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

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. Read More

Gmail debuts a personalized AI Inbox, AI Overviews in search, and more: Gmail is also bringing several AI features that were previously available only to paid users to all users. Read More

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. Read More

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

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. Read More

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