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TechCrunch

• How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote [2d]
• Sales automation startup Rox AI hits $1.2B valuation, sources say [2d]
• Channel Surfer lets you watch YouTube like it’s old-school cable TV [3d]
• Why Rivian is holding the $45,000 base model R2 until ‘late 2027’ [3d]
• Substack launches a built-in recording studio [3d]
• Facebook Marketplace now lets Meta AI respond to buyers’ messages [3d]
• Tinder tries to lure people back to online dating with IRL events, virtual speed dating [3d]
• Atlassian follows Block’s footsteps and cuts staff in the name of AI [3d]
• Lucid Motors shows off robotaxi concept called ‘Lunar’ [3d]
• Humanoid robotics maker Sunday reaches $1.15B valuation to build household robots [3d]
• Webflow buys AI content generation platform Vidoso to bolster its marketing suite [3d]
• Bumble introduces an AI dating assistant, ‘Bee’ [3d]
• Bumble to launch an AI dating assistant, ‘Bee’ [3d]
• Law enforcement shuts down botnet made of tens of thousands of hacked routers [3d]
• A writer is suing Grammarly for turning her and other authors into ‘AI editors’ without consent [3d]
• Tesla becomes a utility in the UK, setting up showdown with Octopus Energy [3d]
• Gumloop lands $50M from Benchmark to turn every employee into an AI agent builder [3d]
• Alexa+ gets a new ‘adults only’ personality option that curses but won’t do NSFW content [3d]
• Alexa+ gets a new ‘adults only’ personality option that curses but won’t get into NSFW content [3d]
• Wonderful raises $150M Series B at $2B valuation [3d]
• Rivian R2 launch: Here’s what $57,990 gets you [3d]
• Uber, Wayve and Nissan plan to launch a robotaxi service in Tokyo this year [3d]
• Disney+ is rolling out its TikTok-like ‘Verts’ short-form video feed [3d]
• Honda scraps 3 EVs planned for the US, blaming tariffs and Chinese competition [3d]
• Google Maps is getting an AI ‘Ask Maps’ feature and upgraded ‘immersive’ navigation [3d]
• Group14 opens factory to produce battery materials for flash charging EVs [3d]
• When startups become a family business [3d]
• Google is using old news reports and AI to predict flash floods [3d]
• Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch [3d]