The Agentic Reckoning: Enterprise AI organizations have a runtime problem, not a model problem — and most are building the wrong solution

by News Feed Editor | Jun 2, 2026 | Technology

In Q1 2026, VentureBeat’s Pulse Research surfaced the “Governance Mirage”: the gap between the governance org charts enterprises had drawn and the control layers they had actually built. Forty-three percent said a central team owned AI governance; 23%...

A startup, Everand, is now bundling e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon

by News Feed Editor | Jun 2, 2026 | Technology

Audiobook, e-book, or both? Now, you won’t have to choose. The Scribd-owned reading subscription service Everand wants to make the choice unnecessary. On Tuesday, the company took the wraps off a combined subscription that brings together Everand’s catalog of over 1.5...

Martin Scorsese becomes the latest — and most unlikely — Hollywood voice for AI

by News Feed Editor | Jun 2, 2026 | Technology

Martin Scorsese has signed on as a partner and adviser to AI image-generation startup Black Forest Labs, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The caveat is that one of the world’s most famous living directors is using the tech solely for storyboarding. “For 70...

Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant

by News Feed Editor | Jun 2, 2026 | Technology

In the first weeks of 2026, OpenClaw spread through the AI world like a sonic boom, introducing many of the industry’s most ambitious technologists to the joy and chaos of an unrestrained AI agent. The project’s momentum tailed off after OpenAI scooped up its founder,...

Enterprise AI agents keep creating data silos. Microsoft’s Build answer is Microsoft IQ and Rayfin.

by News Feed Editor | Jun 2, 2026 | Technology

Every new AI agent your team deploys starts from scratch: no memory of how the business works, where data lives, or what rules apply. And as agentic coding tools spin up applications faster than anyone can govern them, each one risks becoming another silo outside your...

Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech

by News Feed Editor | Jun 2, 2026 | Technology

Focused Energy recently raised an oversubscribed $240 million Series A round, one of the largest early-stage rounds for a fusion power startup.  The new round, announced last week, brings the company’s total private capital raised to $300 million, the company told...