Apple’s recently announced partnership with Dassault Systemés shows the Vision Pro as the cutting-edge enterprise solution it has become, but business users will want to ensure these devices can be managed like the rest of their critical IT infrastructure. Apple responded to this recently when it introduced the tools device management vendors could use to deploy their…
Chinese cloud provider Alibaba has released four versions of its video-generation AI model as open source, allowing users to download and run them for free on capable PCs. The Wan2.1 text-to-video model “excels at generating realistic visuals by accurately handling complex movements, enhancing pixel quality, adhering to physical principles, and optimizing the precision of instruction…
The CEO of Signal said Tuesday that the service will leave Sweden rather than comply with a rule that will require vendors to capture all secure messages and save a plain text copy, in case authorities later want to subpoena that data, . But the issue goes far beyond one secure messaging company and one…
Switching to Windows 11? You’re not alone. With the clock ticking down to Windows 10’s end-of-support date in October, professionals around the globe are making plans — and lots of them are making the upgrade to Windows 11. Some parts of Windows 11 can seem downright alien at first — especially that new taskbar, which…
Ahem: I have two separate confessions to make, both equally embarrassing. Confession #1 is that I love email. I’m totally not kidding, either. It’s about as uncool of a thing as possible to adore, I realize — I mean, everyone hates their inbox, right? For me, though, email is a brilliant communication system. It’s a…
Proposed cuts at a key US government agency will likely mean the demise of CHIPS Act funding, which could effectively end the program and undermine efforts to reshore semiconductor manufacturing and research to the US. Axios and Bloomberg on Tuesday reported that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to cut 497 jobs…
Atlassian’s Trello project management tool has received a facelift with features designed to organize meetings and ideas in a cohesive manner. The new features include an inbox, a planner, and a mix of add-ons and generative AI (genAI) tools to help customers summarize emails, organize meetings, and quickly sort through the barrage of pop-ups appearing in…
According to the World Economic Forum’s recent Future of Jobs Report, 39% of workers’ existing skillsets will become outdated by 2030 due to economic uncertainty, the rise of generative AI (genAI) and rapid technological change. Skillsets related to genAI, networks and cybersecurity, and technological literacy are now among the fastest growing and highest in-demand skills sought…
Whether you’re a professional writer or someone who dreads having to compose documents or emails for your job, the potential of AI assistance for your writing tasks is appealing. Powered by Gemini, Google’s generative AI platform, the Help Me Write tool in Google Docs and Gmail can write long passages of text that are reasonably…
US feds are reportedly investigating a $32 million deal inked by CrowdStrike with a government reseller to provide cybersecurity tools for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — products the agency never used and said it didn’t even purchase. On the last day of Q3 2023, the security giant signed a contract with top government software…