After Google's AI chatbot Gemini generated embarrassing and inaccurate images of historical figures, the company apologized and paused the feature, capping a rocky start to its AI ambitions versus rivals like OpenAI.
Microsoft's revision of the Xbox 360 brought results in July when the console topped the U.S. video game sales ranking for the first time in three years, according to figures from NPD Group.
One of the key figures in redefining the Windows experience on smartphones is Albert Shum, who’s been with Microsoft for barely two-and-a-half two years. His previous employer for 12 years: sneaker manufacturer Nike, where he worked in design.
Sales of video game hardware and software were down by around one-third in June compared to the same month last year, according to data released late Thursday. After initially showing positive growth as the U.S. slid into recession, the latest figures mark the fourth month of declines and the largest year-on-year decline in almost 9 years.
According to figures released recently by the Nemertes Research Group, an Illinois-based research advisory firm, as many as 71% of U.S. companies offer full-time or part-time telecommuting to employees. Despite the large number of employees who work out of office, another recent study from The Center for Democracy and Technology found many continue to sideline the issue of telecommuting security in favor of more urgent needs. (For more on telecommuting risks see: Telecommuting Poses Privacy, Security Risks
AOL's revenues dropped 17 percent due to declining subscriptions and a weak online advertising market as the company reported its first quarterly financial figures since spinning off from Time Warner.
Guessing what eye-popping growth figures Microsoft Corp. will trumpet for its popular portal and collaboration app, SharePoint, has become an annual parlor game for fans and detractors alike.
Huawei, China's largest telecommunications equipment provider, has for the first time revealed its board of directors along with its overseas sales figures, in a move to further clear its reputation following U.S. concerns that the company is tied to the Chinese military.
Technology can help mitigate the new dangers presented by online dating and the "hook-up" culture of today's youth, as well as the long-present threat of sexual misconduct by trusted authority figures, according to three companies presenting at the DEMO conference on Tuesday.
SAP published preliminary figures for its first-quarter results on Friday, showing revenue up 11 percent year on year, but margins shrinking with operating profit up only 6 percent.
Despite the recent lackluster employment figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there's cause for optimism on the IT hiring front, according to Dice.com. In a poll of 800 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters, the tech jobs site found 73% plan to increase hiring in the second half of the year compared to the first six months of 2012.
It was a stalemate. Allergan's top executives faced each other off, refusing to acknowledge the other's sales figures. As each defended his end of the table unwilling to accept a version of the truth that the different numbers wove, the tension in the room rose. The standoff wasn't the first. Finance had a set of sales figures, the logistics department had their own and sales insisted that both were wrong. The conversation between executives went something like this says K.T. Rajan, director operations IS
Last time, we looked at the Dell'Oro Group's newly released figures on the markets for LAN switches, carrier Ethernet and wireless networks. This time - in keeping with the new newsletter name of LANs & Routers and our somewhat expanded focus - let's look at the research firm's figures on routers and optical transport.
Last time, I talked about the upcoming Server Blade Summit, which is subtitled “Blades & Virtualization: The Perfect Marriage.” IBM is holding its Blade System Insight event agenda.aspx this week and virtualization figures prominently in that event, as well.
A recent Network World story points out a simple truth that might come as a surprise to some people considering the purchase of multifunction security devices that include firewalls and VPNs.
The freewheeling flow of information on public social media sites may cause many people in conservative, highly regulated industries such as financial services to shudder. But one Canadian firm has taken the plunge, believing its employees can use social tools in a safe and ultimately profitable way.
IDC announced its server market share figures last week. Server factory revenue grew almost 1% to $12.3 billion in the second quarter of 2006. IDC says server factory revenue represents those dollars recognized by multi-user system and server vendors for industry standard servers and upgrade units sold through direct and indirect channels.
April's Bureau of Labor Statistics report on unemployment suggests that the lackluster economy may be on the upswing. Although jobs fell by 20,000 and the unemployment rate dipped to 5%, those figures were much lower than expected.
Startup BSM (business service management) vendor FireScope this week launched a low-priced product aimed at providing small and medium-size businesses with easier entry into BSM, where implementations can run into the six figures.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected claims of an Apple patent that figures prominently in a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, according to documents filed by the South Korean company in a U.S. federal court.