Microsoft is moving some of Co-Pilot’s free features to a paid subscription model.
It feels like Microsoft has turned a corner in its AI strategy. After spending billions of dollars and trying to force-feed Copilot and other AI tools onto its users they’re moving some [...]
Windows 11 Ultimate Undo Button
Remember the CrowdStrike disaster back on July 19th, 2024? That was the day millions of Windows computers around the world suddenly started crashing with the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. We're talking about [...]
Apple agrees to pay $250 million to certain iPhone owners
Apple has agreed to pay some iPhone buyers a collective $250m to end a lawsuit accusing the company of misleading people about new artificial intelligence (AI) features and capabilities. In a settlement [...]
Windows 10 Just Quietly Got Another Year of Support — Here’s Why It Happened
When Microsoft ended support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, millions of users faced a difficult choice: buy a new PC, upgrade to Windows 11, or pay for Extended Security Updates (ESU). Now, [...]
Apple’s New Siri Is Finally Getting Smart
For years, Siri has felt like the kid who showed up to class but forgot to do the homework. You could ask Siri to set a timer, send a text message, or [...]
LastPass Breach Settlement: What It Means for You
If you used LastPass in 2022 and were affected by their data breaches, you may be eligible for a cash payment—and in some cases, it could be significant. Here’s what actually happened! In 2022, [...]
Microsoft Backpedals On The Edge Password Keeper “by design” controversy.
Normally, when you save passwords in a browser: They are encrypted (locked) while stored on disk and are only decrypted (unlocked) briefly when needed (like for autofill) But Microsoft Edge has been [...]
Sam Altman’s World Project Is Expanding — and It Raises Difficult Questions About Identity.
Sam Altman’s World Project Is Expanding — and It Raises Difficult Questions About Identity. Last year, Sam Altman’s iris‑scanning startup sounded easy to dismiss. A chrome sphere. An eyeball scan. Some crypto [...]
You Bought Smart Home Devices. Here’s the Amazon Network They’re Part Of:
Amazon’s Ring, Echo, and Sidewalk ecosystem has quietly grown into one of the largest consumer sensor networks in the U.S. Millions of Ring doorbells and Echo devices are now interconnected through Amazon Sidewalk, a [...]
What happens when your home security expert gets hacked???
On April 20, 2026, ADT detected unauthorized access to some of its cloud-based environments. The incident involved the theft of customer and prospective customer data, leading to an extortion attempt by the [...]
China is cracking down on scams – just not the ones hitting Americans.
Beijing is clamping down on fraud at home but researchers say the crime syndicates are shifting their focus to victims elsewhere. The headline is real, and it reflects a well-documented and worrying [...]
ACTSmart IT Security Advisory
FBI Dismantles “W3LL” Phishing Platform Targeting Microsoft 365 Users What Happened? The FBI, working with international partners, has taken down a large cybercrime service known as W3LL (pronounced WELL). This group operated [...]
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