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April 19, 2022

California eyes four-day workweek for larger firms

A bill proposed in the California legislature is already drawing fire from business, with one group warning that a shorter workweek would “discourage job growth” in the state. Read more ▶

Image: Sponsored by Pendo: Your digital adoption questions, answered

Sponsored by Pendo: Your digital adoption questions, answered

What makes it hard to manage a complex IT portfolio? How can IT take the lead on driving software adoption? What role should cross-departmental partners play in their strategy? You’ll get the answers to these questions and more from leaders at Square, Linksys, and ELF Beauty during our CIO panel at Guide: The Digital Adoption Summit. Join us for free on May 10.

Microsoft to kill Patch Tuesday for some enterprise users

The company plans to launch its Windows Autopatch service for enterprise users with Windows 10 or Windows 11 Enterprise E3 licenses; it will continuously deploy patches, eliminating the need for admins to manually deploy them.

Apple plots a Mac revolution in interesting times

Apple's teams have plotted a path that makes Macs more than relevant all over again, but this revolution comes in the middle of very challenging times.

Image: April's Patch Tuesday: a lot of large, diverse and urgent updates

April's Patch Tuesday: a lot of large, diverse and urgent updates

This month's Patch Tuesday release was a big one, and includes fixes for Microsoft browsers and two zero-day vulnerabilities for Windows. Time to get busy updating!

When humans make tech mistakes

Just because the vendors ] have a good track record doesn't mean they can't make mistakes that could lead to data loss. After all, tech vendors are human, too.

Mergers and acquisitions and takeovers — oh my!

Elon Musk’s move to buy Twitter this week might not work out as well as he thinks. Hostile takeovers can often lead to Pyrrhic victories.

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