Mozilla has decided to launch a challenger to Gmail called Thundermail. The upstart is a web-based email service based on the open-source project Stalwart, according to technology site Thurrott. The plan is to eventually add support for calendar and contacts to Thundermail, but when that would happen remains to be seen. Alongside the new email…
Windows 11 does a lot under the hood to speed up a PC’s performance. The same PC will generally run faster on Windows 11 than Windows 10. But no matter how zippy your Windows 11 may be, it can run faster. And keep in mind that PCs tend to slow down over time, and you…
If you are among the rapidly-growing number of Mac users in the enterprise, you should know that Apple’s newly-released macOS Sequoia 15.4 is festooned with security updates, brings support for Apple Intelligence across most major languages (including to Europe), and introduces new AI tools for the app you most likely use every day, Mail. Those new tools…
Generative AI’s newest super stars — independent-acting agents — are on a tear. Organizations are adopting the technology at a staggering rate because they can use APIs or be embedded with standard apps and automate all kinds of business processes. An IDC report predicts that within three years, 40% of Global 2000 businesses will be…
Sales of foldable mobile phones are expected to fall by 4% this year compared to 2024, according to a new forecast by research firm Counterpoint. If the forecast comes true, it would be the biggest decline to date for the category. But those numbers could rise again as soon as 2026; Apple is rumored to…
CIOs should prepare for a 76.4% rise in global generative AI (genAI) spending this year, driven by improved foundational models and growing demand, according to a Gartner research report released today. Organizations are expected to spend $644 billion worldwide on genAI projects despite high failure rates among early projects, the lion’s share of which will…
A team that included researchers at a US bank says it has created a protocol that can generate certified truly random numbers, opening the possibility that current generation quantum computers can be used for secure applications in finance, cryptography, cybersecurity, and privacy. However, an industry analyst is cautious. “The JPMorgan team’s findings are interesting, but…
The “Group of 7” (G7) nations are falling behind in key tech economic indicators such as high-tech exports, the number of software developers, and AI-related patent filings, endangering their future competitiveness, according to new study by London-based workforce consultancy SThree and the Center for Economics and Business Research (Cebr). In fact, not one G7 nation…
US Department of Government Efficiency tech advisor Edward Coristine previously ran a small infrastructure provider that offered services to a cybercriminal group, it has been alleged. While in high school in 2022 the then-16-year-old DOGE senior advisor ran a company called DiamondCDN that supported a website used by a cybercriminal group named ‘EGodly’, Reuters reported…
Google is beating the drum for Gemini 2.5, a new AI model that reportedly offers better performance than similar reasoning models from competitors such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Deepseek. Google calls it its “most intelligent AI model yet.” According to a post on The Keyword blog, Gemini 2.5 can, among other things, analyze information, draw…