The latest Dev Channel Windows 11 Insider Preview Build brings dark mode to Run. Why did it take this long?
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Andrew J. Hawkins
Jay Peters
Dark mode Run.
Dominic Preston
The Prime Minister to Big Tech pipeline.
Former UK leader Rishi Sunak has taken on a “senior adviser” role at Microsoft and Anthropic, where he’ll deliver “high-level strategic perspectives on macro-economic and geopolitical trends.” It sounds a little less involved than former deputy PM Nick Clegg’s role at Meta, but one more of these and we’ve got a trend.
Tom Warren
Another Microsoft employee quits in protest.
The No Azure for Apartheid group are at Microsoft’s campus again today, protesting against the company’s continued contracts with the Israeli government after it blocked some cloud and AI services. Scott Sutfin-Glowski, a 13-year Azure software engineer, also sent a resignation email to thousands of Microsoft employees. “I can no longer accept enabling what may be the worst atrocities of our time,” says Sutfin-Glowski.























