The whole world was watching when legendary Apple CEO Steve Jobs launched the iconic iPhone in 2007. Mobile was the future. Apple knew it (and rebranded itself to reflect it). And Nokia had a fight on its hands. So, what did Nokia think about the iPhone launch? Now we know. Nokia, at one time the world’s…
Demand for generative AI (genAI) courses is surging, passing all other tech skills courses and spanning fields from data science to cybersecurity, project management, and marketing. Coursera, in its fourth annual Job Skills Report, says demand for genAI-trained employees has spiked by 866% over the past year leading to strong interest in online learning. Over…
Enterprise computers are often the ugly ducklings of the PC world, viewed as dull, slow and less feature-rich than their consumer counterparts. But vendors at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show launched a selection of business machines (alongside their consumer offerings) hoping to capitalize on the rise of generative AI (genAI). Despite the focus on AI…
Smart glasses attracted a lot of attention at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, with a range of devices on display that combine lightweight frames with functionality such as heads-up displays and AI-powered assistants. These contrast with the mixed-reality headsets that created a buzz early in 2024, including Meta’s Quest 3 and Apple’s Vision Pro – both of which are much heavier devices designed…
Audits are never fun — whether you’re talking about a tax audit, energy audit, or industry compliance audits. But they’re necessary. And when it comes to mobile device management (MDM) deployments, they’re extra important, because mobile devices are endpoints that can expose your company to the security dangers and risk letting corporate data leak out….
Microsoft plans to force-install its new Outlook client on Windows 10 computers in conjunction with a new security update being released Feb. 11, according to Bleeping Computer. The change affects Microsoft 365 users and the new Outlook client will run alongside the classic Outlook app. It will not change a user’s default settings or any configurations….
On the day the UK government confirms an AI future for the country (we’ll see how that goes), Apple’s App Store pricing model has gone on trial in London. Apple is accused of overcharging consumers for software sold via the App Store in a £1.5 billion class-action lawsuit bought by Rachael Kent-Aitken on behalf of 20 million UK consumers….
Adobe has unveiled a new Firefly “bulk create” feature that lets content designers make changes to thousands of images once, automating actions such as resizing assets and replacing backgrounds at scale. Up to 10,000 JPG or PNG images can uploaded to the Firefly Bulk Create tool and accessed via the Firefly browser app. Users can…
The next wave of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is already under way, as AI agents — AI applications that can function independently and execute complex workflows with minimal or limited direct human oversight — are being rolled out across the tech industry. Unlike a large language model (LLM) or generative AI (genAI) tools, which usually…
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said his decision to reduce his team’s weekly hours working on WordPress by 99% , from 4,000 hours to 45 hours, was designed to pressure WP Engine to drop its lawsuit against Mullenweg and Automattic “They don’t actually make WordPress. They just resell it,” Mullenweg told Computerworld Friday evening. “If what…