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Government accused of dragging its heels on deepfake law over Grok AI

The End Violence Against Women Coalition said it had been a year since the inital law was suggested

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Why this VC thinks 2026 will be ‘the year of the consumer’

AI adoption in enterprise is stalling as companies don’t know where to start. Vanessa Larco of Premise VC thinks 2026 will be the year of the consumer.

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Hands on with a prototype of Clicks’ Communicator, a new BlackBerry-like smartphone

TechCrunch goes hands-on at the CES 2025 show with the new Clicks Communicator, a new Android smartphone with a physical keyboard.

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Trump’s defense spending plans, Venezuelan oil, Ford’s eyes-off driving push and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

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Google adds Gemini features like message thread summaries to Gmail

Google is adding more Gemini features to Gmail, the company’s latest effort to spread its core AI product across its product portfolio.

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Former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla’s startup triples to $100M valuation

Spangle has raised $15 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-generated shopping experiences.

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Global Fintech Funding Rebounds to $53B After Prolonged Downturn

The US continued to dominate global fintech investment, while the UK retained its position as the world’s second-largest destination. The post Global Fintech Funding Rebounds to $53B After Prolonged Downturn appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Kalshi CEO says they’re supportive of proposal to ban government officials from insider trading

The CEO of prediction market Kalshi, Tarek Mansour, has taken to social media to share support for a bill which would ban government officials from using prediction markets. The bill is in reference to one which could soon be introduced … Continue reading

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Cambodia’s $15B Crypto Scam Empire Collapses After Arrest

Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi was arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China, bringing a dramatic close to one of Asia’s largest criminal networks. The post Cambodia’s $15B Crypto Scam Empire Collapses After Arrest appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Elon Musk’s Grok AI appears to have made child sexual imagery, says charity

It said analysts discovered the images on a dark-web forum, by users who claimed to have used Grok

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