If you haven’t read Joseph Heller’s masterpiece, Catch-22, I highly recommend you do. The Catch-22 in the novel is this: “A combat pilot was crazy by definition (he would have to be crazy to fly combat missions) and since army regulations stipulated that insanity was justification for grounding, a pilot could avoid flight duty by simply asking, but…
In the past month and a half, the Trump Administration has drastically reduced the federal government workforce. The cuts alone have generated concern and anger among workers and those who rely on US government services. Adding to the angst: a new concern that government employees could be fired by an algorithm, as engineers modify a…
OpenAI executives think the federal government should regulate artificial intelligence in the US, taking precedence over often more restrictive state regulations. In its contribution to a government consultation on AI regulation filed Thursday, the company also pointed to AI regulatory efforts in China as a threat to US developers — but then suggested that the…
Apple faces a renewed threat in the UK, where a new report from the top antitrust regulator says both it and Google are holding back innovation in the mobile browser market. By far, most of the criticism is being leveled at Apple. The final Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) inquiry report finds that Apple wields too much power. Not only…
Over the next few years, agentic AI is expected to bring not only rapid technological breakthroughs, but a societal transformation, redefining how we live, work and interact with the world. And this shift is happening quickly. “By 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024, enabling…
The new OpenAI challenger Manus is designed to create personalized solutions and provide detailed evaluations without any human intervention. shutterstock – QINQIE99 The next woulbe “OpenAI killer” is coming from China, after DeepSeek set out to dethrone the industry leader in 2024. The new artificial intelligence goes by the name of Manus and was developed…
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), backed by Elon Musk, has expanded the deployment of its custom AI-powered chatbot, GSAi, to approximately 1,500 government workers at the General Services Administration. The move signals a push for AI-driven efficiencies amid widespread layoffs, raising concerns over the use of automation to justify job cuts. Following a February…
Word has always been the workhorse app of the Microsoft Office suite. Nearly everyone who uses Office ends up using Word at some point, whether it be for writing memos, typing up agendas, creating reports, crafting business correspondence or any of a thousand other uses. Microsoft sells Office under two models: Individuals and businesses can…
Need to get up to speed on the latest features in Excel? Wrestling with an old version of Word? Finding your way around Windows 11 or looking to get more out of Windows 10? Computerworld’s cheat sheets are easy-to-use guides to help you navigate Microsoft’s core productivity software. Here’s a one-stop resource where you can…
Following widespread speculation about ongoing problems, Apple has announced that one of the key features of Apple Intelligence will be delayed — perhaps until 2026. The delay could harm Apple’s brand during a critical time for the tech industry. It remains unclear whether the company will be able to successfully manage its way through these choppy waters. What Apple…