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As the introductory dust settles on the recent launch of Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo, product reviewers and the analyst community all seem to agree Apple has hit a home run. The new systems should drive big gains for Apple, gnawing big chunks out of Chromebook and mid-range Windows laptop sales and resetting expectations across that part of the PC segment. “We’ve been wanting to do a much more affordable MacBook, but it was only until recently where all the stars aligned to allow us to do it,” Thomas Boger, vice president of Mac product marketing, said when the system was introduced last [...]
Anthropic on Monday fought back against the US federal government’s determination that it is a supply chain risk, suing the feds and arguing to a California federal judge that the government is being inconsistent and contradictory. “The Constitution confers on Anthropic the right to express its views—both publicly and to the government—about the limitations of its own AI services and important issues of AI safety. The government does not have to agree with those views. Nor does it have to use Anthropic’s products,” the lawsuit filing said. “But the government may not employ the power of the State to punish [...]
AI’s impact on human jobs is a hot topic of late, with all kinds of forecasting, reporting, and sounding of alarm bells. But two new analyses seem to indicate that AI isn’t yet fundamentally disrupting the employment landscape, and that traditional metrics don’t accurately capture its actual impact on work. According to a job cut announcement report from employment analyst firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, so far in 2026, AI has displaced 12,304 jobs, representing just 8% of job cuts. And researchers at Anthropic have introduced a whole new way to analyze AI’s impact on work, arguing that there’s still [...]
The human and environmental costs of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East are bad enough on their own, but there are other impacts likely to be felt. Along with most financial markets, Apple’s shareholders are no doubt spooked by the conflict, which threatens to metastasize to the detriment of the region and the world. Yes, Apple in Cupertino, CA is a long, long away from that region, so why would investors be concerned? Because of a host of potential problems — from supply chain disruptions to manufacturing worries and rising energy costs — are now on the horizon. Immediate [...]
Microsoft has added agentic AI capabilities to Microsoft 365 Copilot to improve its usefulness for office workers — including its own version of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork. Microsoft’s AI assistant has, so far, failed to attract significant business demand since launching more than two years ago, at least compared to its other products. Only 3% of the Microsoft 365 customer base is subscribed to the paid version of the AI agent, Microsoft said last month, with a total of 15 million paid licenses. The new features announced Monday are aimed at igniting adoption. Among them is the introduction of Copilot Cowork; [...]
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence organization comprised of the non-profit OpenAI, Inc. and several for-profit subsidiaries. The company is perhaps best known for its ChatGPT chatbot, which launched in 2022, kicking off a period of massive disruption in the tech industry and beyond. A complicated and increasingly contentious relationship with Microsoft, ongoing legal issues over copyright infringement, and frequent product announcements keep OpenAI in the news. Follow this page and never miss a beat. Latest Open AI news and analysis: OpenAI robotics chief quits over Pentagon deal March 9, 2026: Caitlin Kalinowski has resigned over OpenAI’s contract with the US [...]
OpenAI’s head of robotics, Caitlin Kalinowski, has resigned over the company’s contract with the US Department of Defense (DoD), saying key safeguards around domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons were not adequately reviewed before the agreement was signed. “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got,” Kalinowski wrote in a LinkedIn post. “This was about principle, not people,” she added, saying she retained “deep respect” for CEO Sam Altman and the team she had built with them. Kalinowski is the most senior OpenAI employee to publicly break with [...]
It looks like Microsoft will soon be releasing a new SKU, Microsoft 365 E7, according to my friend — and Microsoft expert’s expert — Mary Jo Foley. As she described it last week, the release “will be key to Microsoft’s plan to license ‘agentic’ workers like human employees.” Oh boy. Suddenly, I can see millions more pink slips coming soon for white-collar employees. Until now, as Sharon Fisher — another colleague of mine — observed, companies frequently blame AI for job cuts. But the reality has been that many were just saying that as an all-purpose excuse for layoffs. But [...]
Threat actors are trying a different tactic to sucker employees into falling for ClickFix phishing attacks that install malware, says Microsoft. Rather than asking potential victims to copy and paste a (malicious) command into the Run dialog, launched by hitting the Windows button plus the letter R, they are being told to use the Windows + X → I shortcut to launch Windows Terminal (wt.exe) directly. Once the terminal is opened, victims are prompted to paste in malicious PowerShell commands delivered through fake CAPTCHA pages, troubleshooting prompts, or verification-style lures designed to appear routine and benign. Why? Going this route [...]
As more European organizations reconsider their reliance on US technology suppliers amid rising geopolitical and trade tensions, public sector organizations are leading the way in a potential shift to local tech providers. The German state of Schleswig-Holstein is moving tens of thousands of employees from Microsoft apps Office, Windows and Exchange to open-source alternatives, for example, while Denmarks’ Ministry of Digitalization has begun to phase out Office 365 in favor of LibreOffice. The French government recently announced plans to swap Microsoft Teams and Zoom for its own video conferencing platform for 200,000 employees – potentially saving €2 million a year in [...]