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Download the August 2024 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.
 
		
Download the August 2024 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.
 
			The battle between privacy and convenience in artificial intelligence (AI) has truly begun, as Google introduces its own Pixel take on AI smartphones, making a subtle (and unwise) indirect dig at Apple for being open to working with others. Because open beats closed, right? The new Pixel 9 range ships with support for Gemini AI, Google’s ChatGPT/Apple…
 
			Microsoft fixed 88 vulnerabilities on Tuesday as part of its monthly patching cycle. Six of those flaws were already being actively exploited in the wild before a patch was available and another four were publicly disclosed, putting the total number of zero-day vulnerabilities covered in this release at 10. Of the 88 vulnerabilities patched only…
 
			“Sal awakens; she smells coffee. A few minutes ago her alarm clock, alerted by her restless rolling before waking, had quietly asked ‘coffee?’ and she mumbled ‘yes.’ ‘Yes’ and ‘no’ are the only words it knows.” Then, the alarm clock tells the coffee maker to get busy — and Sal’s morning has begun. This scenario was described by Mark Weiser, a computer scientist and the CTO at Xerox PARC…
 
			Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the business world by storm, with at least three in four organizations adopting the technology or piloting it to increase productivity. Over the next two years, generative AI (genAI) will force organizations to address a myriad of fast-evolving issues, from data security to tech review boards, new services, and —…
 
			The Windows 11 2023 Update has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and even help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the builds…
 
			Apple’s insistence on taking a slice of subscription sales made on iOS from Patreon seems short-sighted, as it effectively takes money from the pockets of creatives who probably aren’t earning that much. Of course, from Apple’s point of view, its rules have to apply consistently and apparently it has not been consistently applying these against Patreon, which…