Transform 2026, Intuit VP of AI…
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France Doubles Down On Restricting Access To Polymarket
The country’s gambling authority ordered ISPs to block access to the prediction market’s website. PJ McDonnell/Shutterstock France is doubling down on preventative measures for its citizens trying to…