Enterprise IT leaders are becoming uncomfortably aware that generative AI (genAI) technology is still a work in progress and buying into it is like spending several billion dollars to participate in an alpha test— not even a beta test, but an early alpha, where coders can barely keep up with bug reports. For people who remember the…
Amazon recently unveiled a new warehouse robot that can “feel,” according to the company. Called the Vulcan robot, the two-armed beast is already working in Amazon fulfillment centers in Spokane, WA, and Hamburg, Germany, where it’s handled more than half a million orders. The Vulcan’s sense of touch comes from force-sensitive grippers and sensors on its joints,…
AI agents will fundamentally change the value of content and the way people work with data and files, said Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, during a Wednesday webcast that was part of the company’s Content+AI Virtual Summit. The traditional approach to managing content is fundamentally changing with AI, Levie said. Over the last two decades,…
Chrome users are advised to update their browser immediately to fix a critical vulnerability that is being exploited to launch account takeover attacks. In some environments, this could even give attackers the ability to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). The recently-reported vulnerability, one of four fixed in a Wednesday update, is tracked as CVE-2025-4664 and affects…
Zoho has announced Zoho Payments as a unified payment platform for US businesses, aimed at helping CIOs streamline financial operations with enterprise-grade security and scalability. Fully integrated with Zoho’s ecosystem — including Zoho Books and CRM — Zoho Payments supports card and ACH transactions across 135+ currencies, according to a company statement. “Businesses need a…
OpenAI is introducing two new AI models, GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini, to ChatGPT. The GPT-4.1 model will be available to paying subscribers on the ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team plans. The GPT-4.1 mini model, meanwhile, will be made available free of charge to all ChatGPT service users. With the introduction of the new models, OpenAI…
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have restricted data brokers from selling US citizens’ personal and financial information. The decision, announced Wednesday in the Federal Register, marks a significant reversal in consumer privacy protection efforts and raises serious concerns about the security of sensitive personal data.
Microsoft faces more legal action in the UK, this time from a barrister named Alexander Wolfson who issued an opt-out class action claim this week alleging that public or private organizations in the UK that purchased certain software licenses (including for Microsoft Office and Windows) since October 1, 2015, were overcharged due to Microsoft’s market…
Despite the numerous advantages working from home offers employees, enterprises, and the environment, many bosses struggle with the concept and want to see their staff back in the office as often as possible. (So does US President Donald J. Trump.) Trust is good, control is better? If company bosses can’t get workers back to the…
Ever since Donald J. Trump was re-elected president, we’ve witnessed a disheartening spectacle: big tech companies bending their knees to him, hoping to get him to kill antitrust actions against them and defend them from European Union rules and fines. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder and Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar…