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US bans Deepseek technology across federal civilian agencies

TL;DRUS bans Chinese AI startup Deepseek from all federal civilian agencies.

Why it matters: Signals escalating AI tech competition between US and China; affects government efficiency and AI adoption strategy.

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A guide to Day 1 of RoboBusiness 2026

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RoboBusiness 2026's first day agenda covers robotics industry talks in Santa Clara.

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Google says Cloud in its London region is "experiencing issues"

Google Cloud's London region went down, taking UK banking services like Revolut offline.

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Chinese state media: China inaugurates the National Data Group, a new

China launched a state-owned company to manage and develop national data resources.

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Cloudflare's Clairic pulls data from documents faster and cheaper than

Cloudflare built an AI model that extracts document data faster and cheaper than standard LLMs.

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OpenAI says its models can help banks migrate from old COBOL programs

OpenAI's AI can now help banks update ancient COBOL banking systems.

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Spotify’s new podcast memberships let you pay for extra perks

Spotify lets podcast creators charge fans for exclusive content and bonus episodes.

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Spotify's Memberships program for podcasts is here to compete

Spotify launches podcast subscriptions to rival Patreon's creator funding model.

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Spotify launches paid podcast memberships with perks beyond bonus content

Spotify lets podcasters sell memberships directly to fans and keep most revenue.

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Oura adds new fitness metrics to show how workouts impact your body

Oura adds workout impact metrics to compete with rising smart ring rivals.

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Note-taking tool Otter.ai raised $320M in non-dilutive capital

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