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Helen Chiang’s swift exit raises questions about Xbox’s operational restructuring

Xbox's first chief operating officer (COO) is leaving after the new role was created just a few months ago. Helen Chiang is leaving Microsoft today, according to an internal Xbox memo seen by The Verge. Chiang has been at Microsoft for 21 years, serving as the head of Minecraft before being promoted

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Helen Chiang’s swift exit raises questions about Xbox’s operational restructuring
TECHNOLOGY

Helen Chiang’s swift exit raises questions about Xbox’s operational restructuring

Xbox's first chief operating officer (COO) is leaving after the new role was created just a few months ago. Helen Chiang is leaving Microsoft today, according to an internal Xbox memo seen by The Verge. Chiang has been at Microsoft for 21 years, serving as the head of Minecraft before being promoted

The Verge·10h ago
OpenAI’s air-gapped training signals a shift in how labs manage AI safety risks
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OpenAI’s air-gapped training signals a shift in how labs manage AI safety risks

OpenAI is now training its most advanced AI models without internet access following a string of rogue hacking incidents. In a blog post on Friday, OpenAI says it built an offline testing environment where AI models can interact with indexed and cached web content "without risk of affecting external

The Verge·10h ago
Millions of forgotten Popcorn Time installs became a botnet threat
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Millions of forgotten Popcorn Time installs became a botnet threat

Remember Popcorn Time, the app that served as an easy-to-use front end for streaming torrents of movies and TV shows? Development of the MPAA's least-favorite app of the 2010s has been abandoned for years, but the "Netflix of Piracy" software is still installed on millions of devices that are just w

The Verge·12h ago
Palmer Luckey’s new defense startup pushes genetic modification into military animals
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Palmer Luckey’s new defense startup pushes genetic modification into military animals

Warhound came out of stealth on Wednesday with $200 million in funding and a mission to create “elite working dogs” equipped with "advanced body armor."

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Scientists grapple with what first Shamonda virus human case means
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Scientists grapple with what first Shamonda virus human case means

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Google Home’s hidden data appetite raises questions about smart speaker design
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Tesla’s Cybercab bet against regulatory scrutiny
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Blackstone bets its AI infrastructure thesis against rising debt market anxiety
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Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters.

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Meta explores new stock class to fund massive AI spending
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