Half of all US employees use AI at work now - and waste almost 8 hours a week doing it

2026-04-15T08:52:11Zc55725fdd51fe3ee81848235959d03ee59b16f2cf35516891387919853dae2f1
AI adoptionai-promptschromeconsumer-techdeveloper-toolsfirmwaregoogle-homelinux-kernelprivacyrustsecurity-policysoftware-updatesupply-chain

What happened

Collection of ZDNet consumer and developer stories with some security-relevant points: widespread workplace AI adoption (organizational risk/operational change), a Google Home update that fixes Gemini-related bugs (software/firmware reliability fixes), Chrome's new 'Skills' feature for saving AI prompts (data persistence and privacy risk), and several developer-focused items — Linux 7.0 bringing full Rust support (potential memory-safety improvements) and a finalized Linux kernel policy on AI-assisted code (supply-chain/code-quality implications). No specific vulnerability identifiers or CVE-C

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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zdnet_security
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c55725fdd51fe3ee81848235959d03ee59b16f2cf35516891387919853dae2f1
Enrichment time
2026-04-15T08:52:11Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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