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Following reports that Meta had hired away prominent researchers from OpenAI — in some cases offering $100 million — the company is now saying it will review compensation. According to Wired, OpenAI’s management reportedly told employees they will not stand by and watch this happen. In a Slack message to staff, OpenAI’s chief scientist, Mark Chen, reportedly wrote: “I feel a strong, instinctive feeling right now, as if someone has broken into our home and stolen something”. Chen said he, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others in the company’s leadership are working “around the clock to talk to those who [...]
Ten years ago, Apple introduced the MacBook, a lower-end, more affordable 12-in. Mac the company called “the notebook redefined.” At only 0.5 inches thick at its thickest point, the compact computer was the thinnest Mac ever at the time, and while the chip was relatively low-powered, it was a popular device until it was discontinued in 2018. Apple may be preparing to introduce something similar. Ming-Chi Kuo, the widely-cited Apple analyst who seemingly secretively occupies an adjacent pocket to Mark Gurman somewhere in Apple’s boardroom, tells us Apple wants to introduce a new and lower-priced entry-level laptop, probably next year. [...]
The days of taking care of business exclusively in an office are over. You’ve got a powerful productivity system in your pocket practically 24/7, after all — and with the right set of apps, you can stay synced with the same spreadsheets, documents, and presentations that are on your desktop and work with ’em seamlessly from anywhere. Best of all? These days, achieving that level of connectivity on Android doesn’t require any kind of compromise. The bar’s really been raised when it comes to office app quality in the Play Store over the past several years, particularly compared to the [...]
Available on this website, on YouTube, and wherever you find your podcasts, First Person is the show where we meet the most interesting people in IT, and learn from them what makes them tick by focusing only on their firsts. First job, first great boss, first time they realized IT was the industry for them – first failure or first pet. It’s amazing what we can learn from interesting people talking about serious things in a not-too-serious way. To get you started we are launching with no fewer than five great episodes, available to watch below, as a video series, [...]
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 even 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 [...]
Can’t get the staff Recently we reported on a global Microsoft 365 outage that disrupted Teams and Exchange services. We said that aggressive traffic rerouting was blamed for service failures; with experts warning of architectural brittleness and rising cloud fragility. It was that fragility that caught the attention of Computerworld readers, who rushed to ask Smart Answers about one potential cause. We know that IT skills are in short supply even as lots of IT pros are being laid off. But the chat tends to focus on AI skills: we don’t often hear about how hard it is to [...]
The fireworks that could soon go off across the US have nothing to do with July 4 celebrations, but are reaction to a double hit that every state in the union may soon face relating to a potential reduction of connectivity capabilities and a proposed 10-year ban on its ability to regulate AI. Drastic legislative changes around both issues are contained in the Trump administration’s Reconciliation Tax Bill, which is now before the Senate. In early June, 260 state lawmakers from both parties in all 50 states sent a letter to Congress voicing strong opposition to the AI regulation ban. [...]
A Windows launch isn’t the end a process — it’s really just the beginning. Microsoft continually works on improving Windows 11 by fixing bugs, releasing security patches, and occasionally adding new features. In this story we summarize what you need to know about each update released to the public for the most recent version of Windows 11 — currently version 24H2. For each build, we’ve included the date of its release and a link to Microsoft’s announcement about it. The most recent updates appear first. The easiest way to install updates is via Windows Update. Not sure how? See “How [...]
Brother Industries is grappling with a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting hundreds of different printer models, many of them used in enterprises, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on the devices when chained with another flaw. The admin password bypass stems from a manufacturing issue and cannot be fixed through firmware according to Rapid7, the cybersecurity firm that discovered the vulnerability — along with seven others — affecting 689 different device models. One of those vulnerabilities enables attackers to extract the serial number of a printer, and that’s at the root of Brother’s problems. [...]
Critics might argue that Apple at the 11th hour stepped forward with new rules for developers in Europe that might be acceptable to the region’s anti-trust regulators — but that’s not how Apple sees it. That company, which is appealing the rules Europe has applied to directly constrain its business, says regulators have not been transparent throughout the process, making arbitrary decisions despite constant communication between both sides on the matter. Apple does, however, hope the changes it has now introduced to its steering arrangements for developers in will bring its business in line with Europe’s Digital Markets Act. It certainly has [...]