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IT leaders are less AI-ready than they were a year ago, says Cisco report
IT leaders are feeling great pressure to adopt AI, but most say they’re nowhere near ready as they lack the necessary infrastructure and technology. Virtually all the businesses polled in Cisco’s AI Readiness Index reported increased urgency to deliver on AI, and 85% say they believe they have less than 18 months to act. Six in ten are feeling even…
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It’s alive! New report says Apple Ring still in the works after all
Apple may have cancelled the much rumored Apple Ring, or the Cupertino-company could still be developing the potential wearable. Who knows. Currently, we’re leaning toward, Apple is designing a smart ring. The latest rumor comes to us from the Korean blogging platform Naver, where yeux1122 revealed that Samsung might accelerate the release timeline of the Samsung Galaxy Ring 2. At…
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Human error is cybersecurity’s number one concern, Kaseya report finds
User behavior is the biggest cybersecurity challenge facing IT organizations today, new research from Kaseya has found, as threat actors and defenders alike increasingly adopt AI. The 2024 Kaseya Security Survey quizzed IT professionals across North America, the UK and EU, as well as APAC and New Zealand, working for companies with annual revenue of between $1 million and $10…
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A new iMessage safety feature prompts kids to report explicit images to Apple
Apple is adding a new child safety feature that lets kids send a report to Apple when they are sent photos or videos with nudity, according to The Guardian. After reviewing anything received, the company can report messages to law enforcement. The new feature expands on Apple’s Communication Safety feature, which uses on-device scanning to detect nudity in photos or…
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Software developers, security experts, and even investment bankers all report that ‘tool sprawl’ is burning budgets and wasting employees’ time
Bloated software ecosystems saturated with underutilized or inefficient SaaS tools are bogging down practitioners operating across a range of different industries, but what can be done to remedy the situation? Enterprises have complained repeatedly about being bogged down by the digital complexity in their IT estates, which is not only impacting productivity, but also expanding attack surfaces and exposing them…
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UK workers still seeking better work-life balance, report says
Half of UK tech professionals are considering leaving their present role in the next 12 months, many because they’re looking to work from home. More than half told recruitment firm Harvey Nash that it’s their workload that’s pushing them to look elsewhere. However, a third said they want a change of culture – and the ability to work from anywhere…
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UK Public sector at risk from supply chain attacks, new report warns
Limited visibility of their software supply chains is leaving UK public sector organizations vulnerable, with more than half exposed to cyberattacks in the last twelve months, according to research from Blackberry. Half (51%) of UK IT decision-makers across healthcare, education, and government organizations received notification of an attack or vulnerability in their software supply chain in the last twelve months…
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TCL under fire — report suggests its QLED TVs might not have any quantum dots
Despite being advertised as having quantum dots — nanocrystals that produce brighter, richer colors on your display — some TCL QLED TVs might not even have them, according to a new study out of Korea. The claim was first published on Korean news site etnews.com, which cites a published analysis conducted by two independent certification agencies, SGS and Intertek. Quantum…
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AT&T customers report wireless service has been down for hours
AT&T is experiencing some issues right now that are leaving customers seeing “SOS” instead of their usual bars of service. “We are working to address a software issue that may affect the ability of a limited number of our customers to connect to our wireless network. Keeping our customers connected is our highest priority, so we appreciate their patience as we…
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Character.ai founder to co-lead Gemini AI, says report – Computerworld
Google provided the startup with more funding in return for a non-exclusive license for its current LLM technology. Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas — with whom he cofounded Character.ai in 2021 — were expected to join Google as part of the deal. Other Character.ai employees were expected to stay with the company, though, expanding on the startup’s products, with the…
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