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Firefox 148 adds master switch for browser bot bother

1 week 5 days ago
While Thunderbird 148 improves MS Exchange support and sign-on security

It's not the only new feature in Firefox 148 yet one thing is very definitely the big news: the global off switch for its AI features that the company announced earlier this month is now included.…

Liam Proven

Execs love AI, just not enough to pay for user training

1 week 5 days ago
Research points to skills gaps and weak oversight as barriers to return on investment

Just 4 percent of businesses achieved a return on their AI investments, yet rather than admit AI isn't living up to early expectations, a newly published study is blaming the users for not doing enough.…

Dan Robinson

Brit dual nationals grounded by border digitization drive

1 week 5 days ago
Overhauling immigration system a 'significant change for millions of travelers,' government admits

Many British citizens who hold another nationality are being barred from entering the UK unless they have a British passport or a £589 certificate as a result of the Home Office's efforts to digitize travel documents.…

SA Mathieson

Gatwick shuttle screen suffers pre-flight nerves

1 week 5 days ago
Dude, where's my operating system?

Bork!Bork!Bork!  Airports and computers remain uneasy travel companions. At London Gatwick, the inter-terminal shuttle briefly demonstrated why, with one information screen declaring: "Operating System not found."…

Richard Speed

Threat intelligence supply chain is full of weak links, researchers find

1 week 6 days ago
And they're being stressed by geopolitical concerns that threaten to slow important data-sharing efforts

Researchers from Georgia Tech have found that the supply chain for threat intelligence data is susceptible to adversarial action, and proposed a method to improve data sharing that they think will make it stronger.…

Simon Sharwood

Workday CEO's AI talk can't shake off weaker sales forecast

1 week 6 days ago
Claims HR company can escape the SaaSpocalypse with its core expertise

Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri has used the first quarterly earnings announcement since he returned to the big chair to reassure investors the company is building more capable agentic AI while keeping the fundamentals of the HR platform strong.…

O'Ryan Johnson

Meta frees React to live in its own foundation

1 week 6 days ago
Organizations using the front-end JavaScript framework can expect vendor-neutral governance

Meta has turned over control of React, React Native, and associated projects like JSX to the newly formed React Foundation, fulfilling a commitment made last October.…

Thomas Claburn

It's only Tuesday and AI chip startups have already soaked up $1.1B in funding

1 week 6 days ago
Fears of an AI bubble haven't tempered vulture capitalists' enthusiasm for silicon

AI chip startups collectively walked away with more than a billion dollars of new capital on Tuesday, showing that venture capitalists are still excited about the opportunity to challenge Nvidia's dominance despite all the talk of an AI bubble.…

Tobias Mann

AI has gotten good at finding bugs, not so good at swatting them

1 week 6 days ago
Discovery is getting cheaper. Validation and patching aren’t

What good is finding a hole if you can't fix it? Anthropic last week talked up Claude Code's improved ability to find software vulnerabilities and propose patches. But security researchers say that's not enough.…

Thomas Claburn
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