TL;DR: Microsoft now ranks Microsoft Copilot as the number one productivity app in Windows 11, above File Explorer and the Snipping Tool. For some teams that draft and summarize all day, it earns the spot. For most, the quieter tools are still doing the heavy lifting. The better question isn’t what Microsoft ranks first. It’s […]
TL;DR: AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot can produce a password that looks strong, but a 2026 study found AI-generated passwords are far more predictable than they appear. They carry a fraction of the randomness real security needs, which makes them easy to crack. Use a password manager’s built-in generator instead, and keep AI focused
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Key Takeaways: Windows 10 standard support ended in October 2025. The Extended Security Updates program that’s keeping many business PCs patched expires on October 13, 2026, and cannot be renewed for consumer and most small business users. After that date, Windows 10 devices will receive no further security patches of any kind. This post explains
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Key Takeaways: Most businesses are using AI in some form, but very few are generating meaningful returns from it. Two-thirds of organizations remain in the piloting or experimentation phase without a clear path to scaling, according to McKinsey’s 2025 State of AI survey. The problem is almost never the technology. It’s the absence of a
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Key Takeaways: Most business PCs don’t fail suddenly. They slow down gradually through software clutter, deferred maintenance, and small habits that compound over time. According to Gartner, the industry standard replacement cycle for business desktops is 4.6 years and 3.7 years for laptops, but with the right habits, many devices can remain productive well past
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Key Takeaways: Phishing has always worked by exploiting trust, but attackers now use AI to make every lure faster to produce, harder to spot, and increasingly personalized to the individual receiving it. The traditional advice of looking for bad spelling and suspicious links no longer covers the threat. This post explains how AI has changed
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Generative AI has become a regular part of how employees work, often well ahead of any formal policy. Research finds that the average organization now experiences 223 incidents per month of employees sending sensitive data to AI tools, double the rate from a year ago. Shadow AI breaches carry an average $670,000 premium over standard
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The browser your team uses every day is quietly collecting a significant amount of data, including browsing history, location, financial details, and more, depending on which browser it is. Research from Surfshark found that Google Chrome collects 20 different types of data on mobile, making it the most data-hungry popular browser on the market. This
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Microsoft launched Copilot Checkout in January 2026, allowing users to complete purchases directly inside an AI chat window without ever visiting a retailer’s website. ChatGPT rolled out a similar feature in late 2025. These tools are designed to make buying frictionless, and they’re available to your team right now through tools they already use. For
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A recent wave of large-scale data theft campaigns has exposed a pattern that keeps recurring in breach after breach: organizations that let employees log in to business systems with just a username and password. Infostealer malware is quietly harvesting credentials from millions of devices, and those stolen passwords are being sold on the dark web
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