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Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI — right idea, wrong messenger
The ongoing legal tit-for-tat between Elon Musk and OpenAI highlights a serious issue: whether AI technology will be used for good or ill.
Why should Apple trust Epic Games?
Do you find it easy to do business with companies that have broken promises and lobbied against your company? Would you even try?
The first EU app stores for iPhones explore new business models
In a galaxy far, far away from the ongoing Apple/Epic spat, the first two announced third-party European app stores show two interesting business proposals.
AR got its ‘killer app’: GenAI
Generative artificial intelligence puts the 'smart' in smart glasses. Here’s why your face is the best place for AI.
Why are CIOs who anticipate the future rarely allowed to do anything about it?
Wall Street’s obsession with quarterly earnings has made it extraordinarily difficult for most enterprises to spend on long-term investments, or even mid-term investments.
The MacBook Air — better for business?
With Apple Silicon, we have to get used to Apple offering significant product upgrades for Macs; the M3 MacBook Air is just what most mobile employees need.
Return-to-office initiatives or stealth layoffs? Why not both?
Dell has recently been accused of forcing people to quit by requiring them to return to the office unnecessarily. It’s far from the only company to use this tactic.
The food delivery driver identification dilemma
Ever use one of those mobile food delivery apps — only to realize your delivery person isn't who you expected? There's a lesson here about identity, authentication, and what happens when the best laid tech plan meets human beings.
The economics of job cuts; why layoffs continue
It’s important for tech workers to realize that, despite a booming economy in the US, they should still prepare for the possibility of being laid off.
What to do with your Vision Pro
If you’ve got one of Apple’s Vision Pro headsets, you should be exploring what feeds the emerging ecosystem rather than sitting back watching wall-sized TV.
Microsoft, OpenAI move to fend off genAI-aided hackers — for now
But the fast-evolving technology is already being used to supercharge more tried-and-true attack methods like spear phishing and social engineering.
Killing VMware
Ever since Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware last November, customers have been navigating the fallout — and they're not happy.
Apple’s Vision Pro isn’t a full-fledged Mac replacement — yet
Though Apple is touting its high-tech headset as the world’s first 'spatial computing' platform, for most people it’s more like a technologically advanced proof of concept.
The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates
If you force employees to commute and work in an office every day, you can expect to lose your best employees.
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Microsoft fixes two zero-days with Patch Tuesday release
Microsoft pushed out 73 updates in February's Patch Tuesday release, including fixes for two actively exploited zero-day flaws in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange.
Microsoft and the Taylor Swift genAI deepfake problem
The faked images of singer Taylor Swift that showed up online are likely just the beginning of a coming swarm of deepfakes. Don’t look to Microsoft to do much about the problem.
Will employees bow down to stricter RTO policies?
Or is the trend to remote work here to stay — and perhaps even expand over time?
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