Admins see snags as macOS Sonoma 14.4 hits Macs
There appear to be a couple of snags in the latest iteration of macOS Sonoma that are upsetting to Apple admins: Some USB hubs are no longer recognized by the Mac and a popular command…
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The EU browser wars have begun as Apple opens up
Now that Apple has opened up choice to third-party browsers as part of its efforts to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, we can expect a new focus on browser market share in the…
New AI copyright lawsuit targets Nvidia
Three authors, Abdi Nazemian, Brian Keene, and Stewart O’Nan, are part of a new copyright infringement lawsuit against Nvidia, the latest such suit to challenge generative AI providers’ reliance on the “fair use” doctrine to…
Why should Apple trust Epic Games?
(Editor’s note: On March 8, 2024, two days after this post appeared, Apple reinstated Epic’s developer account.) Citing the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Union (EU) has requested “further explanations” from Apple regarding its…
AIs may be better at prompt optimization than humans
With prompt engineers among the workers most in demand in the wake of generative AI’s arrival in the enterprise, it was inevitable that someone would investigate whether their role, too, could be automated, or at…
Sam Altman’s pledges about AI responsibility don’t mean much — experts
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, filed last week in California state court, accuses the defendants of forgetting core parts of OpenAI’s stated mission to develop useful and non-harmful artificial general intelligence. Altman…
Anthropic gives its flagship generative AI models a facelift
One of the hottest startups in the generative AI (genAI) market, Anthropic, has updated its flagship models to a new 3.0 standard, bringing improvements across a range of common tasks and faster processing speeds. The…
Return-to-office initiatives or stealth layoffs? Why not both?
The business environment is better than ever, but that isn’t stopping many tech companies from laying off employees. At the same time, numerous other organizations — often poorly run ones — insist remote workers return…
EC to grill Meta on Facebook ‘subscription for no ads’ plan
The European Commission (EC) on Friday said it needs more information from Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta to assess its compliance with applicable privacy and security laws in the European Union (EU). The EC,…
Eight European consumer watchdogs file complaints over Meta’s data processing
Eight European consumer organizations have filed complaints against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of breaching the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with its so-called “pay-or-consent” policy and opaque internal policies. The organizations are all…