Killing VMware
When Broadcom bought VMware for $69 billion last November, we knew there would be changes. What we didn’t know is that Broadcom’s radical changes would leave partners and customers alike questioning their commitment to VMware….
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Apple’s iMessage gains industry-leading quantum security
Apple is preparing for future threats to iMessage by introducing upgraded encryption for its messaging service by using quantum computers. Think of it as state-of-the-art quantum security for messaging at scale, the company says, resulting…
The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates
We all know by now that many business leaders want their employees to work in the office instead of at home. But most don’t understand why. And we know that many employees want to work…
Microsoft fixes two zero-days with Patch Tuesday release
Microsoft on Tuesday released 73 updates in its monthly Patch Tuesday release, addressing issues in Microsoft Exchange Server and Adobe and two zero-day flaws being actively exploited in Microsoft Outlook (CVE-2024-21410) and Microsoft Exchange (CVE-2024-21413)….
Microsoft and Google invest in AI in Europe
Google parent company Alphabet and Microsoft have both announced huge investments in artificial intelligence in Western Europe this week, likely to get ahead of proposed European Union AI regulations likely to be introduced in April….
EU’s AI Act wins fresh backing ahead of April vote
European Union (EU) legislation that would set guardrails for the use and development of AI technology appears to be on a clear path toward ratification as two key groups of legislators in the EU Parliament…
Australia’s new ‘right to disconnect’ law includes jail time — for now
A new Australian law includes a “right to disconnect” that would give employees the right to seek an order from the government barring their employers from requiring them to respond to emails or phone calls…
Sam Altman wants to raise trillions of dollars for AI chip initiative
After disrupting the AI industry by launching ChatGPT, OpenAI’s Chief Executive Officer, Sam Altman, is now looking to reimagine the global semiconductor industry. Alrman hopes to do that by raising $5 trillion to $7 trillion to…
Apple improves iCloud for Windows, kills iTunes
If you use Windows for work and an iPhone for everything else, you should know that Apple has changed iCloud for Windows and no longer offers iTunes for the platform — though none of your…
Google throws down the gauntlet with Gemini — its multimodal genAI engine
Google on Thursday announced it has reconstructed and renamed its Bard chatbot — now called Gemini — to offer enterprises and consumers the industry’s first multimodal generative AI (genAI) platform that no longer relies only on text to provide human-like responses….