Best Dod Contracts Podcasts (2025)

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Heath Murray Cracks the DoD Code: From Cop to Contracting Connector 48:19

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In Episode 4, Tim Branyan sits down with Heath Murray, a super-connector and Executive Director of DING Midwest, at Vision Studio in Kokomo. From southern Indiana coal country to law enforcement, bartending in South Carolina, and now bridging the Midwest’s defense ecosystem, Heath’s journey is packed with grit and lessons. He breaks down the comple…

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OpenAI’s $200M DoD contract could squeeze frenemy Microsoft 3:26

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The contract could put the model maker in competition with the OpenAI services that Microsoft wants to sell to the DoD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Google’s data center energy use doubled in 4 years 5:19

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Google has pledged to use only carbon-free sources of electricity to power its operations, a task made more challenging by its breakneck pace of data center growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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X is piloting a program that lets AI chatbots generate Community Notes 3:28

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The social platform X will pilot a feature that allows AI chatbots to generate Community Notes. Community Notes is a Twitter-era feature that Elon Musk has expanded under his ownership of the service, now called X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Figma moves closer to a blockbuster IPO that could raise $1.5B 4:10

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The financials are impressive and founder CEO Dylan Field already cashed out $20 million worth of shares last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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CMMC on the Shop Floor: A No-BS Guide for CNC & Aerospace Machine Shops 26:51

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Submit any questions you would like answered on the podcast! Happy 4th of July from the team at CMMC Compliance Guide Podcast! While you're celebrating freedom, hot dogs, and fireworks — don’t forget about safeguarding the data that defends that freedom. 🛡️ In this special edition, we're tackling what really works for CMMC compliance on the shop fl…

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Congress just greenlit a NASA moon plan opposed by Musk and Isaacman 3:33

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Legacy aerospace giants scored a win Tuesday when the U.S. Senate passed President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill that earmarks billions more for NASA’s flagship Artemis program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Drew Hansen’s Grit, Guts, and Home Game Mastery 51:11

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Tim Branyan from the Hoosier Heartland Indiana Small Business Development Center sits down with Drew Hansen, the relentless force behind Hansen & Holmes. Born and raised in Kokomo, Indiana, Drew traded a corporate grind and a bar gig for a full-throttle leap into home remodeling—without a website or fancy ads, just pure word-of-mouth hustle. From j…

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Tesla sends driverless Model Y from factory to customer to promote its robotaxi tech 5:20

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The car traveled around 15 miles on highways, surface streets, and even a roundabout. But many questions remain about the stunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Empowering Latino Businesses: Greater Lafayette Commerce Spotlight with Jesus Correa 25:51

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Tim Branyan on Spotlight as he sits down with Jesus Correa, Latino Business Liaison at Greater Lafayette Commerce (GLC). Discover how GLC goes beyond a typical Chamber of Commerce, driving economic and workforce development in Greater Lafayette, Indiana. Jesus shares his journey growing Latino business membership from 5 to 50, hosting events like C…

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Don Wettrick Unleashes the Seekers: Innovating Education with Grit & Vision 44:55

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Tim Branyan sits down with Don Wettrick, founder of StartEdUp Foundation and a trailblazer in education, at Vision Studio in Kokomo. From a 20-year teaching gig to sparking a “bizarre” class on innovation and entrepreneurship, Don’s journey is wild—think Skyping Tim Ferris on Halloween, coaching kids to Forbes 30 Under 30, and turning moaners into …

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From Air Force to AgTech: Nathan Smith’s Journey with Northstar Systems 49:03

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Join Tim Branyan on Spotlight as he chats with Nate Smith, founder of Northstar Systems, a data monitoring service revolutionizing agtech and beyond. From his Air Force days to launching in October 2023, Nate shares how his company provides safety and efficiency for fertilizer tanks, grain silos, and municipalities using real-time 5G tech. Discover…

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Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping 5:51

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Cloudflare, a cloud infrastructure provider that serves 20% of the web, announced Tuesday the launch of a new marketplace that reimagines the relationship between website owners and AI companies — ideally giving publishers greater control over their content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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YouTube’s mobile video editor is coming to iOS 5:21

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Google is preparing to bring YouTube Create to iOS devices nearly two years after the video editing app launched exclusively on Android. Job listings reviewed by TechCrunch reveal the company is actively hiring engineers in India for the iOS development project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Anthropic’s Claude AI became a terrible business owner in experiment that got ‘weird’ 5:27

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Researchers at Anthropic and AI safety company Andon Labs gave an instance of Claude Sonnet 3.7 an office vending machine to run. And hilarity ensued. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Alec Downing Unleashes Banking Secrets, Kokomo CEO, and Community Power 1:08:19

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Tim Branyan sits down with Alec Downing, a servant leader from First Farmers Bank and a driving force behind the Kokomo CEO program. From his roots in Greentown, Indiana, to shaping the next generation of entrepreneurs, Alec shares his journey, insider banking insights, and passion for community growth. We dive into the Kokomo CEO program—Creating …

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SCOTUS porn ruling, Denmark clamps down on deepfakes, and Meta buys over 1 GW of renewables 5:58

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The United States Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold a Texas law requiring websites with “sexual material harmful to minors” to verify the ages of all visitors. The Free Speech Coalition (FSC), a trade association for the adult industry, had brought the lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the state’s age verification law…

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Redwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers 7:23

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Redwood Materials has launched a new business — taking old EV batteries to store energy and help power businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue, plus people use AI for companionship much less than we’re led to think 7:00

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Offerwall lets publishers give their sites' readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more. Also, a report by Anthropic reveals that people rarely seek companionship from AI, and turn to AI for emotional support or advice only 2.9% of the time. Learn more abou…

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Federal judge sides with Meta in lawsuit over training AI models on copyrighted books 3:24

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A federal judge sided with Meta on Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against the company by 13 book authors, including Sarah Silverman, that alleged the company had illegally trained its AI models on their copyrighted works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Sam Altman comes out swinging at The New York Times 5:45

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From the moment OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped onstage, it was clear this was not going to be a normal interview. Altman and his chief operating officer, Brad Lightcap, stood awkwardly toward the back of the stage at a jam-packed San Francisco venue that typically hosts jazz concerts. Hundreds of people filled steep theatre-style seating Learn more …

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Ceasefire’s Here, But Your Shop’s Still a Target: What the DoD CIO Just Told Defense Contractors 23:44

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Submit any questions you would like answered on the podcast! 🆓 Need help getting your SPRS score to 110? Schedule your free SPRS Roadmap Session and get a step-by-step plan to close gaps and stay defensible: 👉 https://cmmccomplianceguide.com/free-sprs-roadmap The Department of Defense just issued a critical cybersecurity memo—and it's not just for …

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Bill Gates-backed AirLoom begins building its first power plant 3:45

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Wind power has run into some headwinds, and not the kind that spin its turbines. Recently, President Trump has decided to wage war against the technology, an unwelcome bit of friction that coincides with rising costs in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Kodiak is using Vay’s remote driving tech in its self-driving trucks 5:19

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Kodiak Robotics has partnered with driverless car-sharing startup Vap to bring a remote-driving system into its self-driving trucks operation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Novoloop is making tons of upcycled plastic 3:52

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Novoloop recently raised a $21 million Series B to begin building its first commercial scale plastic upcycling plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Secrets to Dealer Success: Persistence & Partnerships with Joseph Link 49:17

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Join host Tim Branyan as he sits down with Joseph Link, a seasoned expert in business development and dealer relationships, to unpack the secrets behind thriving manufacturer-dealer partnerships. From his roles at Arrowquip and Yakta—managing over 250 U.S. dealers—to his early days at Ventrec with Aeroquip, Joseph shares how persistence, innovative…

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How a data processing problem at Lyft became the basis for Eventual 4:33

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Eventual's data processing engine Daft was inspried by the founders' experience working on Lyft's autonomous vehicle project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Why Danny Boyle shot ‘28 Years Later’ on iPhones ... and more tech news 8:19

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Director Danny Boyle famously shot his post-apocalyptic classic “28 Days Later” on Canon digital cameras, making it easier for him to capture eerie scenes of an abandoned London, and giving the movie’s fast-moving zombies a terrifying immediacy. Also, LinkedIn users seem to have embraced AI, but there’s one area that’s seen less uptake than expecte…

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SMB-focused Finom closes €115M as European fintech heats up 6:36

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Finom, an Amsterdam-based challenger bank for SMBs that claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, closed a €115 million Series C equity round (around $133 million). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Rippling spy says men have been following him, and his wife is afraid 3:33

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If becoming a corporate spy sounds exciting, let this newest affidavit from confessed Rippling spy Keith O’Brien serve as a warning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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The Robinhood founder who might just revolutionize energy, if he succeeds 7:56

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Baiju Bhatt is building something the space industry has largely dismissed, and it might be more groundbreaking than anyone realizes. When Baiju Bhatt stepped away from his role as Chief Creative Officer at Robinhood last year, only those close to him could have predicted his next move: launching a space company built around tech Learn more about y…

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Voi CEO says he’s open to acquiring Bolt’s micromobility business 4:02

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Frederik Hjelm, CEO of shared micromobility startup Voi, said he sees a path to acquiring the scooter and bike operations of Bolt, the European mobility super-app best known for ride-hailing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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‘Kid-pilled’ Sam Altman ‘constantly’ asked ChatGPT questions about his newborn 4:32

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Across hundreds of thousands of years of human existence, an impossible question has befuddled our species: why is the baby crying?! Sam Altman, who is both the father of a three-month-old and CEO of OpenAI, hopped on OpenAI’s new podcast today to talk about how his company is impacting his experience with fatherhood. Learn more about your ad choic…

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Breaking Down the Real Cost of CMMC Compliance for Small Businesses 31:44

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Submit any questions you would like answered on the podcast! Why is CMMC compliance so expensive—especially for small businesses? In this episode of the CMMC Compliance Guide Podcast, Austin and Brooke from Justice IT Consulting break down what really drives up the cost of CMMC and NIST 800-171 compliance, and more importantly—how you can cut costs…

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Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI’s talent with $100M offers 4:16

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on something of a hiring spree lately, trying to staff up Meta’s new superintelligence team with top-tier AI researchers from competing labs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028 3:45

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The digital health startup says it secured the fresh capital to update its valuation and finance acquisitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Spotify’s Daniel Ek just bet bigger on Helsing, Europe’s defense tech darling 4:46

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Spotify's Daniel Ek just led a €600 million investment in Helsing, a four-year-old, Munich-based defense tech company that is now valued at €12 billion, according to the Financial Times. The deal makes it one of Europe's most valuable privately held companies; it also highlights Europe's scramble to build its own military muscle as the world grows …

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Patreon will increase the cut it takes from new creators ... and more 7:36

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Patreon is bumping its take fee from creators from 8% to 10%, but only for new signups; ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times; Meta’s massive investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s biggest customers pause. Reuters reports that Go…

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Instagram users complain of mass bans, pointing finger at AI 4:07

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Instagram users report that their accounts were banned even though they had not violated the company's terms of service or other policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster 3:54

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It sounds like the start of a 21st century horror film: Your browser history has been public all along, and you had no idea. That’s basically what it feels like right now on the new standalone Meta AI app, where swathes of people are publishing their ostensibly private conversations with the chatbot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc…

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Amazon joins the big nuclear party, buying 1.92 GW for AWS 3:37

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Amazon and Talen revised an existing deal to buy power from the Susquehanna nuclear power plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft — and people are paying anyway 5:53

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A new analysis done by ride-hailing aggregator Obi shows Waymos cost more especially on shorter trips. They also have longer wait times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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How Warp is introducing robots to automate its network of warehouses 4:16

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Warp can't automate long-haul trucking or short-range delivery, so it's working on what it can potentially change: the workflows inside its warehouses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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How to Scope CMMC Correctly: Avoid Audit Failures, Over-Scoping, and Cloud Risks 12:17

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Submit any questions you would like answered on the podcast! Is your CMMC scope setting you up for success—or failure? In this episode of the CMMC Compliance Guide, Brooke and Stacey from Justice IT Consulting break down one of the most misunderstood (and expensive) parts of your compliance journey: scoping. Learn how to define your CUI boundary th…

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Uptime Industries wants to boost localized AI usage with an ‘AI-in-a-box’ called Lemony AI 3:33

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The Lemony AI device can run large language models, AI agents and automated workflows locally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Sam Altman thinks AI will have ‘novel insights’ next year 4:18

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In a new essay published Tuesday called “The Gentle Singularity,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared his latest vision for how AI will change the human experience over the next 15 years. The essay is a classic example of Altman’s futurism: hyping up the promise of AGI — and arguing that his company is quite close. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit …

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Mistral releases a pair of AI reasoning models 3:44

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Mistral released Magistral, its first family of reasoning models. Like other reasoning models — e.g. OpenAI's o3 and Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro — Magistral works through problems step-by-step for improved consistency and reliability across topics such as math and physics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Paragon says it cancelled contracts with Italy over government’s refusal to investigate spyware attack on journalist 5:28

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The Italian government claims that accepting Paragon’s help would have compromised national security and classified information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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PayPal is adding hotel booking within its app, powered by Selfbook 2:36

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PayPal is partnering with hotel payment provider Selfbook to let users search for and book hotels within the PayPal app. The company said that it will let users pay through PayPal at checkout and offer exclusive discounts to users within the app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Waymo robotaxis, Lime e-scooters set ablaze during LA protests 3:02

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Several Waymo robotaxis and Lime e-scooters were set ablaze this weekend as unrest in downtown Los Angeles continued. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch