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Microsoft hires Google and Facebook product vet, building out ‘Teams for Life’ consumer group

GeekWire

Microsoft made another key hire for a new consumer technology group on Wedneday, adding former Facebook and Google product leader Amit Fulay as vice president of product. Fulay and Gupta worked together previously at Google, where Fulay led the real-time communications team and co-founded Google Hangouts, Duo and Allo.

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Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO

GeekWire

Phil Bogle , a longtime Seattleite who spent 11 years at Google, is now director of engineering at Kalshi , a San Francisco startup that runs a regulated exchange for trading directly on the outcomes of future events. He also spent a year at Code.org as director of software engineering. Kelly Breslin Wright. billion valuation.

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Nordstrom lays off tech workers in bid to ‘remain agile and operate more efficiently’

GeekWire

Impacted roles include software engineers, data analysts, technical program managers, DevOps engineers and others, according to a search of posts on LinkedIn. ” The company would not say how many employees remain with its tech team.

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Microsoft says Windows 11’s File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’

The Verge

This was an experimental banner that was not intended to be published externally and was turned off,” says Brandon LeBlanc, senior program manager for Windows, in a statement to The Verge. Google will hound you with pop-up ads until you give in and buy a YouTube Premium subscription.

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Apple just fired a leader of the #AppleToo movement

The Verge

Parrish, a program manager on Apple Maps, was terminated for deleting files off of her work devices during an internal investigation — an action Apple categorized as “non-compliance,” according to people familiar with the situation. The files included apps like Robinhood, Pokémon GO, and Google Drive. Her attorney, Vincent P.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

White is now a principal architect at Red Alpha, a Maryland-based software technology and consulting firm bringing digital transformation to commercial and government clients, including the US Department of Defense. I have no doubt we can staff up by going to Morgan, where there are students doing top-level software engineering.

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Amazon is working on a mysterious AR smart home product, according to job listings

The Verge

One for a “software engineer — XR/AR, XR/AR Devices” says the job will include “conceiving and developing key software and architecture for a new-to-world smart-home product.” Google hopes to ship its AR headset in 2024. There aren’t many specific details included in the listings, unfortunately. Another listing for a “Sr.

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