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Give yourself an on-demand Android taskbar
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (747+ words) Holy moly, I am flying around my phone this week. It's a wild feeling " especially since Google's grand I/O gala, which is traditionally the time when shapeshifting new Android additions are supposed to command our attention, isn't for another…...
Edge browser leaves passwords exposed in plain text, says researcher
1+ week, 6+ day ago (474+ words) A Norwegian researcher has identified an issue with Microsoft Edge's Password Manager that could be a serious concern for businesses. Tom J'ran S'nstebyseter R'nning found that passwords are being saved within the browser in plain text, with the effect that…...
Ask Jeeves bites the dust
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (137+ words) Computerworld Ask Jeeves, the popular search engine where users could enter questions using natural language, launched on June 1, 1997. Nine years later, it was rebranded as Ask. com " and ever since, the number of users has declined with each passing year....
Microsoft, Google push AI agent governance into enterprise IT mainstream
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (601+ words) Microsoft and Google are adding new controls for AI agents, as enterprise IT teams try to keep up with tools that can access corporate data and act across business applications. Microsoft's Agent 365, made generally available for commercial customers on May…...
Microsoft now has more than 20 M paying Copilot users
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (171+ words) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella last week announced that the company now has more than 20 million enterprise users paying for Microsoft Copilot, according to Tech Crunch. That's up 3. .. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella last week announced that the company now has more…...
10 quick productivity tips for Microsoft 365 mobile apps " Computerworld
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (1559+ words) Think you can't get any real work done on your phone? Think again. The mobile versions of Word, Excel, One Note, and other Office apps are full of clever features to help you do more on the go....
Relying on LLMs is nearly impossible when AI vendors keep changing things
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (556+ words) The new Computerworld. com hybrid search: Explore Computerworld content smarter, faster and AI powered. Try now! Over the years, enterprise IT execs have gotten frighteningly comfortable having little control or visibility over mission-critical apps, from Saa S to cloud and…...
Friendlier chatbots can be less reliable, study says
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (151+ words) Computerworld New research from the Oxford Internet Institute indicates that AI chatbots trained to be extra warm, friendly, and empathetic can also become less reliable, according to the BBC. The researchers analyzed more than 400, 000 responses from five different AI models…...
The smartest ways to sync your Android and computer clipboards
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (1125+ words) For all the fancy-schmancy things our modern-day technology promises to do for us, one thing Google has yet to give us is a simple and reliable way to sync the clipboards on our Android phones and computers. It's such a…...
Claude Mythos signals a new era in AI-driven security, finding 271 flaws in Firefox
1+ week, 6+ day ago (871+ words) The Claude Mythos Preview appears to be living up to the hype, at least from a cybersecurity standpoint. The model, which Anthropic rolled out to a small group of users, including Firefox developer Mozilla, earlier this month, has discovered 271 vulnerabilities…...