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Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations
A security researcher published details of three security vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, and the code used to exploit them. Now, hackers are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in real life ...
View the articleZoom teams up with World to verify humans in meetings
Zoom will show a badge on verified participants' tile.
View the articleGazing Into Sam Altman’s Orb Now Proves You’re Human on Tinder
Honestly, what’s hotter than a real person?
View the articleGigs turns your concert history into a personal live music archive
New iPhone app Gigs uses AI to turn old tickets, screenshots, and emails into a personal concert archive with stats, memories, and more.
View the articleChef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it’s thriving — here’s why
The company, which deploys AI-guided robot arms for food production, says it is looking to expand its services to provide for a broader array of customers.
View the articleAI Drafting My Stories? Over My Dead Body
AI-assisted writing is creeping into newsrooms under the guise of efficiency. But the tradeoff may be more profound than publishers are willing to admit.
View the articleUber will now pick up your returns from your doorstep
The new returns feature is the company's latest effort to become an everything app.
View the articleAnthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals
The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily.
View the articleGoogle’s AI Mode can now help you find products in stock nearby
Although you can already track hotel prices at the city level, the new update lets you do so for a specific hotel that you're interested in.
View the articleWith US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance
Some lawmakers are calling for widespread reforms following years of surveillance scandals and abuses across successive U.S. administrations. But even if the spy law known as Section 702 expires in Ap...
View the articleJacob Andreas and Brett McGuire named Edgerton Award winners
The associate professors of EECS and chemistry, respectively, are honored for exceptional contributions to teaching, research, and service at MIT.
View the articleBluesky confirms DDoS attack is cause of continued app outages
Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET on April 15.
View the articleNetflix plans to add a vertical video feed, use AI for recommendations
Netflix is going to launch a TikTok-like vertical video feed within its apps this month, and plans to use AI broadly for content creation and recommendations.
View the articleAre we tokenmaxxing our way to nowhere?
The gap between AI insiders and everyone else is widening, and the spending, suspicion, and even new vocabulary are starting to show it. While OpenAI is busy buying up everything from finance apps ...
View the articleLoop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions
The San Francisco startup closed a Series C funding round led by Antonio Gracias' firm Valor, which is a major backer of xAI.
View the articleSaySo is a new short-form video app that aims to restore users’ trust in news
Users are fed up with misinformation and AI slop cluttering their feeds. SaySo is a new short-form video app that delivers news from vetted creators and journalists.
View the articleBringing AI-driven protein-design tools to biologists everywhere
Founded by Tristan Bepler PhD ’20 and former MIT professor Tim Lu PhD ’07, OpenProtein.AI offers researchers open-source models and other tools for protein engineering.
View the articleNew leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets
The fundraise is the first major capital raise under Sequoia's new leadership, with Alfred Lin and Pat Grady now serving as co-stewards of the 54-year-old firm.
View the articleFactory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises
The three-year-old startup raised $150 million led by Khosla Ventures.
View the articleLuma launches AI-powered production studio with faith-focused Wonder Project
The studio's first project will be about Moses and star Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley, to be released this spring on Prime Video.
View the articleNetflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board
Hastings helped to transform the video rental industry — first with physical, then digital, delivery.
View the articleUpscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report
AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven months ago.
View the articlePhysical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.
View the articleFrom the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product
This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen speaks with Capella Kerst, founder and CEO of geCKo Materials.
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