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Microsoft’s head of comms is leaving after almost 20 years

Frank Shaw in 2025. | Image: Microsoft Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer. In an internal note to his team, Shaw says he's "decided it is time for me to move on and try new things," after supporting Microsoft's communications for 29 years - nearly 20 years as a Microsoft employee plus time at the Waggener Edstrom agency (now We. Communications) before that. Shaw has been at the heart of Microsoft's communications since 1997, helping the company navig

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DZone

Why Continuous Application Security Testing Is No Longer Optional

Your last pentest is already out of date. The moment you shipped new code after that report, your risk profile changed, and nobody re-tested it.  That's the reality most teams are living in. Nearly 29% of organizations still lack continuous vulnerability monitoring, relying instead on periodic scans that miss threats attackers are actively exploiting right now.

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Meta may have leaked the first look at its slim ‘Project Phoenix’ headset

Just a couple of weeks before Meta Connect starts on September 23rd, UploadVR posted images seemingly revealing the design for Meta's "Project Phoenix" headset. The images, which UploadVR says were "found in the HorizonOS Prescription Lens firmware package," suggest Meta may be looking to compete with devices like those from Xreal or Viture. These companies' mixed reality glasses are a bit bulkier than something like Meta's Ray-Ban AI smart glasses, but a step down from a full VR headset like Me

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Where to preorder the Apple AirPods 5

The new AirPods 5 in their charging case. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The Apple AirPods 5 are bringing active noise cancellation to the masses, and they're now available for preorder at a variety of retailers. They'll officially launch on September 18th, the same day as the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, as well as the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. There are two versions this time around, just like with the last-gen model. The standard $129 model adds active noise cancelation

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