​Meta says AI is making it dramatically easier to build and launch new consumer apps, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg telling investors the company has more new consumer products on the way following a recent wave of releases for Facebook Groups, Marketplace sellers, Instagram, and gaming.  

​Netflix just signed a massive new licensing agreement worth $500 million to bring The Walking Dead Universe to international markets.  

​British AI neocloud Nscale is buying software startup Anyscale, which helps companies scale their AI workloads across data centers and servers.  

​Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $1 billion as the startup moves toward its first commercial fusion power plant.  

​A new study estimates only 2,000 U.S. engineers have the expertise to deliver meaningful AI ROI, as enterprises race to hire forward-deployed engineers to implement AI at scale.  

​Cybersecurity experts told TechCrunch that one of the biggest lessons to be taken from the OpenAI hack against Hugging Face has nothing to do with AI, but traditional cybersecurity defense.  

​The Disrupt Stage is where many of the biggest conversations in technology happen, with a legacy that stretches back for more than a decade.  

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​The U.S. federal consumer watchdog said Hims & Hers, which prescribes for sexual wellness and mental health conditions, used website trackers to share customers’ information with advertisers.  

​Federal safety regulators have given Zoox a temporary exemption that will allow the Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle technology company to charge customers for rides in its custom-built robotaxi.