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, January 14th. First off, Arm is reorganizing itself around something called physical AI.
A new division focused on robotics and automotive systems. Arm has also split into three core groups: cloud and AI, and edge products and physical AI. Arm’s decision comes as companies experiment with robotics beyond pilots and deploy autonomous systems in factories, warehouses, and logistics operations.
CIOs prioritize reliability, low latency, and resiliency because real-time decision-making is more important than raw computing power to shift more inference to the edge. From Network World, Samsung has warned that prices across the electronics industry will rise in 2026 due to a memory chip shortage.
Even Samsung says it can’t fully protect its products at its scale. This imbalance is due to manufacturers reallocating production capacity toward high-bandwidth memory for AI data centers. This puts pressure on the supply of conventional and legacy DRAM.
Enterprise hardware costs are already rising due to DDR5 pricing, and procurement leverage is also shifting as hyperscalers lock in supply while mid-market buyers face higher costs and longer delivery times.
Microsoft is warning from CSO Online about a surge in phishing cases where insider threat actors appear to be exploiting misconfigured MX records and weak DMARC SPF policies to make phishing emails appear internal, bypassing filters and increasing the risk of credential theft.
If an email follows a complex route before Microsoft365’s spoofing check fails, it’s possible for an email to end up in your inbox with recipients in both the To and To addresses. Microsoft says that abuse has been increasing since mid-2025 and is calling for strict DMARC rejection and SPF hard fail enforcement.
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