GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says he will “leave GitHub to become a founder again”, with GitHub and its leadership team moving into Microsoft's CoreAI organization
once independent programming site now part of ‘CoreAI’ team Todd Bishop / GeekWire : GitHub will join Microsoft's CoreAI division with departure of CEO Thomas Dohmke Kaustubh Bagalkote / Benzinga : Mi...
X hires Nikita Bier, the serial entrepreneur who sold polling startup TBH to Facebook and teen-focused social network Gas to Discord, as its new head of product
Nikita Bier, a co-founder of tbh (acquired by Meta … Jason Nelson / Decrypt : Solana Advisor Nikita Bier Joins Elon Musk's X, Reigniting Crypto Payments Speculation Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media To...
Trump says Elon Musk “went CRAZY” and that canceling his government contracts is “the easiest way to save money”, as their One Big Beautiful bill feud escalates
Musk has gone to war with Donald Trump. What happens next? Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Elon Musk signals he may back down in public row with Donald Trump Wired : Elon Musk's Feud With President Trump ...
Perplexity proposes to buy TikTok, says it wants to open source the algorithm and that it is “singularly positioned to rebuild” it “without creating a monopoly”
But Can It Really Pull It Off? Arthur Brown / Android Headlines : TikTok could be owned by an AI company The News International : Perplexity joins race to buy TikTok and reshape its algorithm Sean Bur...
Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023
Microsoft has announced it is discontinuing … Thomas Stevenson / The Post Millennial : Microsoft to shut down Skype in two months, company says switch to Teams David Phelan / Forbes : Microsoft Kills ...
PlayStation Network experienced a 24-hour outage on Feb. 7, affecting account management, gaming and social, and PlayStation Video, Store, and Direct services
The PlayStation Network outage has been resolved after roughly 24 hours … Marco Lancaster / Gizchina.com : PlayStation Network Restored After Nearly 24-Hour Outage The Indian Express : Sony restores P...
Hands-on with DoNotPay, a service claiming to be the first robot lawyer: slow, drafted a terrible defamation demand letter, missed legal issues, and more
Note: This post is an adaptation of what started initially as a Twitter thread. — I've been going pretty hard on DoNotPay … Tweets: @lilianedwards , @scottgreenfield , @mikebutcher , @boozybadger , ...
The DOJ sues Google, joined by California and seven other US states, calling for the breakup of its ad tech business that allegedly monopolizes the US ad market
1. An open, vibrant internet is indispensable to American life. Lauren Feiner / CNBC : DOJ files second antitrust suit against Google, seeks to break up its ad business Wall Street Journal : DOJ Sues ...
Something Awful administrator says founder Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka has died at 45; founded in 1999, SA's influence over the contemporary web has been huge
monumentally important. Photoshop Friday spawned a million memes https://twitter.com/... Josh von Milton Bradley / @jesawyer : not sure what to say about lowtax (according to frags) dying. wow. https:...