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Schneider Electric leverages AI to help develop employees’ careers

CIO Business Intelligence

AI is coming into its own as a practical technology for helping companies with a range of initiatives, from improving customer experience to streamlining business processes. That gives employees time to learn their job and then “start to explore what else is out there and how the tool might help you focus on your development,” she says.

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Meet the startups that just graduated from Creative Destruction Lab’s accelerator in Seattle

GeekWire

(CDL Photo) Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs 13 startup accelerators across the world, just graduated another swath of early stage companies from its Seattle program. It also enforces objective-based milestones and checkpoints; if a company is not meeting certain standards, they are booted out.

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Longtime Microsoft hardware leader Panos Panay is leaving the company after 19 years

GeekWire

The company announced his departure in an internal email Monday. Photo by Dan DeLong for Microsoft) Panos Panay , the Microsoft chief product officer who oversees the Windows and Devices division, is leaving the company in a surprise departure. He also led development of Windows 11. Read the full email from Jha below.

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Tech Moves: Funko names new CEO; Nintex promotes VPs; Leafly adds president

GeekWire

Williams was previously president of Wizards, the Hasbro-owned game company behind Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons. She left the company last month. The company laid off 12% of its workforce in August, and its president resigned in March. based pop culture collectibles maker Funko. She’ll also join the board.

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Microsoft needs an expert to build modular nuclear reactors for its data centers

TechSpot

A recent job listing from Microsoft is seeking an expert in nuclear technology to lead the company's new energy initiative. This senior position, titled "Principal Program Manager Nuclear Technology," aims to assist Microsoft in developing, maturing, and implementing a global energy strategy centered around SMR and other microreactor designs.

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Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $15M

GeekWire

The news: Five startups jostled for $200,000 in funding in the final round of the Seattle Angel Conference , with new medical device company BrainSpace rising to the top. The founders: BrainSpace CTO Stephen Morse is a mechanical engineer who has worked for a variety of companies, including global electrical and manufacturing company Flex.

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Microsoft copied its new Windows Package Manager from rival AppGet, claims developer

The Verge

Microsoft surprised everyone with its new Windows Package Manager (winget) last week, but it looks like the company copied the core mechanics from a developer it interviewed and ghosted. AppGet is a free and open source package manager for Windows, which automates installing software on Windows PCs.

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