Hello. Welcome to ComputerWorld’s 2-minute technical briefing. I’m your host, Arnold Davis, reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Here are the top IT stories you need to know on Wednesday, February 18th.
Originally published by ComputerWorld, a Harvard Business Review study warns that AI in the workplace could backfire, causing employees to not only work faster, but also longer while completing more tasks. The researchers write that these changes can become unsustainable and lead to increased workload, cognitive fatigue, burnout, and weakened decision-making.
Initially, productivity soars, they say, but then a decline in turnover and other problems can occur. AI enhances work through multitasking, including task expansion and blurring boundaries. From the CSO, the EU has unconditionally approved Google’s $32 billion acquisition of cloud security company Wiz.
This decision removes important uncertainty for enterprise customers and positions Google Cloud to aggressively expand its security portfolio as competition increases.
Because AWS and Microsoft are in a multi-cloud environment, customers would still have a reliable alternative even if Google bundled Wiz or Wiz stopped operating outside of Google Cloud, the commission said. There were no problems with rival cloud data either.
Also, according to ComputerWorld, Microsoft is rolling out a consent-first model after warning that some Windows apps would become malicious. This new default baseline only grants access to explicitly approved apps, but users retain full control to deny or revoke permission decisions.
Windows Baseline Security Mode enables runtime safeguards by default and prioritizes properly signed software. Users will be prompted for sensitive access to files, camera, microphone, and more, with the option to revoke authorization later. Microsoft has said the rollout will occur in stages, but did not provide a timeline.
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