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TechCrunch Mobility: Uber enters its assetmaxxing era

April 21, 2026
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free – just click TechCrunch Mobility! A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Uber seemed to be everywhere, all at once in the emerging autonomous vehicle technology sector. The Financial Times has now put a number on it. The FT…
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AI & RoboticsNews

The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why

April 21, 2026
Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. According to a new analysis from market intelligence provider Appfigures, worldwide app releases in the first quarter of 2026 were up 60% year-over-year across both Apple’s App Store and Google Play.
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It’s not just one thing — it’s another thing

April 21, 2026
Sometimes, things are not just one thing – they’re also another thing. This sentence construction (“It’s not just this – it’s that”) has become so common in AI-generated writing that now, it’s no longer just a clue that a piece of writing may be synthetic…
GamingNews

Former The Last of Us Dev Hints at Potential Future Story

April 21, 2026
A major plot point that could play into The Last of Us: Part 3 has been revealed by a former Naughty Dog developer. Speaking via the podcast KiwiTalkz, ex-Naughty Dog lighting artist Gabriel Betancourt has discussed a surprising conversation he once had with franchise creator Neil Druckmann — who revealed that main character Ellie was just one of a “congregation” of people with immunity to…
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GamingNews

Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026: Everything Announced

April 21, 2026
As players beat each other senseless — uh, in-game, of course — during last weekend’s Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026, Bandai Namco pulled back the cover on what Dragon Ball fans can expect from the franchise over the next 12 months or so, including confirmation of…
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Escape From Tarkov Update

April 21, 2026
Battlestate Games has released update 1.0.4.5 for Escape from Tarkov, which makes a number of improvements and balance changes. The influential extraction shooter has increased the FPS limit in menus, and made changes to the animation system and audio engine to improve PC…
CryptoNews

Ripple’s Schwartz Flags DeFi Bridge Trade-Offs After KelpDAO Incident

April 21, 2026
SecurityPublished:Apr 20, 2026, 6:30 PM Ripple’s Schwartz Flags DeFi Bridge Trade-Offs After KelpDAO Incident Security trade-offs in cross-chain infrastructure are drawing sharper scrutiny as operational shortcuts threaten to undercut protections built into bridge designs. Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz’s latest remarks tied those risks to RLUSD-related evaluations and broader collateral…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla launches 'Robotaxi' in Houston and Dallas with tiny geofences

April 21, 2026
Tesla announced today that its “Robotaxi” service is now rolling out in Dallas and Houston, marking the company’s first expansion beyond Austin and San Francisco. The company shared maps of the two new service areas, which appear to cover small slices of each city. The Houston geofence covers approximately 25 square miles, according to early user analysis of the maps, while the Dallas zone…
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