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January 14, 2026 by Vertical Axion
Getting the cybersecurity–productivity balance right is tougher than most people think. JumpCloud and Google Workspace recently found something surprising: Just 6% of IT leaders think their office software setup actually works as it should. That leaves a whopping 94% facing challenges from spiraling costs and security concerns to growing complexity. This isn’t just an IT […]
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January 13, 2026 by Vertical Axion
AI tools in software development promise faster builds, lower costs, and instant results. But when it comes to code quality, speed isn’t everything. New data from CodeRabbit suggests that AI-generated code can create more problems than it solves. This raises important questions about risk, reliability, and long-term value. The Surprising Numbers Behind AI’s Shortfalls CodeRabbit […]
January 12, 2026 by Vertical Axion
If you’ve been riding the AI wave these past couple of years, you might be noticing a new undercurrent. AI fatigue is starting to set in, and it’s hitting leadership hard. While artificial intelligence tools are everywhere, a growing number of bosses are realizing that automation alone isn’t the silver bullet for solving their biggest […]
January 10, 2026 by Vertical Axion
When most people hear the word “cyberweapon,” they think of shadowy government agencies cooking up tools in hidden labs. In practice, it rarely works that cleanly. Plenty of the tools causing the most damage today didn’t come from government labs at all. They were built and refined in criminal circles. RomCom RAT is a good […]
January 9, 2026 by Vertical Axion
The holiday rush is exciting for business owners: sales skyrocket, customers flood in, and that end-of-year boost can make or break your annual numbers. But with the positive comes the negative, and unfortunately, the holidays are also a vulnerable season for cybersecurity. When online traffic surges, attackers know exactly when to strike. Multiple industry reports […]
January 8, 2026 by Vertical Axion
Artificial intelligence is moving fast, and depending on who you ask, it’s either exciting or already exhausting. A recent study from Cisco and the OECD talks about a key hurdle: older users’ AI adoption remains surprisingly low. This isn’t just a minor blip. It’s a generational gap that’s shaping how quickly AI spreads in everyday […]
January 7, 2026 by Vertical Axion
The digital economy runs on electricity. Every cloud app, AI model, and streaming service depends on massive infrastructure humming behind the scenes. Today, that infrastructure is growing so fast it’s starting to collide with a very real limit: available power. The explosion in data center energy consumption is pushing electricity networks worldwide to their limits, […]
January 6, 2026 by Vertical Axion
The tech hardware market is under pressure, and business owners are starting to feel it in their budgets. The memory crunch driving server and PC prices up isn’t just a blip. It’s a full-on shift in the tech supply chain that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. Understanding how High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM), Dynamic Random Access Memory […]
January 5, 2026 by Vertical Axion
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future-facing experiment tucked away in IT departments. It’s a boardroom priority. Business owners across industries are realizing that the organizations pulling ahead have leadership with the technological understanding to ask the right questions and move decisively. In this environment, tech-fluent leaders’ AI strategies are becoming a defining factor between […]
January 3, 2026 by Vertical Axion
A collapsed supervolcano might not seem like it has much to do with modern technology, but a crater from an eruption 16 million years ago could solve a problem businesses have been wrestling with for years. Researchers discovered an enormous concentration of lithium-rich clay within the McDermitt Caldera, which stretches across the Nevada–Oregon border. Early […]
January 2, 2026 by Vertical Axion
Google just rolled out one of the biggest Android security batches of the year, squashing 107 vulnerabilities across the entire ecosystem. If your business runs on Android phones or tablets, this patch isn’t optional. While many updates quietly address minor issues, these Android fixes stand out. Two of the bugs are already being exploited in […]
January 1, 2026 by Vertical Axion
News of yet another malicious extension making the rounds might feel like background noise at this point. But this one deserves your attention. Security researchers at Koi Security recently uncovered a long-running campaign, now known as ShadyPanda, that quietly infected 4.3 million devices and stole data via more than 100 seemingly harmless browser extensions on […]
December 31, 2025 by Vertical Axion
Running a business in the cloud used to feel like a guarantee of safety. But a new report is shaking that confidence. Researchers at Oligo have uncovered serious cloud security issues tied to Fluent Bit, a popular open-source log processing tool used by just about every major cloud provider, including AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, […]
December 30, 2025 by Vertical Axion
When you’re juggling invoices, client calls, and everything else, the last thing you need is some hidden flaw in your network quietly letting attackers slip in. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what recently surfaced with ASUS AiCloud routers. ASUS has issued an urgent warning and a critical firmware patch to address a serious authentication bypass vulnerability that […]
December 29, 2025 by Vertical Axion
If your business relies on Teams for conversations, file sharing, and getting things done, you need to know about this Microsoft Teams bug recently discovered by cybersecurity researchers. A new feature designed to make collaboration easier has accidentally opened the door to attackers. If you don’t act now, this cross-tenant vulnerability could put your company […]
December 27, 2025 by Vertical Axion
Most of today’s generative AI tools come with strong guardrails. They won’t teach you how to make explosives or walk you through committing digital fraud. These rules usually work well, and tools like Grok, Claude, or Gemini will shut you down when you try to use them for anything nefarious. Unfortunately, cybercriminals often won’t take […]
December 26, 2025 by Vertical Axion
AI browser tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity are becoming the go-to way for many business owners to research competitors, summarize emails, and speed up daily tasks. But as these tools grow more capable, hackers are quietly manipulating them. The latest example is almost unbelievable: hackers can influence AI browsers just by adding hidden text […]
December 25, 2025 by Vertical Axion
Your digital calendar is the command center of your workday. It tells you where to be, who you’re meeting with, and which deadlines are creeping up. You probably never second-guess it. But what if your calendar suddenly started feeding you phishing links or malware notifications without you ever clicking accept? Unfortunately, malicious calendar alerts are […]
December 24, 2025 by Vertical Axion
Google’s new Antigravity IDE landed with a lot of buzz. Marketed as an AI-first development environment, it helps teams ship code faster by letting intelligent agents write, test, and even manage parts of a project automatically. For many businesses, it sounded like a major productivity boost: an all-in-one tool that could make software development quicker, […]
December 23, 2025 by Vertical Axion
Another VS Code attack wave is in the spotlight, and security researchers are sounding the alarm. A malware family known as Glassworm has resurfaced across both the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace and the OpenVSX Registry, two widely used hubs for downloading VS Code extensions. For business owners who rely on development teams to keep operations […]
December 22, 2025 by Vertical Axion
Retail is changing fast, but not always in loud or flashy ways. Behind the scenes, AI agents in retail operations are doing the quiet, repetitive tasks that keep stores running smoothly. And according to a new Fluent Commerce report, more than two-thirds of retailers are already piloting or partially implementing agentic AI. Even more striking, […]
December 20, 2025 by Vertical Axion
Just a few years ago, the idea that your business could predict what a customer wants before they do and deliver it flawlessly sounded like science fiction. Today, it’s just a Tuesday. Thanks to AI, organizations can now hyper-personalize customer experiences, predict demand shifts, and spot trends at a speed humans simply cannot match. But […]
December 19, 2025 by Vertical Axion
When most companies hear the words “ransom threat,” panic sets in. But sometimes, the story takes a surprising twist. Checkout.com’s CTO, Mariano Albera, recently showed the business world a bold way to respond to cybercrime with transparency, accountability, and even opportunity by flipping the script on a CTO ransom threat. The Unexpected Response to a […]
December 18, 2025 by Vertical Axion
Artificial intelligence is a trusted partner for many businesses, powering everything from customer support chatbots to marketing insights. Most users assume AI tools operate with strong safety guardrails at all times. After all, we expect them to follow rules, provide helpful guidance, and avoid dangerous outputs. But recent research suggests that even trusted AI systems […]
