Niki Black on AI Adoption, Billing Pressure, and the Governance Gap in Legal
This week we welcome back Niki Black to unpack the findings from the newly released 2026 Legal Industry Report from 8am The conversation centers on a legal profession moving into a new phase of AI adoption, where individual lawyers are embracing general purpose AI tools at a striking pace, while many firms still lack even basic policies or training.
Cybersecurity Still Struggles to Retain and Elevate Women…Why?
Despite strides made by women in cybersecurity, as this International Women’s Day rolls around, the industry is losing them mid-career and failing to elevate them in strong numbers.
Managing Multiple Priorities at Work Without Burnout
Most professionals do not struggle because they lack skill or motivation. More often, the strain builds quietly as priorities stack up faster than they
Are you leaking company data to non-sanctioned AI Apps?
We repeatedly hear stories around personal and corporate data being leaked on the web through the un-sanctioned use of consumer grade AI tools like Grok, ChatGPT and others. A report last week reve…
Fake job recruiters hide malware in developer coding challenges
A new variation of the fake recruiter campaign from North Korean threat actors is targeting JavaScript and Python developers with cryptocurrency-related tasks.
This morning, I was approached to present in Texas on deep fake evidence and what litigators need to know to confront it. It’s to be called, “Real or Rigged: How to Know Whether Evidence Is Fake.”…
WordPress.com adds an AI Assistant that can edit, adjust styles, create images, and more
The feature is designed to work inside the website to understand its content and layout, allowing site owners to make changes with natural language commands. The WordPress AI assistant doesn't need precisely tailored prompts, either.
Worth Reading – Ex-Employee OneDrive Retention: Why Data Is Kept Forever
In the case of a departed user on OneDrive, there may be a cost associated with data from now-unlicensed accounts remaining in your tenant. Many people might not like hearing that, and it does seem a little petty of Microsoft to count it differently from the overall amount of storage you are allocated. On the other hand, for the Information Governance part of my day job, it's not the worst thing to have a mechanism that forces you to consider why that data is being retained and what decisions were made about it.
Today marks the end of Carnival season in New Orleans. The tourists depart, the city exhales, and we pack away costumes and beads. My own sigh of relief has less to do with the end of revelry than …
Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned
We’ve been covering Australia’s monumentally stupid social media ban for kids under 16 since before it went into effect. We noted how dumb the whole premise was, how the rollout was an …
IT sector jobs fell and unemployment rose, according to a CompTIA review of official data. But it also revealed some positive signals about what comes next.
Turnover costs exceed $45K per worker, report finds
Close to a third of employers attributed higher potential turnover rates to better pay and benefits offered elsewhere, according to a report from Express Employment Professionals.