New iMac launching by October 30th, Gurman says

Apple is reportedly planning a Mac-centered product launch around the end of this month, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says that the new 24-inch iMac is on its way, and could be released as early as October 30th. This would mark the end of a 900-day drought since […]

Monday.com builds own database to handle flexibility

Monday.com, a work operating system (Work OS) where organizations of any size can create the tools and processes they need to manage every aspect of their work, is building its own database, called MondayDB. MondayDB is a schemaless and distributed database that is designed to offer flexibility, scalability, and performance for Monday.com and its customers. […]

AI improves Wikipedia citations by 70%

A team of researchers has developed a new AI system that can help improve the credibility of Wikipedia citations by 70%. The system, called SIDE (Semantic Inference for Document Evaluation), works by rigorously checking the accuracy of primary sources and proposing new sources to back up the information presented. In a recent study, participants preferred […]

Music publishers sue Anthropic over copyright infringement

Three major music publishers, Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO, have sued AI company Anthropic for copyright infringement. The publishers allege that Anthropic copied and distributed lyrics from at least 500 songs without permission, using them to train its AI chatbot Claude. The lawsuit is the latest in a growing body of legal […]

Okta customers’ data exposed in support system breach

Okta has disclosed that hackers gained access to its customer support management system, exposing sensitive data belonging to some customers. The company said the threat actors were able to view files uploaded by certain Okta customers as part of recent support cases. These files may have contained sensitive data, including cookies and session tokens, that […]

Israel unveils Cyber Dome

Israel has unveiled a “Cyber Dome,” a 1,800-acre cyber security complex located in Beer Sheva, Negev’s capital and Israel’s cybersecurity hub, as part of efforts to create cyber battlegrounds. This initiative is inspired by Israel’s famed Iron Dome air defense system, but it brings a new dimension to cyber warfare. Gaby Portnoy, Director General of […]

Generative AI to spark growth in cloud data centers

Hyperscaler data center buildouts and upgrades will nearly triple cloud compute and storage capacity in the next six years, driven by an anticipated jump in high-intensity generative AI workloads, according to Synergy Research Group (SRG). The research firm analyzed the data center footprint and operations of 19 global cloud and internet service firms, including AWS, […]

Google launches Best Take and Magic Editor for Pixel 8 series

Google’s Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones are ushering in a new era of AI-powered photography, with features like “Best Take” and “Magic Editor,” are proposed to redefine the essence of photography. Best Take uses AI to analyze your photo library and swap expressions in images. No more worrying about someone not smiling in […]

IBM and AWS expand generative AI partnership

IBM Consulting and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have expanded their partnership to bring new generative AI solutions to contact centers and supply chains. Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can create new content, such as text, code, and images. The expanded partnership will focus on contact center modernization with Amazon Connect, which […]