1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (569+ words) Google's Mandiant security division has come up with an unusual tactic to persuade organizations to stop using the aged and hugely insecure NTLMv1 authentication protocol: publish a data lookup that makes cracking NTLMv1 credentials trivial for attackers. The intention, Mandiant explained, is…...

12+ hour, 43+ min ago   (104+ words) Meta shuts down VR platform Horizon Workrooms'Computerworld Meta's major investment in Metaverse has not been a great success, and recently more than 1,000 people working on the project were laid off. The latest news is that the social VR platform Horizon…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago   (90+ words) The ads will appear in the free version and the new Chat GPT Go subscription. The ads will be clearly labeled and kept separate from Chat GPT's responses in a distinct section of the chat window. They will appear if…...

13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (168+ words) AI is currently in the "trough of disillusionment" according to Gartner. Gartner predicts that global spending on AI will reach $2.52 trillion in 2026. That is an increase of 44 percent compared to the previous year. Much of the growth is expected to…...

13+ hour, 50+ min ago   (99+ words) Windows 11 users have discovered that, since the latest software update, their computers restart instead of going into sleep mode or shutting down. The problem is due to a bug in Secure Launch, a security feature designed to protect the computer's…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (568+ words) Microsoft published several known issues this month. Focusing on actionable issues affecting later versions (non-ESU), the following deserve attention: As we noted in December, the 2011 certificates currently used by most Windows devices will begin expiring in June, with a second…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1026+ words) The rollout will take place over the coming weeks, and the feature is exclusive to English-speaking Google AI Pro or AI Ultra plan holders in the U.S." What that means in practice is that when you ask Gemini for help planning…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (836+ words) AI is like electricity when it was first introduced more than a century ago: People understood its promise, but didn't know what to do with it." That's where enterprises are with AI technology today: IT leaders know it will transform…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (331+ words) Today's 2-Minute Tech Briefing covers rising global AI adoption " and a widening divide between the Global North and South, where usage rates differ sharply. Also: Epicor sets a phased timeline to end on-prem ERP, shifting customers to cloud-only innovation. Plus,…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (821+ words) Companies struggling to keep up with the arrival of AI agents should buckle up: even more complicated technologies are quickly coming down the pike. That includes physical AI, which includes robots " and which Nvidia pegs as a multibillion-dollar market "and…...