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

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View this email online in your browser  June 03, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 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. Read More Squishmallows, dentures, and an ‘I Heart Hot Dads’ bag: Uber has found thousands of items left in robotaxis: Even in a future of robot taxis, someone still has to return the things passengers leave behind. Read More 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 social features aimed at changing how users interact with the platform.  Notable among these is Discussions, a community forum where users can post comments and talk about movies or TV shows. Plex is likely hoping this forum will create a dedicated space that challenges Reddit’s dominance when it comes to community discussions of movies and shows. The company said it's worked up a moderation system that uses a blend of AI and human input to moderate both visual and written content. Another new feature is Lists, which lets users create, manage and share lists of their favorite movies and shows, react with emojis instead of simple star ratings, and share images. Later this year, Plex will add the ability to import existing lists from other platforms, and let users react and comment on their friends’ lists. Letterboxd and IMDb both offer user-generated lists.  Additionally, Plex is adding a new Match Score feature that predicts how much a user might enjoy a particular title based on their viewing habits and preferences.  “It looks at the things you watch and the way you rate them, and turns that into a simple percentage that tells you how closely Read More A message from Alumni Ventures You Could Be an Investor in High-Potential Startups Like These Don’t miss out! This week only, Alumni Ventures is offering readers early access to high-potential startup opportunities, including some of today’s most exciting AI, Deep Tech, Quantum Computing, Cybersecurity, and Space companies co-invested alongside top VC firms like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Sequoia, & Y Combinator. You get:  Curated deal flow of high-potential startups AV is already investing alongside elite lead venture firms in these deals No cost to see deals No obligation to invest Don’t miss your chance before access closes. Learn More Morning Must-Reads Meta's AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally: WhatsApp will charge businesses for using its AI agent based on token usage Read More Meet Wander, a StumbleUpon-inspired tool for discovering the 'small web': This open-source community project lets you create a StumbleUpon-like experience for recommending your favorite sites. Read More 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. Read More The worst hacks and breaches of 2026 (so far): From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026. Read More Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents: The Series F round values Coralogix at $1.6 billion and comes less than a year after its previous raise. Read More A message from NVIDIA and Microsoft Build to ship in the NVIDIA Builder’s Arcade The NVIDIA Builder’s Arcade is open now through June 5 with daily activities and developer challenges. Enter now and explore Microsoft Build sessions, demos, and more. Join Now Last but Not Least The world’s largest privately owned laser just turned on: Fusion startup Xcimer fired up the world's largest privately owned laser. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107

Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant

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View this email online in your browser  June 02, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant: Launched at Build, Microsoft Scout is a new AI assistant meant to bring the power and flexibility of OpenClaw into the Microsoft 365 system. Read More 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. Read More Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial-recognition feature: The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring's Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent. Read More A message from Fidelity Your Pitch Isn’t the Only Thing Investors Are Evaluating.   Investors don’t just listen to what you say - they look at how your company operates. Is ownership clear? Do your numbers match your story? Can you answer follow-up questions without digging through spreadsheets? The Fundraise-Ready Startup Kit equips founders with the materials investors expect to see, before pressure is on. Because confidence in the room doesn’t come from slides. It comes from preparation.  Learn More Afternoon Must-Reads 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. Read More Apple's MacBook Neo is winning over a new generation of buyers: The MacBook Neo shipped 1.1 million units in its first weeks on sale, IDC estimates, as Apple pushes deeper into the mainstream laptop market. Read More Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months: Uber's cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible. Read More 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. Read More Cyberdecks are having a moment, rejecting big tech surveillance with style and substance: Over the last few months, these DIY hardware communities have exploded in popularity as people on social media show off their solar-powered game emulators, pocket-sized ereaders, and clamshell purse computers. Read More A message from NVIDIA and Microsoft Build to ship in the NVIDIA Builder’s Arcade The NVIDIA Builder’s Arcade is open now through June 5 with daily activities and developer challenges. Enter now and explore Microsoft Build sessions, demos, and more. Join Now Last but Not Least How Europe’s AI strategy diverges from Silicon Valley’s: The global AI race is often framed as a battle between the United States and China. But at VivaTech, Europe is expected to make the case for an entirely different model. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107