With her claim that retailers are seeing high returns of Arm PCs, Intel interim CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus appears to be trying to scare buyers off the rival processor architecture. But enterprise buyers who look before they leap have little to fear. Speaking at Barclay’s annual technology conference late last week, Holthaus said “if you…
You can do a lot more with generative AI (genAI) in Google Sheets than get help writing spreadsheet formulas. Thanks to extensions such as Claude for Sheets, you can also do things like: Determine whether text sentiment is positive, negative, or neutral Classify text into categories Extract email addresses, phone numbers, and other entities from…
AI is everywhere, but from where I sit, there are some strong signals that suggest the road to AI Everywhere is going to be a long-distance endurance race, rather than a sprint. While these tools are seeing a lot of use since ChatGPT burst upon the scene, they are also generating lots of cost —…
Microsoft released 74 updates in its December Patch Tuesday update, with patches for Windows, Office and Edge — but none for Microsoft Exchange Server or SQL server. One zero-day (CVE-2024-49138) affecting how Windows desktops handle error logs requires a “Patch Now” warning, but the Office, Visual Studio and Edge patches can be added to your…
A new premium version of Google’s NotebookLM AI assistant is now available to Google Workspace customers. Google unveiled NotebookLM last year, initially under the name Project Tailwind, and began testing the AI-powered “notebook” with select users. NotebookLM lets users upload multiple documents and other sources — Google Docs, PDFs, audio files and web URLs, for instance — that…
Microsoft has announced Phi-4 — a new AI model with 14 billion parameters — designed for complex reasoning tasks, including mathematics. Phi-4 excels in areas such as STEM question-answering and advanced problem-solving, surpassing similar models in performance. Phi-4, part of the Phi small language models (SLMs), is currently available on Azure AI Foundry under the…
A new class action lawsuit alleges poor working conditions and “exploitive” behavior by AI data processing company Scale AI, saying that workers responsible for generating much of its product were mischaracterized by the company as independent contractors, rather than full employees. Scale AI’s core business centers on using human input to label and shape AI…
Apple has introduced significant improvements for enterprise IT admins in the newly-released iOS 18.2, including the power to manage the latest salvo of additional Apple Intelligence features and more. Here’s a swift look at what’s new. Giving you control of Apple Intelligence Apple’s approach to generative AI (genAI) is all about combining convenience with privacy. That means it has…
Apple has released iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, which means local language access to Apple Intelligence is now available to iPhone, Mac, and iPad users in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand. (They’ve had to set their language to US English to use these features until now; users will need to update…
Web browsers are essential for everything from business productivity to social media and online shopping. Whether you use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Brave, or something even more exotic, there’s a good chance your web browser is your most used Windows program. While operating-system-level Windows PC productivity tricks are certainly helpful, tab management tricks…