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September 18, 2023, 1:20 PM

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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.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Amazon is hiring Microsoft's former Chief Product Officer Panos Panay to run the division responsible for Alexa and the Echo smart speakers  —  Amazon.com Inc. is hiring Microsoft Corp.'s product chief to run the division responsible for Alexa and the Echo smart speakers, according to people familiar with the situation.
Carly Page / TechCrunch:
Researchers find a GitHub repository belonging to Microsoft's AI research unit that exposed 38TB of sensitive data, including secret keys and Teams chat logs  —  Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed tens of terabytes of sensitive data, including private keys and passwords …
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.
Yoel Roth / New York Times:
Twitter's ex-head of trust and safety reflects on Donald Trump publicly attacking him, the resulting abuse, fact-checking, Elon Musk, 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.
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 …
Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
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 …
Elad Gil / Elad Blog:
The US should not regulate most AI, letting the tech mature for positive uses, to avoid favoring incumbents, killing startups, and forcing the industry overseas  —  There have been multiple call to regulate AI.  It is too early to do so.  —  [While I was finalizing this post …

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