Networking

Is it time for Apple to introduce 5G Macs?

The Apple rumor machine is telling us cellular-equipped Macs might appear this year.

By Jonny Evans

7 Jan 20265 mins

AppleMacPrivate 5G

Articles

It’s time to push back against the AI internet

Everyone should be clamoring for tools and features that block AI content. And for content companies, blocking AI slop is your new Job One.

By Mike Elgan

26 Sep 2025 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIInternet

Google US antitrust trials: A timeline

The two largest US antitrust trials of the century, which targeted Google's search and advertising businesses, both ended with decisions against the tech giant — but the company will not be forced to break up. Here's a rundown of major milestones in the two trials.

By Jon Gold, Ken Mingis and Valerie Potter

4 Sep 2025 12 mins

GoogleInternetTechnology Industry

Rise of AI crawlers and bots causing web traffic havoc

Findings from Fastly reveal one fetcher bot made 39,000 requests per minute to a single website at peak load.

By Paul Barker

22 Aug 2025 6 mins

Generative AIInternetMachine Learning

Attention online retailers! Bot shoppers are about to change everything

Over the next couple of years, automated bot shoppers are likely to start replacing human shoppers. And that’s going to force retailers to shift sales tactics to be successful.

By Evan Schuman

12 Aug 2025 6 mins

E-commerce ServicesE-commerce SoftwareRetail Industry

How Wi-Fi 6 Impacts Your Business Network

27 Jan 2022 2 mins

IT LeadershipNetworkingWi-Fi

AI slop is eating the world

From search results to videos to music to reviews, fake content is flooding the internet. Every service with search needs a switch that turns that stuff off — or we’ll drown in digital dreck.

By Mike Elgan

25 Jul 2025 6 mins

Generative AIInternetTechnology Industry

Increasingly common to use Chat GPT instead of Google

One in four people surveyed by Adobe Express say OpenAI's ChatGPT is now their first choice for search.

By Mikael Markander

25 Jul 2025 2 mins

Generative AIInternetProductivity Software

From chatbots to robots: The rise of 'physical AI'

The relatively new field combines AI with real-world systems like robots and IoT devices to enable real-time, adaptive decision-making.

By Lucas Mearian

21 Jul 2025 9 mins

Automotive IndustryHealthcare IndustryIoT Platforms

Google finally gets strict about web server certificates

The Web cert world has undergone a lot of change this year, and Google has now set a June 2026 deadline for being even stricter about which certificates can be used for which functions.

By Evan Schuman

8 Jul 2025 4 mins

Browser SecurityBrowsersGoogle

Passkeys: How they work, how to use them

Passkeys may be the future, but they sure can be bewildering — especially in a business context. Here are straightforward answers to all your pressing passkey questions.

By JR Raphael

7 Jul 2025 13 mins

Identity and Access ManagementInternetNetwork Security

Why I hope Apple keeps investing in on-device AI

Edge intelligence is safer, more private, and less resource-intensive than cloud-based AI services.

By Jonny Evans

3 Jul 2025 6 mins

AppleArtificial IntelligenceGenerative AI

That ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ tried to tie genAI deregulation to broadband funding

It boiled down to whether your state would allow generative AI companies to get away with whatever they want — if not, there would have been no broadband funding for you!

By Steven Vaughan-Nichols

1 Jul 2025 5 mins

Generative AIGovernmentLaws and Regulations

Download the ‘AI-ready data centers’ spotlight report

In this issue: There are lots of great reasons for running AI applications in your own data centers – provided they’re up to the task. AI puts new demands on virtually every aspect of data centers from servers and networks to power grids and more. Learn what it takes to build and run an AI-ready data center.

By Computerworld staff

1 Jul 2025 1 min

Artificial IntelligenceEnterprise Buyer’s GuidesServers