Microsoft has tapped former Disney executive Tony Scott to take over as the company’s Chief Information Officer. Scott was most recently CIO as Disney, and will take over the Microsoft CIO position in February, overseeing Microsoft’s 4,000-person IT organization. Prior to Disney, Scott was CTO at General Motors and VP of operations ad Bristol-Meyers Squibb.
“More than any other company, Microsoft knows how important it is to leverage IT for strategic business advantage, and I look forward to building on this success in my new role,” Scott said in a statement. “So few places offer the chance to expand your skills and have an impact across such a broad range of technologies—from services to unified communications to mobility. It is a great opportunity, and I am excited to work with this team to help Microsoft advance its business forward through IT.”
Tony Scott will replace Stuart Scott (no relation) who was abruptly fired as Microsoft’s CIO back in November 2007.
Scott’s arrival is the latest in a series of new faces to join the ranks of Microsoft’s upper management in recent months, including Dan Reed as director of scalable and multi-core computing, Robert Youngjohns president of North American sales and marketing, Brian McAndrews as senior vp of the company’s advertiser and publisher solutions group, Don Mattick as senior vice president of the company’s interactive business, and former Adobe executive Stephen Elop as president of its business division.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.
Two new highly requested iCloud plugins just got added to ChatGPT, giving people who rely on Apple’s Mail and Calendar services a way to search emails, check appointments, and manage their schedules directly through the chatbot.
The integration is rolling out to all ChatGPT plans, including the free tier. You can access it on the web, desktop, and iOS.
After spending years with touchscreen Windows laptops, I've become rather accustomed to reaching out and tapping the screen if I just want to interact with something quickly. It's a small convenience, one that feels natural as soon as you get used to it. But whenever I use a MacBook for a bit, I inevitably find myself reaching for the screen before realizing that Apple has never offered this feature for its notebooks.
Apple has resisted touchscreen Macs for years, but that might finally change. The company is reportedly preparing to introduce its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, complete with an OLED display and a redesigned interface that accommodates touch input. Not to be confused with the new $2,000 M6 MacBook Pro, which just launched with minimal updates over its predecessor.