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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: @dcseifert@mastodon.social. X: @panos_panay, @tomwarren, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @film_girl, @maryjofoley, @danackerman, @lanceulanoff, @maryjofoley, @bdsams, @loumm, @jordannovet, @jakuuire, @andrewmartonik, @markhachman, @localjoost, @maxwinebach, @markhachman, @davidspringate, @benbajarin, and @tomwarren. Forums: r/Windows11
| 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 …
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| 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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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: @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz, @yoyoel@macaw.social, and @Noupside@saturation.social
X: @anneapplebaum, @ggreenwald, @urbanachievr, and @jeffjarvis
| 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.
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Mastodon: @adamdenoon@universeodon.com. X: @glenngabe, @rvawonk, @rvawonk, and @mustafasuleyman. LinkedIn: Scott Novack
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and r/technology
| 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 … | Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Intel details its work on glass core substrates, a longterm 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, CNET, ServeTheHome, Forbes, VideoCardz.com, PCMag, Engadget, Bloomberg, HPCwire, ExtremeTech, Forbes, HardwareZone Singapore, Intel, PC Gamer, and guru3d.com. Forums: Slashdot
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple's new AirPods Pro with USB-C add dust resistance but little else; an AirPods Pro software update alongside iOS 17 adds the useful Adaptive Audio and more — Last week, as predicted, Apple announced that the second-generation AirPods Pro would start shipping with a USB-C charging case instead …
More: TechCrunch, Yahoo Finance, MacRumors, Forbes, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Inverse, The Mirror, MacDailyNews, Independent.ie, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Pocket-lint, MobileSyrup, CNBC, Pocket-lint, BGR, The US Sun, and Mashable
Threads: @mgsiegler. Mastodon: @dcseifert@mastodon.social. X: @miyagawa and @nandoprince93. Forums: r/apple
| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Crypto custody startup Bastion, co-founded by two ex-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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
T2, a rival to X launched after Elon Musk's takeover, rebrands as Pebble with a new logo and says 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 … | Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and other UK broadcasters announce Freely, offering linear TV channels via the internet, available on new smart TVs starting in 2024 — Freely will be built into next-generation smart sets, in effect taking Freeview platform on to internet| Austin Weinstein / Bloomberg: |
Lyft agrees to pay $10M over the US SEC's claims the company didn't disclose a board director got millions to arrange a pre-IPO sale of $424M in private shares — - SEC says company didn't properly disclose details of sale — Lyft investor sold private stake for $424 million, SEC says
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