Reid Hoffman weighs in on the ‘tokenmaxxing’ debate
Reid Hoffman says tracking AI token use can gauge adoption, but cautions it should be paired with context and not treated as a direct productivity metric.
The Download: bad news for inner Neanderthals, and AI warfare’s human illusion
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The problem with thinking you’re part Neanderthal There’s a theory that many of us have an “inner Neanderthal.” The idea is that Homo sapiens and a cousin species once bred, leaving…
Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks
Adobe says the assistant can work across apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and its other apps to do tasks for you.
This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off
Ayr Energy is using a shortage of power conversion equipment to break open a decades-old market.
Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million
The company uses AI to review code that, more often than not these days, has also been generated by AI.
This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant
Parasail raised $32 million in a Series A, signaling a fractured future of models and compute.
Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder
On Wednesday, Amazon announced the launch of its new Fire TV Stick HD and Ember Artline televisions, both now available for preorder. Following the initial release of the first-generation Fire TV Stick HD two years ago, Amazon has created a new model that is its thinnest streaming device to date, the company says. Launched in […]
HBO Max comes to India via exclusive JioHotstar deal
HBO Max will be available to JioHotstar subscribers as an add-on starting at ₹49 (about $0.50) per month, and would feature content from HBO, Max Originals, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Studios.
The Download: NASA’s nuclear spacecraft and unveiling our AI 10
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work? Just before Artemis II began its historic slingshot around the moon, NASA revealed an even grander space travel…
Fathom adds a bot-less meeting mode in a bid to take on Granola
Fathom will allow you to choose between video, audio-only, and transcription modes.
Cyberscammers are bypassing banks’ security with illicit tools sold on Telegram
From inside a money-laundering center in Cambodia, an employee opens a popular Vietnamese banking app on his phone. The app asks him to upload a photo associated with the account, so he clicks on a picture of a 30-something Asian man. Next, the app requests to open the camera for a video “liveness” check. The…