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Recent innovations suggest that AI will soon be at the heart of web browsing, guiding users directly to information rather than forcing them to scroll through pages and links. When that becomes reality, so-called AI-native browsers — Comet, Arc, Dia, Andi, and others — will be able to handle tasks that traditional browsers were never designed for, such as accessing sensitive data on their own, and potentially making decisions without explicit instructions. This requires a whole new approach to security, according to 1Password. The identity security company has partnered with Perplexity to incorporate credential management, secure autofill, and access controls [...]
Monday.com is set to launch an AI agent builder tool that can automate a range of work management tasks, the company announced at its Elevate conference on Wednesday. The agents don’t just answer questions, they “execute tasks, connect systems, and learn from context,” said Daniel Lereya, chief product and technology officer at Monday, in an email conversation with Computerworld. “This frees teams and individuals from repetitive execution, allowing them to focus on creativity, strategy, and human judgment.” Monday’s agents can take action across different teams and app integrations he said, as well as interact via multiple communication channels, including email, [...]
Zoom is implementing new collaboration features so users spend less time planning and more time getting work done. Zoom’s new AI Companion 3.0 will introduce new features over the next year, providing enhanced ways to manage time and collaboration. One such feature will recommend meetings that users can skip. “We want you to be able to focus on work that’s energizing, that’s engaging. A lot of it comes when the work is taken care of, when you’re actually engaging in things which are really valuable,” said Smita Hashim, chief product officer at Zoom. Skipping meetings The ability to skip meetings [...]
Over the next few years, agentic AI is expected to bring not only rapid technological breakthroughs, but a societal transformation, redefining how we live, work and interact with the world. And this shift is happening quickly. “By 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024, enabling 15% of day-to-day work decisions to be made autonomously,” according to research firm Gartner. Unlike traditional AI, which typically follows preset rules or algorithms, agentic AI adapts to new situations, learns from experiences, and operates independently to pursue goals without human intervention. In short, agentic [...]
Apple and Lenovo were the only PC makers to experience any growth in the US desktop and notebook markets in the second quarter. Apple saw the highest year-on-year growth of all PC makers according to Canalys, part of Omdia. That growth is significant: While the industry as a whole shipments for the second quarter drop by 1.4 percent compared to a year earlier, Apple experienced a 15.5% increase — the biggest in the business. Lenovo, the one PC maker that did experience some growth, saw an increase of just 5.1%. Many PC makers (Acer and others outside the top five) saw [...]
Google has introduced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open framework developed with more than 60 payments and technology companies to support secure, agent-led transactions across platforms and payment methods. Built to be used as an extension to Google’s earlier Agent2Agent (A2A) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) frameworks, AP2 is designed to be payment-agnostic, supporting credit cards, bank transfers, and cryptocurrencies. At its core, the protocol uses cryptographically signed “mandates” to establish trust in every transaction. [ Related: Agentic AI – Ongoing news and insights ] In real-time scenarios, users provide an Intent Mandate to guide an agent’s search and [...]
Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) tools have quickly become commonplace in the workplace. In the rush to boost productivity, many organizations have adopted them without fully considering how best to integrate them into daily workflows. Some employees are now complaining of “prompt fatigue” — a kind of cognitive drain similar to the “Zoom fatigue” of the pandemic era — stemming from the ongoing pressure to continuously craft, refine, and optimize prompts for these tools. Is this a real thing? Providing context for why prompt fatigue may be taking hold, Leslie Joseph, principal analyst at Forrester, explains that the dominant paradigm for [...]
When you think about hidden tricks and little-known features on Android, the Google Play Store probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind. And why would it? The Play Store seems like a simple utility — a place where you go when you’ve got something you want to download or an app update you’re especially eager to seek out. But like so many areas of Android, the Google Play Store holds scads of secrets for smarter, faster, and generally more effective phone maneuvering. Some of ’em are time-saving shortcuts, while others are out-of-sight bits of advanced insights or control [...]
Microsoft’s Copilot Chat AI assistant is now available in a range of Office apps at no addition cost to Microsoft 365 customers. The Copilot Chat interface can be accessed via a side panel in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote, which should result in less app-switching for users who want to query the AI assistant. Copilot Chat was previously available to M365 customers via a separate app. Copilot Chat lets users ask for help drafting documents, analyze a spreadsheet or catch up on emails, for example. It’s context aware, Microsoft said in a blog post this week, “meaning it quickly [...]
Microsoft 365 (and Office 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 the changes in each update and know when they’re available. We’re doing this for you, so you don’t have to. Following are summaries of the updates to Microsoft 365/Office 365 for Windows over the past year, with the latest releases shown first. We’ll add info about new updates as they’re rolled out. Note: This story covers updates [...]