Apple beefed up its iPad product line Tuesday by upgrading the silicon in its Air models and introducing a new processor, the M4, into its Pro editions, which also got a display boost to OLED. “The iPad Pro with the M4 and outdoor viewable OLED screen is arguably the best…

A Hong Kong bank recently fell victim to an impersonation scam in which a bank employee was tricked into transferring $25.6 million to thieves after a video call with the bank CFO and other colleagues. But none of them were real people — all were deepfakes created with the help…

The U.S. Dept of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just passed a much more aggressive requirement that could significantly improve a car’s ability to avoid accidents. I’ve owned two electric cars so far and, sadly, totaled both of them. The first was totaled because a tow truck driver secured…

Project management (PM) software might be on its way to becoming an underappreciated technology gem across industries and enterprise environments. Analysts expect that by 2030, the market will exceed US$15.08 billion with a compound average growth rate of 10.68%. PM software helps organize time and resource management, creates business and…

Since ChatGPT arrived on the net in 2022, AI-generated content has soared more than 8,000%, according to a study released Tuesday by Copyleaks. The study, which covers a period from 2013 to March 2024, found a surge of 8,362% in AI content on the internet from November 2022, when ChatGPT-3.5…

Artificial intelligence is forcing many companies to evolve and rethink how to govern and analyze data, according to survey results released Monday by Gartner. Based on a survey of 479 chief data and analytics officers, chief data officers, and chief analytics officers worldwide, the results revealed that 61% of organizations…

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) effectively tried to kill noncompete agreements last week. While some companies plan to challenge this, it was the right decision to make. California — where I’ve spent most of my life — along with Minnesota, Oklahoma, and North Dakota, have already banned noncompetes. In…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has heralded the start of a technological revolution. This frenzy questions whether AI will, in the next year or two, set in motion a desktop and laptop “supercycle.” A supercycle period is marked by a significant surge in PC sales and upgrades, driven by compelling advancements in…

Brute force cracking of passwords takes longer now than in the past, but the good news is not a cause for celebration, according to the latest annual audit of password cracking times released Tuesday by Hive Systems. Depending on the length of the password and its composition — the mix…

Nearly two dozen dating apps were flagged by Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included researchers Tuesday as failing to meet privacy and security standards, sharing customer data with third parties, and excluding the right of a user to wipe their data from the app. According to Mozilla, financial pressures are forcing the…