Plex adds new social features ahead of a major price hike for its lifetime pass

Plex has come a long way from being just a personal media server. Over the past few years, it has transformed into a streaming hub, today featuring ad-supported content and movie rental options. Now, the company is setting its sights on competing with social networking platforms like Reddit and Letterboxd: on Wednesday, Plex unveiled several… Continua a leggere Plex adds new social features ahead of a major price hike for its lifetime pass

Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pacific Fusion’s latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst

Pacific Fusion’s sub-scale prototype delivered enormous amounts of power in a flash, setting the company up for its demonstration power plant.