AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware for over 27 years; publisher Future plans to keep AnandTech's website and articles live indefinitely
Ryan Smith, with some very sad news: — It is with great sadness … Shawn Knight / TechSpot : AnandTech ends its 27-year run in online tech publishing John Callaham / Neowin : The well regarded PC har...
Source: at an OpenAI all-hands meeting, Ilya Sutskever defended Sam Altman's ouster as necessary to protect OpenAI's mission of making AI beneficial to humanity
and the fallout Brian Fung / CNN : OpenAI: Why Sam Altman was fired and what's next after the shocking shakeup Patrick Cooley / The Messenger : Sam Altman's Supporters Pressure OpenAI Board to Bring H...
Elon Musk forms xAI, a startup he will lead to “understand the true nature of the universe”; the staff has worked at Google, Microsoft, Tesla, OpenAI, and more
Today we announce the formation of xAI. The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe. Reuters : Elon Musk launches AI firm xAI as he looks to take on OpenAI Kara Carlson / USA Tod...
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, the author of Moore's Law, dies at 94
and the world it created Bloomberg : Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder Who Coined Chip Rule, Dies at 94 Aman Gupta / Livemint : Who was Gordon Moore? 10 things to know about the Intel co-founder Paul Alc...
Hundreds of Twitter employees post farewell messages and salute emojis in Slack and tweets, announcing their resignations after Elon Musk's “hardcore” ultimatum
Plus: The GOP releases the moral idiocy … Happy Friday. Oliver Darcy / CNN : Inside Twitter as ‘mass exodus’ of staffers throws platform's future into uncertainty Stephen Warwick / iMore : Is Twitter ...
In a letter to Tim Cook, written and edited by about 80 people, Apple employees push back against a policy requiring them to return to the office in September
and Leaks to The Verge — Pushing Back Against Returning to the Office Dan Pontefract / Forbes : Is Apple In Trouble With Its Hybrid Work Model? Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Apple Employees Ask Tim Cook t...
Profile of Zoom CEO Eric Yuan, who says the company will “probably” suspend all tracking on Zoom's sites and consider open-sourcing its code in the future
And An FBI Warning James Rogers / Fox News : SpaceX bans its employees using Zoom over privacy concerns, report says John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Quick Turnaround From Zoom on Mac Issues, But Their...
Larry Page steps down as Alphabet CEO; Sundar Pichai to lead both Alphabet and Google
Silicon Valley is still politely shrugging … Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg : Alphabet's New Boss Leaves Silicon Valley Giants Low on Founders PYMNTS.com : Top News In Payments: CFPB Seeks Remittance Exempti...
Interview with Jony Ive on why he is leaving Apple, continuing to work with the company with his new firm LoveFrom, whose name was inspired by Steve Jobs, more
and most lasting—great design for Apple Seth Fiegerman / CNN : Jony Ive's departure marks the end of an era for Apple Chris Matyszczyk / ZDNet : Jony Ive just worked (until he didn't): The end of Appl...
Ad network The Deck, used by blogs including Daring Fireball and Kottke, to shut down after 11 years
When I started writing Daring Fireball in 2002 … Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : The Deck ad network is shutting down John Gruber / Daring Fireball : ‘Things Change’ — Jim Coudal breaks the news: The Deck...