Apple stock soars after announcement of AI offerings
Apple shares surged to a new record, closing with a 7.3% increase, driven by positive reactions from Wall Street regarding the company’s recent AI announcements. The significant rise in stock price reflects investor confidence in Apple’s AI strategy, particularly its potential to boost iPhone sales, which are crucial to the company’s revenue. The new AI […]
Forget Recall, Windows is already tracking everything you do
Microsoft has been dealing with a PR nightmare since the announcement of Copilot+ PCs, particularly due to concerns about the Recall feature, which tracks everything you do on your PC. Despite Microsoft’s recent updates addressing these concerns, most people are unaware that Windows already has a similar feature built-in. Windows includes a feature called activity […]
Is Oracle killing off MySQL?
Yesterday we covered a story about how Oracle was now cracking down on licensing Java, which started as a free open source tool. Now, Peter Zaitsev, a seasoned MySQL engineer, has raised concerns that Oracle’s focus on proprietary features might be sidelining the open-source MySQL database, potentially leading to its decline. Zaitsev, who has a […]
Lynn Conway, revolutionized semi-conductor design: Passes away at 85
Lynn Conway, a trailblazing engineer and influential figure in chip design, passed away at the age of 86. Known for her pivotal role at IBM and Xerox PARC, Conway co-authored the seminal book “Introduction to VLSI Systems” in the 1970s, revolutionizing semiconductor design with the VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) approach, integral to modern systems-on-a-chip […]
Forget Recall, Windows is already tracking what you do. Hashtag Trending for Thursday, June 13, 2024
Forget Recall, Microsoft is already tracking you since Windows 10. Adobe says they must see your projects or you can’t use photoshop. Apple Stock Surges with new AI strategyMore from the X files – the Musk is out there. These stories and more on this “WTF” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host Jim Love, […]
Cyber Security Today, June 12, 2024 – More Snowflake storage victims found, Microsoft issues new Windows patches,
More Snowflake storage victims found, Microsoft issues new Windows patches, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, June 12th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for TechNewsday.com. More companies that use the Snowflake cloud store and analytics service are admitting their data has been compromised. As of Monday Mandiant and Snowflake […]
