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Slack tailors its chat app to sales staff

Slack Sales Elevate provides native access to parent company Salesforce’s Sales Cloud software, with a dedicated home screen and “opportunity view” for sales reps and managers.

Matthew Finnegan

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UK intelligence agencies seek to weaken data protection safeguards

Following a recent review of the Investigatory Powers Act, intelligence agencies are pushing for the government to create a new class of data set that would be exempt from current levels of judicial oversight.

Charlotte Trueman

Apple Holic

Apple plays nice with others for an OpenUSD metaverse

Meta matters less with the news that Apple, Adobe, Pixar, Autodesk, NVIDIA, and the Joint Development Foundation have joined forces to promote and develop a standard to empower mixed and virtual reality experiences.

Jonny Evans

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Return-to-office mandates rise as worker productivity drops

Bosses are imposing more strict in-office mandates as new data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed productivity has slumped slightly since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lucas Mearian

SustainTech

05 October 2023

Sydney

Join key decision-makers within Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) that have the power to affect real change and drive sustainable practices. SustainTech will bridge the gap between ambition and tangible action, promoting strategies that attendees can use in their day-to-day operations within their business.

Apple Holic

How to use NameDrop to swap contact details in iOS 17

With more than half of Americans using iPhones, plenty of your colleagues and customers will want to try iOS 17's NameDrop feature to swap contact details.

Jonny Evans

Android Intelligence

What's going on with Google Assistant?

Is Google giving up on Google Assistant? The answer, like many things you ask Assistant these days, isn't exactly clear.

JR Raphael

Apple Holic

Samsung hints the age of cheap smartphones is over

Once upon a time, received wisdom was that to build marketshare, smartphones had to be affordable. But Apple has shown that’s not the case — and now fast follower Samsung is moving along the same path.

Jonny Evans

EEOC Commissioner: AI system audits might not comply with federal anti-bias laws

The emerging patchwork of laws and regulations governing the use of AI in finding, hiring, and promoting workers serve as reminders that, regardless of the technology in use, a company remains liable for federal civil rights...

Lucas Mearian

Apple Holic

Apple toughens up app security with API control

The company's war against device fingerprinting continues.

Jonny Evans

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AMD to invest $400 million in new design center in India

The new design center is expected to be opened before the end of 2023 and add approximately 3,000 engineering roles by the end of 2028, the company said.

Anirban Ghoshal

AI tools could leave companies liable for anti-bias missteps

Companies deploying AI technology are responsible for any biases that run afoul of anti-discrimination laws, so it's critical to establish a management framework now to head off legal problems later.

Lucas Mearian

Microsoft faces EU antitrust probe for bundling Teams with M365

The European Commission said it is concerned that the bundling of Teams with Microsoft 365 is disallowing choices for enterprises and giving Teams an unfair advantage over competing applications.

Anirban Ghoshal

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Windows Into The Future

Generative AI could be a critical tool for the visually impaired

Because of the way generative AI can ingest data from websites and allow users to interact with it verbally, it could be a boon for workers with sight problems.

Rob Enderle

Windows 11: A guide to the updates

Here’s what you need to know about the latest updates to Windows 11 as they’re released from Microsoft. Now updated for KB5028254 Preview, released on July 26, 2023.

Preston Gralla

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Slack tailors its chat app to sales staff

Slack Sales Elevate provides native access to parent company Salesforce’s Sales Cloud software, with a dedicated home screen and “opportunity view” for sales reps and managers.

UK intelligence agencies seek to weaken data protection safeguards

Following a recent review of the Investigatory Powers Act, intelligence agencies are pushing for the government to create a new class of data set that would be exempt from current levels of judicial oversight.

Apple plays nice with others for an OpenUSD metaverse

Meta matters less with the news that Apple, Adobe, Pixar, Autodesk, NVIDIA, and the Joint Development Foundation have joined forces to promote and develop a standard to empower mixed and virtual reality experiences.

Return-to-office mandates rise as worker productivity drops

Bosses are imposing more strict in-office mandates as new data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed productivity has slumped slightly since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SustainTech

How to use NameDrop to swap contact details in iOS 17

With more than half of Americans using iPhones, plenty of your colleagues and customers will want to try iOS 17's NameDrop feature to swap contact details.

What's going on with Google Assistant?

Is Google giving up on Google Assistant? The answer, like many things you ask Assistant these days, isn't exactly clear.

Samsung hints the age of cheap smartphones is over

Once upon a time, received wisdom was that to build marketshare, smartphones had to be affordable. But Apple has shown that’s not the case — and now fast follower Samsung is moving along the same path.

EEOC Commissioner: AI system audits might not comply with federal anti-bias laws

The emerging patchwork of laws and regulations governing the use of AI in finding, hiring, and promoting workers serve as reminders that, regardless of the technology in use, a company remains liable for federal civil rights...

Apple toughens up app security with API control

The company's war against device fingerprinting continues.

AMD to invest $400 million in new design center in India

The new design center is expected to be opened before the end of 2023 and add approximately 3,000 engineering roles by the end of 2028, the company said.

AI tools could leave companies liable for anti-bias missteps

Companies deploying AI technology are responsible for any biases that run afoul of anti-discrimination laws, so it's critical to establish a management framework now to head off legal problems later.

Microsoft faces EU antitrust probe for bundling Teams with M365

The European Commission said it is concerned that the bundling of Teams with Microsoft 365 is disallowing choices for enterprises and giving Teams an unfair advantage over competing applications.

Generative AI could be a critical tool for the visually impaired

Because of the way generative AI can ingest data from websites and allow users to interact with it verbally, it could be a boon for workers with sight problems.

Windows 11: A guide to the updates

Here’s what you need to know about the latest updates to Windows 11 as they’re released from Microsoft. Now updated for KB5028254 Preview, released on July 26, 2023.