Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: T2, a rival to X launched after Elon Musk’s takeover, rebrands as Pebble with a new logo and says T2 was never meant to be its permanent name  —  An X challenger didn’t hide its ambitions to take on the social network formerly known as Twitter when it dubbed itself T2 at launch … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Memo: Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay plans to leave after nearly 20 years; Panay joined in 2004 as a group program manager and became CPO in 2018  —  Panos Panay, the chief product officer at Microsoft leading Windows development and the company’s Surface line, is leaving Microsoft. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: AI writing startup Writer, used by L’Oréal, Spotify, and Uber to create digital marketing campaigns, raised $100M led by Iconiq Growth at a $500M+ valuation  —  The company’s technology can write and summarize a wide range of text. … Led by Chief Executive Officer May Habib … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nicholas Megaw / Financial Times: Analysis: Arm’s $5B IPO generated $84M in fees for services firms including Deloitte, the most a company spent on fees since Axa in 2018 and over 7x the average  —  Non-underwriting costs of flotation are the highest Wall Street has seen for five years, according to FT analysis Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Apple’s new AirPods Pro with USB-C add dust resistance but little else; an AirPods Pro software update alongside iOS 17 adds the useful Adaptive Audio and more  —  Last week, as predicted, Apple announced that the second-generation AirPods Pro would start shipping with a USB-C charging case instead … Lees verder op Tech Meme