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Memo: Microsoft names Pavan Davuluri as its Windows and Surface chief; Microsoft split its Windows and Surface groups after Panos Panay left in September 2023 — Microsoft is naming Pavan Davuluri as its new Windows and Surface chief today. After Panos Panay's surprise departure to Amazon last year …
More: Engadget, PCWorld, XDA Developers, MobileSyrup, Business Insider, Windows Central, The Economic Times, MSPoweruser, Windows Report, Business Today, Cryptopolitan, Search Engine Roundtable, Neowin, CNBC, Benzinga, GeekWire, and Reuters
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Forums: r/Surface, r/Windows11, and Slashdot
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Mikhail Parakhin, Microsoft's Bing and ads chief, is looking for a new position at the company, after Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman to run Microsoft AI — Parakhin, who had been chief executive officer for advertising and web services, will report to Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott … | Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: |
Canva acquires Affinity, popular with Mac users for its photo editing and other tools, to take on Adobe, Canva's COO says for “several hundred million pounds” — - Australian unicorn buys British team behind Affinity art suite — Affinity offers alternative tools to Adobe's flagship products
More: Canva, MacRumors, Silicon Republic, Fortune, The Verge, Sydney Morning Herald, Affinity, Tech.eu, PetaPixel, Tech Funding News, Australian Financial Review, The Hindu, Nairametrics, Neowin, Tech in Asia, and Tao of Mac
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Forums: Hacker News and MacRumors Forums
| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
The US OFAC sanctions 13 entities, including Netex24, and two individuals for aiding Russian nationals' potential sanctions evasion by building crypto services — - The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 13 entities and two individuals for helping sanctioned entities to evade sanctions in Russia.| Chris Plante / Polygon: |
An interview with Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox to handhelds via hardware or software, how Valve, Lenovo, and Asus “innovated in a new form factor”, and more — A handheld Xbox could be hardware, an app, or both — Phil Spencer has tried all of the new PC gaming handhelds …
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI releases seven Sora videos from select filmmakers, artists, ad agencies, and musicians; Fairly Trained CEO Ed Newton-Rex calls the move “artistwashing” — OpenAI has been releasing a steady drip of videos generated by its new highly realistic AI model, Sora, but the text-to-video …
More: OpenAI, Silicon Republic, TweakTown, Tom's Guide, Analytics India Magazine, MSPoweruser, Forbes, Mashable, TechRadar, and The Decoder
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony plans to add a new opt-in Community Game Help feature on the PS5 later in 2024 to automatically create clips that can help other players complete games — Sony is introducing a new Community Game Help feature on the PS5 later this year that is designed to automatically create clips that can help other players.
More: PlayStation.Blog, Engadget, IGN, TechRaptor, Push Square, Press Start, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Forums: r/PS5
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The US and the UK sanction a Wuhan-based company linked to the Chinese state-backed hacking group APT31 for targeting critical infrastructure organizations — The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Wuhan-based company used by the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
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| Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: |
Ripple says the SEC plans to release a public brief on Tuesday seeking $2B in fines and penalties in its case against Ripple over sales of the XRP crypto token — The regulator is slated to release a public brief on Tuesday, Stuart Alderoty, Ripple's chief legal officer, said in a separate post on X on Monday.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Telegram rolls out its Peer-to-Peer Login Program, giving some Android users a Premium sub for volunteering their phone numbers to relay SMS OTPs to other users — Telegram is offering a new way to earn a premium subscription free of charge: all you have to do is volunteer your phone number …
More: TechCrunch, Telegram, 9to5Mac, Android Police, PCMag, Android Authority, and PhoneArena
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon launches same-day prescription medication deliveries in New York City and the greater Los Angeles area, and plans to add 12+ cities by the end of 2024 — The Amazon Pharmacy home screen is displayed on a laptop in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 17, 2020.
More: About Amazon, Forbes, Bloomberg, and The Verge
| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Source: Tencent agrees to release some of its most important apps on the Apple Vision Pro — When Apple launched the Vision Pro headset, it leaned heavily on its own streaming app, as well as those of Disney and others, to market the headset's most compelling feature: an immersive video experience.| Bloomberg: |
An investigation details the growing black market for Starlink kits being traded and activated illegally, including in regions subject to US sanctions — Starlink's effectiveness as a communications tool makes the satellite internet service a target for a growing black-market trade worldwide.| Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: |
Internal Tesla memo: Elon Musk tells staff to perform a “short test ride” with customers to demonstrate Full Self-Driving, a “hard requirement” from now on — - New requirement will slow delivery process, Musk says in memo — Full Self-Driving, other features have generated controversy| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta started rolling out its new opt-out political content settings on Instagram and Threads last week to “limit political content from people you don't follow” — Meta's executives have been saying for a while that they don't want to boost posts about politics in their apps.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SK Hynix plans to spend ~$4B to build an advanced chip packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana; a source says operations could begin in 2028 — The South Korean memory chip maker is expected to build an advanced-packaging facility in West Lafayette, creating up to 1,000 jobs.
More: Reuters, Daily Mail, Livemint, and Channel NewsAsia
| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
0G Labs, or Zero Gravity Labs, which is building a modular blockchain to let developers make decentralized AI apps, raised $35M in pre-seed funding — As the crypto space heats back up, so has funding for new startups. 0G Labs, a web3 infrastructure firm," has raised $35 million in a pre-seed round …
More: The Block, FinSMEs, and Cointelegraph
| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
Trump Media & Technology Group shares jumped up to 58% to hit $78.80 on its trading debut before the Nasdaq briefly halted trading, following the DWAC merger — - Trump Media & Technology Group operates Truth Social — Deal provides a windfall on paper for the former president| Max Goldbart / Deadline: |
The BBC has “no plans” to use AI again to promote Doctor Who, after the marketing team used AI “as part of a small trial” to help draft emails and notifications — The BBC has “no plans” to use AI again to promote Doctor Who after receiving complaints from viewers.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on why federation is the future of social media, Threads' fediverse integration, monetization, composable moderation, and more — The head of Threads and Mastodon competitor Bluesky on why she thinks decentralization is the way forward in a post-Twitter internet.| Bloomberg: |
Chinese government data: iPhone shipments in China fell ~33% YoY to ~2.4M units in February 2024, after dropping 39% YoY to ~5.5M units in January 2024 — - Foreign-brands shipped only about 2.4 million smartphones — Apple is the only major foreign player in China market
More: Investing.com, New York Times, and CNBC
| Josh Koehn / The San Francisco Standard: |
How Ripple's Chris Larsen became a gravitational force in San Fransisco politics, donating millions to local causes, as he helps Mayor London Breed's reelection — On a recent Friday afternoon, Chris Larsen sat behind the wheel of a gunmetal Porsche 918 Spyder, zipping through the Broadway Tunnel.
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