Starting Monday, Zoom users will have the option to open a document tool from within their video calling app and create sharable files based on their meetings—but they’ll also be prompted to use generative AI to help them write and edit them. This new feature, essentially Zoom’s version of Google Docs, is the latest effort … Read more
It was half past midnight Eastern Time when Andrew Rosenberg, an anesthesiologist and critical care doctor who works as chief information officer at Michigan Medicine, suddenly noticed that a substantial number of computers across the health care center had ceased to function. In the hospital’s parlance, it counted as a “catastrophic major incident.” “We do … Read more
When computer screens went blue worldwide on Friday, flights were grounded, hotel check-ins became impossible, and freight deliveries were brought to a stand-still. Businesses resorted to paper and pen. And initial suspicions landed on some sort of cyberterrorist attack. The reality, however, was much more mundane: a botched software update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. “In … Read more
The frequency of large-scale attacks on corporate enterprise IT is increasing. That’s not unusual or unexpected as companies spend heavily on cyber defense in an asymmetric war against hackers who can string together a few lines of code and wreak havoc. But the largest IT outage ever on Friday, resulting from a CrowdStrike software bug … Read more
I am by no means a skilled coder, but thanks to a free program called SWE-agent, I was just able to debug and fix a gnarly problem involving a misnamed file within different code repositories on the software-hosting site GitHub. I pointed SWE-agent at an issue on GitHub and watched as it went through the … Read more
Tamron updated its Lens Utility Mobile app and Lens Utility desktop software to allow photographers to add multiple new functions to their Tamron lenses. Tamron has made its lens Utility software for computers since 2021 and as a mobile app for Android devices since 2022. The software allows users to plug Tamron lenses into their … Read more
Ford CEO Jim Farley wants the industry to stop viewing hybrid vehicles as only an interim solution to be used until drivers are comfortable going fully electric. “We should stop talking about it as transitional technology,” Farley said of hybrids at a Bernstein analyst conference on Thursday. Plug-in hybrids, which include a small battery that … Read more
ProGrade Digital’s Refresh Pro software is designed to address multiple issues that arise with memory cards over time, including the fact that they get slower with age and use. It originally launched in 2019 for $30 but, citing the “vital” importance of what it can do, the company is making it free. Refresh Pro has … Read more
In February 2020, as Disney’s head of streaming, Kevin Mayer, was in the line of succession for CEO. But Mayer, seen here on Sept. 29, 2022, and colleagues were stunned when Iger announced Bob Chapek would replace Iger immediately. Bryan van der Beek | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former TikTok CEO and Candle Media co-CEO … Read more
Skylum has announced Project “Barcelona,” a new desktop application designed specifically for professional portrait retouching built in collaboration with portrait photographer Julia Trotti. According to the company, the new software that is set to release in September of 2024 is designed to “empower photographers by automating routine face retouching processes through an efficient, AI-optimized workflow … Read more