The world’s largest privately owned laser just turned on
Fusion startup Xcimer fired up the world’s largest privately owned laser.
Squishmallows, dentures, and an ‘I Heart Hot Dads’ bag: Uber has found thousands of items left in robotaxis
Even in a future of robot taxis, someone still has to return the things passengers leave behind.
Cyera eyes $12B valuation at 80x ARR multiple despite operating losses
The cybersecurity company is nearing a $300 million round led by Evolution Equity Partners.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.