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Microsoft product chief Panos Panay steps down

TechSpot

According to his LinkedIn profile, Panay joined Microsoft in April 2004 as a group program manager for their PC hardware division. In 2013, he was promoted to corporate vice president of Surface and PC hardware before becoming chief product officer in April 2018. He's long been a public face of.

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Boeing shifts its team leaders for space station and Starliner space programs

GeekWire

Boeing’s John Mulholland gives a briefing to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a visit to the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2018. Hardware for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi can be seen in the background. NASA Photo / Kim Shiflett).

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Amazon’s Ring names Xbox and Oculus vet Elizabeth Hamren as new CEO; founder Jamie Siminoff remains chief inventor

GeekWire

” Jamie Siminoff, CEO of Ring, at the 2018 GeekWire Summit. GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) The sale of the company to Amazon in 2018 for a reported $1 billion elevated Siminoff to legendary status as a startup founder, thanks in part to the company’s role in a popular ABC television show.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner leaves Core Scientific; Magic AI founder joins ThruWave

GeekWire

Turner joined Core Scientific in 2018. Fortune 100 customers in retail and e-commerce warehouses are using ThruWave’s hardware and software. million in 2018 and last year merged with SchedulePro. Corredor was previously a product strategy manager at Facebook. Turner will remain an advisor to the company.

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NASA provides funding for way-out space proposals, including a flying boat for Titan

GeekWire

“Both projects have a lot of public-domain intellectual property, since I’m a maker and subscribe to the ideals of open hardware,” Morley told GeekWire in an email. In 2018, he received a NIAC grant to study the feasibility of a radioisotope positron propulsion concept.

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO Business Intelligence

As a result, many new car companies are created and competition increases, says Tobias Altehed, who leads Volvo Cars’ digital organization and sits on the company’s extended management team. Volvo Cars’ digital department started to work agilely according to the SAFe Framework in a product-oriented model in 2018.

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Chess Club is making all the right moves in Seattle, attracting players to lively venues across the city

GeekWire

Chess players and organizers watch a match during a recent Chess Club gathering at King’s Hardware in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. Chess Club is now active at Linda’s Tavern on Capitol Hill, Black Cat in Belltown, Big Time Brewery in the University District and King’s Hardware in Ballard.

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