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Loading... * Home LATEST ARTICLES April 01, 2024 KILL MEETINGS (BEFORE MEETINGS KILL YOUR COMPANY) Meetings have been problematic for decades. They’re often used as a catch-all solution to unresolved problems. And a chronic lack of meeting discipline means that, for all the time spent getting people together, little is accomplished.Now, in a post-pandemic remote work world, where hybrid work and flex work are common, meetings are turning into someth... April 01, 2024 MCDONALD'S SERVES UP A MASTER CLASS IN HOW NOT TO EXPLAIN A SYSTEM OUTAGE The global outage that last month prevented McDonald's from accepting payments prompted the company to release a lengthy statement that should serve as a master class in how not to report an IT problem. It was vague, misleading and yet the company used language that still allowed many of the technical details to be figured out. (You know you... March 28, 2024 AMAZON INVESTS $2.75 BILLION MORE IN OPENAI RIVAL ANTHROPIC Amazon has announced it is investing $2.75 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the AI startup to $4 billion, as initially announced. In September last year, Amazon had invested an initial tranche of $1... March 28, 2024 SOFTWARE VENDORS DUMP OPEN SOURCE, GO FOR THE CASH GRAB Essentially, all software is built using open source. By Synopsys' count, 96% of all codebases contain open-source software.Lately, though, there's been a very disturbi... March 29, 2024 REPORT: SCALE CUTS OFF SUBSIDIARY’S REMOTE WORKERS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES Scale AI, the data processing company that advertises itself as a way to train generative AI on higher-quality information, has apparently shut down access to its platform in several countries, leaving gig workers in the lurch.The company, which does much of its data processing through a subsidiary call... March 29, 2024 APPLE WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE ITS DMA COMPLIANCE With WWDC 2024 now set, Apple continues to work on bringing itself more in line with US government demands. What we don’t know yet is... March 29, 2024 AI IS ON A FAST TRACK, BUT HYPE AND IMMATURITY COULD DERAIL IT The marketing hype surrounding AI broadly — and generative AI (genAI) more specifically — is becoming tiresome. You can't open an article or watch a news video without running into at least a reference to it. We may be approaching the point at which we stop breathlessly extolling its virtues (and dreading some of its outcomes).The hype is so extreme ... March 29, 2024 WHY EVEN HYBRID RTO MANDATES ARE HURTING OVERALL JOB SATISFACTION Though most companies have settled on return-to-office (RTO) policies now that COVID-19 is no longer considered a global health emergency, many continue to adjust their practices, often to the detriment of their workforce.Several workforce surveys over the ... March 28, 2024 MICROSOFT’S COPILOT AI SET TO OPERATE LOCALLY ON FUTURE PCS, SAYS INTEL Microsoft’s Copilot AI could soon run locally on PCs rather than relying on the cloud.Intel told Tom’s Hardware that the chatbot could ru... March 28, 2024 IF YOU GET AN UNEXPECTED CALL FROM APPLE SUPPORT, YOU’RE BEING HACKED Have you ever had an unexpected direct phone call from Apple support? I have not, and if you do ever receive one, you probably aren’t talking to Apple. The company says you should immediately hang up.“If you get an unsolicited or suspicious phone call from someone claiming to be from Apple or Apple Support, just hang up,” the March 27, 2024 WWDC 2024: YES, WE LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES Apple has a lot to prove at WWDC 2024. Not only must it fend off the negative attention it has been picking up from regulators,... March 27, 2024 16 HANDY HIDDEN TRICKS FOR GOOGLE MAPS ON ANDROID Who doesn't love Google Maps? The Maps Android app helps those of us with oatmeal for brains find our way anywhere, without having to fire any neurons or exercise any synapses. It even helps us find places to pick up tasty cuisine — l... March 27, 2024 WILL A GOOGLE-APPLE DEAL KILL MICROSOFT’S AI DOMINANCE? Microsoft is sitting on top of the world right now, thanks to its lead in AI. It’s the most valuable company on the planet, with a valuation of more than $3.2 trillion. Its rise was rocket-fueled by its investor relationship with OpenAI, the co... March 26, 2024 WINDOWS IS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT AFTER MICROSOFT AI RESHUFFLE Microsoft is reuniting management of its Windows operating system and its Surface devices, as the leader of its Windows and Web Experiences team has quit his current role and may leave the company.The move is one of the repercussions of Microsoft’s appointment of a former Google artificial intelligence (AI) leader to run its new AI division.Mikh... March 26, 2024 APPLE USES AI TO BOOST RECYCLING EFFORTS, TIM COOK CONFIRMS The challenge to build a more sustainable enterprise is high on the business agenda these days, in part to meet government-mandated climate goals, in part because consumers demand it, and — perhaps — simply because turning a business into a sustainable business is the right thing to do.Businesses are taking a multitude of approaches to becoming more ... March 26, 2024 Q&A: UDEMY ONLINE EDUCATION EXEC ON TECH LAYOFFS AND SKILLS NEEDS With companies shifting gears when it comes to the skills they want in new hires and current employees, online education providers are quickly compiling lists of generative AI (genAI) courses to meet demand.While there are still more tech job openings t... March 25, 2024 EUROPE WILL INVESTIGATE APPLE’S COMPLIANCE WITH DMA Perhaps seeking to grab the limelight from the Department of Justice’s ludicrously articulated antitrust suit against Apple, the European Commission this morning March 25, 2024 MOST IN-DEMAND SKILLS FOR 2024 — HINT, GENAI IS AT THE TOP The adoption of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has shuffled the list of top skills businesses want from professionals in 2024, according to a new job site study and education industry data.Far from replacing workers, genAI appears poised to transform the way technologists and others work, allowing them to focus more on creative tasks such as ... March 22, 2024 EXPERTS SEE 'NO MERIT' TO DOJ ANTITRUST FIGHT WITH APPLE “I’m telling you there is no merit to this case,” said Mad Money host Jim Cramer in reaction to the March 22, 2024 A HIDDEN NEW TWIST TO A TOP ANDROID CHROME TRICK Hey. You. Yes, you — the one there with the moist eyeballs, staring at this suspiciously smudgy screen.I want to let you in on a little secret. It's technically a two-part secret, as the first part is something incredibly useful that hardly anyone realizes is possible — and the second part is a completely new twist on that ... © 2024. All Rights Reserved.