Latest from todayWWDC, Apple, and AI: Waiting for the gift Days before Apple's big developer conference is set to begin, a wave of research papers hint at the company's master plan for the next generation of user interfaces.By Jonny EvansMay 29, 20265 minsAppleEventsWWDC Why AI can’t match human creative workBy Mike ElganMay 29, 20267 minsGenerative AIMarketing and Advertising IndustryProductivity Software $11 billion reasons Apple’s App Store tax is worth payingBy Jonny EvansMay 28, 20265 minsAppleApple App StoreMobile AppsStop buying Motorola Android phonesBy JR Raphael May 28, 20269 minsAndroidAndroid PhonesSmartphones Apple’s iPhone satellite ambition goes beyond rescuing hikersBy Jonny Evans May 27, 20265 minsAppleSmartphonesiPhone The AI tech job slaughter gets realBy Steven Vaughan-Nichols May 27, 20266 minsGenerative AIIT JobsTechnology Industry The big winner in Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI and Microsoft — hypocrisyBy Preston Gralla May 27, 20265 minsGenerative AIMarketsTechnology Industry The AI that cracked Apple Silicon is only the beginningBy Jonny Evans May 22, 20265 minsAppleEndpoint ProtectionMacOS Security With AI, typing's out, talking's inBy Mike Elgan May 22, 20266 minsArtificial IntelligenceNatural Language ProcessingVoice Assistants Do Apple’s accessibility efforts point at its AI plans? Apple’s annual accessibility announcements offer more than feel-good features, they may give big hints about where Apple is going with AI. By Jonny Evans May 21, 2026 6 mins Apple Vendors and Providers How Apple turned circular manufacturing into a competitive edge The MacBook Neo is something made possible by Apple’s recycling initiatives. By Jonny Evans May 19, 2026 5 mins Apple Mac Vendors and Providers For May, Patch Tuesday means 139 updates — but no zero-days Microsoft delivered fixes for issues affecting everything from Windows to Office, .NET, and SQL Server, and several patches that should be deployed ASAP. By Greg Lambert May 15, 2026 17 mins Microsoft Security Vendors and Providers The trouble with emotion-reading AI Call it ‘emotion AI,’ ‘affective computing,’ ‘sentiment analysis,’ or ‘algorithmic affect management.’ Whatever the name, it’s a bad idea. By Mike Elgan May 15, 2026 8 mins Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Privacy Apple’s App Store model for AI From App Intents to private cloud infrastructure, the company is assembling the pieces for a tightly controlled ecosystem to support third-party AI services. By Jonny Evans May 14, 2026 4 mins Apple Apple App Store Generative AI Cyberattack: First they come for Foxconn, then they come for you Apple’s key manufacturing partner Foxconn has confirmed its US factories recently suffered a ransomware attack, and yes, you should worry. By Jonny Evans May 13, 2026 5 mins Apple Manufacturing Industry Markets 8 critical questions about the Googlebook, Android, and ChromeOS Google's new Googlebook laptops are plenty eye-catching — but it's what we don't yet know about the devices that may be most telling of all. By JR Raphael May 13, 2026 16 mins Android Chromebooks Laptops Who’s the winner in the new Microsoft-OpenAI deal? After months of rancor, the two companies finally worked out a deal that gives OpenAI more independence and Microsoft first shot at the AI firm's newest advances. But one company came out ahead. By Preston Gralla May 13, 2026 5 mins Generative AI Markets Technology Industry WWDC: From NeXTStep for Apple to Apple’s next step for AI Nearly 30 years ago, NeXT gave Apple modern foundations and developer momentum; now, the company needs a compelling AI story for developers to keep its ecosystem growing. By Jonny Evans May 12, 2026 4 mins Apple Developer Roles Apple needs to fix admin authentication in ABM Apple Business Manager admins protect thousands of devices, but still can’t use federated authentication. By Jonny Evans May 11, 2026 5 mins Access Control Authentication Multifactor Authentication AI clones: the good, the bad, and the ugly It’s not that difficult nowadays to create an AI chatbot that can talk and respond like a real, actual person. But if the person being ‘cloned’ doesn’t consent, is it wrong? By Mike Elgan May 8, 2026 7 mins Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Privacy WWDC 2026: How Apple can take a great leap in AI Let users pick the model, keep the experience and the data on Apple’s terms — and take advantage of the hardware. By Jonny Evans May 7, 2026 6 mins Apple Siri Voice Assistants Apple is preparing to spend, but not necessarily on AI The company’s cash flexibility points to payments, platforms, and patience — not panic buying in AI. By Jonny Evans May 4, 2026 5 mins Apple Artificial Intelligence Vendors and Providers Relying on LLMs is nearly impossible when AI vendors keep changing things A candid Anthropic report documents how many changes the company has made without telling customers. It’s a cautionary tale for AI users. By Evan Schuman May 4, 2026 8 mins Artificial Intelligence Generative AI AI chatbots need ‘deception mode’ Fake empathy, humor, chattiness, and other human-like qualities can delude chatbot users into believing AI has thoughts and feelings. It doesn’t, and there's an intriguing way to fix the problem. By Mike Elgan May 1, 2026 8 mins Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Natural Language Processing Apple reportedly abandons Vision Pro The company continues to invest in spatial computing, building out the infrastructure for the next generation of the technology. By Jonny Evans Apr 30, 2026 4 mins Apple Augmented Reality Emerging Technology Apple will be behind on AI — until it isn’t Though the company has been dinged for falling behind in the AI race, a closer looks shows it’s made more progress than most people realize. By Jonny Evans Apr 29, 2026 5 mins Apple Siri Voice Assistants Who’s the better CEO, Apple’s Tim Cook or Microsoft’s Satya Nadella? As Cook prepares to step aside as CEO later this year, it’s a time to review how he and Nadella stack up in their respective careers. By Preston Gralla Apr 29, 2026 6 mins Apple IT Leadership Microsoft Can Apple’s new CEO turn things around? Incoming CEO John Ternus, who takes over Sept. 1, is a bit of a mystery outside the company. What’s not mysterious is that Apple has struggled with AI and it will now be up to him to make Apple a real AI player. By Evan Schuman Apr 28, 2026 6 mins Apple Artificial Intelligence IT Leadership Your AI strategy is all wrong The right strategy is to redesign your organization's ‘knowledge ecosystem’ around human-AI collaboration. By Mike Elgan Apr 27, 2026 6 mins Generative AI IT Skills and Training IT Strategy 12345678910…624 Show me morePopularArticlesPodcastsVideos news Open source Euro-Office productivity suite to launch June 9 By Matthew FinneganMay 29, 20264 mins Enterprise ApplicationsProductivity Software news Meta considers becoming a hyperscaler By Maxwell CooterMay 29, 20262 mins Artificial IntelligenceCloud Computing news AI hiring monoculture is delivering racial bias at scale By Maxwell CooterMay 29, 20262 mins Artificial IntelligenceHiringIT Management podcast Microsoft Copilot Growth, ClaudeBleed Risk, LinkedIn GDPR Complaint | Ep. 84 By Arnold DavickMay 22, 20262 mins Artificial Intelligence podcast Chrome Gemini, AI Agents, CISA Infrastructure Cyber Resilience | Ep. 83 By Arnold DavickMay 22, 20262 mins Artificial Intelligence podcast AI Triage Gains, Model Reviews, Ask Jeeves Shutdown | Ep. 82 By Arnold DavickMay 18, 20262 mins Artificial Intelligence video AI is making business scams harder than ever to spot May 26, 202636 mins CybercrimeEmail SecurityPhishing video Microsoft Copilot Growth, ClaudeBleed Risk, LinkedIn GDPR Complaint | Ep. 84 By Arnold DavickMay 22, 20262 mins Artificial Intelligence video Chrome Gemini, AI Agents, CISA Infrastructure Cyber Resilience | Ep. 83 By Arnold DavickMay 22, 20262 mins Artificial Intelligence