Windows 12 and the coming AI chip war
For more than a year, we’ve been hearing rumors that Windows 12, the next major release for Microsoft’s venerated operating system, could be coming as soon as 2024. As always, Microsoft has refused to confirm…
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How Apple TV just became a Zoom meeting solution for SMEs
Deploying a conference room for hybrid meetings can be costly if you’re a small to midsize enterprise (SME), but the price potentially plummets as online meeting provider Zoom joins Webex in launching a new Apple…
Meta releases open-source tools for AI safety
Meta has introduced Purple Llama, a project dedicated to creating open-source tools for developers to evaluate and boost the trustworthiness and safety of generative AI models before they are used publicly. Meta emphasized the need…
Attacks against personal data are up 300%, Apple warns
It’s been another bad week in security. Not only do we learn that so-called “friendly” governments are quietly requesting surveillance data concerning push notifications, but Apple tells us more than 2.6 billion personal records have already been…
Dutch chip equipment maker ASM to invest $324M in new Arizona headquarters
Dutch provider of key semiconductor technology ASM International is expanding its operations in Arizona with plans to invest $324 million over five years to build a new headquarters in Scottsdale. The state-of-the-art facility will focus…
Spanish media’s $600M suit against Meta is based on GDPR noncompliance
Facebook parent company Meta is facing yet another legal challenge over user privacy, as a Spanish media company representing top media outlets in the country is suing the social media giant for $600 million for…
Twilio sheds jobs in third round of layoffs
Cloud communications company Twilio is planning to reduce its workforce by 5%, marking its third significant reduction in staff numbers. Twilio is making cuts mainly in the sales teams for its consumer data and contact…
Apple secures WebKit as global ransomware attacks surge
If nothing else, Apple’s most recent emergency security update should be considered proof of an increasingly tense security environment. Enterprises must understand that while Apple maintains a pretty solid ecosystem — certainly at present the…
Here’s what AWS revealed about its generative AI strategy at re:Invent 2023
At AWS’ annual re:Invent conference this week, CEO Adam Selipsky and other top executives announced new services and updates to attract burgeoning enterprise interest in generative AI systems and take on rivals including Microsoft, Oracle,…
Smartphone shipments are on the rise, buoyed by 5G, iOS devices: IDC
Mobile phone sales are rising, showing improvement in fourth quarter shipments despite an overall decline in 2023, according to the newly released International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Notably, iPhones have performed…