tech:

taffy

Mobiquity appoints John Castleman CEO

Digital engagement provider Mobiquity has appointed John Castleman as the new chief executive. Andy Norman, who was serving as the company’s interim CEO since December 2015 will shifting into the role of COO.

Mr. Castleman joins Mobiquity with over 20 years of experience in the software development and software services industries. Most recently he served as president and CEO of Alliance Global Services.

Just in

Snowflake to acquire TruEra AI observability platform

Snowflake has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TruEra, providers of an AI observability platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Biggest Windows 11 update in 2 years nearly finalized, enters Release Preview — Ars Technica

Microsoft has released Windows 11 24H2 build 26100.712 to its Release Preview testing channel for Windows Insiders, a sign that the update is nearly complete and that the company has shifted into bug-fixing mode ahead of general availability, writes Andrew Cunningham in Ars Technica. 

Elon Musk’s xAI is working on making Grok multimodal — The Verge

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is making progress on adding multimodal inputs to its Grok chatbot, according to public developer documents, writes Kylie Robison in The Verge.