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Microsoft has delayed the rollout of its Windows Recall feature, according to a report from The Verge. The controversial feature — which takes regular screenshots of a user’s desktop screen — is now slated to launch in preview in December Microsoft unveiled Recall in May, and initially intended to release it to Windows Insiders in June. Those plans were put on hold as Microsoft addressed…

Even with the US economy doing well by most measures, technology job seekers often find it difficult to get hired. It’s a conundrum. The unemployment rate remains at near historic lows (from 2.5% to 3.8%, depending on the data source), but corporate layoffs have continued in earnest and some traditional IT skills are often no…

When we talk about Android customization, we tend to focus on the home screen and the ocean of exceptional Android launchers that let you take total control of that environment. But the beauty of Android is that the opportunity for making your phone work the way you want isn’t limited to any one area of…

While lawyers argue in the WP Engine versus Automattic litigation whether the hyperbole should be believed, the continuing battle of words, almost all nasty ones, is starting to raise doubts how much an enterprise should rely on open source. And even if open source can be avoided at all in late 2024. The latest legal…

As Delta goes to litigation to try to claw back some of the money it lost as a result of the Crowdstrike disaster, a new report on enterprise IT shows once again that if you care about business continuity, you should invest in Apple’s products. Conducted by Dimensional Research and paid for by Apple device management company Kandji, the annual Apple…

Slack users can now access pre-configured templates to help start projects faster when using the collaboration app.  The collaboration software maker has built out its app functionality in recent years, expanding its focus from instant messaging to include  task management, workflow automation, voice and video, and document editing features.  The added functions can also introduce more complexity for those…

If ever there were a bromance that seemed made in tech heaven, it’s the one between Microsoft and OpenAI. Microsoft was an early investor in OpenAI, initially putting $1 billion into the company, which allowed the upstart firm to develop and release the groundbreaking generative AI-based ChatGPT to effectively launch the current genAI boom.  That…

Amazon might have accidentally broken the story early, but as anticipated the introduction of Apple’s all-new, M4-processor-powered Mac mini is making big waves. The tiny but incredibly powerful desktop exemplifies all the advantages of Apple Silicon — smaller, faster, and cheaper than we could have seen before, a new building block in the Apple Intelligence ecosystem. All the rumors…

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…

The web has been a mixed blessing for people who care about information. Yes, it’s made it easier than ever to access facts and opinions from around the globe — but it also throws out older data as quickly as it brings in new data. (And let’s not even talk about propaganda!) One shining beacon…