How to bring the best Android 17 features to any Android phone today
Google’s latest and greatest Android version is officially now out in the world and available — but if you’re using any phone other than a Pixel, that doesn’t mean much for you just yet. The reason why is simple: Despite Google officially launching Android 17 and starting to send it out to Android phone-owners this […] more…Verizon Teams Up with McAfee to Secure Today’s Connected Home
Few fields and industries change as rapidly as those in the technology sector. This fast-moving, adaptable and growing sector creates new applications, new devices, and new efficiencies designed to make our everyday lives easier — sometimes in ways we’ve never imagined. But more devices and applications, from a security standpoint, means cybercriminals could have more […] more…Most Common Attacks Affecting Today’s Websites
New web-based attack types and vectors are coming out every day, this is causing businesses, communities and individuals to take security seriously now more than they ever have in the past. This is a huge win for the World Wide Web and it’s a trend that is pushing technology further towards more robust and securely […] more…Are The Days Of Unencrypted HTTP Numbered?
Throughout all of 2013, there have been numerous revelations about how the NSA conducts mass surveillance on the Internet. These have sent the Internet Engineering community reeling. Protocols that have been in use for decades and based heavily on intrinsic trust have had that trust violated. This has caused the Internet standards community to take a […] more…
Backdoor Tool Kit – Today’s Scary Web Malware Reality
We often talk about the importance of keeping your server clean. You can see it in a number of our articles and presentations, this post will likely drive that point home. This past week we came across a nice little package that we felt compelled to share with you. In it, the attacker makes use […] more…5 wild ways to make Android widgets more useful
Widgets, widgets, widgets. Has there ever been an Android feature so full of promise that went unloved by Google for so very long? Okay, so maybe there has been — erm, lots of times, actually. But even so, Android’s widgets system is a perfect example of an exceptional advantage that Google basically buried, abandoned, and […] more…Q&A: How Google plans to reinvent the spreadsheet with AI
Nearly five decades after the launch of VisiCalc, AI is reshaping one of the world’s most familiar productivity tools — the humble spreadsheet. While a lot of knowledge workers interact with spreadsheets on a regular basis, many lack the skills and confidence to access more advanced functions. “For a very long time, spreadsheets forced you to […] more…Apple finally calls time on 15-year-old device support
For those who wonder what the support window is for Apple products, the company now has an answer: it’s quietly ended support for some of its oldest iPhones and iPads, cutting off restore access for devices that first went on sale more than a decade ago. While the move has prompted some complaints, the truth […] more…Forget the hype — iPhone Ultra scarcity will tell the story
Apple has been working on a foldable smartphone for more than a decade. Having spent so much time developing the device, the company doesn’t want to ship something if it can’t make something good. Now, it looks like Apple can make a folding iPhone, but manufacturing them in decent quantities is going to take a little longer […] more…Forget the Apple tax, this is the AI tax
Apple’s decision to raise prices in response to memory cost increases is not unique to the company. If Apple has to do it, everyone else will as well. Apple announced stiff price increases Thursday — up to 25% in some cases — that extended across most products, including refurbished Macs and iPads (which saw prices increase up to […] more…Android versions: A living history from 1.0 to 17
What a long, strange trip it’s been. From its inaugural release to today, Android has transformed visually, conceptually and functionally — time and time again. Google’s mobile operating system may have started out scrappy, but holy moly, has it ever evolved. Here’s a fast-paced tour of Android version highlights from the platform’s birth to present. […] more…Anthropic’s new privacy policy offers US consumers a way around the Fable ban
Anthropic’s apparent inability to identify which of its users are foreign nationals has led to some collateral damage from a US export ban on its most powerful AI models — but there is a way around it, at least for some. On Friday, the US government ordered Anthropic to suspend access to Fable and Mythos, […] more…AI vendor FDEs: Key considerations and concerns
When it comes to AI deployments, IT leaders are often caught in an awkward middle space, trying to reconcile conflicting directives from senior management with constantly changing AI models, capabilities, and costs; data governance and security needs; and the limitations of their own team. “Very few real benefits can be attained by simply purchasing an […] more…Developers on H-1B face a tighter job market as AI shifts hiring priorities
For years, software developers on H-1B visas benefited from steady demand among US technology employers. That market is becoming more selective as companies redirect spending toward AI and rely more heavily on coding assistants. Recent layoffs at companies including Meta and Amazon have added to the uncertainty, with engineering and software roles affected even as […] more…The AI tech job slaughter gets real
Tech companies seem to be falling over each other these days in firing people to either replace them with AI or to pay to build AI infrastructure. Wouldn’t it be nice if they at least waited until AI actually worked for business? On the one hand, top tech businesses such as Amazon, Block, Cisco, Cloudflare, […] more…Beth Tschida takes over at Jamf as AI transforms Apple in the enterprise
Jamf has a new CEO: former CTO Beth Tschida. She succeeds previous CEO John Strosahl, who himself replaced Dean Hager on his retirement. Tschida has served as interim CEO since March. Jamf-using IT pros should be pleased. Tschida is an engineer who joined the company in 2018 as senior vice president, engineering and became CTO four years […] more…More information
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