Jennifer Newstead is Meta's chief legal officer.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-05
Jennifer Newstead Meta
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson are retiring, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's chief legal officer, will replace Adams in March
CNBC · 2025-12-05 · #7
Ali Behrouz, Meisam Razaviyayn, and Vahab Mirrokni are credited as researchers/authors on the Titans architecture from Google Research.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-05
Ali Behrouz Meisam Razaviyayn Vahab Mirrokni Titans
Google unveils Titans, an architecture combining RNN speed with transformer accuracy for real-time learning, which can scale to context windows of 2M+ tokens
Google Research · 2025-12-05 · #24
Earlier in the year, Ali Ansari was running an AI recruiting startup.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-05
Ali Ansari AI recruiting startup
Micro1, which helps AI labs find experts for data annotation, says it has crossed $100M in annualized revenue and fielded investment offers at a $2.5B valuation
Forbes · 2025-12-05 · #37
TSMC's Taiwanese skilled workers are struggling to adapt to the sprawling suburban environment of North Phoenix and its hot summer temperatures.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
skilled workers from Taiwan TSMC employees sprawling suburbia summer temperatures
A look at “TSMC Village” in North Phoenix, as TSMC brings skilled workers from Taiwan who struggle with adapting to a sprawling suburbia and summer temperatures
New York Times · 2025-12-04 · #6
An estimated 115,000+ local chip jobs are set to be created in Phoenix over four years as part of the chip expansion.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
chip giants Phoenix 115,000+ local chip jobs
Chip giants' efforts to turn Phoenix into a US hub may hinge on training local workers; an estimated 115K+ local chip jobs are set to be created over four years
New York Times · 2025-12-04 · #7
TSMC has established a housing complex called 'TSMC Village' in North Phoenix to accommodate relocated workers.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
TSMC TSMC Village North Phoenix
A look at “TSMC Village” in North Phoenix, as TSMC brings skilled workers from Taiwan who struggle with adapting to a sprawling suburbia and summer temperatures
New York Times · 2025-12-04 · #6
TSMC brings skilled workers from Taiwan to North Phoenix, relocating employees to a community referred to as 'TSMC Village'.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
TSMC skilled workers from Taiwan North Phoenix
A look at “TSMC Village” in North Phoenix, as TSMC brings skilled workers from Taiwan who struggle with adapting to a sprawling suburbia and summer temperatures
New York Times · 2025-12-04 · #6
Billy Sorrentino, Senior Director of Apple's Design Team, will join Alan Dye at the creative studio in Meta's Reality Labs.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Billy Sorrentino creative studio Alan Dye
Mark Zuckerberg announces a creative studio in Meta's Reality Labs led by Alan Dye, who will be joined by Senior Director of Apple Design Team Billy Sorrentino
@zuck@threads.com · 2025-12-04 · #4
Chip giants are attempting to turn Phoenix into a U.S. semiconductor hub, and those efforts may hinge on training local workers.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
chip giants Phoenix
Chip giants' efforts to turn Phoenix into a US hub may hinge on training local workers; an estimated 115K+ local chip jobs are set to be created over four years
New York Times · 2025-12-04 · #7
Andy Konwinski is a co-founder of Perplexity.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Andy Konwinski Perplexity
A profile of Databricks co-founder and Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski, who pivoted from Jehovah's Witness to helping solve “species-level” problems via AI
Bloomberg · 2025-12-04 · #46
Jony Ive placed Alan Dye in charge of UI design, a decision the headline characterizes as a mistake.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Jony Ive Alan Dye
Apple replacing Alan Dye with career designer Stephen Lemay may fix Jony Ive's mistake of putting Dye, who has a brand and ad background, in charge of UI design
Daring Fireball · 2025-12-04 · #3
Meta hires Alan Dye as chief design officer.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Meta Alan Dye
Apple replacing Alan Dye with career designer Stephen Lemay may fix Jony Ive's mistake of putting Dye, who has a brand and ad background, in charge of UI design
Daring Fireball · 2025-12-04 · #3
Alan Dye has a background in branding and advertising.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Alan Dye branding advertising
Apple replacing Alan Dye with career designer Stephen Lemay may fix Jony Ive's mistake of putting Dye, who has a brand and ad background, in charge of UI design
Daring Fireball · 2025-12-04 · #3
Ken Ono departs his academic position at the University of Virginia to join the AI startup Axiom Math.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Ken Ono University of Virginia
University of Virginia professor Ken Ono, one of the world's most prominent mathematicians, joins AI startup Axiom Math, which is building an “AI mathematician”
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-04 · #25
Andy Konwinski pivoted away from being a Jehovah's Witness.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Andy Konwinski Jehovah's Witness
A profile of Databricks co-founder and Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski, who pivoted from Jehovah's Witness to helping solve “species-level” problems via AI
Bloomberg · 2025-12-04 · #46
Stephen Lemay is described as a career designer.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Stephen Lemay career designer
Apple replacing Alan Dye with career designer Stephen Lemay may fix Jony Ive's mistake of putting Dye, who has a brand and ad background, in charge of UI design
Daring Fireball · 2025-12-04 · #3
Apple is replacing Alan Dye with Stephen Lemay in UI design leadership.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Apple Alan Dye Stephen Lemay
Apple replacing Alan Dye with career designer Stephen Lemay may fix Jony Ive's mistake of putting Dye, who has a brand and ad background, in charge of UI design
Daring Fireball · 2025-12-04 · #3
Sources say the cuts are most likely to include layoffs related to Meta's metaverse efforts as early as January 2026.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-04
Meta metaverse efforts
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January
Bloomberg · 2025-12-04 · #1
Apple (via Tim Cook) says UI Designer Stephen Lemay will replace Alan Dye as VP of Human Interface Design.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Apple Stephen Lemay Alan Dye
Apple confirms that VP of Human Interface Design Alan Dye is leaving the company to join Meta; Tim Cook says Apple UI Designer Stephen Lemay will replace Dye
Bloomberg · 2025-12-04 · #2
Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter worked as contractors for Opexus.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Muneeb Akhter Sohaib Akhter Opexus
The US DOJ indicts two Virginia twin brothers, Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, for allegedly deleting 96 US government databases while working as Opexus contractors
Axios · 2025-12-04 · #15
Dhruv Boruah praises Dwarkesh Patel's analysis, highlighting human learning capacity and context-window/memory considerations in AGI timelines.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Dhruv Boruah Dwarkesh Patel's analysis
Thoughts on AI progress and why AI labs' actions hint at a worldview in which AI models will continue to fare poorly at generalization and on-the-job learning
Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-12-04 · #16
Apple confirms that VP of Human Interface Design Alan Dye is leaving the company to join Meta.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Apple Alan Dye Meta
Apple confirms that VP of Human Interface Design Alan Dye is leaving the company to join Meta; Tim Cook says Apple UI Designer Stephen Lemay will replace Dye
Bloomberg · 2025-12-04 · #2
Andy Konwinski is a co-founder of Databricks.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Andy Konwinski Databricks
A profile of Databricks co-founder and Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski, who pivoted from Jehovah's Witness to helping solve “species-level” problems via AI
Bloomberg · 2025-12-04 · #46
Alan Dye will lead the new creative studio at Meta's Reality Labs.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Alan Dye creative studio
Mark Zuckerberg announces a creative studio in Meta's Reality Labs led by Alan Dye, who will be joined by Senior Director of Apple Design Team Billy Sorrentino
@zuck@threads.com · 2025-12-04 · #4
Alan Dye leaves Apple to join Meta as chief design officer.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Alan Dye Apple
Apple replacing Alan Dye with career designer Stephen Lemay may fix Jony Ive's mistake of putting Dye, who has a brand and ad background, in charge of UI design
Daring Fireball · 2025-12-04 · #3
Ken Ono, a University of Virginia professor and prominent mathematician, joins AI startup Axiom Math.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Ken Ono Axiom Math
University of Virginia professor Ken Ono, one of the world's most prominent mathematicians, joins AI startup Axiom Math, which is building an “AI mathematician”
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-04 · #25
Ken Ono is moving to Silicon Valley to work with Axiom Math in pursuit of mathematical superintelligence.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-04
Ken Ono Silicon Valley
University of Virginia professor Ken Ono, one of the world's most prominent mathematicians, joins AI startup Axiom Math, which is building an “AI mathematician”
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-04 · #25
Yi He has children with former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ).
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-03
Yi He Changpeng Zhao (CZ)
Binance names co-founder Yi He as co-CEO, alongside Richard Teng, making her one of the few women leading a crypto company; she also has children with ex-CEO CZ
Fortune · 2025-12-03 · #11
Yi He becomes one of the few women leading a cryptocurrency company as co-CEO of Binance.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-03
Yi He Binance
Binance names co-founder Yi He as co-CEO, alongside Richard Teng, making her one of the few women leading a crypto company; she also has children with ex-CEO CZ
Fortune · 2025-12-03 · #11
Pierre-Loup Griffais is an executive at Valve.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-03
Pierre-Loup Griffais Valve
Q&A with Valve executive Pierre-Loup Griffais, who helped architect SteamOS and the Steam Deck, on quietly funding open-source tech to play Windows games on ARM
The Verge · 2025-12-03 · #12