Charlotte Trueman
Senior Writer
Charlotte Trueman is a staff writer at Computerworld. She joined IDG in 2016 after graduating with a degree in English and American Literature from the University of Kent. Trueman covers collaboration, focusing on videoconferencing, productivity software, future of work and issues around diversity and inclusion in the tech sector.
Low-code platform provider Airtable enacts new round of layoffs
Having let go of over 250 employees at the end of last year, low-code platform provider Airtable has announced more job cuts in order to make the company “cash flow positive.”
Figma offers new mode for developers, adds variables, prototyping features
With developers now making up a third of its customer base, Figma has launched a number of new capabilities that aim to bridge the gap between design and development for its product-design application.
Figma wants to make digital whiteboards fun with new FigJam updates
The digital whiteboarding tool launched by collaborative interface design company Figma three years ago will offer users new ways for users to customize their workspace and make ideation a more playful experience.
AI startup Anthropic unveils moral principles behind chatbot Claude
Amid controversy about generative AI programs giving wrong, biased, or potentially dangerous responses to queries, Anthropic reveals how it is training ChatGPT rival Claude to give safe, helpful information.
Global cloud spending expected to jump 21.7% as IaaS leads the way
Infrastructure-as-a-service is fueling global end-user spending on cloud services, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.
UK data regulator issues warning over generative AI data protection concerns
The UK's Information Commission’s Office reminds organizations that data protection laws still apply to unfiltered data used to train large language models.
Atlassian lays off 5% of staff to refocus on cloud, ITSM
The collaboration software company follows in the footsteps of big tech companies including Microsoft, Facebook, and Google in cutting staff to position itself for the long term, focusing on cloud migration and IT service management...
Airtable becomes latest company to announce layoffs, cutting 20% of its workforce
In an email sent to employees, the low-code platform’s CEO said the cuts were a result of “taking a hard look at our efforts in the current market environment.”
How to deal with application downtime
Meta just suffered two major outages in a week: What can organisations do to ensure their customers aren’t confronted with service outages?
Rising cloud revenue helps soften Microsoft’s growth slowdown
Ongoing macroeconomic factors coupled with the continued decline in personal PC sales has caused Microsoft’s revenue growth to slump.
Microsoft relaunches Syntex with broad set of AI-based content management tools
Defining a new category of technology labeled “content AI,” Microsoft has relaunched Syntex with a set of artificial intelligence and low-code tools to automate content creation, indexing, and discovery.