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Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months

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Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months

Uber's cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.

Lucas Ropek 2 months ago

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New Microsoft tool lets devs spin up AI behavior tests using text descriptions

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New Microsoft tool lets devs spin up AI behavior tests using text descriptions

Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing, an open-source framework for spinning up AI evaluations.

Ram Iyer 2 months ago

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A startup, Everand, is now bundling e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon

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A startup, Everand, is now bundling e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon

A new reading subscription from Everand offers access to both e-books and audiobooks, and Fable's book club community.

Sarah Perez 2 months ago

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Martin Scorsese becomes the latest — and most unlikely — Hollywood voice for AI

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Martin Scorsese becomes the latest — and most unlikely — Hollywood voice for AI

The caveat is that one of the world's most famous living directors is using the tech solely for storyboarding.

Connie Loizos 2 months ago

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Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant

Launched at Build, Microsoft Scout is a new AI assistant meant to bring the power and flexibility of OpenClaw into the Microsoft 365 system.

Russell Brandom 2 months ago

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Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts

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Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts

Layup Parts co-founder Zack Eakin has drawn on a motorsports background, and his experience working for Palmer Luckey and Elon Musk, to tackle making faster, cheaper, and better composites.

Sean O'Kane 2 months ago

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Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams

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Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams

As people increasingly refuse to answer calls from unknown numbers, scammers are shifting their tactics by spoofing trusted phone numbers and using AI deepfake technology to sound like authority figures, family members, or employers.

Aisha Malik 2 months ago

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Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior

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Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior

The specification lets developer, compliance and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files.

Ram Iyer 2 months ago

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Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature

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Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature

The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring's Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent.

Amanda Silberling 2 months ago

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Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech

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Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech

Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.

Tim De Chant 2 months ago

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Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections

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Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections

After industry objections, President Trump signed a revised AI executive order requiring only voluntary prerelease government reviews of advanced models.

Rebecca Bellan 2 months ago

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OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work

OpenAI is getting serious about courting enterprise users. On Tuesday, the AI lab released a new set of capabilities for Codex, meant to expand the agentic tool’s uses in the workplace. Together with the new tools, the company released an internal report on how Codex is being used for knowledg...

Russell Brandom 2 months ago

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Board, the new game startup from Mirror founder Brynn Putnam, raises $20M, has already sold thousands

Board, the startup building what it calls "together tech" designed to bring people into the same room, has closed a Series A led by Union Square Ventures.

Connie Loizos 2 months ago

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Password manager Dashlane says hackers stole some customers’ password vaults

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Password manager Dashlane says hackers stole some customers’ password vaults

The password manager giant said hackers were able to 'brute-force' its two-factor system, allowing them to access customer accounts and download their password vaults.

Zack Whittaker 2 months ago

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Turning your purse into a cyberdeck is the most fun way to resist big tech

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Turning your purse into a cyberdeck is the most fun way to resist big tech

The women building these over-the-top, bedazzled cyberdecks aren’t in it for the glitter alone. This trend is reaching its peak at a time when people feel powerless against big tech.

Amanda Silberling 2 months ago

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How Europe’s AI strategy diverges from Silicon Valley’s

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How Europe’s AI strategy diverges from Silicon Valley’s

The global AI race is often framed as a battle between the United States and China. But at VivaTech, Europe is expected to make the case for an entirely different model.

TechCrunch Events 2 months ago

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Meta tests ‘Series’ for episodic Reels on Instagram and Facebook

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Meta tests ‘Series’ for episodic Reels on Instagram and Facebook

Meta told TechCrunch that it's considering ways to monetize the new feature, but didn't share specifics on what that could look like.

Aisha Malik 2 months ago

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X caters to creators with new ‘React with Video’ feature

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X caters to creators with new ‘React with Video’ feature

X will now let you 'react with video' to posts.

Sarah Perez 2 months ago

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Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries

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Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries

Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its security vulnerability program, and access to Mythos to 150 organizations across 15 countries — targeting critical infrastructure in power, water, healthcare, and communications where a cyberattack could affect 100 million people.

Rebecca Bellan 2 months ago

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Apple’s MacBook Neo is winning over a new generation of buyers

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Apple’s MacBook Neo is winning over a new generation of buyers

The MacBook Neo shipped 1.1 million units in its first weeks on sale, IDC estimates, as Apple pushes deeper into the mainstream laptop market.

Jagmeet Singh 2 months ago

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Amazon Prime Day 2026 takes place June 23-26

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Amazon Prime Day 2026 takes place June 23-26

Groceries and household essentials will be a main focus of this year's deals event.

Aisha Malik 2 months ago

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Blue Origin plans to launch New Glenn again this year after explosion

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Blue Origin plans to launch New Glenn again this year after explosion

CEO Dave Limp said damage to the company's launchpad in Florida was not as bad as expected. But Blue Origin still hasn't shared the cause of last week's explosion.

Sean O'Kane 2 months ago

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