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Let me start with a question: If you needed a strong password, would you ask AI to generate one for you? It sounds reasonable enough.  Tools like ChatGPT and Copilot can write reports, draft emails and even create bits of code. Asking them for a 16-character...

Are you still running Windows 10 because “it’s fine for now”? I hear that a lot.  And to be fair, if you signed up for Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme, Windows 10 probably does still feel fine. It turns on. It works. It gets security updates. No drama....

Have you noticed how many AI projects start with excitement… and then quietly go nowhere? I’m seeing it a lot.  A demo here, a pilot there, plenty of internal chatter, but very little that makes it into day-to-day use.  And it’s not because AI doesn’t work...

When was the last time you replaced a perfectly usable work computer, simply because it had become slow or unreliable? For a lot of businesses, that moment is coming sooner than it used to.  Hardware prices have risen, upgrades cost more, and replacing machines...

If phishing scams are supposed to trick people, why do so many of them still feel clumsy? For years, the answer was simple: Most scams were mass-produced.  The same email, the same fake website, sent to thousands of people and hoping a few would fall for...

Let me ask you a slightly uncomfortable question. Do you know which AI tools your team is using at work… and what they’re putting into them? Most business owners I speak to think they do. And then we dig a little deeper. Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and...

When you open a browser on your phone, what do you think it knows about you? The websites you visit? Maybe your location? Possibly what you’ve searched for? The reality is, for many popular mobile browsers, it’s a lot more than that. A recent analysis looked at how...

Here’s a question I suspect most business owners haven’t thought about yet. If one of your team buys something inside an AI chat window… is that okay with you? Because that’s exactly where things are heading. You’re probably already familiar with tools like...

What would happen if someone got hold of one of your employees’ passwords from years ago? Not a password they’re using today. Not one they even remember. Just an old one that never got changed. Because that’s exactly how a recent, large-scale data-theft campaign...

Scams aren’t what they used to be.  They’re not always obvious, they’re not always clumsy, and they don’t always come with spelling mistakes or odd graphics.  Today’s digital fraud is faster, smarter, and often created with the help of AI. Which means it’s...