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If you have a public facing Facebook page, such as a fan account page or business page, then you’ve probably been inundated with messages that look something like this:

Of course, this contains all the hallmarks of a phishing scam. The false sense of urgency, the request for personal information, the legitimate looking branding, and the link that leads anywhere but an actual legitimate Facebook page.

Microsoft 365 is packed with powerful tools designed to help businesses stay productive, collaborative, and organized—but many users barely scratch the surface of what’s available. If you're only using Microsoft 365 for email and basic file storage, you're likely leaving a lot of value on the table.

In a recent video posted to TikTok, AI surveillance software vendor Veesion showcased their AI theft detection in real time. The video shows someone in an aisle of a store pocketing items while the camera accurately detects the movement as “item in pocket”. You can see another person in the background and it accurately detects that they’re walking while it’s simultaneously monitoring the first individual highlighting the systems ability to focus on multiple activities at the same time.

23andMe was one of the earliest providers of genetic and genealogy testing services, if you were curious about what your genetic makeup was or wanted more insight into possible genetic predispositions it was as easy as providing a saliva sample and shipping it off to the company for testing.

A new ransomware targeting Gmail, Outlook and other popular email providers has made enough waves for the FBI to issue a warning about it. In addition to targeting these email providers bad actors have narrowed their search to those in specific fields like medical and tech.

We all know about good hygiene practices for ourselves and our homes, but what about practicing good cybersecurity hygiene? What does the word hygiene mean when applied to a digital context?

When we think of hygiene for cybersecurity it’s the essential items needed to practice the bare minimum in cyber threat prevention, we’re strong advocates for advanced cybersecurity threat prevention and believe you can never be too protected – however these 8 items will in many cases prevent the vast majority of outside threats.

Computers and laptops are a significant investment, especially for business owners who need to supply staff with devices to work on (hardware costs typically represents a significant portion of many business owners technology budgets). You may be wondering how long that investment will last?

Computers degrade in performance over time due to both hardware aging and software advancements that demand more resources.

Microsoft is no stranger to acquiring programs only to later shut them down (though they pale in comparison to Google’s own graveyard of acquisitions) and now Skype will be the latest casualty with a shutdown date of May 5th, 2025 being officially set.

AI or Artificial Intelligence is becoming more and more common place in our daily lives, including in our places of work. You may even be using it daily without realizing it, most search engines for example have an AI response to queries baked in at the top of the page and if that’s the farthest you look then all of your searches are currently being powered by AI.

Other tools like weather apps, navigation and even the spam filter in your inbox is using AI to train and collect data that is then given back to you as answers to your questions or provide solutions you are looking for.

If you’re a Microsoft 365 subscriber - or considering it to utilize tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more in your business – you may not be taking advantage of all of the features it has to offer.

These features include ways to help organize your files and corral your workload under one umbrella, which is useful with the deluge of information many of us are processing each day in the course of performing our job duties.