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Microsoft faces EU antitrust probe for bundling Teams with M365
Microsoft is facing an antitrust probe in Europe for bundling Teams with Microsoft 365.The European Commission — the executive arm of the European Union that governs regulations for its 27 member nations — said it is looking into a complaint that claimed Microsoft’s...
Generative AI could be a critical tool for the visually impaired
Internet accessibility can be a major problem for the visually challenged. If a website doesn’t support screen readers, visitors with sight problems have to get help from someone else to use the site.Given that most businesses or organizations, from healthcare to...
Apple (un)officially calls ‘Action’ on iPhone 15 rumor season
Apple appears to have slipped in hints of a new feature in the latest beta of iOS 17 released this week — a new solid state Action Button. The multi-function button would replace the existing mute switch and is thought to be one of the marquee features coming to the...
Is generative AI mightier than the law?
Generative AI, led by Microsoft and Microsoft-backed OpenAI, has turned into what seems an unstoppable juggernaut. Since OpenAI released an early demo of its generative AI tool ChatGPT less than eight months ago, the technology has seemingly taken over the tech...
Major generative AI players join to create the Frontier Model Forum
Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic will be the founding members of the Frontier Model Forum, an umbrella group for the generative AI industry. The group plans to focus on safety research, as well as the identification of best practices, public policy, and use...
Was Steve Jobs right about this?
Perhaps Steve Jobs was right to limit the amount of time he let his children use iPhones and iPads — a tradition Apple maintains with its Screen Time tool, which lets parents set limits on device use. Now, an extensive UNESCO report suggests that letting kids spend...
New monday.com data infrastructure to speed platform performance
Work management company monday.com has announced the initial rollout of its new mondayDB data infrastructure, built to underpin the company’s Work OS platform and help boost customers’ usage of the system.Described by the company as having a schemaless architecture —...
How the Google Pixel Fold could make every Android device better
When you talk about Google's Pixel Fold, it's tough not to focus mostly on the phone's form.I mean, this is a device whose screen folds in half, for cryin' out loud! It may not be the first Android phone to feature that feat, but still: It's without a doubt the...
Companies that trialed a 4-day workweek continue to reduce time on the clock
Companies that participated in a four-day workweek experiment have further reduced the amount of time employees are on the clock six months after the study’s end. The companies also continue to see increased productivity and benefits, according to new data from the...
White House promises on AI regulation called ‘vague’ and ‘disappointing’
The "voluntary commitments" from seven leading AI tech companies to help limit safety, security, and trust risks associated with their ever-evolving technologies aren't worth the paper they could have been written on, according to tech industry experts.On Friday, US...
It’s time to break the ChatGPT habit
ChatGPT is the first artificial intelligence (AI) brand to go mainstream and it was the fastest-growing tech product ever. The brand returns more than three million results on Google News Search. Late-night TV talk show hosts mention ChatGPT by name — and their...
Drive cloning in Windows 10 and 11
Cloning a PC drive comes in handy for a variety of reasons, but primarily when you want to replace one drive on a PC with another that is either bigger or faster than the original drive, if not both.Such a cloning operation becomes critical on Windows PCs when the...