Apple gets an iPhone and China boost, but still expects a $1.1 billion tariff hit this quarter.
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UAE parents “concerned” but “don’t take action” in protecting kids online
A majority of UAE parents (96 percent) worry about their children’s online safety but many may not know how to protect them, according to a recent study by Norton.2 4777
Salesforce deploys Agentforce to support partners around the clock
Salesforce has deployed a custom agent, called “Agentforce for Partner Community,” to answer partner questions around the clock.
Microsoft SharePoint suffers hack by Chinese groups
The US tech giant has released security updates in response and has advised all on-premises SharePoint server customers to install them.
UK Government takes a stance on ransomware payments
UK toughens up its approach to ransomware payments.
“It’s about local trust, data sovereignty, and meeting national compliance mandates”
Hossam Hassan, Security Account Executive, Cisco Systems, Saudi Arabia and Sherif Azzam, Business Unit Manager, Comstor, Saudi Arabia discuss Cisco’s global vision for data centre security and the benefits of their SMB solution portfolio in this exclusive interview.
Is it time for a new Apple CEO?
Analysts at LightShed Partners have called for a regime change at Apple in the wake of the company’s AI struggles and the failure of several projects.
xAI apologies for recent horrific behaviour of Grok chatbot
xAI explained the update “was active for 16 hours” and made the chatbot “susceptible to existing X user posts” including those containing “extremist views”.
Tech companies explore the role of robots in farming
The technology companies are working with the National Robotarium, a global AI and robotics research institute housed at Heriot-Watt University, to develop systems using 5G to connect autonomous machines so they can perform precision agriculture tasks.
Cloudflare introduces AI bot blocker
Cloudflare argues AI breaks the unwritten agreement between publishers and crawlers.
Apple looks to appease EU over App Store fines
Other changes include giving developers in the EU more ways to promote alternative payment options on stores, websites and apps away from the Apple ecosystem.