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iOS 26: Has Liquid Glass failed?

Fresh data shows user reluctance to upgrade, but is that accurate?

By Jonny Evans

Jan 9, 202655 mins

AppleOperating SystemsiOS

Microsoft releases out-of-band updates to fix reporting error

Emergency patches for Active Directory (AD) Group Policy clear up potentially confusing reports around auditing.

Apr 14, 2025 3 mins

Identity and Access Management Operating Systems

Now companies can patch Windows 11 without rebooting

Microsoft adds support for hotpatching in Windows 11 Enterprise.

Apr 14, 2025 1 min

Security Windows

Trump’s tariff flip-flop: Policy shifts disrupt tech procurement for CIOs

President Trump is expected to announce new semiconductor tariffs this week within days of announcing tariff exemptions for PCs, laptops, smartphones, memory chips, and flat panel displays.

Apr 14, 2025 6 mins

Technology Industry

Vendors vote to radically slash website certificate duration

Members of the CA/Browser Forum have voted to slash cert lifespans from the current one year to 47 days, placing an added burden on enterprise IT staff who must ensure they are updated.

Apr 11, 2025 5 mins

Browsers IT Operations Network Security

Apple flew 600 tons of iPhones from India to the US to avoid Trump tariffs

One-fifth of all iPhones sold in the US come from India. The rest are imported from China.

Apr 11, 2025 1 min

Government Laws and Regulations iPhone

IT consulting spending is ‘wasteful,’ says US Defense Secretary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has axed contracts worth $5.1 billion with Accenture, Deloitte, and others, citing excessive IT consultancy spending.

Apr 11, 2025 3 mins

IT Consulting Services Technology Industry

Google to offer its Workspace suite to the US government at a 71% discount

The deal could save taxpayers $2 billion while signaling potential pricing shifts for enterprise customers.

Apr 11, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Computing Productivity Software Technology Industry

The problem with Google’s Pixel 9a

The latest Pixel has plenty of good things going for it — but it also presents a puzzling paradox.

Apr 11, 2025 8 mins

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Atlassian gathers its apps into collections to bolster productivity

At its Team 25 show, the company spelled out how its various standalone apps will be grouped together to help users be more productive.

Apr 10, 2025 3 mins

Atlassian Generative AI Productivity Software

CISA under review: Trump memo spurs scrutiny and uncertainty

A directive against CISA and its former director Christopher Krebs raises concerns over the agency’s neutrality, operational stability, and future role in public-private cyber defense.

Apr 10, 2025 5 mins

Security

OpenAI fears irreparable harm from Musk, files countersuit

The escalating dispute raises reputational risks that may deter cautious CIOs from deeper enterprise adoption.

Apr 10, 2025 4 mins

Generative AI Technology Industry

April update has broken Windows Hello for some devices but there’s a quick fix

Microsoft says problem affected ‘devices with specific security features enabled.’

Apr 9, 2025 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Operating Systems

IETF hatching a new way to tame aggressive AI website scraping

With robots.txt preferences widely ignored, the AI Preferences Working Group is developing a new way for publishers to shield content from AI bot scraping.

Apr 9, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data and Information Security

Meta helped build China’s DeepSeek: Whistleblower testimony

The former Meta exec claims Meta’s AI model – Llama – has contributed significantly to Chinese advances in AI technologies like DeepSeek.

Apr 9, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Technology Industry

Google to add on-demand genAI data analyst to Workspace

The generative AI-based ‘analyst’ in the Workspace Sheets app is among several new AI-based features unveiled for the software suite at Google Cloud Next.

Apr 9, 2025 3 mins

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Senators probe Google-Anthropic, Microsoft-OpenAI deals over antitrust concerns

Democratic lawmakers question whether Big Tech AI partnerships function as “de facto mergers” that evade regulatory scrutiny.

Apr 9, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Technology Industry

One in six workers would quit if forced to return to office

Although 60% of companies now demand that workers return to their offices at least a few days each week, employees are resistant amid work-life balance concerns, according to a TopResume study.

Apr 8, 2025 4 mins

Employee Experience Government Technology Industry

Broadcom favors stock buyback over investing in innovation

IT leaders should not expect favorable pricing negotiations any time soon, says one analyst.

Apr 8, 2025 1 min

Data Center Technology Industry Virtualization

How Apple thinks about the 6G evolution

Apple is in the networking business, which means it is deeply involved in building the next-gen networking standard.

Apr 8, 2025 4 mins

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China’s rare earth export controls threaten enterprise IT hardware supply chains

New export curbs on critical minerals may increase hardware costs and delay next-gen infrastructure deployment.

Apr 8, 2025 1 min

CPUs and Processors Technology Industry

Meta launches AI family Llama 4 — but the EU doesn’t get everything

Meta claims the new model family is better than competitors GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0.

Apr 8, 2025 1 min

Generative AI

Anthropic expands in Europe with new roles and EMEA chief

This brings the company in direct competition with firms positioning themselves as regionally compliant AI providers in Europe.

Apr 8, 2025 3 mins

Generative AI

An Intel-TSMC deal could reshape x86 future and enterprise chip supply chains

It raises concerns that Intel is ceding control over manufacturing and its supply chain.

Apr 8, 2025 5 mins

CPUs and Processors Technology Industry

AI could affect 40% of all jobs, UN says

A new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development also predicts the technology could worsen inequality between nations.

Apr 7, 2025 1 min

Generative AI Government IT Skills and Training

At 50, Microsoft highlights AI and Copilot as the company’s future

At a special event marking Microsoft's half-century of history, execs laid out a path for the future that leans heavily on AI.

Apr 4, 2025 5 mins

Generative AI Microsoft Windows

Tech hiring dropped by 29K in March, even as US job growth remained solid

It looks as though the generative AI boom is playing a big role in buoying tech sector jobs.

Apr 4, 2025 5 mins

Generative AI Hiring Technology Industry

Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s new AI education initiatives offer hope for enterprise knowledge retention

Learning-centered AI design could solve the growing “digital amnesia” problem in workplace.

Apr 4, 2025 1 min

Education Industry Education and Training Software IT Skills and Training

Tariff war throws building of data centers into disarray

Enterprise IT leaders are trying to figure out if they should plan data centers outside of the US, but the changing nature of global tariffs is making that into a no-win dilemma.

Apr 3, 2025 1 min

Data Center Laws and Regulations Technology Industry

Microsoft urges Office users to upgrade to 365 — or face doom

Support for Office 2016 and 2019 ends later this year, so the company is urging customers to move to the cloud-based Microsoft 365.

Apr 3, 2025 4 mins

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Apple feels gravity as the Trump tariff hammer falls

Is there a silver lining to what's going on with global trade?

Apr 3, 2025 6 mins

Apple Laws and Regulations iPhone

GenAI is already transforming the healthcare industry

From 40% to 57% of healthcare industry organizations have already put generative AI tools into use, according to a survey by McKinsey & Co.

Apr 2, 2025 4 mins

Generative AI Healthcare Industry ROI and Metrics

Trump launches new office to oversee CHIPS Act, boost semiconductor investments

The US Investment Accelerator office is tasked with speeding up corporate spending in the US by reducing regulations and coordinating with federal agencies.

Apr 2, 2025 4 mins

CPUs and Processors Government Manufacturing Industry

Mozilla unveils its Gmail challenger — Thundermail

The web-based email service is based on open-source code.

Apr 2, 2025 1 min

Collaboration Software Mozilla Open Source

Google adds end-to-end email encryption to Gmail

The new encryption system doesn’t require external exchange of keys or complex user certificate management

Apr 2, 2025 1 min

Gmail Network Security

European cloud group invests to create what it dubs “Trump-proof cloud services”

CISPE's cloud investment is intended to give businesses a Euro choice that is "immune to disruption, access and potential removal by foreign actors.”

Apr 1, 2025 1 min

Cloud Computing Privacy

Amazon, OpenAI, and China’s Zhipu unveil new AI tools amid intensifying competition

The race to launch new models may speed up adoption and push businesses to reassess control, customization, and strategy.

Apr 1, 2025 4 mins

Generative AI Technology Industry

Interest in foldable mobile phones is declining

Many would-be buyers are thought to be waiting for a foldable iPhone, which has been rumored to arrive in 2026.

Mar 31, 2025 1 min

Apple Smartphones iPhone

After fake employees, fake enterprises are next hiring threat to corporate data

In Taiwan, investigators raided businesses they say acted as fronts for Chinese companies to hire away workers with key expertise and industry knowledge.

Mar 31, 2025 4 mins

Hiring Security Technology Industry

Microsoft adds data agents to Fabric to help business users with analytics

Data agents could help with self-serve analytics but poses a risk of lock-in, say analysts.

Mar 31, 2025 4 mins

Analytics Data Warehousing Microsoft

Worldwide spending on genAI to surge by hundreds of billions of dollars

Spending on the fast-moving technology will increase by 76% this year, driven mostly by purchases of generative AI-based software and services.

Mar 31, 2025 6 mins

Analytics Generative AI Smartphones

This may be the most private and secure cloud-based AI solution around

MacStadium and webAI now offer a Mac-based solution for hosted AI.

Mar 28, 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Mac

OpenAI, Google AI data centers are under stress after new genAI model launches

Both companies rolled out new generative AI tools this week, and users swarmed to use them.

Mar 28, 2025 5 mins

Data Center Generative AI

Researchers claim their protocol can create truly random numbers on a current quantum computer

Work could be useful in high security environments, says industry analyst.

Mar 27, 2025 1 min

Emerging Technology Encryption Quantum Computing

As big tech circles, UK government struggles to reap promised AI benefits

Parliamentary report lists problems: skills shortages, bad data, siloed pilot schemes, and long-term worries about AI vendor lock-in.

Mar 27, 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Technology Industry

US, other G7 nations, fall behind in global tech race, study finds

Not one G7 nation made it into a top 10 ranking based on future tech competitiveness, according to London-based SThree.

Mar 27, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Skills and Training Technology Industry

Qualcomm launches global antitrust offensive against Arm, accusing it of stifling competition

The chipmaker has accused Arm of withholding critical technology that should be provided under existing license agreements.

Mar 27, 2025 5 mins

CPUs and Processors Technology Industry

DOGE staffer allegedly ran company providing services to hacking group

New allegations about DOGE advisor Edward “big balls” Coristine raise questions about hiring practices.

Mar 26, 2025 3 mins

Cybercrime Government IT Hiring

Google: Gemini 2.5 is the company’s ‘most intelligent AI model yet’

It can be used to create apps and games, among other things.

Mar 26, 2025 1 min

Generative AI

No application can eliminate human error: Signal’s head defends the app

A group of high-ranking US politicians and government officials invited a journalist to their private discussion on Signal messenger of plans for military action in Yemen.

Mar 26, 2025 3 mins

Application Security Government IT Messaging Apps