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<title>Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — but it&#039;s a bet on a fuel source that&#039;s already triggering lawsuits and health studies everywhere his (and others&#039;) turbines have gone in. ]]></description>
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<title>TechCrunch Mobility: The hidden human cost of robotaxis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. ]]></description>
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<title>The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. is shutting out more foreign-made drones and robots. China’s scale means the global competition may simply move elsewhere. ]]></description>
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<title>Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ George Arison is done letting Wall Street&#039;s &quot;Grindr discount&quot; go unchallenged — in a wide-ranging Q&amp;A, the CEO walks us through how AI, a controversial $350-plus EDGE tier, and a bet on healthcare and long-distance matchmaking are turning Grindr into the &quot;gayborhood in your pocket&quot; he&#039;s been promising since 2022. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>Grindr, wants, the, everything, app, for, gay, men, investors, are, still, deciding, whether, can, pull, off</media:keywords>
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<title>Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Liux Big microcar is made in Spain. The startup thinks it can compete in a crowded market with its tiny electric car built around sustainability. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Investors, founders, and operators from across Europe arrived for the annual Nordic TechBBQ conference to talk about how humans can have agency over AI. ]]></description>
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<title>“We’re not doing 30 bets a year”: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Vijay Pande — who left a16z&#039;s roughly $4 billion biotech practice last year to start the much smaller, AI-native VZVC — talks about why biology is finally shifting from a &quot;discovery&quot; science to an &quot;engineering&quot; one, why clinical trials are still brutally expensive, and why he thinks open, shared datasets (not walled-off ones) are what will actually let AI transform medicine. ]]></description>
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<title>Hollywood celebs are getting into microdrama apps</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Several Hollywood celebs are ditching the massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets for a rising format: microdramas. ]]></description>
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<title>The Theragun Sense makes everyday recovery surprisingly easy</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/the-theragun-sense-makes-everyday-recovery-surprisingly-easy</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ As my 20s are set to come to an end later this year, I’ve officially reached the age where sleeping in the wrong position or stretching just a little too far can cause aches and pains. I’ve always been somewhat skeptical of massage guns, mostly because I’ve tried a few off-brand ones and just assumed […] ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI loses a top data center exec, as stream of high&#45;profile departures continues</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Before Malone left, OpenAI had already reshuffled its infrastructure org, shifting his reporting line away from President Greg Brockman and putting Vice President Sachin Katti in charge of the group. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>X sends cease&#45;and&#45;desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ X has sent cease-and-desist letters to Nitter, the open source project behind privacy-friendly X front ends, demanding its instances and code repository be taken down over alleged scraping. ]]></description>
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<title>Instagram’s ‘First Draft’ feature aims to make editing Reels less tedious</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/instagrams-first-draft-feature-aims-to-make-editing-reels-less-tedious</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Instagram says the process can produce a first pass in under 10 seconds, potentially saving creators significant editing time while making video creation more approachable for people who don&#039;t have much experience with editing software. ]]></description>
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<title>Stability AI, maker of image generator Stable Diffusion, raises $76 million in fresh funding</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/stability-ai-maker-of-image-generator-stable-diffusion-raises-76-million-in-fresh-funding</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The company&#039;s new fundraising total now stands at $232 million. ]]></description>
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<title>Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/robotics-startup-generalist-reaches-3b-valuation-sources-say</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Oura is reportedly eyeing a September IPO that could value it at more than $16B</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/oura-is-reportedly-eyeing-a-september-ipo-that-could-value-it-at-more-than-16b</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ We all knew it was coming. The expected valuation may surprise, though. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Trump bought SpaceX shares two weeks after blockbuster IPO</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/trump-bought-spacex-shares-two-weeks-after-blockbuster-ipo</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The president bought when the stock was in the mid-$150 range. SpaceX finished trading on Monday back at its IPO price of $135. ]]></description>
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<title>Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/zillow-and-redfin-settle-ftc-antitrust-case</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Zillow and Redfin reached a settlement with the FTC, which requires Redfin to reenter the rental advertising business. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Showcase your startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and book an exhibit table while there’s still space</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/showcase-your-startup-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-and-book-an-exhibit-table-while-theres-still-space</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Make the most of Disrupt&#039;s crowds of potential investors and partners by exhibiting your startup from October 13-15. ]]></description>
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<title>Situational Awareness, star AI hedge fund that nearly imploded, now being probed by the SEC</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/situational-awareness-star-ai-hedge-fund-that-nearly-imploded-now-being-probed-by-the-sec</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The AI hedge fund went from &quot;the talk of Wall Street&quot; to &quot;subject of federal subpoenas&quot; faster than you can say &quot;diversify your portfolio.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/learn-what-vcs-actually-want-from-a-founder-whos-raised-1b</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/learn-what-vcs-actually-want-from-a-founder-whos-raised-1b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or waiting until you’re nearly out of cash to start fundraising can cost founders leverage, valuation, and even a term sheet. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Sasha Orloff, founder and CEO of Puzzle […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-is-gaining-on-anthropic-with-business-users-new-data-indicates</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Businesses are willing to flop back and forth as each lab releases new models, volatility that should give both companies&#039; investors pause about how &quot;sticky&quot; enterprise AI spending really is. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug&#45;in</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/chatgpt-can-now-send-texts-for-you-with-new-apple-messages-plug-in</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/chatgpt-can-now-send-texts-for-you-with-new-apple-messages-plug-in</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ever wanted someone else to do your texting for you? ChatGPT is being offered up as an automated text scribe via a new Apple Messages integration. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Together, these permits would allow up to 8,000 robotaxis to be deployed over the next 12 months. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/ai-data-startup-micro1-reaches-500m-gross-run-rate-amid-ai-training-boom</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Surging demand for AI training data is driving rapid growth for the startup and its rivals. ]]></description>
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<title>Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/stripe-didnt-really-buy-openrouter-because-of-the-singularity</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/stripe-didnt-really-buy-openrouter-because-of-the-singularity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models? Stripe says it&#039;s because of &quot;the singularity&quot; but it&#039;s really for a far more real and powerful reason. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Waymo’s cheaper, next&#45;gen robotaxi is now open to all riders in these three cities</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/waymos-cheaper-next-gen-robotaxi-is-now-open-to-all-riders-in-these-three-cities</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/waymos-cheaper-next-gen-robotaxi-is-now-open-to-all-riders-in-these-three-cities</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The next-generation robotaxi, called the Waymo Ojai, is central to the company&#039;s push towards mass scale, and eventually, profitability. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Waymo’s, cheaper, next-gen, robotaxi, now, open, all, riders, these, three, cities</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI seeks to one&#45;up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-seeks-to-one-up-anthropic-with-new-customer-privacy-protections</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-seeks-to-one-up-anthropic-with-new-customer-privacy-protections</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for enterprise customer data. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, seeks, one-up, Anthropic, with, new, customer, privacy, protections</media:keywords>
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<title>Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/cognition-ceo-denies-report-that-spacex-tried-to-acquire-the-startup</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/cognition-ceo-denies-report-that-spacex-tried-to-acquire-the-startup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cognition, CEO, denies, report, that, SpaceX, tried, acquire, the, startup</media:keywords>
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<title>Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/travis-kalanick-kicks-off-another-round-of-vc-bashing-1-are-helpful</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/travis-kalanick-kicks-off-another-round-of-vc-bashing-1-are-helpful</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After raising $1.7 billion for his new robotics company Atoms, Travis Kalanick is introspective about the role VCs have played in his career. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Travis, Kalanick, kicks, off, another, round, bashing:, ‘1, are, helpful’</media:keywords>
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<title>Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/every-fusion-startup-that-has-raised-over-100m</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/every-fusion-startup-that-has-raised-over-100m</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Every, fusion, startup, that, has, raised, over, 100M</media:keywords>
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<title>Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/woman-claims-her-stepfather-used-grok-to-transform-childhood-photo-into-explicit-imagery</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/woman-claims-her-stepfather-used-grok-to-transform-childhood-photo-into-explicit-imagery</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The woman claimed that AI tools are &quot;taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Woman, claims, her, stepfather, used, Grok, transform, childhood, photo, into, explicit, imagery</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/anthropic-shares-more-details-about-how-claudes-new-watermarks-will-work</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/anthropic-shares-more-details-about-how-claudes-new-watermarks-will-work</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, shares, more, details, about, how, Claude’s, new, watermarks, will, work</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-officially-closes-its-cursor-acquisition</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-officially-closes-its-cursor-acquisition</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, officially, closes, its, Cursor, acquisition</media:keywords>
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<title>How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/how-to-tell-if-your-ai-platforms-accounts-have-been-hacked</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/how-to-tell-if-your-ai-platforms-accounts-have-been-hacked</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A guide on how to check if hackers have broken into your accounts on the most popular AI platforms. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, tell, your, platforms’, accounts, have, been, hacked</media:keywords>
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<title>What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on US water utilities</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/what-we-know-about-the-alleged-iranian-hacks-on-us-water-utilities</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/what-we-know-about-the-alleged-iranian-hacks-on-us-water-utilities</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Over the last couple of weeks, hackers have targeted and broken into the systems of several water plants in the United States. Here’s what we know and don’t know about this wave of attacks allegedly carried out by the Iranian government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, know, about, the, alleged, Iranian, hacks, water, utilities</media:keywords>
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<title>Read&#45;it&#45;later app Pocket shut down — here are the best alternatives</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/read-it-later-app-pocket-shut-down-here-are-the-best-alternatives</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/read-it-later-app-pocket-shut-down-here-are-the-best-alternatives</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pocket users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items, including lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Read-it-later, app, Pocket, shut, down, —, here, are, the, best, alternatives</media:keywords>
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<title>Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/talks-to-sell-paypal-to-stripe-and-advent-are-heating-up</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/talks-to-sell-paypal-to-stripe-and-advent-are-heating-up</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ PayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm&#039;s new CEO attempts to turn the company around. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Talks, sell, PayPal, Stripe, and, Advent, are, heating</media:keywords>
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<title>Self&#45;driving trucks are officially testing on California highways</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/self-driving-trucks-are-officially-testing-on-california-highways</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/self-driving-trucks-are-officially-testing-on-california-highways</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Self-driving, trucks, are, officially, testing, California, highways</media:keywords>
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<title>Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/thrives-joshua-kushner-chides-silicon-valley-vcs-over-ai-euphoria</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/thrives-joshua-kushner-chides-silicon-valley-vcs-over-ai-euphoria</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The AI opportunity is huge, but &quot;it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment discipline,&quot; Kushner warns in his first-ever investment letter. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Thrive’s, Joshua, Kushner, chides, Silicon, Valley, VCs, over, euphoria</media:keywords>
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<title>Now Rippling is counter&#45;suing tiny startup Runlayer</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/now-rippling-is-counter-suing-tiny-startup-runlayer</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/now-rippling-is-counter-suing-tiny-startup-runlayer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This lawsuit follows one filed last month by Runlayer that accused Rippling of stealing its product ideas. It&#039;s a seller- and buyer-beware market warning. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Now, Rippling, counter-suing, tiny, startup, Runlayer</media:keywords>
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<title>Google co&#45;founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-has-now-spent-100-million-to-fight-the-billionaire-tax</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-has-now-spent-100-million-to-fight-the-billionaire-tax</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ California&#039;s Prop 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state&#039;s billionaires. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, co-founder, Sergey, Brin, has, now, spent, 100, million, fight, the, billionaire, tax</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-reportedly-completed-a-7-billion-employee-tender-offer</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-reportedly-completed-a-7-billion-employee-tender-offer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ San Francisco&#039;s housing market is in trouble again. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, reportedly, completed, billion, employee, tender, offer</media:keywords>
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<title>As AI&#45;led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/as-ai-led-attacks-multiply-openai-launches-a-new-cyber-model</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/as-ai-led-attacks-multiply-openai-launches-a-new-cyber-model</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI is expanding its AI cybersecurity defense program Daybreak, and rolling out a new cyber-trained AI model with it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AI-led, attacks, multiply, OpenAI, launches, new, cyber, model</media:keywords>
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<title>Jeff Bezos might finally get his hands on a sports team</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/jeff-bezos-might-finally-get-his-hands-on-a-sports-team</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/jeff-bezos-might-finally-get-his-hands-on-a-sports-team</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to buying his first stake in a sports team: the U.K.&#039;s famed Liverpool Football Club. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jeff, Bezos, might, finally, get, his, hands, sports, team</media:keywords>
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<title>TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/techcrunch-mobility-zoox-prepares-for-launch-and-ubers-av-empire</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/techcrunch-mobility-zoox-prepares-for-launch-and-ubers-av-empire</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TechCrunch, Mobility:, Zoox, prepares, for, launch, and, Uber’s, empire</media:keywords>
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<title>Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/historian-jill-lepore-says-silicon-valley-misreads-science-fiction-and-undermines-democracy</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/historian-jill-lepore-says-silicon-valley-misreads-science-fiction-and-undermines-democracy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about &quot;government by machines&quot; and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Historian, Jill, Lepore, says, Silicon, Valley, misreads, science, fiction, and, undermines, democracy</media:keywords>
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<title>The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/the-ai-safety-test-is-becoming-a-safety-risk</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/the-ai-safety-test-is-becoming-a-safety-risk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with increasingly powerful models. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, safety, test, becoming, safety, risk</media:keywords>
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<title>Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/embattled-hedge-fund-situational-awareness-invests-400m-in-chip-startup-source-foundry</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/embattled-hedge-fund-situational-awareness-invests-400m-in-chip-startup-source-foundry</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Embattled, hedge, fund, Situational, Awareness, invests, 400M, chip, startup, Source, Foundry</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/anthropic-is-turning-claude-codes-auto-mode-on-by-default</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/anthropic-is-turning-claude-codes-auto-mode-on-by-default</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, turning, Claude, Code’s, auto, mode, default</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green&#45;card employee sponsorships</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/trumps-doj-gains-oversight-of-openais-green-card-employee-sponsorships</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/trumps-doj-gains-oversight-of-openais-green-card-employee-sponsorships</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The DOJ alleged that OpenAI did not meaningful attempt to hire U.S. citizens before seeking permanent residence for Visa-holding employees. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump’s, DOJ, gains, oversight, OpenAI’s, green-card, employee, sponsorships</media:keywords>
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<title>Get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until Friday</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/get-up-to-400-off-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-pass-until-friday</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/get-up-to-400-off-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-pass-until-friday</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Get, 400, off, your, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2026, pass, until, Friday</media:keywords>
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<title>Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/nikita-bier-steps-down-as-xs-head-of-product</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/nikita-bier-steps-down-as-xs-head-of-product</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The serial entrepreneur is stepping down a little over a year after taking the &quot;24/7 job&quot; of overseeing X. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nikita, Bier, steps, down, X’s, head, product</media:keywords>
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<title>Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/travis-kalanicks-robotics-startup-atoms-taps-former-uber-finance-chief-as-cfo</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/travis-kalanicks-robotics-startup-atoms-taps-former-uber-finance-chief-as-cfo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Kalanick continues to get the band back together, after acquiring Anthony Levandowski&#039;s autonomy startup, and even soliciting investment from Uber. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/meta-launches-muse-code-an-ai-agent-for-large-code-bases</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/meta-launches-muse-code-an-ai-agent-for-large-code-bases</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta expanded its AI coding offerings with a new agent that, it promises, can handle complex tasks with complex software. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, launches, Muse, Code, agent, for, large, code, bases</media:keywords>
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<title>How to get the best hotel deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 </title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/how-to-get-the-best-hotel-deals-for-techcrunch-disrupt-2026</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/how-to-get-the-best-hotel-deals-for-techcrunch-disrupt-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We’ve partnered with hotels around Moscone West during Disrupt, taking place October 13 to 15, to secure the best prices available for attendees.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, get, the, best, hotel, deals, for, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2026 </media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-has-bought-329m-worth-of-tesla-megapacks-so-far-this-year</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-has-bought-329m-worth-of-tesla-megapacks-so-far-this-year</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The purchase illustrates just how interconnected Elon Musk&#039;s universe of companies are. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, has, bought, 329M, worth, Tesla, Megapacks, far, this, year</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX doubles revenue on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-doubles-revenue-on-anthropic-and-google-compute-deals-starlink-growth</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-doubles-revenue-on-anthropic-and-google-compute-deals-starlink-growth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, doubles, revenue, Anthropic, and, Google, compute, deals, Starlink, growth</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk repeatedly one&#45;upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/elon-musk-repeatedly-one-upped-his-execs-on-spacexs-first-earnings-call</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/elon-musk-repeatedly-one-upped-his-execs-on-spacexs-first-earnings-call</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company&#039;s first call. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk, repeatedly, one-upped, his, execs, SpaceX’s, first, earnings, call</media:keywords>
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<title>Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/lucids-turnaround-plan-hinges-on-14b-in-cash-savings-robotaxis</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/lucids-turnaround-plan-hinges-on-14b-in-cash-savings-robotaxis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lucid&#039;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. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lucid’s, turnaround, plan, hinges, 1.4B, cash, savings, robotaxis</media:keywords>
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<title>Rivian spinoff Also to start delivering e&#45;bikes after months of delays</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/rivian-spinoff-also-to-start-delivering-e-bikes-after-months-of-delays</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/rivian-spinoff-also-to-start-delivering-e-bikes-after-months-of-delays</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Also has big plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly refers to itself as a &quot;vehicle&quot; company and has plans to make four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rivian, spinoff, Also, start, delivering, e-bikes, after, months, delays</media:keywords>
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<title>Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t.</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/silicon-valley-loves-young-founders-until-it-doesnt</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/silicon-valley-loves-young-founders-until-it-doesnt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI tools have democratized the opportunity to build, shortening the timelines of success and enabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a Big Tech company.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Silicon, Valley, loves, young, founders., Until, doesn’t.</media:keywords>
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<title>India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/india-is-starting-to-pay-for-apps-not-just-download-them</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/india-is-starting-to-pay-for-apps-not-just-download-them</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ India&#039;s app market generated a record $345 million in Q2. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India, starting, pay, for, apps, not, just, download, them</media:keywords>
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<title>Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/google-nixes-its-earth-ai-feature-one-day-after-launch-amid-criticism-it-would-spread-misinformation</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/google-nixes-its-earth-ai-feature-one-day-after-launch-amid-criticism-it-would-spread-misinformation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, nixes, its, Earth, feature, one, day, after, launch, amid, criticism, would, spread, misinformation</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-reportedly-finds-evidence-that-more-of-its-agents-ran-amok</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-reportedly-finds-evidence-that-more-of-its-agents-ran-amok</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, reportedly, finds, evidence, that, more, its, agents, ran, amok</media:keywords>
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<title>Investors love AI, as long as you’re a cloud host</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/investors-love-ai-as-long-as-youre-a-cloud-host</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/investors-love-ai-as-long-as-youre-a-cloud-host</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Amazon isn&#039;t slowing down on data center spending — but investors don&#039;t seem to mind. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Investors, love, AI, long, you’re, cloud, host</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/anthropic-says-its-own-ai-models-breached-three-companies-during-security-tests</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/anthropic-says-its-own-ai-models-breached-three-companies-during-security-tests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After OpenAI&#039;s models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic checked its own history and found three similar incidents ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, says, its, own, models, breached, three, companies, during, security, tests</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple stockpiles inventory as it braces for ‘significant supply constraints’</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/apple-stockpiles-inventory-as-it-braces-for-significant-supply-constraints</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/apple-stockpiles-inventory-as-it-braces-for-significant-supply-constraints</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple is worried enough about supply shortages that it reported about $11.1 billion in inventory, which is almost double the $5.7 billion it reported last September. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, stockpiles, inventory, braces, for, ‘significant, supply, constraints’</media:keywords>
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<title>AI hedge fund Situational Awareness may have sold its public portfolio, but it still has its Anthropic shares</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/ai-hedge-fund-situational-awareness-may-have-sold-its-public-portfolio-but-it-still-has-its-anthropic-shares</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/ai-hedge-fund-situational-awareness-may-have-sold-its-public-portfolio-but-it-still-has-its-anthropic-shares</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The former OpenAI researcher’s fund was forced to unwind public equities after leveraged public bets plummeted. But he still has cards to play. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>hedge, fund, Situational, Awareness, may, have, sold, its, public, portfolio, but, still, has, its, Anthropic, shares</media:keywords>
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<title>Reddit reports a solid quarter but shows signs of AI’s impact</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/reddit-reports-a-solid-quarter-but-shows-signs-of-ais-impact</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/reddit-reports-a-solid-quarter-but-shows-signs-of-ais-impact</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Reddit&#039;s financial situation is looking good but uncertainty about its relationship to Google and the new AI-ified web are stirring market concerns. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reddit, reports, solid, quarter, but, shows, signs, AI’s, impact</media:keywords>
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<title>Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI?</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/are-brain-waves-the-next-unlock-for-physical-ai</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/are-brain-waves-the-next-unlock-for-physical-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Forget YouTube videos—frontier physical AI models need multiple camera angles, dense annotation, and soon, brain wave readings. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Are, brain, waves, the, next, unlock, for, physical, AI</media:keywords>
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<title>Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat?</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/can-apple-make-smart-glasses-that-arent-a-constant-privacy-threat</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/can-apple-make-smart-glasses-that-arent-a-constant-privacy-threat</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As Apple prepares to launch its first smart glasses, the company may also be wrestling with how to address consumer privacy concerns. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Can, Apple, make, smart, glasses, that, aren’t, constant, privacy, threat</media:keywords>
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<title>Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/making-sense-of-the-panic-over-chinese-ai</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/making-sense-of-the-panic-over-chinese-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of Equity, we discussed why Moonshot AI&#039;s Kimi seemed to panic Silicon Valley and Wall Street. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Making, sense, the, panic, over, Chinese</media:keywords>
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<title>Inside one London founder house rewriting the founder&#45;house rules </title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/inside-one-london-founder-house-rewriting-the-founder-house-rules</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/inside-one-london-founder-house-rewriting-the-founder-house-rules</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ How one founder house is betting work-life balance can beat burnout . ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Inside, one, London, founder, house, rewriting, the, founder-house, rules </media:keywords>
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<title>Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/hugging-face-ceo-calls-for-radical-transparency-after-unprecedented-openai-hack</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/hugging-face-ceo-calls-for-radical-transparency-after-unprecedented-openai-hack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;The first autonomous agent cyberattack is an unprecedented event. It deserves an unprecedented response!&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hugging, Face, CEO, calls, for, ‘radical, transparency’, after, ‘unprecedented’, OpenAI, hack</media:keywords>
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<title>Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/mondaycom-is-the-latest-tech-company-to-blame-ai-for-layoffs-here-are-20-others</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/mondaycom-is-the-latest-tech-company-to-blame-ai-for-layoffs-here-are-20-others</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Monday.com, the, latest, tech, company, blame, for, layoffs, —, here, are, others</media:keywords>
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<title>Warner Bros. lawsuit accuses Amazon of illegally poaching executives</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/warner-bros-lawsuit-accuses-amazon-of-illegally-poaching-executives</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/warner-bros-lawsuit-accuses-amazon-of-illegally-poaching-executives</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The lawsuit will likely renew debates about whether term employment agreements are enforceable under California. law ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Warner, Bros., lawsuit, accuses, Amazon, illegally, poaching, executives</media:keywords>
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<title>The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/the-hacker-who-humiliated-spyware-makers-and-was-never-caught</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/the-hacker-who-humiliated-spyware-makers-and-was-never-caught</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An awe-inspiring hacktivist who hacked two controversial government spyware makers may be the most prolific hacker to have never gotten caught. What do we know about Phineas Fisher? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, hacker, who, humiliated, spyware, makers, and, was, never, caught</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20 billion valuation</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/elon-musks-boring-company-reportedly-raising-funding-at-a-20-billion-valuation</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/elon-musks-boring-company-reportedly-raising-funding-at-a-20-billion-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Elon Musk&#039;s tunneling startup is reportedly in talks for a major new funding round. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk’s, Boring, Company, reportedly, raising, funding, 20, billion, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>Kalshi demands Netflix take down trailer for ‘Prediction Games’ documentary</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/kalshi-demands-netflix-take-down-trailer-for-prediction-games-documentary</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/kalshi-demands-netflix-take-down-trailer-for-prediction-games-documentary</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Kalshi claims the trailer is “defamatory” and contains “both fabricated documents and false and misleading statements.” ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kalshi, demands, Netflix, take, down, trailer, for, ‘Prediction, Games’, documentary</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its pre&#45;release models</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-says-hugging-face-was-breached-by-its-pre-release-models</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-says-hugging-face-was-breached-by-its-pre-release-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, says, Hugging, Face, was, breached, its, pre-release, models</media:keywords>
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<title>Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/jack-dorsey-is-taking-on-slack-with-buzz-a-group-chat-platform-for-teams-and-their-ai-agents</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/jack-dorsey-is-taking-on-slack-with-buzz-a-group-chat-platform-for-teams-and-their-ai-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/dimension-capitals-800m-third-fund-shows-the-intersection-of-science-and-compute-is-booming</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/dimension-capitals-800m-third-fund-shows-the-intersection-of-science-and-compute-is-booming</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The four-year-old firm&#039;s latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dimension, Capital’s, 800M, third, fund, shows, the, intersection, science, and, compute, booming</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/meta-is-testing-an-ai-bedtime-story-app-for-people-with-no-imagination</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/meta-is-testing-an-ai-bedtime-story-app-for-people-with-no-imagination</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At last, a tech company has found a way to outsource humanity&#039;s oldest pastime: using our imaginations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, testing, bedtime, story, app, for, people, with, imagination</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/anthropics-landmark-15b-copyright-settlement-is-approved</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/anthropics-landmark-15b-copyright-settlement-is-approved</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The final approval settles one case, but it doesn&#039;t resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic’s, landmark, 1.5B, copyright, settlement, approved</media:keywords>
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<title>Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/colossal-biosciences-reportedly-in-talks-to-raise-new-capital-at-20b30b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/colossal-biosciences-reportedly-in-talks-to-raise-new-capital-at-20b30b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The de-extinction startup is looking to double or triple its previous valuation, according to the report. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Colossal, Biosciences, reportedly, talks, raise, new, capital, 20B–30B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/trumps-latest-ai-czar-has-already-resigned</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/trumps-latest-ai-czar-has-already-resigned</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks left his position as czar. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump’s, latest, czar, has, already, resigned</media:keywords>
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<title>Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/google-is-working-on-a-new-ai-chip-designed-to-make-gemini-more-efficient</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/google-is-working-on-a-new-ai-chip-designed-to-make-gemini-more-efficient</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Alphabet, Google&#039;s parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficiently. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, working, new, chip, designed, make, Gemini, more, efficient</media:keywords>
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<title>AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/ais-most-important-protocol-is-getting-a-little-bit-easier-to-use</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/ais-most-important-protocol-is-getting-a-little-bit-easier-to-use</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Under the new system, the protocol will take a looser, &quot;stateless&quot; approach to session IDs on the server side, similar to how most ordinary websites already work. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AI’s, most, important, protocol, getting, little, bit, easier, use</media:keywords>
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<title>Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘Mafia’ skills)</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/founders-fund-hires-former-openai-exec-ryan-beiermeister-and-not-because-of-her-mafia-skills</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/founders-fund-hires-former-openai-exec-ryan-beiermeister-and-not-because-of-her-mafia-skills</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ryan Beiermeister, who demonstrated cool analysis in the Founders Fund YouTube series &quot;Mafia,&quot; has joined the firm as a partner. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Founders, Fund, hires, former, OpenAI, exec, Ryan, Beiermeister, and, not, because, her, ‘Mafia’, skills</media:keywords>
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<title>Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/google-vids-now-lets-you-star-in-your-own-ai-videos</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/google-vids-now-lets-you-star-in-your-own-ai-videos</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Vids, now, lets, you, star, your, own, videos</media:keywords>
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<title>San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/san-francisco-mayor-pushes-for-tougher-rules-after-the-waymo-traffic-fiasco</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/san-francisco-mayor-pushes-for-tougher-rules-after-the-waymo-traffic-fiasco</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the wake of a massive hours-long gridlock event, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie has told state regulators it&#039;s time to put more requirements on robotaxi operators like Waymo. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>San, Francisco, mayor, pushes, for, tougher, rules, after, the, Waymo, traffic, fiasco</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-suddenly-aborts-second-starship-v3-launch-after-ignition</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-suddenly-aborts-second-starship-v3-launch-after-ignition</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company didn&#039;t immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX&#039;s stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, suddenly, aborts, second, Starship, launch, after, ignition</media:keywords>
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<title>Coca&#45;Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/coca-cola-suspended-production-at-its-fairlife-dairy-after-a-ransomware-attack</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/coca-cola-suspended-production-at-its-fairlife-dairy-after-a-ransomware-attack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will &quot;remain suspended&quot; in the United States following a hack. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Coca-Cola, suspended, production, its, Fairlife, dairy, after, ransomware, attack</media:keywords>
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<title>Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/tesla-driver-in-fatal-texas-crash-pressed-accelerator-100-ntsb-confirms</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/tesla-driver-in-fatal-texas-crash-pressed-accelerator-100-ntsb-confirms</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The safety board confirmed Tesla&#039;s account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tesla, driver, fatal, Texas, crash, pressed, accelerator, 100, NTSB, confirms</media:keywords>
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<title>Daniel Ek’s body&#45;scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/daniel-eks-body-scanning-startup-neko-health-raises-another-700m</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/daniel-eks-body-scanning-startup-neko-health-raises-another-700m</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Neko Health has developed proprietary body-scanning technology, which it couples with bloodwork, to assess a person&#039;s health. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Daniel, Ek’s, body-scanning, startup, Neko, Health, raises, another, 700M</media:keywords>
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<title>Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/amid-hardware-legal-battle-openai-releases-a-230-keyboard-for-codex</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/amid-hardware-legal-battle-openai-releases-a-230-keyboard-for-codex</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amid, hardware, legal, battle, OpenAI, releases, 230, keyboard, for, Codex</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/why-greylock-capped-its-new-fund-at-15b-when-it-says-it-could-have-raised-more</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/why-greylock-capped-its-new-fund-at-15b-when-it-says-it-could-have-raised-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By keeping the number of investments to about 25 per fund, Greylock aims to remain what it calls &quot;the most important partner&quot; to its founders. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Greylock, capped, its, new, fund, 1.5B, when, says, could, have, raised, more</media:keywords>
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<title>Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/microsoft-is-reportedly-training-salespeople-to-talk-down-openai-and-anthropic</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/microsoft-is-reportedly-training-salespeople-to-talk-down-openai-and-anthropic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft is looking to sell its in-house AI models as more efficient and cost-effective than its competitors&#039; models. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft, reportedly, training, salespeople, talk, down, OpenAI, and, Anthropic</media:keywords>
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<title>This slushie machine was a lifesaver during NYC’s heat wave</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/this-slushie-machine-was-a-lifesaver-during-nycs-heat-wave</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/this-slushie-machine-was-a-lifesaver-during-nycs-heat-wave</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Last weekend’s brutal NYC heat wave had me craving a frozen drink almost every afternoon. Normally, that would mean sweating through a walk to 7-Eleven for a slurpee. This time, though, I stayed home and put the new Ninja Slushi Twist to the test. Ninja’s latest slushie machine builds on the popularity of the original […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>This, slushie, machine, was, lifesaver, during, NYC’s, heat, wave</media:keywords>
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<title>Smart glasses without a camera? Even Realities bets productivity beats recording everyone</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/smart-glasses-without-a-camera-even-realities-bets-productivity-beats-recording-everyone</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/smart-glasses-without-a-camera-even-realities-bets-productivity-beats-recording-everyone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The glasses are targeted at people who might be constantly in meetings, giving presentations, and traveling to countries where different languages are spoken.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Smart, glasses, without, camera, Even, Realities, bets, productivity, beats, recording, everyone</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT goes deeper into households</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-bets-on-families-as-chatgpt-goes-deeper-into-households</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-bets-on-families-as-chatgpt-goes-deeper-into-households</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ChatGPT is hiring a dedicated product manager to build experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults, according to a job posting. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, bets, families, ChatGPT, goes, deeper, into, households</media:keywords>
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<title>Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/reed-jobs-would-rather-talk-about-curing-cancer-than-his-last-name</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/reed-jobs-would-rather-talk-about-curing-cancer-than-his-last-name</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When we last sat down with Jobs at TechCrunch Disrupt nearly three years ago, his firm Yosemite was brand new and biotech was still reeling from its post-pandemic crash. Now, the venture outfit has a team of 17; a cluster of blockbuster drugs are all losing patent protection in roughly the same window, creating all kinds of new opportunities; and AI has gone from a curiosity to, in Jobs&#039;s words, a huge part of what Yosemite does. &quot;I didn&#039;t expect Yosemite to be moving this fast,&quot; he said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reed, Jobs, would, rather, talk, about, curing, cancer, than, his, last, name</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way,&quot; the company said in a blog post. &quot;We&#039;ve heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it&#039;s no longer available.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, removes, controversial, feature, Instagram, after, backlash</media:keywords>
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<title>Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/blueskys-interim-ceo-toni-schneider-drops-the-interim</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/blueskys-interim-ceo-toni-schneider-drops-the-interim</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is &quot;all in&quot; on the unconventional social media platform. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bluesky’s, interim, CEO, Toni, Schneider, drops, the, ‘interim’</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/apple-sues-openai-over-alleged-trade-secret-theft</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/apple-sues-openai-over-alleged-trade-secret-theft</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAI&#039;s senior leadership, including a longtime former employee. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, sues, OpenAI, over, alleged, trade, secret, theft</media:keywords>
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<title>US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/us-cybersecurity-agency-cisa-had-to-build-its-incident-playbook-during-the-incident-agency-reveals</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/us-cybersecurity-agency-cisa-had-to-build-its-incident-playbook-during-the-incident-agency-reveals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Independent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported in May that a security researcher with cyber firm GitGuardian alerted him to reams of exposed passwords stored in a publicly accessible GitHub repository, which an employee of a CISA contractor had uploaded. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>cybersecurity, agency, CISA, had, build, its, incident, playbook, during, the, incident, agency, reveals</media:keywords>
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<title>Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didnt-earn</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didnt-earn</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend Sophia Kianni is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Netflix invented binge&#45;watching. Now it may have outgrown it.</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/netflix-invented-binge-watching-now-it-may-have-outgrown-it</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/netflix-invented-binge-watching-now-it-may-have-outgrown-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A new report suggests Netflix viewers aren’t sticking around for Season 2. The bigger issue may be that binge-watching itself is no longer the advantage it once was. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Netflix, invented, binge-watching., Now, may, have, outgrown, it.</media:keywords>
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<title>The ‘first’ AI&#45;run ransomware attack still needed a human</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/the-first-ai-run-ransomware-attack-still-needed-a-human</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/the-first-ai-run-ransomware-attack-still-needed-a-human</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn&#039;t quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week&#039;s headlines suggested. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, ‘first’, AI-run, ransomware, attack, still, needed, human</media:keywords>
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<title>US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/us-investors-will-soon-get-access-to-sk-hynix-another-memory-maker-riding-the-ai-boom</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/us-investors-will-soon-get-access-to-sk-hynix-another-memory-maker-riding-the-ai-boom</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO, expected to take place on Friday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>investors, will, soon, get, access, Hynix, another, memory, maker, riding, the, boom</media:keywords>
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<title>Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/vercel-ceo-guillermo-rauch-on-the-fight-to-split-off-models-from-agents</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/vercel-ceo-guillermo-rauch-on-the-fight-to-split-off-models-from-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;The reality is, when you&#039;re optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance,&quot; Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Vercel, CEO, Guillermo, Rauch, the, fight, split, off, models, from, agents</media:keywords>
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<title>You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/you-can-now-customize-siris-pace-and-expressivity-in-the-latest-ios-27-beta</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/you-can-now-customize-siris-pace-and-expressivity-in-the-latest-ios-27-beta</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The update is part of Apple&#039;s broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant around generative AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>You, can, now, customize, Siri’s, pace, and, expressivity, the, latest, iOS, beta</media:keywords>
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<title>Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/ubers-european-expansion-plans-may-have-hit-a-speed-bump</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/ubers-european-expansion-plans-may-have-hit-a-speed-bump</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Back in February, Uber announced ambitious plans to launch in seven new European markets in 2026 — but now five of those launches are reportedly on hold. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Uber’s, European, expansion, plans, may, have, hit, speed, bump</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump memecoin investors lost $3.8 billion, analysis finds</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/trump-memecoin-investors-lost-38-billion-analysis-finds</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/trump-memecoin-investors-lost-38-billion-analysis-finds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly 1 million people have lost a total of $3.8 billion after buying President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin, while Trump made $636 million. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, memecoin, investors, lost, 3.8, billion, analysis, finds</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/amazon-will-stop-accepting-new-customers-for-mechanical-turk</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/amazon-will-stop-accepting-new-customers-for-mechanical-turk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, will, stop, accepting, new, customers, for, Mechanical, Turk</media:keywords>
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<title>5 desk gadgets that can make your workday better</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/5-desk-gadgets-that-can-make-your-workday-better</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/5-desk-gadgets-that-can-make-your-workday-better</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The right desk gadgets can help you reduce clutter, stay focused, and add a little extra convenience to your day. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>desk, gadgets, that, can, make, your, workday, better</media:keywords>
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<title>What is Bending Spoons? The little&#45;known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/what-is-bending-spoons-the-little-known-aol-and-vimeo-owner-thats-now-public</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/what-is-bending-spoons-the-little-known-aol-and-vimeo-owner-thats-now-public</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Bending, Spoons, The, little-known, AOL, and, Vimeo, owner, that’s, now, public</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/apples-hide-my-email-feature-has-a-bug-thats-been-exposing-real-email-addresses-researcher-claims</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/apples-hide-my-email-feature-has-a-bug-thats-been-exposing-real-email-addresses-researcher-claims</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Research appears to reveal a bug that could render the feature effectively useless. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple’s, Hide, Email, feature, has, bug, that’s, been, exposing, real, email, addresses, researcher, claims</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple is reportedly planning new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro releases early next year</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/apple-is-reportedly-planning-new-ipad-pro-and-macbook-pro-releases-early-next-year</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/apple-is-reportedly-planning-new-ipad-pro-and-macbook-pro-releases-early-next-year</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple is readying several new iPad Pro tablets and a budget-friendly MacBook Pro, reports suggest. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, reportedly, planning, new, iPad, Pro, and, MacBook, Pro, releases, early, next, year</media:keywords>
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<title>Bending Spoons defies SaaS slump, surges 40% on first day of trading</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/bending-spoons-defies-saas-slump-surges-40-on-first-day-of-trading</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/bending-spoons-defies-saas-slump-surges-40-on-first-day-of-trading</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company has grown rapidly by acquiring and revamping last-generation tech brands like AOL, Eventbrite, Evernote, Meetup, and Vimeo. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bending, Spoons, defies, SaaS, slump, surges, 40, first, day, trading</media:keywords>
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<title>After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/after-18b-ipo-bending-spoons-founder-says-success-comes-from-minimizing-luck</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/after-18b-ipo-bending-spoons-founder-says-success-comes-from-minimizing-luck</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The co-founders of Bending Spoons, the Italian company quietly buying beloved, ailing Internet brands, learned big lessons from their own startup&#039;s failure. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>After, 18B, IPO, Bending, Spoons, founder, says, success, comes, from, minimizing, luck</media:keywords>
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<title>WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/whatsapp-usernames-are-already-raising-impersonation-red-flags</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/whatsapp-usernames-are-already-raising-impersonation-red-flags</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta says usernames improve privacy, but critics question whether its safeguards can prevent impersonation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>WhatsApp, usernames, are, already, raising, impersonation, red, flags</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenClaw is finally available on Android and iOS</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/openclaw-is-finally-available-on-android-and-ios</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/openclaw-is-finally-available-on-android-and-ios</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The free open source agentic program is finally invading your phone. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenClaw, finally, available, Android, and, iOS</media:keywords>
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<title>The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/the-deepmind-trio-who-built-a-poker-ai-are-now-making-money-for-quant-hedge-funds</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/the-deepmind-trio-who-built-a-poker-ai-are-now-making-money-for-quant-hedge-funds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, DeepMind, trio, who, built, poker, are, now, making, money, for, quant, hedge, funds</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump drops restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable models</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/trump-drops-restrictions-on-anthropics-mythos-and-fable-models</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/trump-drops-restrictions-on-anthropics-mythos-and-fable-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic said it would begin restoring access to the Fable on July 1. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, drops, restrictions, Anthropic’s, Mythos, and, Fable, models</media:keywords>
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<title>Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/wayve-launches-85m-employee-tender-offer-at-85b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/wayve-launches-85m-employee-tender-offer-at-85b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Wayve’s offering is part of a growing trend of AI startups using employee tenders as a strategic tool to attract and retain talent. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wayve, launches, 85M, employee, tender, offer, 8.5B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>Startup Battlefield Australia application closes in days: Apply before July 6</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/startup-battlefield-australia-application-closes-in-days-apply-before-july-6</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/startup-battlefield-australia-application-closes-in-days-apply-before-july-6</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What if one pitch changed everything? The next company nobody has heard of yet is building something that will matter. It could be yours. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Startup, Battlefield, Australia, application, closes, days:, Apply, before, July</media:keywords>
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<title>Novak Djokovic has a new job —  advisor to private equity firm General Atlantic</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/novak-djokovic-has-a-new-job-advisor-to-private-equity-firm-general-atlantic</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/novak-djokovic-has-a-new-job-advisor-to-private-equity-firm-general-atlantic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ General Atlantic has tapped tennis legend Novak Djokovic to serve as a global strategic advisor. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Novak, Djokovic, has, new, job, —, advisor, private, equity, firm, General, Atlantic</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI limits GPT&#45;5.6 rollout after government request, says restrictions shouldn’t be the norm</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-limits-gpt-56-rollout-after-government-request-says-restrictions-shouldnt-be-the-norm</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-limits-gpt-56-rollout-after-government-request-says-restrictions-shouldnt-be-the-norm</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default,” says OpenAI. “It keeps the best tools from users, developers, enterprises, cyber defenders, and global partners who need them.” ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, limits, GPT-5.6, rollout, after, government, request, says, restrictions, shouldn’t, the, norm</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump Admin releases Anthropic  Mythos to be used by more than 100 US companies, agencies</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/trump-admin-releases-anthropic-mythos-to-be-used-by-more-than-100-us-companies-agencies</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/trump-admin-releases-anthropic-mythos-to-be-used-by-more-than-100-us-companies-agencies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Over 100 companies and government agencies are reportedly authorized to use Mythos 5, including their non-American employees. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, Admin, releases, Anthropic, Mythos, used, more, than, 100, companies, agencies</media:keywords>
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<title>FTC gives Musk the OK to acquire SpaceX alumni startup Mesh</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/ftc-gives-musk-the-ok-to-acquire-spacex-alumni-startup-mesh</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/ftc-gives-musk-the-ok-to-acquire-spacex-alumni-startup-mesh</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mesh came out of stealth in February with a $50 million Series A. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>FTC, gives, Musk, the, acquire, SpaceX, alumni, startup, Mesh</media:keywords>
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<title>Corgi, the buzzy Y Combinator&#45;backed insurance tech startup, says it didn’t steal an open source product</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/corgi-the-buzzy-y-combinator-backed-insurance-tech-startup-says-it-didnt-steal-an-open-source-product</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/corgi-the-buzzy-y-combinator-backed-insurance-tech-startup-says-it-didnt-steal-an-open-source-product</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Corgi became embroiled in  controversy when Papermark accused it of stealing its software. Corgi says it did not, raising new questions about vibe coding. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Corgi, the, buzzy, Combinator-backed, insurance, tech, startup, says, didn’t, steal, open, source, product</media:keywords>
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<title>The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/the-white-house-is-asking-openai-to-slow-roll-the-release-of-its-new-model-over-safety-concerns</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/the-white-house-is-asking-openai-to-slow-roll-the-release-of-its-new-model-over-safety-concerns</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ penAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of to the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, White, House, asking, OpenAI, slow, roll, the, release, its, new, model, over, safety, concerns</media:keywords>
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<title>YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/youtube-shorts-are-getting-even-shorter-with-an-update-that-lets-you-double-the-playback-speed</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/youtube-shorts-are-getting-even-shorter-with-an-update-that-lets-you-double-the-playback-speed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ YouTube Shorts is getting a makeover. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>YouTube, Shorts, are, getting, even, shorter, with, update, that, lets, you, double, the, playback, speed</media:keywords>
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<title>Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress&#45;test AI agents</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/patronus-ai-lands-50m-to-build-digital-worlds-that-stress-test-ai-agents</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/patronus-ai-lands-50m-to-build-digital-worlds-that-stress-test-ai-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Patronus, lands, 50M, build, ‘digital, worlds’, that, stress-test, agents</media:keywords>
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<title>Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/polymarket-says-hackers-stole-users-funds</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/polymarket-says-hackers-stole-users-funds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The prediction market giant Polymarket said it&#039;s refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party breach. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Polymarket, says, hackers, stole, users’, funds</media:keywords>
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<title>Xbox follows Apple with price increases </title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/xbox-follows-apple-with-price-increases</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/xbox-follows-apple-with-price-increases</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs more than 2.5x higher than previous levels. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Xbox, follows, Apple, with, price, increases </media:keywords>
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<title>TechCrunch Mobility: A new robotaxi scorecard shows China’s dominance</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/techcrunch-mobility-a-new-robotaxi-scorecard-shows-chinas-dominance</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/techcrunch-mobility-a-new-robotaxi-scorecard-shows-chinas-dominance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TechCrunch, Mobility:, new, robotaxi, scorecard, shows, China’s, dominance</media:keywords>
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<title>When the Trump administration cracks down on Anthropic, who benefits?</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/when-the-trump-administration-cracks-down-on-anthropic-who-benefits</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/when-the-trump-administration-cracks-down-on-anthropic-who-benefits</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the new episode of Equity, we discussed what actually prompted the administration&#039;s latest moves against Anthropic, and what this might mean for the AI ecosystem. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, the, Trump, administration, cracks, down, Anthropic, who, benefits</media:keywords>
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<title>Beyond Siri: Here are the practical AI features coming to your iPhone in iOS 27</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/beyond-siri-here-are-the-practical-ai-features-coming-to-your-iphone-in-ios-27</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/beyond-siri-here-are-the-practical-ai-features-coming-to-your-iphone-in-ios-27</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Siri’s AI overhaul may have grabbed the headlines at WWDC, but some of Apple’s most useful AI features are arriving elsewhere in iOS 27. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Beyond, Siri:, Here, are, the, practical, features, coming, your, iPhone, iOS</media:keywords>
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<title>Ubisoft co&#45;founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-in-plane-crash</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-in-plane-crash</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Claude Guillemot, who founded Ubisoft with his four brothers, has died at the age of 69. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ubisoft, co-founder, Claude, Guillemot, dies, plane, crash</media:keywords>
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<title>Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post deceptive videos about fake bets</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/polymarket-reportedly-paid-creators-to-post-deceptive-videos-about-fake-bets</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/polymarket-reportedly-paid-creators-to-post-deceptive-videos-about-fake-bets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Many of those videos were reportedly filmed on “near-perfect copies” of the Polymarket website, while featuring trades and winnings that were not real. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Polymarket, reportedly, paid, creators, post, deceptive, videos, about, fake, bets</media:keywords>
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<title>Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/signals-meredith-whittaker-wants-you-to-remember-that-ai-chatbots-are-not-your-friends</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/signals-meredith-whittaker-wants-you-to-remember-that-ai-chatbots-are-not-your-friends</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.” ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Signal’s, Meredith, Whittaker, wants, you, remember, that, chatbots, ‘are, not, your, friends’</media:keywords>
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<title>In the Weights is your new AI&#45;centric vanity search</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/in-the-weights-is-your-new-ai-centric-vanity-search</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/in-the-weights-is-your-new-ai-centric-vanity-search</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ So ... what&#039;s your In the Weights score? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>the, Weights, your, new, AI-centric, vanity, search</media:keywords>
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<title>This startup built a fish&#45;killing robot and chefs love the results</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/this-startup-built-a-fish-killing-robot-and-chefs-love-the-results</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/this-startup-built-a-fish-killing-robot-and-chefs-love-the-results</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>This, startup, built, fish-killing, robot, and, chefs, love, the, results</media:keywords>
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<title>Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/nobel-laureate-john-jumper-is-leaving-deepmind-for-rival-anthropic</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/nobel-laureate-john-jumper-is-leaving-deepmind-for-rival-anthropic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jumper isn&#039;t the only big name leaving Google DeepMind. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nobel, laureate, John, Jumper, leaving, DeepMind, for, rival, Anthropic</media:keywords>
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<title>Every new iOS 27 feature that’s worth knowing about</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/every-new-ios-27-feature-thats-worth-knowing-about</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/every-new-ios-27-feature-thats-worth-knowing-about</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While it&#039;s not flashy like Apple’s new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence upgrades, there are still a number of additions to iOS 27 worth looking at. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Every, new, iOS, feature, that’s, worth, knowing, about</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/anthropics-latest-feud-with-the-trump-admin-may-actually-help-it-sales-data-suggests</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/anthropics-latest-feud-with-the-trump-admin-may-actually-help-it-sales-data-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic&#039;s popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic’s, latest, feud, with, the, Trump, admin, may, actually, help, it, sales, data, suggests</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple plans to change its Hide My Email privacy feature that could make it less effective</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/apple-plans-to-change-its-hide-my-email-privacy-feature-that-could-make-it-less-effective</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/apple-plans-to-change-its-hide-my-email-privacy-feature-that-could-make-it-less-effective</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the coming weeks, Apple will move anonymously generated emails addresses to a different domain. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, plans, change, its, Hide, Email, privacy, feature, that, could, make, less, effective</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX valuation balloons to $2.6T, briefly passes Amazon</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-valuation-balloons-to-26t-briefly-passes-amazon</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-valuation-balloons-to-26t-briefly-passes-amazon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SpaceX&#039;s valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, valuation, balloons, 2.6T, briefly, passes, Amazon</media:keywords>
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<title>Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/qualcomm-wants-to-be-the-chip-inside-whatever-replaces-your-smartphone-and-it-just-announced-two-products-toward-that-end</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/qualcomm-wants-to-be-the-chip-inside-whatever-replaces-your-smartphone-and-it-just-announced-two-products-toward-that-end</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said Tuesday that the company is working on over 40 different AI wearable devices — including jewelry, earbuds with cameras, pins, and watches — a sign of how aggressively the chipmaker is betting that the next major computing platform won&#039;t be a phone. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Qualcomm, wants, the, chip, inside, whatever, replaces, your, smartphone, and, just, announced, two, products, toward, that, end</media:keywords>
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<title>Bug in FIFA World Cup internal system gave anyone ability to modify TV stream</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/bug-in-fifa-world-cup-internal-system-gave-anyone-ability-to-modify-tv-stream</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/bug-in-fifa-world-cup-internal-system-gave-anyone-ability-to-modify-tv-stream</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A security researcher said a flaw in FIFA’s online platforms allowed her to access several internal systems, including one that could have allowed her to take control of the TV stream of every World Cup match. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bug, FIFA, World, Cup, internal, system, gave, anyone, ability, modify, stream</media:keywords>
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<title>Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/sundar-pichai-faces-boos-walkout-at-stanford-graduation-ceremony-over-googles-israel-ice-ties</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/sundar-pichai-faces-boos-walkout-at-stanford-graduation-ceremony-over-googles-israel-ice-ties</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI is once again at the heart of a college graduation protest — this time for the technology&#039;s use in Google&#039;s defense contracts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sundar, Pichai, faces, boos, walkout, Stanford, graduation, ceremony, over, Google’s, Israel, ICE, ties</media:keywords>
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<title>The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/the-us-governments-anthropic-models-ban-was-never-about-an-ai-jailbreak</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/the-us-governments-anthropic-models-ban-was-never-about-an-ai-jailbreak</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Trump administration&#039;s decision that forced Anthropic to pull its latest cybersecurity models could be reactionary, retaliatory, or both, but the message is clear: The AI industry isn&#039;t immune from U.S. government interference. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, government’s, Anthropic, models, ban, was, never, about, jailbreak</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta’s new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/metas-new-ai-mode-on-facebook-pulls-from-public-info-across-its-platforms</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/metas-new-ai-mode-on-facebook-pulls-from-public-info-across-its-platforms</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta announced Monday that it&#039;s rolling out a wave of new AI features on Facebook, the latest sign of the company&#039;s effort to catch up in the AI race and keep users more engaged on the platform. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta’s, new, ‘AI, Mode’, Facebook, pulls, from, public, info, across, its, platforms</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX is public: Everything you need to know post&#45;IPO</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-is-public-everything-you-need-to-know-post-ipo</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-is-public-everything-you-need-to-know-post-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TechCrunch has followed SpaceX&#039;s start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we&#039;re here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won&#039;t), pre-IPO deals, and what&#039;s tucked inside its S-1 registration document. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, public:, Everything, you, need, know, post-IPO</media:keywords>
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<title>These are the countries moving to ban social media for children</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/these-are-the-countries-moving-to-ban-social-media-for-children</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/these-are-the-countries-moving-to-ban-social-media-for-children</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>These, are, the, countries, moving, ban, social, media, for, children</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX SPV investors won’t know their true holdings until post&#45;IPO lock&#45;ups lift</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-spv-investors-wont-know-their-true-holdings-until-post-ipo-lock-ups-lift</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/spacex-spv-investors-wont-know-their-true-holdings-until-post-ipo-lock-ups-lift</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After SpaceX makes its public debut, lower-tier SPV investors face hidden fees, lengthy payout delays, and the  risk of outright fraud. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, SPV, investors, won’t, know, their, true, holdings, until, post-IPO, lock-ups, lift</media:keywords>
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<title>Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/theker-just-raised-85m-to-build-the-factory-robot-that-doesnt-specialize-in-anything</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/theker-just-raised-85m-to-build-the-factory-robot-that-doesnt-specialize-in-anything</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker&#039;s machines are built to be reconfigured. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Theker, just, raised, 85M, build, the, factory, robot, that, doesn’t, specialize, anything</media:keywords>
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<title>Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/jeff-bezoss-prometheus-raises-12b-to-build-an-artificial-general-engineer-for-the-physical-world</link>
<guid>https://canadainquirer.com/jeff-bezoss-prometheus-raises-12b-to-build-an-artificial-general-engineer-for-the-physical-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jeff, Bezos’s, Prometheus, raises, 12B, build, ‘artificial, general, engineer’, for, the, physical, world</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX officially prices shares at $135 in the largest IPO ever</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Wits its official share pricing announcement, SpaceX&#039;s IPO has begun. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Oracle warns of security bug that hackers abused to breach 100+ companies</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/oracle-warns-of-security-bug-that-hackers-abused-to-breach-100-companies</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100&#45;plus organizations</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/cybercriminals-claim-breach-of-oracle-peoplesoft-servers-at-100-plus-organizations</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Everyone wants a piece of Tesla’s battery business</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/everyone-wants-a-piece-of-teslas-battery-business</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5B from banks as AI spending continues</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Companies are burning through exorbitant sums of money to keep pace in the AI arms race. Debt is climbing. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX&#039;s historic IPO. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/why-andrew-yang-is-building-instead-of-waiting-for-washington</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are all saying versions of the same thing.  An entrepreneur at heart, […] ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/the-trump-administration-might-take-an-equity-stake-in-openai</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ President Donald Trump said he&#039;s discussing deals &quot;where the American people can benefit from the success of AI.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/beyond-instagram-introducing-the-next-generation-of-social-apps</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ These newer social apps offer alternatives to Big Tech’s feeds, focusing on interests, creativity, and community. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Beyond, Instagram:, Introducing, the, next, generation, social, apps</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/openai-unveils-lockdown-mode-to-protect-sensitive-data-from-prompt-injection-attacks</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Even with Lockdown Mode, ChatGPT could be still vulnerable to prompt injections, but the goal is to reduce the likelihood that sensitive data gets shared in the process. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>What to expect from WWDC 2026: Siri’s highly anticipated revamp and Apple Intelligence updates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Apple&#039;s WWDC nears: Here&#039;s what you can look forward to. ]]></description>
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<title>Sriram Krishnan is leaving his role as White House AI advisor</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/sriram-krishnan-is-leaving-his-role-as-white-house-ai-advisor</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Krishnan is reportedly starting a new institution to continue shaping Trump&#039;s AI policy. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board to go ‘founder mode’ with  startup Manus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ After a very profitable decade on Microsoft&#039;s board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down to focus on his AI drug discovery startup Manus. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A massive viral conversation sharing VC horror stories has taken place this week on X. Some are weird. Some are infuriating. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s — a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive accuses IBM of not disclosing and actively covering it up. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Former, cyber, executive, turned, whistleblower, accuses, IBM, covering, several, data, breaches</media:keywords>
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<title>Startup Battlefield 200 applications officially close in 3 days</title>
<link>https://canadainquirer.com/startup-battlefield-200-applications-officially-close-in-3-days</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Applications for Startup Battlefield 200 officially close on June 8, 11:59 p.m. PT. Don&#039;t wait any longer. Secure your shot at competing on the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 this October at San Francisco&#039;s Moscone West. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a statement, a Google representative described the deal as a result of unexpected demand for its recently launched AI products. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Best Cafe Latte&#45;Colored Sand Found in Palawan, Philippines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ November 28, 2024 - Manila, Philippines - Carlos de Castro said the Philippines has grown in popularity as a spot for expats from the USA and Europe in recent years.  Palawan&#039;s beautiful coastline given its geographical position tops the list.  Blame it for its white, pink, and café latte colored beaches to the limestone cliffs of rock formations, offering a level of diversity that is rarely found anywhere. Carlos is the interior architect of several iconic Philippine landmarks such as Okada, Solaire, and Raffles Hotel, among others. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>LIMOUSINE driven by Chauffeur wearing Barong Tagalog.</title>
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