If ever there were a lawsuit in which a jury and judge should have ruled against both the accuser and the defendants, Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI and Microsoft was it. The high-profile legal battle pitted the world’s richest man against a company worth more than $3 trillion, another that might soon launch a $1…
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AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Risk Management
To pay, or not to pay: 58% of CISOs say they would pay the ransom for their data
If you were hit by ransomware tomorrow, would you pay to get your data back? That’s what more than half of CISOs in a recent survey said their organization would do. It’s a situation more companies are going to face in future. “Attacks are increasing and continuing to increase,” said Christy Wyatt, CEO of security…
AI, APAC, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Why Apple needs Intel — and America needs them both
If you think about it, it’s in the national interest for Apple to work with Intel to develop at least some capacity for silicon production outside of Taiwan. It’s also in Apple’s interest, as its continued growth means it needs more and more chips to put inside an ever-expanding product catalog. During Apple’s Q2 26 fiscal call, CEO Tim Cook…
AI, Europe, Global Security News, privacy, Risk Management
The trouble with emotion-reading AI
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t fix it.” That’s a common saying in business, and it tends to be true. But what if the thing you want to fix is your employees’ attitudes? The AI revolution makes it possible to measure emotions and mental states. So why not use it widely and fix what’s…
AI, Apps, Global Security News
Arm’s software chief sees human language as the new way to program
If you haven’t heard of Arm, you haven’t been paying attention to how ubiquitous the chipmaker has become. Arm’s processor designs power Macs, iPhones, and every other major smartphone line. Queries made through ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude pass through an Arm-based chip at some point. For more than 40 years, Arm’s focus was on chip…
AI, Apps, Global Security News
Arm’s software chief sees human language as the new way to program
If you haven’t heard of Arm, you haven’t been paying attention to how ubiquitous the chipmaker has become. Arm’s processor designs power Macs, iPhones, and every other major smartphone line. Queries made through ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude pass through an Arm-based chip at some point. For more than 40 years, Arm’s focus was on chip…
AI, Apps, Global Security News, privacy
Microsoft Teams cheat sheet: How to get started
If your organization uses Microsoft 365 (a.k.a. Office), chances are you’ve encountered Teams, at least for video meetings. But it’s capable of a lot more, providing an effective way for groups of people to collaborate on work and advance business objectives. Teams is, at its core, group chat software with videoconferencing capabilities and some interesting…
AI, APAC, Global Security News
It looks like Macs are becoming the value option
If I happened to be one of Apple’s newly-introduced M5 MacBook Pro systems, I would feel a bit as if the equally new MacBook Neo had just strutted into the party like the star of the song. Yes, the incredibly disruptive Neo is a strong option for almost anyone who needs an affordable general purpose computer. But let’s not…
AI, Endpoint, Global Security News, Risk Management
Your personal OpenClaw agent may also be taking orders from malicious websites
If you thought running an AI agent locally kept it safely inside your machine’s walls, you’re in for a surprise. Researchers at Oasis Security have disclosed a flaw chain that allowed a malicious website to quietly connect to a locally running OpenClaw agent and take full control. The issue stems from a fundamental assumption baked…
AI, Global Security News
A trio of tasty new Android notification enhancements
If I told any average person that my Android phone’s notifications could now be sticky, shareable, and extra-smart about snoozing, they’d probably look at me like I was a lunatic. And, let’s be honest: They’d probably be justified in that conclusion — even if it weren’t for what I’d just told them. (In case we…
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This is why high-value targets should use Lockdown Mode
If you’ve ever wondered how secure Apple’s Lockdown Mode is, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has the answer — and it’s good news for journalists, business leaders, civil leaders, or anyone who has to handle confidential data. As part of an ongoing investigation about alleged leaks of classified information to the media, the FBI controversially raided the…