TechCrunch Mobility: ‘Physical AI’ enters the hype machine

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” 

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Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows

Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies

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How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CES

Now, the startup is turning its attention to building the business, fundraising and striking commercial deals.

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Moxie Marlinspike has a privacy-conscious alternative to ChatGPT

Confer is designed to look and feel like ChatGPT or Claude, but your conversations can’t be used for training or advertising.

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Who will be next to implement an Australia-style under-16s social media ban?

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed concerns about children’s screen time, as the House of Lords may vote next week on an under-16s social media ban.

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Why Silicon Valley is really talking about fleeing California (it’s not the 5%)

If you’ve been following the billionaire exodus from California with some confusion, here’s what’s actually driving the nervousness: it’s not the 5% rate. As highlighted Friday in the New York Post, the proposed wealth tax would hit founders on their voting shares rather than the actual equity they own. Take Larry Page, who about 3% […]

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Who gets to inherit the stars? A space ethicist on what we’re not talking about

While it’s easy to romanticize space as an escape to a pristine frontier where people will float weightlessly among the stars, it’s worth remembering there are no oceans or mountains or chirpy birds in space. It’s “not nice up there,” said Rubenstein. “It is not nice at all.”

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Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid

Three offshore wind projects under construction on the U.S. East Coast are back to building after judges rebuked the Department of the Interior’s actions.

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Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane 

Oshen has signed contracts with multiple government agencies for its C-Star robots to collect ocean data autonomously.

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Led by Texas, New Hampshire, U.S. states race to prove they can put bitcoin on public balance sheet

Many U.S. states are planning bitcoin strategic reserves, and other forms of crypto financing, showing budgets are buying into the digital assets trend.

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