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Xcimer Energy Activates Phoenix Laser System As A Step Toward Fusion Power Plant
Fusion startup Xcimer Energy switched on its Phoenix laser system on Wednesday. The company says Phoenix is the largest privately owned laser system in the world. Xcimer’s approach to fusion…
Cyera Finalizes $300M Round At $12B Valuation Just Five Months After $400M Series F
Data storage security company Cyera is finalizing a round led by Evolution Equity Partners of at least $300 million at a $12 billion valuation, according to four people with knowledge of the…
Uber Caps AI Coding Tools At $1,500 Per Employee Per Month After Burning Annual Budget In Four Months
Uber has instituted internal usage caps on AI coding tools to moderate rising costs. The company now places a monthly $1,500 cap per employee and per agentic coding tool, including…
Microsoft’s ASSERT Framework Turns Plain Language Into Automated AI Tests For Application-Specific Behavior
Microsoft introduced ASSERT (Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing) on Tuesday. The open-source framework simplifies testing for application-specific AI behavior. ASSERT uses AI to turn high-level, natural-language descriptions…
Layup Parts Raises $42 Million Series A After Anduril Alumni Workshopped Pitch
Layup Parts raised $42 million in a Series A round led by dual-use fund Marlinspike, the Huntington Beach, California, composites startup announced Tuesday. The company, founded in 2024 by former…
Google Adds Fake Call Detection To Phone App To Block Deepfake Scams
Google announced Tuesday that Android is rolling out fake call detection in Phone by Google to Android 12+ devices this month, starting with Pixel devices. The feature runs by default…
Microsoft Proposes Agent Control Specification To Govern AI Agents
Microsoft on Thursday released an open source standard called Agent Control Specification (ACS) that aims to let developers, compliance teams, and security staff define consistent, granular rules for AI agents.…
Amazon’s Ring Sued Over Familiar Faces Facial Recognition Feature
Amazon was sued on Monday in Seattle over allegations that Ring’s Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without their consent, a class action filed by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt…
Trump Signs Executive Order Requiring Voluntary 30-Day AI Model Reviews Before Public Release
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday designed to give the government a chance to review powerful AI models before they are released. The order asks certain AI companies to…
OpenAI Launches Six Job-Specific Codex Plug-ins, Sites, And Annotations To Push Enterprise Adoption And Now Has 5M+ Weekly Codex Users
OpenAI released six new plug-ins for Codex aimed at specific enterprise roles—data analytics, creative production, sales, product design, equity investing, and investment banking—plus a Sites feature to output work as hosted interactive…
Focused Energy Raises Oversubscribed $240 Million Series A, One Of The Largest Early-Stage Rounds For A Fusion Power Startup
Focused Energy recently raised an oversubscribed $240 million Series A round, one of the largest early-stage rounds for a fusion power startup, announced last week. The new round brings the…
Dashlane Hackers Brute-Forced 2FA To Steal At Least A Dozen Encrypted Password Vaults From About 20 Accounts
Dashlane confirmed that hackers brute-forced its two-factor authentication (2FA) system over a weekend, gaining access to about 20 customer accounts and stealing at least a dozen encrypted password vaults. The…
Meta Tests “Series” For Reels To Bundle Episodic Content Into A Dedicated Profile Hub On Instagram And Facebook
Meta is testing a new “Series” feature for Reels that lets select creators bundle new and old Reels into episodic series with a dedicated hub on their profile, mirroring TikTok’s…
X Launches “React With Video” To Let Users Record Video Responses Instead Of Just Reposting
X launched “React with Video,” a new feature that lets users record a video response to posts instead of just using Repost or Quote Post. The feature is currently available…
Anthropic Expands Project Glasswing To 150 New Organizations Across 15+ Countries To Scan For Critical Vulnerabilities
Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its joint industry initiative using AI to find and fix critical software vulnerabilities, to about 150 new organizations across more than 15 countries. The expansion…
Apple’s MacBook Neo Ships 1.1 Million Units In Debut Quarter, Exceeding Expectations And Attracting First-Time Mac Buyers
Apple shipped 1.1 million MacBook Neo units in the quarter ended March, according to IDC data shared with TechCrunch, making it an early success despite being available for only about…
Amazon Moves Prime Day To June 23-26 With Focus On Groceries And Essentials Amid Economic Slump
Amazon announced its annual Prime Day will take place June 23–26, holding the deals event earlier than usual since Prime Day is typically in July. The company said members can…
Blue Origin Plans To Return New Glenn Rocket To Flight In 2026 Despite Massive Launchpad Explosion
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said the company will fly its New Glenn rocket again before the end of 2026 despite last week’s massive explosion during testing at Cape Canaveral,…
ZeroDrift Raises $10 Million Seed To Provide AI Compliance Service That Flags And Rewrites Rogue Messages
ZeroDrift, a new AI compliance service, raised $10 million in seed funding from a16z Speedrun, Reign Ventures, Pitchdrive, and U&I Ventures to flag and replace AI messages that present compliance…