In lawsuit, Apple is accused of spying on its employees

And now we wait.  Last week, Google did its best to refute the US Department of Justice’s case that the company has built a series of monopolies in the markets for ad serving, ad exchanges, and ad networks, and the DOJ made its rebuttal. Closing arguments will be heard Nov. 25, after both parties have…

European privacy regulator, Data Protection Commission (DPC), has launched an inquiry into Google over its use of the personal data of users in the region, adding to the tech giant’s growing legal challenges. In a statement, DPC said that the inquiry focuses on whether Google complied with obligations under GDPR to conduct a Data Protection…

For years, Microsoft has prided itself on the time, effort, and money it puts into fighting climate change. In early 2020, Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith promised in a blog post the company would invest $1 billion to make itself carbon-negative by 2030.  Smith vowed Microsoft wouldn’t use deceptive tricks to get there, for…

Amidst the mountains of vendor cheerleading for generative AI efforts, often amplified by enterprise board members, skeptical CIOs tend to feel outnumbered. But their cynical worries may now have some company, in the form of a report from Apple and an interview from Meta — both of which raise serious questions about whether genAI can…

Asana has launched AI Studio, a no-code tool for building generative AI agents that can automate work planning tasks.  The company first unveiled its “AI teammate” plans in June, promising to enable customers to build autonomous agents that can perform tasks independently within the work management app.   On Tuesday, Asana said that the AI agent builder…

While in these post-CrowdStrike days it is reasonable to think one of the best ways to improve endpoint security in any business is to replace Windows with Apple devices, that’s just the starting point in a serious security journey. But it’s a pretty good starting point.  Writing on LinkedIn, Google CISO Phil Venables recently drew attention to his company’s…