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Apple’s Vision Pro enters a troubled market.I say troubled because people have so far largely rejected head-mounted devices. Though before the iPod arrived, the market didn’t care much for digital music players, and before the iPhone, people didn’t care much for...

Outlook’s Ribbon interface is great for finding everything you might ever want to do in the email, contacts, and calendaring program — particularly things you don’t do frequently, like using the mail merge feature.But if you’re looking to do common tasks fast, you’ll...

Just weeks after European Union (EU) Commissioner Thierry Breton put emphasis on Europe making its own chips, the EU has announced up to €8.1 billion in public funding for building microelectronics and communication technologies.The funding, which was planned by 14...

US lawmakers on Thursday introduced two bills related to artificial intelligence in the Senate as the proliferation of the technology continues to gather momentum after the launch of Microsoft-owned OpenAI’s generative AI driven ChatGPT and Google’s Bard.One of the...

Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscribers get more frequent software updates than those who have purchased Office without a subscription, which means subscribers have access to the latest features, security patches, and bug fixes. But it can be hard to keep track of...

Adobe’s latest product offering is Firefly, a generative-AI powered image maker that is designed to be “safe for commercial use” — so much so that Adobe is offering IP indemnification for any legal issues arising from its use.Adobe billed Firefly, which was released...

Vision Pro, Apple Silicon, Macs, new enterprise tools — and privacy protection were all among the many WWDC announcements Apple made this week.Introducing these protections, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president for  software engineering said: “We are focused...

Google has updated its hybrid work policy, cracking down on employees who aren’t consistently working from the office.In memos seen by reporters at The Verge and CNBC, Google said it will start tracking office badges to see how often workers are coming into the...

Joining the generative AI gold rush, Google last month announced plans to bring several AI-powered tools, collectively called Duet AI, to its Workspace office suite. These features will include automated project planning in Google Sheets, the ability to create images...

Apple Silicon, new Macs and the new Vision Pro were the hardware stars at this week's WWDC 2023, but IT professionals should know what’s new to make their lives easier and help them manage devices more effectively. Here's a brief survey of the important changes...

Cisco is adding new generative AI capabilities to its Webex collaboration platform, aimed at increasing productivity through automated meeting and conversation summaries.The new offerings, announced at the Cisco Live! customer event in Las Vegas on Wednesday, include...

If there's one question I hear more than any other here in the land o' Googley matters, it's how to grant oneself the invaluable gift of better battery life on Android.Hey, we all struggle with stamina some days. Our favorite phones are no different.Here's the good...