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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: SiliconANGLE, The Register, Bloomberg, Reuters, Windows Central, CNBC, GamesIndustry.biz, CRN, Mashable, XDA Developers, MobileSyrup, PCWorld, Tom's Guide, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Neowin, SlashGear, Associated Press, BGR, Pureinfotech, GeekWire, Thurrott, Android Authority, Digital Trends, Android Headlines, PCMag, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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/technology, r/pcgaming, 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: TechCrunch, Seattle Business Journal, Gizmodo, TechHive, CRN, GeekWire, CNET, PCWorld, Thurrott, Engadget, Android Central, The Verge, 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, Microsoft Security …, Bloomberg, PCMag, The Record, CRN, CyberScoop, Hackread, SiliconANGLE, The Register, SC Media, ExtremeTech, 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/technology, r/cybersecurity, and Slashdot
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
At an all-hands, Unity discussed 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, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, The Verge, Game Developer, Forbes, Gameranx, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, For The Win, Video Games Chronicle, Mobilegamer.biz, Polygon, and Eurogamer.net
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Forums: Hacker News, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/Games, r/Unity3D, r/Games, r/gamedev, and r/pcgaming
| 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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| 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.
Threads: @renee.diresta, @renee.diresta, and @anneapplebaum2000
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.
More: Windows Blog, Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, PCMag, The Verge, Thurrott, PetaPixel, Neowin, XDA Developers, MSPoweruser, BigTechWire, and OnMSFT.com
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. Mastodon: @404mediaco@mastodon.social, @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social, and @josephcox@infosec.exchange. LinkedIn: Jason Koebler
| Jennifer Surane / Bloomberg: |
Citigroup debuts Citi Token Services, which turns deposits into tokens that can be sent internationally, in a push to offer institutional clients digital assets — - New offering turns customer deposits into digital tokens — Pilot program focuses on trade finance, cash management
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| 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: Agility Robotics on YouTube, GeekWire, Engadget, Agility Robotics, TechCrunch, Oregonian, and The Robot Report
Bluesky: @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com. LinkedIn: Nathan Boyd. Forums: r/Futurology, r/singularity, and r/oregon
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
In a livestream, Elon Musk says X is moving toward a “small” monthly subscription for all users, as it's the “only way” to combat “vast armies of bots” — - Tesla, SpaceX and X Corp. leader Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke …
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| 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.
More: Android Central, BigTechWire, Android Police, Insider, and Voicebot.ai
Forums: r/mlscaling and r/singularity
| 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, The Register, CNET, Tom's Hardware, ServeTheHome, HotHardware, Intel, TechSpot, Wccftech, Neowin, Forbes, ExtremeTech, PCMag, guru3d.com, HardwareZone Singapore, Bloomberg, and PC Gamer. Forums: Slashdot
| 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: San Francisco Business Journal, Forbes, VentureBeat, FinSMEs, TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, Writer, Writer, and Metaverse Post. LinkedIn: Jillian
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Google and the US DoD reveal an AI-powered Augmented Reality Microscope, in the works for years, that may help doctors diagnose cancer and cost $90K to $100K — - The Department of Defense has teamed up with Google to build an AI-powered microscope that can help doctors identify cancer.
LinkedIn: Aashima Gupta
| Joyce Lee / Reuters: |
Netflix and South Korean ISP SK Broadband end their lawsuits with each other over whether Netflix should pay for network usage, and agree to form a partnership — South Korean internet service provider SK Broadband and Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) said on Monday they were ending all lawsuits with each other … | 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
| 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, GOV.UK, Tech Monitor, inews.co.uk, Reuters, Computerworld, Financial Times, and The Guardian. X: @cmagovuk
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