The automation that pays for itself
How to find the processes that genuinely cost time, start small with a pilot, and avoid building something nobody ends up using.
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Notes from three decades in IT
Short pieces on what I actually run into — no trend chasing, just what works and what doesn't.
Security that survives a busy week
The measures that return the most for small teams without a security department, and why most of the risk isn't technical but procedural.
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GitHub Under Fire: Poisoned VS Code Extension Steals 3,800 Repositories
On May 18, a poisoned VS Code extension breached GitHub's internal infrastructure in just 18 minutes. Here's what every enterprise needs to learn from this supply-chain attack.
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What you can and cannot trust AI with
Where AI is reliable inside a business process and where you keep a human in the loop — including the questions to ask a vendor before you hand over your data.
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Microsoft 365 Integration | Enterprise pain point, ready for implementation
Microsoft 365 integration remains the #1 enterprise pain point in 2026. Here's what breaks, why it matters, and how to implement it right.
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AI Agents in the Cloud: The Hidden Risks Businesses Must Know
Why letting AI agents run in cloud services creates privacy nightmares, cost explosions, and vendor lock-in for businesses.
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The EU Commission Got Hacked — And Nobody Wrote About It
In March 2026, the European Commission's AWS cloud was breached. The institution writing Europe's cybersecurity rules couldn't protect its own infrastructure. Here's what enterprises need to learn.
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AI-slop threatens open source: why your company must audit now
AI-generated code is flooding open-source repositories with low-quality contributions. For businesses relying on OSS, this is a hidden risk to their software supply chain.
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Why your next AI assistant shouldn't run in the cloud
Everyone is rushing to the cloud for AI. Here's why that might be the wrong move — especially if you're handling anything sensitive.
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12 petabytes wiped overnight — Iran hackers turned Intune into a kill switch
Iran-linked Handala wiped 12 petabytes from Stryker using Microsoft Intune. 200,000 devices destroyed.
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AI learned to use your computer — and 12 new models dropped
GPT-5.4 launched with native computer use, operating desktop apps autonomously. 12+ new AI models.
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45,000 tech jobs gone — companies are blaming AI
45,000+ tech jobs eliminated in early 2026. Block, Amazon, Oracle, Meta citing AI automation.
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Odido hack: 6.2 million customers breached — over a third of the Netherlands exposed
Odido data breach: 6.2 million Dutch customers exposed, including passport scans and government ministers.
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Consumers revolt against Big Tech — AI companies on the list
First consumer boycott targeting AI companies. Big Tech spending $700B while raising prices.
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The open-source AI revolution: paying for GPT may not be necessary anymore
Open-source AI models DeepSeek V4 and Qwen 3.5 are competitive with proprietary models.
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Cybersecurity split into three worlds — January 2026 is when it happened
Global cybersecurity fracturing: China bans US/Israeli tools, hospitals hit by ransomware, Microsoft disrupts crime.
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Apple surrenders to Google on AI — Microsoft puts Copilot behind a paywall
Apple-Google AI partnership for Siri. Microsoft Copilot paywall in Office apps.
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🎄 Christmas Special: 2025 — the year tech broke, AI grew up, regulators came knocking
2025 year in review: EU AI Act, GPT-5, record ransomware, cloud outages, CrowdStrike insider, agentic AI.
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EU Cyber Resilience Act: 9 months until your products need a security passport
EU Cyber Resilience Act: mandatory vulnerability reporting from September 2026, full compliance by December 2027.
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AI beat every human engineer — infrastructure keeps breaking
Claude Opus 4.5 beats all human engineers while 2025 becomes the worst year for infrastructure.
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The cybersecurity company got hacked by its own employee
CrowdStrike insider shared system screenshots with hackers. Insider threat at the insider threat company.
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Pentagon demands cybersecurity certification — its own budget office got hacked
CMMC mandatory for DoD contractors while Congressional Budget Office breached by foreign hackers.
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October 2025: the month your infrastructure failed
AWS and Azure outages in October 2025, plus record ransomware. Infrastructure failed everywhere.
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Harvard, airlines, and hospitals — enterprise software is the battlefield
Oracle EBS zero-day mass exploitation. EU hospital cybersecurity action plan.
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The defenders went agentic — Google's AI hunts threats autonomously
Google Agentic Threat Intelligence: AI agents autonomously hunting cybersecurity threats.
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22.2 Tbps — the largest DDoS attack in history
Record-breaking 22.2 Tbps DDoS attack. The record was broken three times in 2025.
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Agentic AI hit the enterprise — most companies aren't ready
Agentic AI entering enterprise production. Gartner: 40% of apps will have AI agents by end of 2026.
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7.4 million luxury customers' data stolen — Gucci, Balenciaga, McQueen hit
Kering breach: 7.4 million Gucci, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen customers' data stolen.
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First week of September: everything breached at once
September 2025 breaches: Google Workspace, WhatsApp zero-click, Azure AD, JLR, Salesforce.
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Your software bill is about to jump — and AI is the excuse
SaaS price surge: 11.4% inflation vs 2.7% market rate. The AI tax on enterprise software.
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Claude now reads 200,000 tokens at once — that changes more than you think
Claude 200K context window: contract analysis, code review at scale, eliminating the chunking problem.
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GPT-5 drops Thursday — what it means for your business
GPT-5 launch: improvements in coding, reasoning, and enterprise features.
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EU drops two AI bombs in one day: show your data and own your mistakes
EU published mandatory AI training data template and strict liability study for high-risk AI systems.
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The EU just clarified the rules for AI models
EU AI Act GPAI guidelines. What Dutch businesses need to know about compliance.
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