TECH NEWS

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg 'forced' into leave of absence by WordPress parent company board

Matt Mullenweg accuses Automattic board of conspiring against him
Former CEO is now in a period of paid leave
His role at WordPress.org is currently unaffected

Automattic CEO and founder Matt Mullenweg has been placed on a paid leave of absence by the company's board, but while this is currently being seen as a temporary measure, Automattic has not publicly stated how long the leave will last.

The reason for the board's decision remains unclear, but TechCrunch reports that some employees were "ecstatic" or "relieved" at the decision.

However, Mullenweg is clearly unhappy with the decision, alleging that the board gave him 50 minutes' notice before the meeting and insufficient time to seek legal counsel.

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on paid absence

Mullenweg remains a member of Automattic's board, but claimed in a company-wide Slack message seen by TechCrunchthat CFO Mark Davies had "conspired" with board members Ann Dunwoody,...

Copyright of this story solely belongs to www.techradar.com. To see the full text click HERE

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-681253878.jpg?resize=1200,788

ID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver’s licenses stolen

6:21 AM PDT · September 10, 2026 ID verification service IDScan has confirmed that a data breach involved the theft of driver’s licenses from its systems, a week after a report said the identity document checker had been breached during a year-long hack. The company said in a website

Telit Cinterion details edge AI SDK for cellular modules

Telit Cinterion has revealed an edge AI SDK alongside planned AI-enabled cellular module variants designed to run machine learning on-device. The SDK runs machine learning models directly on the cellular module’s internal hardware. By executing workloads natively, the architecture operates without an external AI accelerator or a dedicated companion

https://images.hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71585/content/16x9_2133x1200_highres-npu-snapdragon.jpg

Qualcomm’s NPU Upgrade Unlocks Massive 30B Parameter AI Models For Next-Gen Phones

Over the past several weeks, Qualcomm has been revealing key details about the future of its next-generation mobile platform, including a blistering 5GHz Oryon CPU architecture and a new Adreno Neural Fusion graphics engine. Following up on those announcements, Qualcomm has now detailed the third major pillar of its next

https://image.theregister.com/230190.jpg?imageId=230190&x=0&y=0&cropw=100&croph=100&panox=0&panoy=0&panow=100&panoh=100&width=1200&height=683

ShinyHunters expose 6.4M in attack on medical supplier McKesson

Have I Been Pwned logs leaked records spanning patients, staff, and providers McKesson's cyberattack last month affected roughly 6.4 million individuals, according to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). The breach notification service added data leaked by serial extortionists ShinyHunters, revealing the scale of the attack for the

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on paid absence

Read more

ID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver’s licenses stolen

Telit Cinterion details edge AI SDK for cellular modules

Qualcomm’s NPU Upgrade Unlocks Massive 30B Parameter AI Models For Next-Gen Phones

ShinyHunters expose 6.4M in attack on medical supplier McKesson