HoloLens leader Alex Kipman to leave Microsoft in mixed reality reorg after report on ‘toxic’ behavior
Alex Kipman, Microsoft technical fellow, led the company’s HoloLens mixed reality team. (File Photo) Microsoft is splitting its HoloLens mixed reality group and parting ways with Alex…
Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft economist joins DOJ antitrust team; AWS director lands at StackOverflow
Susan Athey. (Christopher Michel Photo / Wikimedia Commons) — Stanford professor Susan Athey, a former consulting chief economist at Microsoft, will join the U.S. Department of Justice…
NRO strikes multibillion-dollar deals with BlackSky, Maxar and Planet for spy satellite imagery
An artist’s conception shows one of BlackSky’s satellites in orbit. (Black Sky Illustration) Three satellite imaging companies are in line to receive billions of dollars from the…
Seattle tech worker creates card game ‘Let’s Get Real Bro’ to tap into real talk on men’s mental health
The card game “Let’s Get Real Bro.” (Let’s Get Real Bro Photo) Weston Karnes talks a good game. Or, more precisely, his new game is good for…
Words with AI: Language and the future of work, with Textio CEO Kieran Snyder
Textio CEO Kieran Snyder (via LinkedIn) What’s the impact of the words we use? Augmented writing platform Textio uses machine learning and natural language processing to take…
iOS 15.5 Features: Everything New in iOS 15.5
Apple today released iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 to the public after a few weeks of testing. The new updates aren’t as feature rich as the prior…
iOS 16: How to Set a Unique Lock Screen for Your Focus Mode
Apple has introduced several improvements to Focus modes in iOS 16, and one of them is the ability to link a custom Lock Screen to a particular…
Review: Meross Offers Affordable, Hub-Free HomeKit Smart Lighting Solutions
Meross makes a wide range of HomeKit-compatible smart home devices for multiple regions around the world, including garage door openers, air purifiers, smart plugs, and more. With…
Amazon partners with Grubhub and adds new Prime food delivery perk
(Grubhub Photo) Three years after giving up on its own food delivery service, Amazon is trying a new tactic, partnering with delivery company Grubhub and offering free,…
Microsoft ‘significantly’ scales down business in Russia amid ongoing invasion of Ukraine
Microsoft is backing additional out of Russia because the nation’s invasion of Ukraine continues. Bloomberg first reported Wednesday that the Seattle-area tech big is shedding greater than…