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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/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 … | 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, Video Games Chronicle, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, For The Win, Eurogamer.net, Mobilegamer.biz, Polygon, and Pure Xbox
Mastodon: @AAKL@noc.social. X: @unity, @tha_rami, @freyaholmer, @dominictarason, @nictringali, @docm77, @sosowski, @toadsanime, @reduzio, @daitomodachi6, @bbuanes, @georgebsocial, @reduzio, @mikebithell, @fabrazz, @daniel_carvalho, @tiedtiger, @maxkriegervg, @jaideng123, @mommilph, @haysey_draws, @fuckedbyunity, and @jasonschreier. LinkedIn: Jakub Trancik
Forums: Hacker News, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/Games, r/Unity3D, r/Games, and r/gamedev
| 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, Bloomberg, PCMag, The Record, CRN, CyberScoop, Hackread, SC Media, SiliconANGLE, The Register, 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
| 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: @viticci@mastodon …, @viticci@mastodon …, @SamTheGeek@mastodon.social, and @_Davidsmith@mastodon.social
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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
| 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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| 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.
More: New York Post and Casino.org
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
More: Citigroup, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, International Business Times, Decrypt, NFTgators, Cryptopolitan, Cointelegraph, CryptoGlobe, CryptoSlate, CoinJournal, The Block, Cryptonews, Watcher Guru, Blockworks, CCN.com, and Crypto Briefing. Forums: r/ethtrader
| 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, CNET, Tom's Hardware, ServeTheHome, HotHardware, Intel, TechSpot, Wccftech, Neowin, Forbes, ExtremeTech, PCMag, guru3d.com, HardwareZone Singapore, Bloomberg, PC Gamer, and Engadget. 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: Forbes, VentureBeat, FinSMEs, TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, Writer, Writer, and Metaverse Post. LinkedIn: Jillian
| 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
| 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.| 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 … | 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, @keubikooriginal, @chancerydaily, @vernalkick, @mostly.borrowed.ideas, @aaronrosspowell, @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
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