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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Microsoft CPO Panos Panay is leaving after 19 years, ahead of the September 21 Surface event; consumer marketing chief Yusuf Mehdi will lead Windows and Surface — Panos Panay, the chief product officer at Microsoft, leading Windows development and the company's Surface line, is leaving Microsoft.
More: Ars Technica, The Register, Reuters, Bloomberg, CRN, GamesIndustry.biz, Windows Central, CNBC, Mashable, PCWorld, MobileSyrup, XDA Developers, PCMag, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, Android Authority, Engadget, Business Post, Tom's Guide, Daring Fireball, Neowin, MSPoweruser, SlashGear, Associated Press, Pureinfotech, GeekWire, Thurrott, Digital Trends, Android Headlines, TechSpot, OnMSFT.com, Phandroid, PC Gamer, TechPowerUp, and Variety
Mastodon: @dcseifert@mastodon.social and @harrymccracken@mastodon …
X: @panos_panay, @tomwarren, @maryjofoley, @markhachman, @danackerman, @film_girl, @lanceulanoff, @maxwinebach, @neilcybart, @bdsams, @neilcybart, @localjoost, @jordannovet, @benbajarin, @markhachman, @davidspringate, @andrewmartonik, @loumm, @jakuuire, @neilcybart, @tomwarren, and @maryjofoley. LinkedIn: Ryan Day
Forums: r/pcgaming, r/technology, and r/Windows11
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon is hiring Microsoft's former CPO Panos Panay to run the Alexa and Echo unit; longtime hardware chief Dave Limp said in August he is retiring — Amazon.com Inc. is hiring Microsoft Corp.'s product chief to run the division responsible for Alexa and the Echo smart speakers …
More: Gizmodo, TechHive, GeekWire, CNET, TechCrunch, PCWorld, Thurrott, The Verge, Engadget, Android Central, Neowin, The Information, Tom's Hardware, and BigTechWire
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Researchers find a GitHub repo run by Microsoft's AI research unit that exposed 38TB of sensitive data, like secret keys and 30K+ Microsoft staff Teams messages — Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed tens of terabytes of sensitive data, including private keys and passwords …
More: wiz.io, BleepingComputer, PCMag, Hackread, The Record, CRN, CyberScoop, SC Media, The Register, SiliconANGLE, HotHardware, TechSpot, Analytics India Magazine, Neowin, OnMSFT.com, BigTechWire, WinBuzzer, SecurityWeek, and MSPoweruser
Mastodon: @paul@oldfriends.live and @AAKL@noc.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, and Slashdot
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
At an all-hands, Unity discusses potential changes to its controversial new fees, like capping fees to 4% of a game's revenue for customers with $1M+ in revenue — Maker of video-game development tools backtracks after customers threaten boycott — Video-game tool maker Unity Software Inc …
More: GamesIndustry.biz, GamesIndustry.biz, TechCrunch, The Verge, Forbes, Game Developer, Gameranx, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Eurogamer.net, Video Games Chronicle, Mobilegamer.biz, For The Win, Polygon, Dot Esports, and PC Gamer
Mastodon: @AAKL@noc.social. X: @unity, @tha_rami, @dominictarason, @nictringali, @freyaholmer, @docm77, @sosowski, @toadsanime, @reduzio, @daitomodachi6, @bbuanes, @georgebsocial, @reduzio, @mikebithell, @fabrazz, @daniel_carvalho, @tiedtiger, @maxkriegervg, @jaideng123, @mommilph, @haysey_draws, @fuckedbyunity, and @jasonschreier. LinkedIn: Jakub Trancik
Forums: Hacker News, r/Games, r/Unity3D, and r/Games
| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 review: a bigger bet on widgets and the modularization of apps, and needed Stage Manager fixes, but visionOS stole the spotlight this year — Well, last year was weird. — For the first time since I started writing annual reviews of Apple's two mobile operating systems …
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Mastodon: @_Davidsmith@mastodon.social, @viticci@mastodon …, @viticci@mastodon …, and @SamTheGeek@mastodon.social
X: @spercharged, @gregjoz, and @samifathi_
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, Slashdot, MacRumors Forums, and MacRumors Forums
| Yoel Roth / New York Times: |
Twitter's former head of trust and safety reflects on Donald Trump and Elon Musk attacking him, the resulting abuse, fact-checking, the Twitter Files, and more — When I worked at Twitter, I led the team that placed a fact-checking label on one of Donald Trump's tweets for the first time.
Mastodon: @yoyoel@macaw.social, @Noupside@saturation.social, and @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
X: @urbanachievr, @anneapplebaum, @jeffjarvis, and @ggreenwald
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft adds layers and image transparency to Paint, 38 years after the app's launch, rolling out to Windows Insiders first, after adding background removal — Microsoft is finally rolling out support for layers and image transparency to the Paint image editor application 38 years after its launch.
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X: @windowsinsider, @thejohnjansen, @vrgadekar, and @thiojoe
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
A look around MGM's Vegas properties, where a September 10 cyberattack has led to broken slot machines and payment kiosks, strained employees, and long waits — At the Aria, Bellagio, and MGM Grand, evidence of the massive ransomware hack is everywhere, if you're looking for it.
More: New York Post, Casino.org, and TMZ.com
Mastodon: @404mediaco@mastodon.social, @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social, and @josephcox@infosec.exchange. LinkedIn: Jason Koebler
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Agility Robotics is opening a Salem, Oregon factory to mass produce up to 10K humanoid Digit robots per year, designed to be warehouse and factory “co-workers” — - Agility Robotics is opening a first-of-its-kind factory in Salem, Oregon where it will mass-produce a line of humanoid robots called Digit.
More: GeekWire, Engadget, Agility Robotics on YouTube, TechCrunch, Oregonian, Agility Robotics, and The Robot Report
Forums: r/singularity, r/Futurology, and r/oregon
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Intel details its work on glass core substrates, a long-term project to replace organic substrates in chips, and plans a launch in the second half of the decade — Although Intel's annual Innovation event doesn't kick off until tomorrow, the company is already publishing some announcements ahead …
More: VentureBeat, Tom's Hardware, CNET, HotHardware, ServeTheHome, TechSpot, Intel, Wccftech, Neowin, Forbes, ExtremeTech, PCMag, guru3d.com, HardwareZone Singapore, Bloomberg, PC Gamer, Engadget, and VideoCardz.com. Forums: Slashdot
| John Dickerson / CBS News: |
An interview with Tim Cook on Apple's pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030, the Vision Pro, return to the office, why Apple still advertises on X, and more — In Brown County, Texas - flat, dry, near the geographical center of the state - Apple has invested in a joint venture to power 100,000 homes with clean energy.
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Threads: @carnage4life, @keubikooriginal, @chancerydaily, @vernalkick, @mostly.borrowed.ideas, @aaronrosspowell, @chrispirillo, @tobybartlett, @motorcityadam, @bartclaeys, and @chancehmiller
Mastodon: @Green_Footballs …, @danhon@dan.mastohon.com, and @jaredwhite@indieweb.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple's new USB-C AirPods Pro add only dust resistance; an AirPods Pro software update adds Adaptive Audio, Personalized Volume, and Conversation Awareness — Last week, as predicted, Apple announced that the second-generation AirPods Pro would start shipping with a USB-C charging case instead …
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Threads: @mgsiegler. Mastodon: @dcseifert@mastodon.social. X: @nandoprince93 and @miyagawa. Forums: r/apple
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
AI writing startup Writer, used by L'Oréal, Spotify, and Uber to create digital marketing campaigns, raised $100M led by Iconiq Growth at a $500M+ valuation — The company's technology can write and summarize a wide range of text. … Led by Chief Executive Officer May Habib …
More: Forbes, VentureBeat, FinSMEs, TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, Writer, Writer, and Metaverse Post. LinkedIn: Jillian
| Jon Victor / The Information: |
As Google prepares its Gemini multimodal LLM, a source says OpenAI is racing to debut GPT-Vision, which integrates multimodal image and text features into GPT-4 — As fall approaches, Google and OpenAI are locked in a good ol' fashioned software race, aiming to launch the next generation of large-language models: multimodal.| Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA lists seven AI foundation model regulating principles and plans to engage Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Anthropic before a 2024 report — - CMA to develop AI regulation position in ‘significant program’ — CMA says ‘real risk’ that AI could undermine consumer trust
More: GOV.UK, The Verge, Tech Monitor, GOV.UK, Computerworld, Reuters, Financial Times, The Guardian, and PYMNTS.com. X: @cmagovuk
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