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The tech world mourns Susan Wojcicki
Susan Wojcicki, a longtime Google worker who served as YouTube’s CEO for nearly a decade, died Friday after a two-year battle with non-small cell cancer.
Wojcicki, who was 56, famously rented the garage of her Menlo Park home to Larry Page and Sergey Brin after they founded Google. She went on to turn into one in all the corporate’s first 20 female employees, becoming YouTube’s CEO in 2014 before stepping down last 12 months.
Once her husband Dennis Trooper and CEO of Google Sundar Pichai shared the news On Friday evening, Wojcicki’s colleagues, friends and peers began posting their very own memories and reflections. We’ve collected a few of their posts here; we’ll update them as more are published.
Marc Benioff (Co-Founder and CEO of Salesforce):
Tim Cook (Apple CEO):
Neal Mohan (YouTube CEO):
Melinda French’s Gates (philanthropist):
John Green (author and YouTuber):
I’m heartbroken to learn that former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died. She was (very quietly) the one largest donor to our project supporting maternal health in Sierra Leone. She never once asked for recognition or attention for her gifts – she simply privately supported our project and plenty of others. An exceptional leader and person.
Hank Green (author and YouTuber):
Susan stepped down from her role only a 12 months ago after nearly ten incredibly complex and fraught years on the helm of YouTube. I got to know her quite well during that point and located her to be incredibly caring, but additionally surprisingly nice considering how fucking tough she was. It’s so fucking sad…
Diane von Furstenberg (designer):
Rest in peace dear Susan Wojcicki, mother, sister, daughter, loyal friend… Smart, caring, funny… We will all miss you ❤️🙏❤️… Witness to our century, Google began in her garage… YouTube flourished under her leadership… She fought for her life and eventually joined her beloved son Marco! The world is not going to be the identical without you… Rest in peace ❤️❤️❤️
Kara Swisher (journalist):
She was a real treasure in Silicon Valley – a sort, warm and loving woman who lived with integrity while being a beautiful mother to her five children.
Marquis Brownlee (YouTuber):
Emily Chang (journalist):
Ron Conway (enterprise capitalist):
Alex Winter (director, “The YouTube Effect”):
Rest in Peace Susan Wojcicki. I interviewed her for our YouTube documentary and located her sensible, kind, compassionate, and willing to listen and consider the extraordinary criticisms of the platform.
Matt Ross (Former YouTube CEO and Founder of Day2 Health):
Such sad news. Susan was an incredible leader, but she led with compassion. She was so kind to me after I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and incredibly took the time to attach with me. She didn’t all the time just like the creative work I presented. But she had an incredible ability to reject work she didn’t like without making you are feeling like a whole idiot. I wish her family long life.
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US medical device giant Artivion says hackers stole files during a cybersecurity incident
Artivion, a medical device company that produces implantable tissue for heart and vascular transplants, says its services have been “disrupted” resulting from a cybersecurity incident.
In 8-K filing In an interview with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a “cybersecurity incident” that involved the “compromise and encryption” of information on November 21. This suggests that the corporate was attacked by ransomware, but Artivion has not yet confirmed the character of the incident and didn’t immediately reply to TechCrunch’s questions. No major ransomware group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Artivion said it took some systems offline in response to the cyberattack, which the corporate said caused “disruptions to certain ordering and shipping processes.”
Artivion, which reported third-quarter revenue of $95.8 million, said it didn’t expect the incident to have a material impact on the corporate’s funds.
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It’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard and it’s called Raspberry Pi 500
Manufacturer of single-board computers Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer keyboard device with higher specs. Named Raspberry Pi500This successor to the Raspberry Pi 400 is just as powerful as the present Raspberry Pi flagship, the Raspberry Pi 5. It is on the market for purchase now from Raspberry Pi resellers.
The Raspberry Pi 500 is the simplest method to start with the Raspberry Pi because it’s not as intimidating because the Raspberry Pi 5. When you take a look at the Raspberry Pi 500, you do not see any chipsets or PCBs (printed circuit boards). The Raspberry Pi is totally hidden in the familiar housing, the keyboard.
The idea with the Raspberry Pi 500 is you could connect a mouse and a display and you are able to go. If, for instance, you’ve got a relative who uses a very outdated computer with an outdated version of Windows, the Raspberry Pi 500 can easily replace the old PC tower for many computing tasks.
More importantly, this device brings us back to the roots of the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi computers were originally intended for educational applications. Over time, technology enthusiasts and industrial customers began using single-board computers all over the place. (For example, when you’ve ever been to London Heathrow Airport, all of the departures and arrivals boards are there powered by Raspberry Pi.)
Raspberry Pi 500 draws inspiration from the roots of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a non-profit organization. It’s the right first computer for college. In some ways, it’s a lot better than a Chromebook or iPad because it’s low cost and highly customizable, which inspires creative pondering.
The Raspberry Pi 500 comes with a 32GB SD card that comes pre-installed with Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution. It costs $90, which is a slight ($20) price increase over the Raspberry Pi 400.
Only UK and US keyboard variants will probably be available at launch. But versions with French, German, Italian, Japanese, Nordic and Spanish keyboard layouts will probably be available soon. And when you’re in search of a bundle that features all the things you would like, Raspberry Pi also offers a $120 desktop kit that features the Raspberry Pi 500, a mouse, a 27W USB-C power adapter, and a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
In other news, Raspberry Pi has announced one other recent thing: the Raspberry Pi monitor. It is a 15.6-inch 1080p monitor that’s priced at $100. Since there are quite a few 1080p portable monitors available on the market, this launch is not as noteworthy because the Pi 500. However, for die-hard Pi fans, there’s now also a Raspberry Pi-branded monitor option available.
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Apple Vision Pro may add support for PlayStation VR controllers
According to Apple, Apple desires to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive for gamers and game developers latest report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The Vision Pro was presented more as a productivity and media consumption device than a tool geared toward gamers, due partly to its reliance on visual and hand controls moderately than a separate controller.
However, Apple may need gamers if it desires to expand the Vision Pro’s audience, especially since Gurman reports that lower than half one million units have been sold to this point. As such, the corporate has reportedly been in talks with Sony about adding support for PlayStation VR2 handheld controllers, and has also talked to developers about whether they may support the controllers of their games.
Offering more precise control, Apple may also make other forms of software available in Vision Pro, reminiscent of Final Cut Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
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