A few years ago, Microsoft HoloLens and Magic Leap promised a future of groundbreaking visual experiences that blend digital and real worlds. While the headsets were bulky, expensive, and proprietary — and, in fact, both products are dying slow deaths — the demos got the public used to the idea that the future of augmented…
As it stands to potentially lose ad revenue after being ruled a monopoly, and also to maintain an edge in the digital ad space as generative AI use soars, Google is purportedly now injecting ads into third party chatbot conversations. It’s not a surprising move, particularly given Google’s antitrust loss that could eventually lead to…
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Microsoft had an early software hit when it released Office for Windows 3.0 nearly 35 years ago. The graphical user interface got users away from command-line interfaces and into a new world of productivity. Since then, the company has kept up with the changing way people work. Office 365 (now Microsoft 365) was its adaptation…
Microsoft on Wednesday released a statement aimed at convincing global IT leaders, and particularly those in Europe, that it can still be trusted, but analysts in Europe said its statement was not persuasive. Much of the European nervousness comes from American tariffs and the inevitable responding tariffs from the European Union (EU). But the fears…
Zoho on Wednesday announced the addition of 10 AI-centric services and features within Zoho Creator, the company’s low code application development platform, that it said are part of its pledge to invest only in “AI capabilities that drive real-time, practical and secure benefits to business users.” The expanded offerings include CoCreator, the firm’s new AI…
I can still remember the first time I attended a press launch for a professional Mac – the January 1999 introduction of the Blue and White Power Mac G3, which Apple wanted the world to believe was faster than Intel PCs of similar clock speed. Today, Apple’s new professional Mac Studio absolutely devours any other…
Microsoft is worth roughly $1 trillion today, but that sky-high valuation didn’t come without a few train wrecks during its first 50 years. I’m not talking about smaller screwups like the brain-dead Clippy, Microsoft’s intrusive Office helper from 1995. Instead, I’m looking at the ones with major consequences that in some cases set Microsoft back…
Hey — have ya heard? Google’s got a simple-sounding but supremely useful new trick in the works for its homemade Pixel phones. Under-development code spotted in the latest Android beta reveals plans for adding a new double-tap gesture into future Pixel devices. It may or may not make the cut for the upcoming Android 16…
Yesterday, we looked at how tariffs might well make connected accessories more expensive and leave existing devices less secure as the companies that made them exit the market. Today, we discover why these accessories need to be protected and find out they can already be attacked. If nothing else, it should encourage any consumer or enterprise user…