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When infrastructure itself becomes the target In early 2024, a breach involving Snowflake, Inc. sent a quiet shockwave through boardrooms across industries. Attackers bypassed perimeter defenses entirely; no malware, no exploit kit, no zero-day. They simply walked through an identity gap: weak credentials and excessive permissions. The attackers pivoted laterally inside multiple customer environments (AT&T, […] more…Singin’ the Agentic Windows blues
Once upon a time, when you ran Windows on your desktop, it was your desktop. Oh, the IT department might have called the shots on how much you could do with it, but you could write what you needed to, and it was all kept nicely on your PC or your choice of network drive. Those days […] more…Trump calls for federal AI standard, warns China will ‘easily catch’ US
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Congress to establish a single federal standard for AI regulation, as House Republicans explore attaching preemption language to the National Defense Authorization Act that could override state AI laws nationwide. In two posts on Truth Social, Trump urged lawmakers to act quickly. “Investment in AI is helping to […] more…AI agents make bad e-commerce customers
Last week, Amazon and Perplexity had a major falling out when the e-commerce giant sent a sharply worded legal demand letter to the AI company, demanding changes in the way Perplexity’s shopping agent works. The background story is that Perplexity has a function in its Comet AI browser that allows an AI “agent” to shop […] more…Apple shows that App Store liberalization does nothing for users
In a reality attack destined no doubt to be completely ignored by ideologically deluded regulators and cash-hungry competitors, Apple has published an extensive report that proves the anticipated benefits of lower App Store commissions are not reaching European consumers at all. Not only that, but even the developers who do benefit from this ham-fisted attempt at market liberalization aren’t […] more…18 tricks for more efficient Android messaging
No matter what type of Android phone you carry or how you usually use it, one thing is a near-universal constant: You’re gonna spend a ton of time messing with messages. The messages may be from clients, colleagues, or your cousin Crissy from Cleveland (damn it, Crissy!). But regardless of who sends ’em or what […] more…Apple execs talk up the company’s offerings to business
As the company introduced the new M5 MacBook Pro, I got a chance to speak with Jeremy Butcher, who handles business product marketing at Apple, and his colleague Colleen Novielli, who focuses on MacBook product marketing, to talk about Apple’s place in the business world. It’s no surprise that these new Macs offer the advanced performance businesses need […] more…Q&A: Andela CEO talks about the need for ‘borderless talent’ amid work visa limitations
Editor’s note: This Q&A was conducted by Computerworld Senior Writer Lucas Mearian shortly before his unexpected passing on Oct. 21, 2025. Contributing writer Agam Shah helped complete this story for publication. On Sept. 19, the US government announced plans to raise the one-time fee of an H-1B visa to employ foreign workers from $65,000 to $100,000. […] more…The power of low-tech in a high-tech world
We’re all living in a cyberpunk novel now. Unconstrained billionaires have space programs and robot armies. People are falling in love with and marrying AI chatbots. You can make movies where you’re the star by typing a few sentences. Companies offer designer babies as a service. We’ve got brain implants for controlling computers, flying cars, […] more…The AWS outage post-mortem is more revealing in what it doesn’t say
When AWS suffered a series of cascading failures that crashed its systems for hours in late October, the industry was once again reminded of its extreme dependence on major hyperscalers. (As if to prove the point, Microsoft suffered a similar collapse a few days later.) The incident also shed an uncomfortable light on how fragile these massive environments have become. […] more…The revised Microsoft-OpenAI deal teases far more than it delivers
When Microsoft and OpenAI announced their revised AI deal on Thursday, it reduced Microsoft’s ownership share of OpenAI, but seemed to give it everything that it wanted in exchange, analysts said. Well, everything other than AGI, which Microsoft doesn’t really care about. The announcement of the revised details indicated a change in the nature of […] more…Google’s Quantum chip claims 13,000x speed advantage over supercomputers
Google Quantum AI has demonstrated what it describes as a verifiable quantum advantage — running a new algorithm on quantum hardware that outperforms classical supercomputers by a factor of 13,000. The breakthrough, announced on Wednesday, marks the first time a quantum computer has executed a verifiable algorithm with real-world applications, potentially accelerating enterprise workloads in […] more…US considers new software export curbs on China, threatening global tech supply chains
The US government is reportedly considering new export controls that could block a wide range of products made with US software from being shipped to China, in what could become one of Washington’s most sweeping trade measures to date. If implemented, the move could disrupt global technology supply chains and heighten uncertainty for multinational manufacturers […] more…Intel’s Panther Lake chip could allow Windows 11 to morph into an agentic OS — analysts
Intel’s upcoming “Panther Lake” processor for AI PCs could be a key building block in the transition of Windows 11 into an AI agent-driven OS, analysts said this week. Panther Lake will be available in PCs starting early in 2026. The chip meets the qualifications set by Microsoft for Windows Copilot+ PCs and provides the performance needed […] more…More information
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