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How gen AI can make your business work faster - really

2 days ago | computerworld.com | Matt Egan

Going with the flowThe biggest story with readers of CIO this week was this article about how IT leaders are using agentic AI to accelerate business workflows. It’s the Holy Grail for many organizations – introduce AI agents to an existing workflow and in so doing create efficiency and velocity across the business. Easy to say, hard to do.
Surfshark study probes data hunger of web browsers

5 days ago | computerworld.com | Paul Barker

A new survey by VPN provider Surfshark has found that Chrome collects the most information from users’ phones, while “TOR stands out as the most privacy-centric browser by collecting no data at all.” The two were among 10 that researchers analyzed, after using AppMagic, a market intelligence tool, to select the most popular browser apps on Apple phones in the US in 2025, they said in a post outlining their findings.
It’s in the national interest for Apple to design its own silicon

5 days ago | computerworld.com | Jonny Evans

In a surprise to nobody, Apple is developing even more processors for use in its devices. It makes total sense. In case you hadn’t noticed, silicon is becoming a national and international strategic priority to governments everywhere that have identified, correctly, that computer chips are as essential as energy if you want to enter a new age of AI-driven digital efficiency.
OpenAI hires Instacart CEO Fidji Simo to oversee customer-facing apps

6 days ago | computerworld.com | Taryn Plumb

OpenAI was founded a decade ago with a focus on research, but it has since expanded into products and infrastructure. Now it is looking to again broaden its presence into user-facing apps. The company announced this week that Fidji Simo will join as CEO of applications, a newly-created position. Simo is the current CEO and chair at grocery delivery company Instacart.
Google's AI agent protocol is becoming the language for digital labor

6 days ago | computerworld.com | Agam Shah

Google’s recently released Agent2Agent protocol has emerged as a top contender to facilitate communication and collaboration between AI agents in models and enterprises. Microsoft this week adopted the A2A protocol in Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry for developers to build shared agents that can interact with each other.
Apple plans a life after Google

6 days ago | computerworld.com | Jonny Evans

Google could lose a third of its business if the courts force it to relinquish its default search deal for Apple’s Safari. It could lose the same thing if Apple voluntarily switches to AI-driven search services from other parties, including Apple itself. There is no doubt that Google will be the biggest casualty if US courts force it to stop paying Apple roughly $20b a year to be included as the default search engine in Safari.
OpenAI offers help promoting AI outside the US, but analysts question why countries would accept

1 week ago | computerworld.com | Evan Schuman

OpenAI, acting as part of the US government-led Stargate AI project, on Wednesday rolled out a program called OpenAI for Countries. The idea is for Stargate to help other countries create their own genAI environments, including data centers and genAI models. But analysts argue that other countries might be hesitant to join a US government-led effort, given the sensitive issues of data privacy and business intellectual property.
That $168M fine isn't enough to stop NSO spies

1 week ago | computerworld.com | Jonny Evans

Should Apple have abandoned its lawsuit against Israeli mercenary spyware vendor NSO Group — the company it once described as, “21st century mercenaries who have created highly sophisticated cyber-surveillance machinery that invites routine and flagrant abuse.” Perhaps not, but it’s still heart-warming to learn NSO has been slammed with a huge $168 million fine for spying on WhatsApp.
The easiest ways to view, sign, and edit PDFs on Android

1 week ago | computerworld.com | JR Raphael

For a format that’s been around for a solid few decades, the tried-and-true PDF sure can be a pain in the patootie. You know what I’m talkin’ about here, right? Practically every time I’m forced to deal with a PDF, I find myself muttering quiet obscenities in my head like an uncouth raccoon (or maybe just an ordinary Homo sapien being tested by an exasperating file format).
Meta wins $168M judgment against spyware seller NSO Group

1 week ago | computerworld.com | Gyana Ranjan Swain

Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group must pay almost $168 million in damages for exploiting WhatsApp to deploy its notorious Pegasus spyware against users worldwide, the jury in a US court said Tuesday.