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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.
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Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon … and @dcseifert@mastodon.social
X: @panos_panay, @tomwarren, @maryjofoley, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @film_girl, @maryjofoley, @danackerman, @lanceulanoff, @bdsams, @loumm, @jordannovet, @jakuuire, @andrewmartonik, @markhachman, @localjoost, @maxwinebach, @markhachman, @davidspringate, @benbajarin, and @tomwarren. LinkedIn: Ryan Day. Forums: r/Windows11
| 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 …
More: wiz.io, BleepingComputer, PCMag, Neowin, BigTechWire, WinBuzzer, MSPoweruser, and OnMSFT.com
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, and 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, @aaronrosspowell, @keubikooriginal, @chancerydaily, @vernalkick, @mostly.borrowed.ideas, @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
| 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.
Mastodon: @yoyoel@macaw.social, @Noupside@saturation.social, and @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
X: @urbanachievr, @anneapplebaum, @jeffjarvis, and @ggreenwald
| 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: CNET, VentureBeat, ServeTheHome, Forbes, VideoCardz.com, Neowin, Engadget, Intel, PCMag, Bloomberg, Forbes, ExtremeTech, PC Gamer, guru3d.com, and HardwareZone Singapore. Forums: Slashdot
| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
Q&A with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman on LLMs becoming more controllable, “interactive” AI after generative AI, AI regulation being achievable, and more — DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat.
More: VentureBeat, Insider, and TechSpot
Mastodon: @adamdenoon@universeodon.com. X: @glenngabe, @rvawonk, @rvawonk, and @mustafasuleyman. LinkedIn: Scott Novack
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and r/technology
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
T2, an X rival launched after Elon Musk's takeover, rebrands as Pebble with a new logo and Ideas for posts, saying T2 was never meant to be its permanent name — An X challenger didn't hide its ambitions to take on the social network formerly known as Twitter when it dubbed itself T2 at launch … | 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 … | 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 …
More: 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Yahoo Finance, AppleInsider, Engadget, Inverse, The Mirror, Independent.ie, TechRadar, CNBC, Pocket-lint, BGR, The US Sun, and Mashable
Threads: @mgsiegler. Mastodon: @dcseifert@mastodon.social. X: @miyagawa and @nandoprince93. Forums: r/apple
| 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, Computerworld, GOV.UK, The Guardian, PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, and Reuters. X: @cmagovuk
| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Crypto custody startup Bastion, co-founded by two former a16z executives, raised a $25M seed led by a16z crypto to expand its tools for traditional companies — - Bastion raises $25 million in funding round led by a16z crypto — Startup to provide custody and other services on one platform| 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 …
More: TechRepublic and Fortune
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