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• EC to grill Meta on Facebook ‘subscription for no ads’ plan

  01-03-2024 22:15
  
  The European Commission (EC) on Friday said it needs more information from Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta to assess its compliance with applicable privacy and security laws in the European Union (EU).The EC, in a statement, said Meta also needs to speed up its responses to requests in December for information, which centered on election information, terrorism and the protection of minors. The company has until March 15 to provide that information, with the new info about Meta’
  
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• Port of Oakland Executive Director says it's the "moment to modernize" - portofoakland.com

  01-03-2024 19:54 via news.google.com
  
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• Port of Oakland Executive Director says it's the "moment to modernize" - Port of Oakland

  01-03-2024 19:54 via news.google.com
  
  Port of Oakland Executive Director says it's the "moment to modernize"  Port of Oakland
  
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• Return-to-office initiatives or stealth layoffs? Why not both?

  01-03-2024 18:17
  
  The business environment is better than ever, but that isn't stopping many tech companies from laying off employees. At the same time, numerous other organizations — often poorly run ones — insist remote workers return to the office (RTO) in the name of better productivity. The reality is that incompetent leaders are scapegoating employees working from home for bad company performance.And then, there are the companies doing both.Dell is the latest example of a business that appears
  
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• Apple warns of increased iPhone security risks

  01-03-2024 17:51
  
  Apple is telling European customers that new EU competition laws will make iPhones less safe once the company is forced to open up its platforms to third-party App Stores. The company, not exactly happy about this, has published a 32-page white paper where it spells out the risks arising from the EU’s big experiment.The EU’s formal adoption of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) means Apple must make several changes to its App Store and business models. Changes include the introducti
  
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• Microsoft unveils new AI tools for Windows 11

  01-03-2024 17:34
  
  Microsoft will add a range of artificial intelligence (AI) features to Windows 11, with new ways to edit content and control PC settings.Later this month, Windows 11 users will be able adjust settings within the operating system with text commands via the Copilot AI assistant. Here, users can type “enable battery saver” or “show Wi-Fi network” and the Windows Copilot will perform the action. Other skills include “display IP address,” “launch voice input
  
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• 30 Notable IT Executive Moves: February 2024 - CRN

  01-03-2024 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Elon Musk sues OpenAI alleging breach of founding agreement

  01-03-2024 15:52
  
  Elon Musk, one of OpenAI’s founding board members and investors, has filed a lawsuit against the company and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that the now Microsoft-financed creator of ChatGPT has breached its founding mission.“This case is filed to compel OpenAI to adhere to the founding agreement and return to its mission to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) for the benefit of humanity, not to personally benefit the individual defendants and the largest technology company
  
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• The food delivery driver identification dilemma

  01-03-2024 11:22
  
  One of the oldest IT jokes is the CIO who says, "IT operations would go so much more smoothly if I wasn’t for these end-users mucking everything up." It's true: humans have a tendency to not do what they are should or — more likely — what someone in IT wants them to do.This is a lesson now being learned by the major food delivery services, which have run into some of the same authentication and security issues other industries face daily.What started out as a perfectly reasona
  
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• 26 note-perfecting tips for Google Keep on Android

  01-03-2024 11:00
  
  I really need to upgrade my brain's internal storage.I'm only partially kidding: Just like a hard drive, I'm pretty sure my mind reached maximum capacity at some point in the past decade. The only way I can remember anything these days is by making and maintaining a million notes, both physical and digital. (My wife can confirm this: "I told you that a week ago" is an all-too-common phrase 'round these parts.)I'm still waiting for Western Digital to start selling SSD implants for the noggin, bu
  
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• Port of Oakland Executive Director says it’s the “moment to modernize” - American Journal of Transportation

  01-03-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Port of Oakland Executive Director says it's the “moment to modernize” - American Journal of Transportation

  01-03-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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