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Global AI adoption is growing, and so is the digital divide

A Microsoft AI Economy Institute study shows stark differences between nations located in 'Global North' versus 'Global South'.

By Paul Barker

Jan 8, 20266 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AI

Finance industry encouraged to adopt blockchain by UK government

As the EU, US, and the Swift international payment platform develop their own initiatives, the UK risks falling behind.

Oct 9, 2025 5 mins

Blockchain Fintech Government

Gemini Enterprise is Google’s new ‘front door’ for agentic AI access at work

The new paid service replaces the Agentspace app launched in 2024 and grounds the AI assistant in a range of business data.

Oct 9, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Google

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to quantum pioneers

The trio was awarded the prize for research on quantum tunneling, the second year in a row that IT-related work was honored.

Oct 8, 2025 4 mins

Quantum Computing

Computer mice can eavesdrop on private conversations, researchers discover

‘Mic-E-Mouse’ proof-of-concept attack extracted voice data picked up by mouse sensors.

Oct 8, 2025 1 min

Computers and Peripherals Security

Apple’s DMA troubles in Europe continue, but a solution may be in sight

The company is reportedly in the final stages of some kind of deal with European regulators under which it would be forced change some of its business practices.

Oct 8, 2025 5 mins

Apple Laws and Regulations Mobile Apps

Deloitte’s AI governance failure exposes critical gap in enterprise quality controls

Fabricated citations in a government report expose systemic gaps in AI oversight, as experts warn that rapid adoption is outpacing governance maturity across regulated sectors.

Oct 8, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Governance

Otter.ai launches features to embed it in the enterprise

AI-enabled enhancements extract intelligence from unstructured voice data; create centralized repository for meeting conversations.

Oct 7, 2025 6 mins

Business Collaboration Software Enterprise

Jamf gets into AI, APIs, and advanced DDM

At its JNUC event this week, the company took big steps toward becoming an extensible platform.

Oct 7, 2025 4 mins

Apple Generative AI Mobile Device Management

DevRev’s AI agent hangout targets worker productivity, data integration

With its new ‘Computer’ tool, the generative AI firm hopes to make it easier for companies to glean new context from often-siloed data.

Oct 7, 2025 4 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

ChatGPT to evolve into an AI operating system as OpenAI opens doors to third-party apps

With its new Apps SDK built on the Model Context Protocol, developers can build data-connected apps that live within ChatGPT.

Oct 7, 2025 1 min

Engineer Generative AI

As AI redefines work, US employers cut jobs and remain cautious in hiring

Private employers shed 32,000 jobs in September, according to one report.

Oct 3, 2025 5 mins

Employee Experience Generative AI Government

Parallels links Windows on Mac integration with Jamf

It's getting easier and easier to migrate to the Mac.

Oct 3, 2025 4 mins

Apple Mac Windows

Perplexity’s AI browser Comet is now free to use

The AI-charged browser can answer questions, summarize content and browses for users.

Oct 3, 2025 1 min

Browsers Generative AI Internet

Microsoft now lets workers bring personal Copilot to work

It’s more ‘bring your own license’ than ‘bring your own AI,’ says one analyst, as employees gain access to Copilot features at work without the data security concerns.

Oct 3, 2025 4 mins

Generative AI Microsoft Microsoft 365

UK government still wants Apple to break data encryption

The government has hit Apple with a demand for UK customer data.

Oct 2, 2025 5 mins

Encryption Government Laws and Regulations

Qualcomm defeats Arm’s final legal arguments in licensing trial

As US District Court rejects remaining claims in the lawsuit, Arm spokesperson says appeal plans are underway.

Oct 1, 2025 4 mins

ARM Qualcomm Software Licensing

Microsoft urged to change deadline for end of Windows 10 support

More pressure applied as businesses and consumers face security concerns.

Oct 1, 2025 4 mins

Computers and Peripherals Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft revamps top exec roles, cites AI’s ‘tectonic’ impact for reshuffle

The company named Judson Althoff to be CEO of its commercial division to unify teams and boost AI-driven growth.

Oct 1, 2025 3 mins

Generative AI Microsoft Technology Industry

Slack dev tools pave the way for new AI agents

A new MCP server and real-time search API mean users will get more advanced AI features directly in Slack, and agents will become easier to deploy and manage for IT.

Oct 1, 2025 4 mins

Collaboration Software Generative AI Messaging Apps

Employees overtrust humanlike AI, ignoring its flaws

Trust in generative AI is rising largely due to its humanlike responses, even though traditional AI remains more reliable and explainable.

Oct 1, 2025 6 mins

Application Security Generative AI ROI and Metrics

California AI Bill SB 53 officially becomes law

Signing ‘acknowledges that the AI legislation battle, for the foreseeable future, is at the state house, not Congress.’

Sep 30, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Laws and Regulations

31% of IT leaders waste half their cloud spend

Cloud cost overruns are an increasingly common issue for organizations across all industries. Straightforward solutions exist, but they require changes in culture, not just tech.

Sep 30, 2025 1 min

Budgeting Cloud Computing IT Management

Cisco unveils AI agents for Webex meetings

The company also announced third-party integrations for its AI assistant and new AI features for its upcoming RoomOS 26 software.

Sep 30, 2025 4 mins

Cisco Systems Collaboration Software Generative AI

A European alternative to M365? Nextcloud looks to capitalize on digital sovereignty interest

The German productivity and collaboration software firm is prepping an open-source, digitally sovereign competitor to popular SaaS products like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

Sep 30, 2025 6 mins

Government Laws and Regulations Microsoft 365

Accenture wants to lay off employees without AI potential

The consulting giant Accenture is radically reorganizing its workforce to include artificial intelligence.

Sep 29, 2025 3 mins

Accenture Generative AI

Microsoft upgrades M365 Copilot with Agent Mode

Microsoft wants to usher in an era of “vibe working” with a collaborative AI agent.

Sep 29, 2025 4 mins

Collaboration Software Microsoft 365 Microsoft Office

New $100K H-1B visa fee to cost US tech billions, push innovation offshore

Companies need to prepare for new talent strategies based on global hubs

Sep 29, 2025 7 mins

Carriers Government Laws and Regulations

Google exec sets Android OS for PCs plans in motion

Move slated to occur next year is described as ‘the boldest attempt yet to challenge the Windows-macOS duopoly.’

Sep 25, 2025 5 mins

Android Computers and Peripherals Windows

MacStadium sees Apple adoption accelerating across US enterprises

MacStadium’s inaugural CIO survey indicates there's been rapid Mac deployment across US business during the last two years.

Sep 25, 2025 6 mins

Apple Enterprise Mac

Apple: Europe’s DMA should be repealed

The company argues that malicious application of the Digital Markets Act makes it bad for business — and bad for consumers.

Sep 25, 2025 5 mins

Apple Laws and Regulations Mac

Asana puts ‘AI teammate’ agents to work

The work management software vendor has developed AI agents that workers can interact with like human coworkers. The AI teammates are now available to some customers in public preview.

Sep 25, 2025 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Productivity Software

Microsoft adds Claude to Copilot, but cross-cloud AI could raise new governance challenges

While Claude boosts reasoning and resilience, its AWS-hosted architecture could introduce latency, egress costs, and data sovereignty concerns, forcing CIOs to build model-aware routing and monitoring frameworks.

Sep 25, 2025 5 mins

Generative AI

Qualcomm targets enterprise PCs with AI and remote management push

The company highlighted faster AI performance and longer battery life, though analysts warn of fresh security and adoption hurdles.

Sep 25, 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence CPUs and Processors

Meta launches bipartisan super PAC to influence state AI laws amid rising regulatory pressure

The American Technology Excellence Project joins a wave of tech-funded lobbying efforts aimed at promoting AI innovation and defending industry-friendly candidates, as state legislatures accelerate AI oversight.

Sep 24, 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Laws and Regulations

Resume.org: Turmoil ahead for US job market as genAI disruption kicks up waves

Half of US firms have put a freeze on hiring, and a third are eyeing layoffs; high earners without AI skills are most at risk as the fast pace of change reshapes the hiring landscape.

Sep 24, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI IT Jobs

Proposed H-1B changes could redefine global talent acquisition

DHS issues a notice that would favor higher skilled and higher paid applicants as part of proposed system overhaul.

Sep 23, 2025 2 mins

Careers H-1B Visas Laws and Regulations

‘Red Lines’ call to regulate AI could complicate enterprise compliance

An open letter signed by Nobel Laureates and prominent AI researchers calls for regulating AI vendors, but enterprise IT too may have to deal with expanded AI regulations if governments heed the call made before the United Nations General Assembly.

Sep 23, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Laws and Regulations

New Alibaba model Qwen3-Omni heightens competition in multimodal AI

With benchmark claims and Apache 2.0 licensing, it challenges Western rivals while raising fresh questions for enterprise adoption.

Sep 23, 2025 4 mins

Generative AI

Is AI killing the resume?

As applicants use AI to quickly create job-specific resumes, some companies are shifting focus to skills assessments, portfolios, and real-world tasks.

Sep 22, 2025 7 mins

Generative AI HRIS IT Jobs

The experimental phase is over: Atlassian bets on DX to deliver AI ROI

With the integration of analytics platform DX, Atlassian aims to help enterprises move out of the experimental phase and actually deploy meaningful AI tools.

Sep 19, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Atlassian Mergers and Acquisitions

Microsoft prompts Teams AI agents to collaborate with humans

Microsoft is launching a range of AI agents to save workers time in its Teams, SharePoint and Viva Engage apps.

Sep 19, 2025 4 mins

Collaboration Software Microsoft Microsoft 365

Google launches Gemini in Chrome weeks after antitrust win, escalating AI browser wars

The rollout positions Chrome as a productivity hub amid rising competition from Microsoft Edge and AI-native browsers, while regulators watch closely for signs of bundling and market dominance.

Sep 19, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Browsers Chrome

Intel will design CPUs with Nvidia NVLink in return for $5 billion investment

The impact for enterprises in terms of chip availability, pricing and functionality is unclear, but it all-but kills worries about Intel’s near-term viability.

Sep 18, 2025 1 min

CPUs and Processors Intel Nvidia

DeepSeek — Latest news and insights

DeepSeek AI is designed to offer open-source LLMs, efficient architecture, advanced reasoning, multimodal learning. Here are five things you need to know about DeepSeek as well as ongoing coverage of this new AI development.

Sep 18, 2025 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

US House of Representatives reverses AI ban: Staffers will have access to Microsoft Copilot

Last year’s prohibition due to fears of House data leakage has been replaced with a pilot project and staffer access to the chatbot this fall.

Sep 18, 2025 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Government IT Microsoft 365

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits.

Sep 18, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Technology Industry

The double-sided brilliance of Google’s new native Windows app

Google's new Windows app is well worth your while to notice — both for your own practical benefit and for appreciating the impossibly clever play behind it.

Sep 18, 2025 8 mins

Generative AI Google Machine Learning

DeepSeek AI’s code bias sparks alarm over politicized AI outputs and enterprise risk

The model’s flawed responses to prompts involving Tibet, Taiwan, and Falun Gong raise red flags about the influence of state-aligned censorship on AI reliability, with experts calling for stronger oversight and certification frameworks.

Sep 18, 2025 3 mins

Generative AI Technology Industry

The AI browser security gap: Comet and 1Password partner to protect credentials

AI-powered browsers require a whole new approach to security, so 1Password and Perplexity have teamed up to incorporate credential management, secure autofill, and access controls into Comet.

Sep 17, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Browsers Password Managers

Monday.com’s agent builder promises to automate work management tasks

Monday.com says its agents can perform actions across multiple channels, including email and phone calls, potentially saving users time planning events or answering customer queries.

Sep 17, 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence