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Sep 2, 2026

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·TechCrunch

Larry Page’s flying car company Pivotal loses its CEO

Ken Karklin has stepped down as CEO of Pivotal, the Larry Page-backed eVTOL company he led for more than four years. Board member and aviation executive Mike Ross will serve as int...

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·TechCrunch

Reliance’s JioHotstar takes its streaming empire global — without sports

JioHotstar will replace Hotstar in the UK, Canada, and Singapore starting September 2, marking the Reliance-controlled streamer’s first international rollout under the new brand. T...

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·The Verge

Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI

Google is reportedly approaching major Hollywood studios with lucrative licensing offers to use copyrighted content for AI training. The deals could give studios a near-term cash b...

Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI
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·TechCrunch

Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name

Apple Maps is adopting the name “Lake America” for Lake Ontario in line with President Trump’s executive order. The change follows a similar move by Google, signaling that major ma...

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·TechCrunch

AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B

AfterQuery, an AI model-training startup, has reportedly raised new funding at a $3.2 billion valuation. The jump comes just five months after it announced a $30 million Series A t...

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·The Verge

Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and says it’s up to 45 percent cheaper for agentic work

Anthropic says Claude Fable 5.1 improves on Fable 5 while typically costing about 25% less, and up to 45% less for complex agentic tasks. The company also says the new models addre...

Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and says it’s up to 45 percent cheaper for agentic work
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·The Verge

Apple Maps follows Google in renaming Lake Ontario

Apple Maps now shows Lake Ontario as Lake America for US users, following a Trump executive order amid a trade dispute with Canada. Canadian Apple Maps still displays Lake Ontario,...

Apple Maps follows Google in renaming Lake Ontario
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