2023-10-11 15:42
Box unveils new AI-powered content portal Box Hubs
Cloud content-management company Box has unveiled Box Hubs — AI-powered intelligent portals designed to make it easy to organize, curate and publish content with internal teams and external partners.
2023-10-11 15:32
California's Apple-backed Right to Repair Act is the future of tech
Apple surprised us all when it pivoted to support California’s Right to Repair Act, which was signed into law this week. The SB 244 Act, which comes into effect on July 1, 2024, seems likely to have an international effect.
2023-10-11 13:14
AMD to acquire Nod.ai to boost open source AI software capabilities
Chipmaker AMD has announced plans to acquire open source machine learning and AI software provider Nod.ai as the chipmaker looks to expand its AI capabilities in a bid to shore up competition against AI chip market leader Nvidia.
2023-10-11 12:00
Google used Microsoft’s monopoly playbook to crush Bing — now Microsoft cries foul
The US Department of Justice’s antitrust suit against Google has a familiar ring to those who remember a similar suit against Microsoft 25 years ago. In both cases, the government claimed the companies illegally used their monopolies to k
2023-10-10 19:40
Why are OpenAI, Microsoft and others looking to make their own chips?
As demand for generative AI grows, cloud service providers such as Microsoft, Google and AWS, along with large language model (LLM) providers such as OpenAI, have all reportedly considered developing their own custom chips for AI workloads.
2023-10-10 18:25
PC shipments remain in decline, but generative AI could reverse the trend: IDC
PC shipments continued to decline during the third quarter of 2023, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.
2023-10-10 17:00
Microsoft targets skills gap with new AI-powered Skills in Viva
Microsoft has unveiled new AI-powered capabilities for its employee experience platform, Viva, designed to help identify skills gaps within an organization’s existing workforce and upskill employees.
2023-10-10 16:26
When will Apple open its first African retail store?
Apple takes emerging markets seriously. As the tech giant seeks to build foundations from which to achieve future growth, it is taking position in those markets.
2023-10-10 13:30
You're never too old to start a business
I'm not getting any younger, but my tiny little business, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates, is still going strong after over 30 years, even though I'm well past retirement age. My retirement plan, as I like to tell people, is to fall over, grac
2023-10-10 12:00
The future of augmented reality is AI
OpenAI recently announced powerful new ChatGPT capabilities, including the ability to use pictures in addition to text prompts for conversations with the AI chatbot.