Static Computers

20/06/2026

The “Zombie” SaaS Audit: Finding the 3 Apps Your Former Employees Still Access

Someone leaves the company on a Friday. By Monday, their email account is disabled, and their laptop is back in the pile. What nobody checks is their login to the project management tool they signed up for in Q3, the cloud storage folder they shared with a contractor, or the CRM access they still have from two roles ago. Three months later, those sessions are still active....

Someone leaves the company on a Friday. By Monday, their email account is disabled, and their laptop is back in the pile.What nobody checks is their login to the project management tool they signed up for in Q3, the cloud storage folder they shared with a contractor, or the CRM…

20/06/2026

New frameworks are helping businesses adopt generative AI without risking sensitive data loss. Protecting your company secrets while using the latest tech is a difficult balance. Does your office have a formal policy for using AI tools yet?

Trellix enhanced data security capabilities and a strategic framework designed to help organizations confidently adopt generative AI.

20/06/2026

If you use Excel and Microsoft 365 Copilot, an upgrade from March 2026 might save you hours every week.

It's called Work IQ, and it changes how Copilot handles spreadsheets.

Before, you had to manually feed Copilot the data you wanted it to use. Copy figures from an email, paste them into Excel, then ask Copilot to clean it up.

Now, Copilot can pull context directly from your related emails, Teams chats, meetings, and files in your Microsoft tenant. It reads the source material itself.

You can do things like:

▶️ Reconcile a vendor invoice against the quoted price by pointing Copilot at the original email thread.

▶️ Update a sales forecast based on the recap of yesterday's pipeline meeting.

▶️ Reformat a messy data dump a client sent over.

To use it, you need a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and the document stored in your business tenant, not a personal OneDrive.

One note on security: Copilot can only access files the user already has permission to see.

If your SharePoint and OneDrive permissions are messy, Copilot will surface things you didn't intend to share.

Audit your file permissions before turning this loose on your team.

19/06/2026

A massive data breach has affected over 13 million accounts at an edtech giant. It is a stark reminder that even trusted educational platforms are targets. When was the last time you changed your passwords or enabled two-factor authentication?

Education publishing giant McGraw-Hill has confirmed a data breach following an extortion attempt, with more than 100GB of stolen data now publicly distributed online, exposing the personal information of approximately 13.5 million users.

18/06/2026

Rumors are swirling about an upcoming iPhone Ultra that could be Apple's first foldable. With a book-style design and titanium border, it is aiming to redefine the high-end market. Are you ready for a foldable iPhone, or is the classic design enough?

Apple’s first foldable iPhone is coming this fall, and rumors say it will be called iPhone Ultra. Here are six new features to expect.

17/06/2026

Google might have a secret weapon for the Pixel 11: a notification system called Pixel Glow that uses lights on the back of the phone. It is a stylish way to stay informed without picking up your device. Would this feature make you switch phones?

The Google Pixel 11 series might feature RGB lights on the back to alert you of notifications.

16/06/2026

A new study shows that 73% of people are choosing tech that lasts over flashy new upgrades. The "death of the flex" means we value reliability more than ever. Do you prioritize a device that works perfectly or one that has the newest features?

Splashy launches and minimal improvements are no longer doing it for consumers. Our survey shows that they're holding onto their devices as long as they still work.

15/06/2026

Stop the Bleeding: How Revoking Admin Rights Eliminates Support Tickets

The most time-consuming ticket in your queue is rarely a hardware failure. It’s the PC infection that started when a user installed something they shouldn’t have been able to. Or it’s the broken configuration left behind after someone changed a setting IT can’t trace. Local administrator rights (the ability to install software, modify system settings, and override security controls) are given to end users far more often than the risk warrants....

The most time-consuming ticket in your queue is rarely a hardware failure. It’s the PC infection that started when a user installed something they shouldn’t have been able to. Or it’s the broken configuration left behind after someone changed a setting IT can’t trace.Local administrator righ...

15/06/2026

Over 220 zettabytes of data will be created this year alone. Managing that much information requires smarter organization, not just bigger hard drives. How are you keeping your digital files organized in this age of information overload?

Statistics related to data creation per day and over time.

15/06/2026

The one Outlook rule you need to set to save yourself from awkward conversations.

It's called "delay delivery." You set it once in classic Outlook, and from that point on every email you send sits in your Outbox for a specific time (that you set) before it leaves.

If you spot a typo, realize you sent the wrong attachment, or wrote something in frustration you wish you hadn't, you have can a standard 2-minute delay to give you enough time to stop it.

Just delete the email from your Outbox before the timer runs out.

To set it up in classic Outlook:

1. Go to File > Manage Rules & Alerts

2. Click "New Rule" and pick "Apply rule on messages I send"

3. Skip past the conditions so it applies to every email

4. Check "defer delivery by a number of minutes" and set it to 2

5. Save the rule

This is better than Outlook's built-in "Recall" feature, because it works every single time.