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Vision Pro

Apple's Vision Pro faces an uphill battle

It's pricey, clunky, offers just two hours of battery life, and lacks key app support. But it's also the best mixed-reality headset to date.

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Russia hacks Microsoft: It’s worse than you think

This time, hackers attacked corporate execs, not customers. That might finally push the US government to focus on long-ignored security concerns.

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OpenAI: Copy, steal, paste

By OpenAI's logic, any work you put online is fair game to be swiped and incorporated into the company's large language models.

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7 ways to leverage genAI for a better career

Not only is it important to learn new IT skills, but understanding generative AI can help protect your job security in a rapidly changing world.

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Regulators probe Microsoft’s OpenAI ties — is it only smoke, or is there fire?

The US, the UK, and the EU are all looking into Microsoft’s connections to ChatGPT creator OpenAI.

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Failed unsubscribes could be a clue your data's out of control

One of the oldest and most frustrating rules about email spam is that the unsubscribe link never works — all it does is confirm your email address is active. But what if the unsubscribe failure is caused by something far more...

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For Patch Tuesday, 48 updates, no zero-day flaws

Microsoft is easing its way into 2024 with a low-key update for Windows and its other apps and platforms.

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Will Wanda Austin take Apple into space?

Apple has nominated Dr. Wanda Austin, former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, to its board.

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Why return-to-office mandates fail

The question over whether to allow employees to work from home has been settled. Here’s the new normal.

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Why Apple must support MDM with Vision Pro

Apple needs to introduce an MDM system for Vision Pro, because enterprise deployments demand it does.

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Will super chips disrupt the 'everything to the cloud' IT mentality?

It's no secret that enterprise IT in recent years has been disappointed in corporate clouds. But in general they've not done anything about it. That could soon change.

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How to think about Apple and spatial computing

When it comes to Apple’s visionOS, enterprise IT decision-makers must understand where the company is trying to go with its soon-to-debut new AR/VR product range.

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New York Times’ blockbuster suit could decide the fate of genAI

After a year of hype around the promise of generative AI tools, the expected big-time legal fights have begun.

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Hey Siri, where will you be after the genAI bubble pops?

Generative AI will not be a good fit for everything because it costs too much to run. So perhaps Apple's 'considered' approach to using it will turn out to be correct.

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2024 will be ‘The year of AI glasses’

Hardly anybody talks about “AI glasses,” but by the end of the year, many users will be wearing them every day.

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Timely Apple updates must be in your supplier SLAs

When it comes to Apple IT, decision-makers must insist that the software and services they select are genuinely compatible.

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Big workplace changes are coming in 2024. Are you ready?

Technologies and trends that have been developing for years will go mainstream in the new year, changing how, when, and where we work.

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Choosing a genAI partner: Trust, but verify

As generative AI fever continues to mesmerize enterprise executives, those same execs are insisting that IT somehow make it happen.

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Coming soon to Apple: third-party app stores — and sideloading apps

Apple is preparing to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, meaning it will soon support third-party app markets and sideloading of individual apps.

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What’s coming up from Apple in 2024?

New hardware is inevitable, but beyond the obvious, look for these Apple trends and strategies in 2024.

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