Nashville Chief’s Son, Wanted in Shooting of Two Officers, Is Found Dead John Drake Jr. was accused of shooting two police officers outside a Dollar General store on Saturday. Officials said he was found dead on Tuesday night.

Nashville Chief’s Son Is Sought in Shooting of Two Officers Chief John Drake of the Metropolitan Nashville Police confirmed that his estranged son, John C. Drake Jr., was the suspect in the shooting of two police officers in La Vergne, Tenn., on Saturday.

Instagram chief says Israel-Hamas war is ‘biggest safety focus’ on Threads Adam Mosseri says ‘biggest safety focus’ on Threads is around the Israel-Hamas war

Stablecoin Tether promotes tech chief to CEO, taking over from mysterious crypto leader In a surprise move, the chief technology officer of stablecoin firm Tether, Paolo Ardoino, has been promoted to CEO.

Read Xbox chief Phil Spencer’s memo welcoming Activision Blizzard employees to Microsoft Image: Laura Normand / The VergeMicrosoft just finalized its giant $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard earlier today. Xbox chief Phil Spencer has now welcomed Activision Blizzard King employees to Xbox in an internal memo to all of Microsoft’s full-time employees today. “We couldn’t be more excited that Activision Blizzard employe…

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U.A.W. Chief Shawn Fain Has a Nonnegotiable Demand: Eat the Rich Shawn Fain’s disdain for the “billionaire class” informs his showdown with Detroit’s automakers. Now he must prove that his hard-core tactics pay off.

Police Chief Behind Marion County Record Raid is Suspended Gideon Cody, who orchestrated a widely criticized raid on The Marion County Record, was suspended indefinitely, a city official said on Saturday.

AMD’s stock pops after Microsoft tech chief touts chipmaker’s AI products AMD and Microsoft have collaborated for years on computers, consoles and the cloud, and are doing more work together now in artificial intelligence.

Sony’s PlayStation Chief to Retire Next Year Jim Ryan, who has been with the company for nearly 30 years, has led one of the most dominant businesses in the video game industry.

Flexport fires CFO, HR chief departs weeks after sudden ouster of Dave Clark as CEO After firing CEO Dave Clark earlier this month, Flexport has removed its finance chief, and its head of human resources has resigned

Amazon hires former Microsoft product chief to oversee devices unit Panay is joining Amazon at a precarious moment for its devices and services unit, which was hit with layoffs as part of the largest job cuts in company history.

Microsoft technology chief says supply of Nvidia’s AI chips is improving Kevin Scott, Microsoft’s chief technology officer, said supply of Nvidia’s graphics processing units is improving now that generative AI hype has cooled a bit.

Countries Should Set Up Legal Frameworks to Support CBDCs: BIS Chief It is unacceptable that unclear or outdated legal frameworks could hinder their deployment, Agustin Carstens general manager of Bank for International Settlements said.

Ukraine Says It Killed Chief of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet As they ramp up attacks on occupied Crimea, Ukrainian forces are repeatedly targeting the fleet based there, a key to Russia’s attacks deep into Ukraine and its blockade of Ukrainian ports.

BCB Group’s Chief Banking Officer Ian Moore to Leave This Month His planned exit follows that of the deputy CEO Noah Sharp in June.

U.N. chief calls for an end to $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidies António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, called for an “Acceleration Agenda” in response to climate change.

U.S. SEC’s Crypto Enforcement Chief Warns More Charges Coming to Exchanges, DeFi The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) isn’t done chasing down crypto exchanges and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects it sees as violating securities laws in the same vein as Coinbase Inc. (COIN) and Binance, said David Hirsch, head of the agency’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit.

After 10 years covering startups, former TechCrunch editor-in-chief Matthew Panzarino tells us what’s next Photo illustration by Alex Parkin / The VergeIt’s been a rocky and chaotic decade — and now digital media is on the brink of yet another existential crisis thanks to generative AI. Continue reading…

U.N. Chief’s Test: Shaming Without Naming the World’s Climate Delinquents António Guterres has spoken sharply of “planet wreckers” ahead of this week’s United Nations climate summit, but politics makes it tricky to get specific.