Grand Traverse County is asking commissioners to approve a near-$400,000 renewal of its Microsoft 365 subscription and — crucially — to add 100 Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses as part of a controlled pilot, a move that crystallizes how local governments are balancing productivity gains from...
Starting this fall, the U.S. House of Representatives will begin a controlled pilot giving thousands of House staffers access to Microsoft Copilot — a marked reversal from a 2024 prohibition — as leadership frames the move as a pragmatic modernization push that must be matched by strict...
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Sixty days may feel like a lot — until you remember the work still required to move millions of endpoints off an operating system that will stop receiving free security updates on October 14, 2025.
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Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025...
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The U.S. House of Representatives has recently prohibited the use of WhatsApp on government-issued devices, citing significant security and privacy concerns. An internal memo from the House's Chief Administrative Officer highlighted issues such as the app's lack of transparency in data...
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In a move that sends shockwaves through the corridors of Washington and resonates across the global tech landscape, the US House of Representatives has issued an official ban on the use of WhatsApp across all government-managed devices. The prohibition, delivered via an internal email by the...
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The persistent escalation in cyber threats has driven both governmental agencies and private organizations to fortify their vulnerability management strategies. In a world where zero-day exploits and advanced persistent threats are no longer the exception but the norm, the U.S. Cybersecurity and...
Chase Fopiano remembers a time when hackers were the kind of thing only Hollywood made movies about — faceless criminals tapping away in neon-lit basements, targeting banks or Silicon Valley giants, never quaint police stations in sun-bleached South Florida. For most of his early career as a...
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