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Enrollments for federal low-income Internet subsidy program to end
A US government program that subsidizes fees for Internet service for low-income households will stop taking enrollments Thursday and could shut down by April, leaving people who depend on the service for remote employment without a way to pay for broadband access.The...
Cisco Webex comes to Apple’s Vision Pro
Cisco has joined Zoom and Microsoft Teams with the official introduction of its business-grade video conferencing solution for Apple’s recently introduced Vision Pro. The company officially announced the rollout at Cisco Live in Amsterdam, though the app is available...
When a customer gets defrauded, should the enterprise reimburse?
The New York Attorney General’s decision to sue Citibank last week for failing to reimburse customers who'd been victimized by fraud raised some interesting issues for business that go beyond just Citibank. Specificially, when should a customer be reimbursed for fraud...
How — and why — to upskill your employees
Technology is evolving faster than ever, and the skills that technologists use in their work are advancing just as fast. “For example, a third of the skills data scientists were using five years ago are now obsolete, and those skills have been replaced by newer and...
Apple has eye on building bigger genAI data sets
Apple is beginning to act on its generative AI (genAI) plans. Machine vision intelligence at scale generates huge quantities of data. Not all of that data should exist, so how does one ensure the information that is being used and conceivably stored is appropriate, of...
How to make a Windows 10 or 11 image backup
When things go wrong with Windows, as they sometimes will, nothing ensures a faster or easier return to normal than restoring a recent image backup.To that end, I back up my production PCs at 9 a.m. every day. That means that I’ll never lose more than a day’s work if...
Tim Cook brings Apple’s GenAI plans into the light
Apple CEO Tim Cook turned speculation concerning his company’s future plans for generative AI into expectations, saying the company plans to announce new features before the end of 2024.He confirmed that Apple is putting “tremendous amount of time and effort” into the...
How to use the new genAI template tool in Google Sheets
Need ideas or motivation to help you build a spreadsheet in Google Sheets? You can browse through the templates that are included in this office app and select one to customize. But a more intriguing option is to use a new generative AI tool in Sheets, called Help Me...
Vision Pro’s killer feature? It’s a wearable Mac
It’s really important to remember that the new Vision Pro, unlike other mixed-reality headseta, isn’t limited to entertainment and gaming. Compared to rivals, the device’s killer app is actually productivity.That is, after all, perhaps why Apple CEO Tim Cook told...
Q&A: How Thomson Reuters used genAI to enable a citizen developer workforce
Over the past three decades, Thomson Reuters has relied on artificial intelligence (AI) to help its clients — and its own employees — sift through troves of digital documents to discover those most relevant to the issue at hand.But when generative AI (genAI) burst...
Latest US alert on Chinese companies sparks supply chain concerns
Raising supply chain concerns, the US Department of Defense has unveiled a new list of Chinese companies alleged to have ties to the country's military.Notable entities on this list include Yangtze Memory Technologies Company (YMTC), a major memory chip manufacturer,...
Generative AI boosts cloud revenue for Microsoft, Google
Microsoft and Google, who saw cloud revenue slow in recent quarters, are reporting a resurgence of growth due to the proliferation of generative AI (genAI).Both companies on Tuesday reported revenue numbers for the final quarter of 2023.“Google Cloud has left behind...