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Box unveils new AI-powered content portal Box Hubs
Cloud content-management company Box has unveiled Box Hubs — AI-powered intelligent portals designed to make it easy to organize, curate and publish content with internal teams and external partners.The announcement was made today at Box’s annual BoxWorks conference...
California’s Apple-backed Right to Repair Act is the future of tech
Apple surprised us all when it pivoted to support California’s Right to Repair Act, which was signed into law this week. The SB 244 Act, which comes into effect on July 1, 2024, seems likely to have an international effect.Making iThings last longer The newly minted...
AMD to acquire Nod.ai to boost open source AI software capabilities
The acquisition is expected to help AMD compete better against chipmaker Nvidia.
Google used Microsoft’s monopoly playbook to crush Bing — now Microsoft cries foul
The US Department of Justice’s antitrust suit against Google has a familiar ring to those who remember a similar suit against Microsoft 25 years ago. In both cases, the government claimed the companies illegally used their monopolies to kill competition, maintain...
Why are OpenAI, Microsoft and others looking to make their own chips?
As demand for generative AI technology grows, chip shortages are not the main reason behind developing custom silicon, experts say.
PC shipments remain in decline, but generative AI could reverse the trend: IDC
PC shipments continued to decline during the third quarter of 2023, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.In its latest report, the tech market research firm said that global shipments declined 7.6% year over year, with 68.2 million...
Microsoft targets skills gap with new AI-powered Skills in Viva
Microsoft has unveiled new AI-powered capabilities for its employee experience platform, Viva, designed to help identify skills gaps within an organization’s existing workforce and upskill employees.Called Skills in Viva, the new service pulls information from...
When will Apple open its first African retail store?
Apple takes emerging markets seriously. As the tech giant seeks to build foundations from which to achieve future growth, it is taking position in those markets.Just look at the rollout.Since 2019 — even during COVID — Apple has continued to expand the number of...
You’re never too old to start a business
I'm not getting any younger, but my tiny little business, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates, is still going strong after over 30 years, even though I'm well past retirement age. My retirement plan, as I like to tell people, is to fall over, gracefully, into my...
You’re never too old to start a business
I'm not getting any younger, but my tiny little business, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates, is still going strong after over 30 years, even though I'm well past retirement age. My retirement plan, as I like to tell people, is to fall over, gracefully, into my...
You’re never too old to start a business
I'm not getting any younger, but my tiny little business, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates, is still going strong after over 30 years, even though I'm well past retirement age. My retirement plan, as I like to tell people, is to fall over, gracefully, into my...
You’re never too old to start a business
I'm not getting any younger, but my tiny little business, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates, is still going strong after over 30 years, even though I'm well past retirement age. My retirement plan, as I like to tell people, is to fall over, gracefully, into my...