A profile of, and interview with, Jony Ive, covering life before and after Apple, his artistic process, LoveFrom, the importance of words, and more (Elisa Lipsky-Karasz/Wall Street Journal)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Laurene Powell Jobs, Jony Ive, and Tim Cook team up to launch the Steve Jobs Archive, which features emails, videos, and historical materials related to Jobs  —  CodeCon 2022 held an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook, former design chief Jony Ive, and Laurene Powell Jobs on Wednesday.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple’s search for a new product design lead has been hindered by high turnover, leaving few candidates for a department still in Jony Ive’s shadow  —  Turnover at Apple Inc. has hindered efforts to replace the head of product design, leaving a gaping hole at the helm …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple confirms its head of hardware design Evans Hankey is leaving, three years after replacing Jony Ive; sources: Hankey will stay for six more months  —  Apple Inc.’s head of hardware design, Evans Hankey, is leaving the iPhone maker three years after taking the role …

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
UK police, Europol, Dutch police, and others dismantle online spoofing service iSpoof and arrest 146 people, including the suspected mastermind  —  The ‘iSpoof’ online spoofing service has been dismantled following an international law enforcement investigation that also led to the arrest of 146 people …

Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the increased use of celebrity deepfakes in advertising, with or without their permission, raising legal and ethical questions  —  Digital simulations of Elon Musk, Tom Cruise, Leo DiCaprio and others have shown up in ads, as the image-melding technology grows more popular and presents …

Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
OpenWeb, which helps publishers target readers with ads and manage comments, has raised a $170M Series F at a $1.5B valuation, up from $1.1B in November 2021  —  The firm, now valued at $1.5 billion, plans to move further into ad sales and eventually go public, its CEO says