Tootfinder

Phil Spencer will retire after 38 years at Microsoft; Asha Sharma, the president of product in Microsoft's Core AI business, will become the CEO of gaming (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/microsoft-gaming-chief-phi…

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer retires, replaced by ex-Instacart exec Asha Sharma
Phil Spencer is retiring from Microsoft after joining the software company 38 years ago, and will be replaced by Instacart's former COO.

Clickbait? Sure. Interesting? Absolutely.
✅ Star Wars: Andor Creator Reveals What Disney Banned Him From Saying - ComicBook.com
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/star-wars-andor-creator-reveals-what-disney-banned-him-from-saying/…

Star Wars: Andor Creator Reveals What Disney Banned Him From Saying
When the Star Wars: Andor cast and crew were giving interviews, they had a rule in place on what they could say.

Foodrise Reveals: EU Spends Hundreds of Times More Subsidies on High-Emissions Beef and Dairy Than Legumes and Nuts https://vegconomist.com/agriculture-agribusiness/foodrise-reveals…

Foodrise Reveals: EU Spends Hundreds of Times More Subsidies on High-Emissions Beef and Dairy Than Legumes and Nuts - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
Foodrise, a charity working to transform the food system, today released new figures revealing that high-emissions beef and lamb received an estimated 580

Ukraine to replace head of Southern Air Command following repeated deadly Russian strikes in Odesa Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/ukraine-to-replace-head-of.html

EPA Repeals Regulations for Mercury and Toxic Air Pollutants From Power Plants
Environmental and health groups said the change will make people sicker and supports a dying industry
https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/02/epa-rep…

EPA repeals Biden-era coal rules aimed at limiting brain-harming pollution
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repealed Biden-era regulations that forced power plants to cut harmful pollutants including brain-damaging mercury and particulate matter, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced on Friday.

Cowboys Could Replace 1,200-Yard RB With 2-Time Super Bowl Champion https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/replace-javonte-willliams-rb-isiah-pacheco/

New Kyiv Independent documentary reveals how Russia prepared to seize Crimea since the early 1990s: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/20/new-kyiv-independent-documentary-reveals.html

Sources: OpenAI begins offering its chatbot ads to dozens of advertisers, initially charging per ad view, not per ad click, and asks them for <$1M commitments (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-lines-adver…

OpenAI Lines Up Advertisers, Reveals Key Details Ahead of Ads Launch
OpenAI has started offering its new chatbot ads to dozens of advertisers, according to two people familiar with the matter. To start off, the company is charging on the basis of ad views as opposed to per-ad clicks that are typical at large sellers of search ads like Google and Amazon, the ...

Cowboys Star Earns Pro Bowl Replacement Nod After Bounce-Back Season https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-star-pro-bowl-replacement-nod-bounce-back-season

Claude's C Compiler shows AI elevates the role of human judgment and vision; it's a milestone, but closely mirrors LLVM/GCC, and hard codes things to pass tests (Chris Lattner/Modular Blog)
https://www.modular.com/blog/the-claude-c-comp…

Modular: The Claude C Compiler: What It Reveals About the Future of Software
Compilers occupy a special place in computer science. They're a canonical course in computer science education. Building one is a rite of passage. It forces you to confront how software actually works, by examining languages, abstractions, hardware, and the boundary between human intent and machine execution.