[Phoenix, AZ] – [February 2026] – SanTrac Technologies proudly attended Salt River Project (SRP) Better Together: Business Summit and Expo for the third year in a row, reaffirming its commitment to collaboration, supplier diversity, and strengthening Arizona’s small business community.

Public Wi-Fi is everywhere. Airports, hotels, coffee shops, and libraries all offer quick and convenient ways to get online when you are away from home or the office. For many people, connecting feels routine, harmless, and necessary to stay productive. Whether you need to attend a quick meeting while on vacation, or an issue pops up in the middle of the night that requires immediate attention, sometimes we need to log into work systems without heading into the office.

You may have heard about the recent, surprising story that emerged from the heart of U.S. cyber-defense: The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) uploaded sensitive government documents into ChatGPT. It automatically triggered security warnings and an immediate internal review.

If you’re a business owner, you’ve had this exact thought:
“Why does everything take longer than it should?”

By February, the “new year glow” wears off and reality kicks in. The inbox is still overflowing, meetings still multiply like gremlins and you’re still doing too much with too little time. Meanwhile, AI is everywhere.

It’s February. Tax season is ramping up. Your accountant is getting busier. Your bookkeeper is pulling documents. Everyone’s thinking about W-2s, 1099s and deadlines.

Here’s the part nobody puts on the calendar: the first real tax-season headache usually isn’t a form. It’s a scam.

Remote and hybrid work schedules are now as common as having a fully in-office role. We chat with colleagues across the country, and even across the sea.

Whether you’re logging in from home, a coffee shop, or a hotel room, modern workdays can happen from anywhere. That flexibility can greatly benefit collaboration and productivity, but it also means that the ways we stay secure have to adapt too.

When a data breach makes the news, the story usually follows a familiar pattern: What happened? How many records were exposed? Has the affected company issued an apology or explanation? Who can see that stolen data?

In October 2025, social news platform Reddit filed a federal lawsuit against AI company Perplexity AI and three data-scraping firms in New York.

The argument? Allegedly, Perplexity and its partners collected massive amounts of Reddit’s user-generated content without permission to train Perplexity’s AI “answer engine.”

Smart devices are everywhere. From voice assistants and smart TVs to connected printers, doorbells, and conference room displays, our homes and workplaces are filled with technology designed to make life easier. Many of us use these devices without thinking twice. They’re just part of the background of every day life, now.