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Tuesday November 19, 2024. 05:57 PM
Microsoft has introduced a new tool in Microsoft 365 Copilot to automate repetitive tasks, part of a drive to make the generative AI (genAI) assistant more useful to users. Copilot Actions, announced at Microsoft’s Ignite conference Tuesday, features a simple...
The new MacBook Pro is everything you expect: faster, better and more capable than before. While you can say that about every new Mac, the move to Apple Silicon means Apple can introduce vastly improved systems almost every year — something that was not always possible...
At Microsoft Ignite 2024, which began Tuesday in Chicago, the company announced a series of low-code product enhancements, targeted at developers, that ranged from new capabilities in Power Apps and Power Pages to new AI and governance features in the codeless automation...
Microsoft will start selling a thin client device that lets workers boot directly to Windows 365 “in seconds,” the company announced on Tuesday. Windows 365 Link will cost $349 when it launches next April, but businesses can contact their Microsoft account team and...
Unemployment in IT fields has been dropping in recent months. Generative AI (genAI) is opening up new career opportunities. Inflation is deflating, and the US economy appears strong. So, why is it so many people are still finding it hard to land a job in technology? This...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is intensifying its antitrust actions against Google, proposing a historic move that could reshape the tech landscape. The DOJ has asked federal judge Amit Mehta to force Alphabet to sell its Chrome browser, which is a cornerstone of...
Monday November 18, 2024. 12:00 PM
OpenAI launched its new AI-powered online search engine — SearchGPT — with the aim of supplanting “for specific search tasks” Google, Microsoft Bing and start-up Perplexity. But the move is also raising concerns that it could open the door to plagiarism; AI-powered...
Friday November 15, 2024. 08:48 PM
Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday release addresses 89 vulnerabilities in Windows, SQL Server,.NET and Microsoft Office — and three zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-43451, CVE-2024-49019 and CVE-2024-49039) that mean a patch now recommendation for Windows...
The EU, which is now developing guidelines for how the region’s new AI law must be complied with, has started collecting opinions in two areas via an online survey. The first area involves how the law should define AI systems (compared to traditional software). Here, the...
Google has entered a new and more intense phase of the AI wars, introducing its own Google Gemini app for iPhones; now you can use Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini on one device. Only one of those services tries to give you what you...
Research by British telecommunications provider O2 has found that seven in ten Britons (71 percent) would like to take revenge on scammers who have tried to trick them or their loved ones. At the same time, however, one in two people does not want to waste their time on it....
OpenAI recently introduced SimpleQA, a new benchmark for evaluating the factual accuracy of large language models (LLMs) that underpin generative AI (genAI). Think of it as a kind of SAT for genAI chatbots consisting of 4,326 questions across diverse domains such as...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly preparing to investigate Microsoft for potentially anticompetitive practices in its cloud computing division. This inquiry centers on whether Microsoft is abusing its market dominance by deploying restrictive licensing...
If you’re still trying to remember all of your passwords and then type ’em into sites by hand, let me tell you: You’re doing it wrong. With all the credentials we have to keep track of these days, there’s just no way the human brain can handle the task of storing the ...
One out of every five PCs shipped in the third quarter of 2024, a total of 13.3 million units, was a PC with a neural processing unit (NPU) fine-tuned for generative AI (genAI) development, according to data published Wednesday by analyst firm Canalys. It is anticipating a...
Thursday November 14, 2024. 07:07 PM
In a sign of the times, Apple’s key manufacturing partners are ready to ramp up production in the US should the incoming Trump administration keep its promise to levy painful surcharges on Chinese imports. But, of course, these new factories won’t necessarily create...
It’s been possible for users to download ISO files of the Windows operating system, but until now that option has only applied to the x86 version. Now it’s finally possible to download an ISO file of Windows 11 for computers with Arm-based chips from Microsoft’s...
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is laying off 4% of its global workforce, around 1,000 employees, as it pivots resources to developing AI-focused chips. This marks a strategic shift by AMD to challenge Nvidia’s lead in the sector. “As a part of aligning our resources with...
In response to the many ethical concerns surrounding the rise of generative artificial intelligence (genAI), including privacy, bias, and misinformation, many technology companies have started to work with AI ethicists, either on staff or as consultants. These professionals...
Time for a brutal truth any productivity connoisseur can confirm: At a certain point, once you’ve seen one note-taking app, you’ve kinda seen ’em all. I mean, sure: We’ve got some commendably compelling choices when it comes to note-taking apps on Android. And from...
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