Paul Barker

2 weeks ago | computerworld.com | Paul Barker

Credit: rawf8 / Shutterstock A software hiccup has occurred with Windows Hello following this month’s security updates, one that could prevent users from logging in via facial recognition. Fortunately, instead of prompting an increase in password reset work for helpdesks, as people who usually just gaze at their computers to unlock them realize they’ve forgotten their passwords, Microsoft has provided a simple workaround. Will Townsend, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy who...

1 month ago | computerworld.com | Paul Barker

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) spent a great deal of time deciding whether it should investigate Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI as a potential merger situation, but in the end, decided to open and close the investigation within 24 hours.

1 month ago | computerworld.com | Paul Barker

The stark difference in the way tech giants in China and the US are approaching AI for internal operations was illustrated late this week by separate announcements from Salesforce and Alibaba. During an earnings call on Thursday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff indicated that, as a result of AI, the company would not be hiring human engineers this year. “I think that the big message I have for a lot of CEOs that I meet with is, ‘hey, we’re the last generation of CEOs to only manage humans’,” he said.

2 months ago | cio.com | Paul Barker

유럽 클라우드 서비스 공급자 협회(CISPE)가 소프트웨어 라이선스 공정성을 확보하려는 마이크로소프트의 노력이 아직 미흡하다고 경고했다. 유럽 클라우드 경쟁 관측소(European Cloud Competition Observatory, ECCO)는 최근 브로드컴의 불공정 관행을 강하게 비판했다. ECCO는 CISPE가 지난해 7월 마이크로소프트와의 반경쟁 합의 이후, 지역 내 클라우드 라이선스 관행의 공정성을 감시하기 위해 11월 설립한 기관이다.

2 months ago | computerworld.com | Paul Barker

Two members of the US House of Representatives want answers from the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) over allegations that a “server of unknown nature” was used last month to “access sensitive government data without regard for crucial security and privacy protections.” In a letter sent Tuesday to Charles Ezell, acting director of the OPM, an independent agency that manages the US federal civil service, Gerald Connolly, ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government...