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How Outlook’s Scheduling Assistant Helps Me Effortlessly Organize Meetings
Though scheduling meetings is nothing new, I’d bet that there may be some of you that overlook the Scheduling Assistant when creating new meetings. Here are several ways I use the Scheduling Assistant to help me more rapidly create new meetings. At-A-Glance Availability View In the Calendar section of Outlook you’ll notice a preview pane along the right side. This…
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“I have yet to find anyone who’s had a transformational experience with Microsoft Copilot”: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff hits out at Microsoft’s AI assistant once again – and he isn’t holding back
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has fired yet more shots at Microsoft Copilot on social media, accusing the tool of being poor quality and doubling down on a previous comparison with Microsoft Clippy. Benioff first described the tool as a disappointment in a post to X, criticizing it for its supposed poor functionality, lack of accuracy, operating insecurely, and failing to…
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Meta expands AI assistant to more countries and languages amid intensifying AI battle – Computerworld
“Now, with Meta AI expanding into various regions, I think we are going to see another interesting proposition for public AI,” said Faisal Kawoosa, founder and chief analyst at Techarc. “Especially since some of their apps, like WhatsApp and Instagram, are extremely popular — WhatsApp being the default chat app for billions worldwide.” The critical factor, however, will be the…
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Atlassian’s genAI assistant Rovo is now available – Computerworld
Finally, there are genAI agents that function as virtual “teammates.” The agents can be designed to generate and review marketing content, for instance, collate feedback from various sources, or streamline processes such as clearing up Jira backlogs and organizing Confluence pages. Users can also create their own Rovo Agents using a no-code text interface or Atlassian’s Forge app development platform. More than 20 pre-built…
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I saw Nvidia’s Project G-Assist AI assistant in person, and I’m impressed: here’s why
AI is all the rage in the tech industry today, and after getting a glimpse of where it’s going in games I’m growing convinced it will one day replace strategy guides. It may take a while yet, but I’m more convinced than ever that we’ll one day live in a world where you can ask a game for help and…
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Google brings Gemini AI assistant to Workspace business plans – Computerworld
At Google’s Gemini at Work event, the company unveiled a new security advisor for Workspace Business customers. It provides admins with recommendations around data security management, such as warnings about Drive files that are shared externally, suspicious sign-in attempts, and more. Google Workspace’s new security advisor can provide IT admins with recommendations about data security management. Google “Think of it…
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Buying a smart speaker? Here’s how to choose between Alexa, Google or Siri as your assistant
The best smart speakers are powered by one of three smart assistants: Amazon Alexa, Apple’s Siri, or the Google Home Assistant. Alexa remains the most popular as it works with the widest variety of smart home devices and its excellent speakers don’t break the bank. Amazon’s value focus only gets better when you account for its ease-of-use and versatility to…
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Adobe adds Workfront Planning tool with genAI assistant – Computerworld
In each Workfront Planning workspace, users select “records” that correspond to marketing plans, campaigns, activities, and more — and users can create their own record types. There are different ways to visualize campaigns in the tool. A timeline view displays connected records such as campaigns in a chronological format, while a table view highlights more in-depth information, with details on…
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How to Install Synology Assistant App on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Synology Assistant is an official Synology app that can be used to: Scan your LAN for Synology NAS devices Install the DSM software on your Synology NAS Access the DSM web interface of your Synology NAS Mount shared folders of your Synology NAS on your computer Turn on Synology NAS remotely via Wake-on-LAN (WOL) In this article, I will show…
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