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Running companies hurts my heart: Elon Musk
After a Twitter user recalled Musk being replaced as CEO of X.com in 2000, he tweeted: "I never wanted to be CEO -- just wanted to work on product/technology. Bill Harris sounded like he would be a great CEO, given his Intuit experience, but he was not". "Running companies hurts my heart, but I don't see any other way to bring technology & design to fruition," Musk added.
After Meta's COO, another top executive to depart soon
The company said that Jerome Pesenti, Meta's VP of AI, will depart in mid-June after helping it through the early stages of the AI transition. "We are grateful for the incredible work Jerome has done over the past over four years in building, leading, and scaling a world-class AI function for Meta," the company said in a blogpost.
"In the new model we will distribute the ownership of these AI systems back to Meta's product groups," it added.
Chrome to soon block notifications from abusive, disruptive websites
According to a new code change, Chrome will soon be able to automatically revoke a website's permission to send notifications and block any future attempts to ask for the permission, reports 9To5Google. Between websites that constantly ask for permission to use cookies and apps that need to ask for many permission to work at all, it can be easy to unthinkingly click "Allow" when asked if you want to receive notifications.
Twitter enters restructuring mode, focuses on user growth
The restructuring is happening under Jay Sullivan, the new head of product and interim head of revenue, reports Bloomberg. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal last month fired consumer product leader Kayvon Beykpour and head of revenue product Bruce Falck, saying there is a hiring freeze now and Twitter will also pause spending in most areas.
Motorola unveils new affordable smartphones in India
With a starting priced at Rs 8,999, the smartphone comes in two storage variants -- 3GB+32GB and 4GB+64GB -- and two colour options -- slate gray and misty silver. "Aimed at giving the most premium, contemporary, and durable designs in the budget segment, the moto e32s comes with a premium PMMA finish, an ultra slim and durable design with segment's first IP52 rating," the company said in a statement.
Apple stopped $1.5 billion in fraudulent transactions on App Store in 2021
This prevented attempted theft of the App Store users' money, information, and time, and kept nearly a million problematic new apps out of their hands. Apple said in a statement late on Wednesday that it stopped over 1.6 million risky and vulnerable apps and app updates from defrauding users.
Twitter to shut down TweetDeck for Mac on July 1
When launching the TweetDeck for the Mac app, Twitter has started placing a blue banner at the top warning users that it will only be available for one more month, reports 9To5Google. "We are saying goodbye to TweetDeck for the Mac app to focus on making TweetDeck even better and testing our new Preview," a tweet from the TweetDeck team reads.
Sheryl Sandberg departs after 14 years as Meta COO
"Fourteen years later, it is time for me to write the next chapter of my life. I am not entirely sure what the future will bring... I have learned no one ever is. But I know it will include focusing more on my foundation and philanthropic work, which is more important to me than ever given how critical this moment is for women," Sandberg said in a Facebook post late on Wednesday.
Google TV app is now available on iOS platform
The tech giant said that it will replace the previous Google Play Movies and TV app in the App Store, so if users have already got that installed, they should be able to update it to the Google TV experience, reports The Verge. The software, already available on Android, also allows users to rate what they have previously viewed to improve future recommendations.
Microsoft Edge 'Drop' feature to bring file, note sharing across devices
According to Windows Central, the new feature, which was spotted and shown off by Neowin, looked like it will work with both mobile devices and PCs. "Your files and notes will be available across all your signed in mobile and PC devices," said the description of the tool. Drop, which is part of a controlled rollout, works with OneDrive, allowing people to store large amounts of content.
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