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With Foundation Models, Apple has given developers the power to use Apple Intelligence large language models (LLMs) from within their own apps using a few lines of code. This is an important step toward the endpoint AI ecosystem the company is painstakingly working to create. I spoke with developers from The Omni Group to find out more about what these models can do and how they use them in their apps — specifically CEO Ken Case and legendary evangelist for automation on Apple’s products, Sal Soghoian. Introducing Omni Automation The obvious place to deploy foundation models was within Omni Automation, the company’s existing tool for automation across its products. [...]
People implored Microsoft to continue Windows 10 support. Even my frenemy Ed Bott, the noted Windows expert, thinks that when it comes to Windows 10 support, “Microsoft appears to have no empathy” for its individual users. Those pleas fell upon deaf ears. On Oct. 14, Windows 10 support ended for most users. Now, what are the approximately 400 million Windows 10 users — 40% of all Windows users — to do? Well, some are biting the bullet and buying new Windows 11 PCs or subscribing to Windows 365 cloud PCs. IDC claims PC sales jumped 9.4% year-over-year in the last quarter. But businesses have been slow [...]
Windows 11 24H2 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 [...]
Model builders are moving beyond simple AI chatbots to creating comprehensive assistants that, in the words of AI dignitary Ethan Mollick, “do real work” in enterprise workflows. Anthropic is continuing its push in this area with a new feature, Agent Skills, which allows Claude to improve its execution of specific tasks. When relevant, the model can automatically access folders containing specific instructions, scripts, and other resources, then act on them with human approval. “Think of Skills as custom onboarding materials that let you package expertise, making Claude a specialist on what matters most to you,” Anthropic said in its announcement. [...]
Long before Taco Tuesday became part of the pop-culture vernacular, Tuesdays were synonymous with security — and for anyone in the tech world, they still are. Patch Tuesday, as you most likely know, refers to the day each month when Microsoft releases security updates and patches for its software products — everything from Windows to Office to SQL Server, developer tools to browsers. The practice, which happens on the second Tuesday of the month, was initiated to streamline the patch distribution process and make it easier for users and IT system administrators to manage updates. Like tacos, Patch Tuesday is [...]
Microsoft this week released 175 updates affecting Windows and Office and .NET, including server-based updates for Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange server. There are also four zero-day fixes (CVE-2025-24052, CVE-2025-24990, CVE-2025-2884 and CVE-2025-59230), leading to a “Patch Now” recommendation for Windows. (All other updates can be added to your standard patch release schedule.) To help you navigate these changes, the Readiness team created this detailed infographic detailing the risks of deploying updates to each platform. (More information about recent Patch Tuesday releases is available here.) Known issues Microsoft documented a single, relatively minor issue with last month’s patches affecting Windows 11 desktops only: Applications that use [...]
Want to use artificial intelligence (AI) that maintains privacy and doesn’t need a lake full of water or industrial electricity generator to make an emojii? Apple has that. Stop to consider it: the ongoing AI bubble is totally reliant on investments in server-side infrastructure, water, and energy at colossal levels. While these online services can do what you ask of them, are they really the best articulation of what AI can be? Dare to be different I don’t think so, and I believe Apple has a response to that — in part, because of the sheer performance-per-watt offered by Apple Silicon. Think of it [...]
Workers want remote work so badly they’re willing to take a 25% pay cut to get it, according to a new study from economists at Harvard University, Brown University, and UCLA. The study published this week was conducted with Levels.fyi, a compensation benchmarking platform used primarily by technology professionals. The data included job offers, compensation packages, final job choices of survey participants, and whether roles were in-person, hybrid, or remote. Researchers also incorporated Glassdoor data on employer reputation, employee satisfaction, and local cost-of-living metrics. The key finding: workers were willing to forgo approximately a quarter of their pay for remote work, a figure three to five times larger than previous estimates. This is [...]
I think at this point, it’s safe to say I’m an Android launcher aficionado. (I think it’s also safe to both pat myself on the back and bop myself uponst the nose for coming up with such a delightfully dorky description. But I’ll save that for later.) Android launchers, if you aren’t familiar, are special tools that essentially take over your device’s default home screen and app drawer environments — empowering you to replace those core areas with something more customizable, more minimal, or maybe just more well-suited to you and the way you like to get stuff done. They’re [...]
Just as Windows 10 has reached its end of life (EOL), issues with Windows 11 abound, the most recent an update that broke localhost for some developers, preventing them from accessing web apps running locally on their machines. The October 2025 cumulative update, (KB5066835), addressed security issues in Windows operating systems (OSes), but also appears to have blocked Windows’ ability to talk within itself. Localhost allows apps and services to communicate internally without using internet or external network access. Developers use the function to develop, test, and debug websites and apps locally on a Windows machine before releasing them to [...]