It’s March. Your accountant is buried. Your bookkeeper is scrambling. Deadlines are looming. Emails are flying faster than anyone can keep up. Everyone’s head is down, just trying to get through the month.
This isn’t news to you. But it isn’t news to hackers either.
Spring break gets a bad reputation. College kids. Questionable decisions. Stories that start with "we thought it was a good idea at the time…"
But adults make plenty of spring break mistakes, too. They're just quieter. And they usually involve technology.
It's February. Tax season is ramping up. Your accountant is getting busier. Your bookkeeper is pulling documents. Everyone's thinking about W-2s, 1099s and deadlines.
Here's the part nobody puts on the calendar: the first real tax-season headache usually isn't a form.
It's February. Love is in the air. People are buying chocolate, making dinner reservations, pretending they like rom-coms again. So, let's talk about relationships.
Have you ever had a tech relationship that felt like a bad date? The kind where you call for help and get silence.
Even in good times, scammers circle around generosity. But during the holidays, when giving increases and emotions run high, they truly pounce.
A few years ago, a massive telefunding fraud was shut down after authorities discovered that the perpetrators had made 1.3 billion deceptive donation calls and collected over $110 million from unsuspecting donors.
Even if you’re tired of hearing about AI, the reality is that those who embrace it, find the tools that work and learn how to use them efficiently WILL get ahead of those who refuse to try. However, sorting through the thousands of AI-powered programs on the market can feel like a daunting task, which is why we want to highlight one that we support.
When 8.5 million Windows devices, including those at airlines, banks and hospitals, suddenly displayed the “Blue Screen of Death,” people began to panic. “We are under a cyber-attack!” most speculated. Fortunately, that was not the case, but the real reason behind the outage is alarming and something every business owner should be concerned about.
The National Cancer Institute in Maryland recently analyzed data from three major US health studies that gathered information on people’s daily multivitamin use. They discovered that people who took daily multivitamins had a 4% higher mortality rate than those who didn’t.
This surprising result echoes a scene from the movie Grumpy Old Men, where a character explains that, despite never exercising and having unhealthy habits, he has outlived many who followed strict health regimens.
As a business leader, you’re always looking for ways to increase revenue, cut expenses and grow your bottom line. Implementing AI tools, shopping services and running a more efficient operation are great ways to do that. One place you do NOT want to cut corners is using free antivirus or firewall software.
In recent months, the alarming cybersecurity breach at Change Healthcare, the health care payment-processing company under the health care giant UnitedHealth Group, has thrown a spotlight on a chilling reality: cyberthreats can lurk undetected within our networks, ready to unleash chaos at a moment’s notice.
