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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.
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Forums: 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: GeekWire, CNET, PCWorld, Thurrott, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, 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 …
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| 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 …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Unity3D, r/Games, 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, @SamTheGeek@mastodon.social, @viticci@mastodon …, and @viticci@mastodon …
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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.
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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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| 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.
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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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Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| 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 …
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| 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 …
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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
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