There’s a scam making the rounds that’s worth knowing about, and it’s effective because it starts with someone you actually know. You receive what looks like a party invitation from a friend through a service like Paperless Post or Punchbowl. The email really does come from their account, which has been compromised, but clicking any
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Security
Last month brought news of something that sounds more like science fiction than reality. Several OpenAI models hacked a real company, not out of malice, but because they decided it was more efficient to find the test answers than to actually solve the problems. It’s not unlike the fictional Kobayashi Maru test in Star Trek,
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AI, Security
Generative AI has changed software development in a real way. Large language models are good at human languages, but they’re even better at programming languages, which have smaller vocabularies and fewer ways to combine words. And because code actually does something, running it tells you pretty quickly whether it works. The result has been a
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AI, How To, Security
When ChatGPT launched in late 2022, it was straightforward: you typed a prompt, it generated text. That text came from a model trained on data up to a certain point. Ask about anything more recent and it either drew a blank or confidently made something up. Exploring AI chatbot capabilities today reveals the evolution of
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AI, Security
Most of our communication shifted from analog to digital a long time ago. Letters became emails, phone calls became texts and video calls. With analog, privacy was mostly a given. Few people were going to steam open a letter or wiretap a phone line. The internet changed that. Digital communications can be intercepted at scale
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How To, Security
The latest generation of AI models has changed the game when it comes to finding security vulnerabilities, for both the people defending software and the people trying to exploit it. It’s worth understanding what’s happening, because it’s a big part of why we keep emphasizing the importance of keeping your devices updated. In April 2026,
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AI, Security
There’s a new scam making the rounds that Mac users should know about. Fake websites, often designed to look like official Apple pages, are prompting users to open Script Editor directly from the browser with a pre-filled AppleScript. If you see this, don’t do it. Security researchers at Jamf Threat Labs documented an attack where
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Security, Tips + Tricks
If your team works remotely even part of the time, their home networks are part of your company’s security perimeter whether you planned for that or not. That router sitting in someone’s spare bedroom, the one their ISP installed three years ago and nobody has touched since, could be an open door into your business
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How To, Security