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Download the January 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.
Download the January 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.
The trouble with virtual assistants is that they’re just so darn needy. Specifically, they need to be told exactly what to do. They sit around doing nothing until explicitly directed. They don’t take any initiative. They’re, for lack of a better word, lazy. Science fiction writers, industry prognosticators, and techno-futurists like me have been predicting…
Tech press-landi and the tech blogosphere were abuzz last week with news that both Apple, the company that makes the iPhone, and Meta, the company that makes everybody on Facebook confront a daily flood of horrible AI-generated slop, are making full-size, humanoid robots. The trouble is, they’re not doing that. Here’s what’s really happening. Don’t…
Apple has been accused of spying on its employees in a lawsuit filed in a California court. Among other things, the company is alleged to control staffers’ personal devices and iCloud accounts and requires employees to install special software that allows the tech giant to access their email, image library, and other information. Apple reportedly…
Microsoft released 74 updates in its December Patch Tuesday update, with patches for Windows, Office and Edge — but none for Microsoft Exchange Server or SQL server. One zero-day (CVE-2024-49138) affecting how Windows desktops handle error logs requires a “Patch Now” warning, but the Office, Visual Studio and Edge patches can be added to your…
Apple’s Safari browser has a really useful password management feature, which is now also available as a standalone app called Passwords. If you’ve ever taken a look at it, you may have seen a section called Security Recommendations where you’ll find a collection of all the accounts and passwords that might have been compromised. If you haven’t…
Apple is a hot property, and the big banks all want a chance to grab a piece of the action now that Goldman Sachs has decided to leave retail banking behind. We’ve entered the “breaking it down for parts” stage of deal-making now, with banks bidding for both financial network access provision and to be the…