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AI browsers including Perplexity Comet and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas present security risks that cannot be adequately mitigated, and enterprises should prevent employees using them, according to Gartner. “Gartner strongly recommends that organizations block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future because of the cybersecurity risks,” analysts Dennis Xu, Evgeny Mirolyubov, and John Watts wrote in a research note last week. They made their recommendation based on risks they had already identified, “and other potential risks that are yet to be discovered, given this is a very nascent technology.” The warning is timely, as AI browsers are already gaining a foothold [...]
For decades, macOS has been admired for stability and security — traits inherited from the BSD Unix underpinnings of Apple’s operating systems. Yet these same foundations now create friction for IT leaders trying to marry Apple’s strong local authentication model with the cloud-based identity providers (IdPs) that support single sign-on (SSO) and other key features of modern enterprise computing. “Platform SSO is Apple’s solution to bridge the gap between local desktop authentication and SSO for cloud apps,” said Weldon Dodd, a distinguished engineer at Iru (formerly Kandji), which sells identity and endpoint management software. Introduced in 2022, Platform SSO (PSSO) [...]
Where Apple is today, silicon has replaced design as the key differentiator on which the company’s success is built. Apple Silicon, the self-designed chips inside all its devices, give the company a core story around performance and energy consumption that means its products stand above much of the competition. Now Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior VP hardware technologies and the man who led development of Apple Silicon, has reportedly told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he intends to stand down. While I’m sure there’s a team of people ready to take his place, the timing — following a week of significant leadership changes — [...]
Windows 11 25H2 has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the latest builds The Windows Insider program is divided into four channels: The Canary Channel is where platform changes (such as major updates to the Windows kernel and new APIs) are previewed. These changes are not tied to a particular Windows release and may never ship at all. Little documentation [...]
The tidal wave of data Data is undoubtedly a key asset today, but all it takes is a breach to turn it into a dreaded liability. With more data generated than ever, organizations have a hard time tracking and storing it. Approximately 402.74 million terabytes of data are produced each day on average. To put this into perspective, this amount of storage can hold roughly 100 billion high-definition movies. Does more data mean more risks? With GenAI in play, data generation has skyrocketed further. However, the lack of data security measures leads to data breaches, often causing operational and financial [...]
The Signalgate scandal that enveloped US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in March appears to be symptomatic of a wider lax attitude towards the use of non-approved messaging apps by officials and employees, a Senate Committee has concluded. In March, the US Senate Committee on Armed Services set out to examine issues raised by the Signalgate incident: the need to clarify the existing rules on using “non-controlled” apps, and looking at whether Defense Secretary Hegseth adhered to them in his use of Signal, and whether his actions were evidence of a wider culture of insecure app usage within the Department [...]
Music giant Warner Music Group announced last week that it had reached a “groundbreaking partnership agreement” with Suno, the AI startup at the forefront of AI-generated music it had sued for copyright infringement. After settling that fight, Warner Music signed new licensing models that allow Suno users to continue creating “music.” Similar agreements have previously been inked with competitor Udio, and it seems highly likely that the other music giants will reach similar agreements. Whether it’s because record companies don’t want to risk making the “Napster mistake” again or they truly believe this is the future, AI services are here [...]
Microsoft 365 customers will pay more for subscriptions next year, with price hikes across most subscription plans set to begin July 1. The changes will affect customers with Business, E3/E3, Frontline, and Government subscriptions. Microsoft said in a blog post Thursday that the increases reflect new features being added to several plans. This includes expanded Copilot Chat functionality, Microsoft Defender for Office (Plan 1) in E3, Security Copilot in E5, and additional Intune tools such as Remote Help and Advanced Analytics for E3 and E5. The new prices are: Microsoft 365 Business Basic, up $1 to $7 per user each month. [...]
The latest Apple leadership changes set the stage for a new approach from the company on a range of issues, including international relations, the environment, and beyond. If great artists steal, great leaders reflect the spirit of their age. Apple’s current general counsel, Kate Adams, will leave late next year, following a transition to a new general counsel — Meta Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Newstead — in March 2026. Apple also announced that Lisa Jackson, vice president for environment, policy, and social initiatives, will retire in late January. The new faces Newstead’s appointment is perhaps the biggest hint of the potential for change. [...]
OpenAI’s research team has trained its GPT-5 large language model to “confess” when it doesn’t follow instructions, providing a second output after its main answer that reports when the model didn’t do as it was told, cut corners, hallucinated, or was uncertain of its answer. “If we can surface when that happens, we can better monitor deployed systems, improve training, and increase trust in the outputs,” OpenAI said in a statement. The confession mechanism addresses a problem in reinforcement learning where models optimize for multiple goals simultaneously — correctness, helpfulness, safety, and user preferences. OpenAI trained a version of GPT-5 [...]