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The fake CAPTCHA scam you run yourself
A new version of the "verify you're human" box tells you to press a few keys, and you install the malware yourself. Here is the one rule that spots it.
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QuickBooks Desktop is going away.
Intuit is winding down QuickBooks Desktop one version at a time. I priced out your three real options before you're forced to pick one.
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Why the robocalls about your Google listing won't stop
Put your business on Google and the robocalls never stop? Here's why it happens, why blocking fails, and what actually works.
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Microsoft 365 prices go up July 1.
Business Basic is now $7 and Business Standard $14 per user each month, with E3 up 13 percent. Every new plan price, plus the nonprofit rates and cheaper options most people miss.
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The AI jobs apocalypse got postponed.
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei both walked back their AI job-loss warnings this month. What the employment numbers actually show so far, and why the timing deserves a second look.
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What a VPN actually does
VPN ads sell a coffee-shop hacker problem the web mostly engineered away years ago. What a VPN really protects, what it never did, and the few times one is genuinely useful.
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How to spot a phishing email in 2026
The old advice about typos and bad grammar stopped working. The current signs of a scam email, where to look before you click a link, and the habits that catch the rest.
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Patching is the new password
Verizon's 2026 breach report found unpatched software passed stolen passwords as the top way attackers get in. Why installing updates now matters as much as your login does.
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A WordPress privacy plugin opened 115,000 sites to takeover
Burst Statistics, installed on about 200,000 WordPress sites, had a flaw letting attackers sign in as administrator. How to check your version, and what to do if you run one.
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CISA contractor posted admin keys to public GitHub
A federal contractor left AWS GovCloud admin credentials and a file of plaintext passwords in a public repository for six months. How it happened, and the habit that prevents it.
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Meta dropped Instagram DM encryption. Why?
Meta turned off end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages, so new DMs are readable again. What changed, what happened to old conversations, and what to use instead.
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What the heck is a Passkey?
A passkey signs you into a site with your face, fingerprint, or PIN instead of a password. How it works, why a scammer cannot phish one, and what happens if you lose your phone.