I want to flag this one quickly because it is worth a few minutes of your time. The Visa Foundation, yes, the credit card company, has a program called the U.S. Small Business Growth and Innovation Pr
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Before Rolling Out Microsoft Copilot, SMBs Need Data Security Basics
We’ve talked about this with clients before, and it keeps coming up for good reason. When you turn on Copilot, it’s like hiring a super smart IT person who immediately knows how to run around your ent
Microsoft Turns On Consumption Billing by Default for Copilot Business
If you use Microsoft Copilot, and especially if you use it hard and heavy, this one matters. Microsoft is turning on consumption billing by default, and if you are not paying attention, you could open
Pentagon Breach Exposes Data of Over 3 Million People
I love pointing this one out. The Pentagon has one of the largest IT security budgets on the planet. And they still got hacked. Over 3 million records, gone.
Windows 11 2026 Update Released as Small Enablement Package
Windows updates are a fact of life. The 26H2 update for Windows 11 is now out, packaged as a lightweight enablement package, which sounds harmless enough. But I want to be straight with you: any Windo
Windows Settings Backup Now On by Default for Business Devices
This one is long overdue, and I am genuinely glad they did it.
AI Agents Moving into Small Business Mainstream
Most people think of AI as a very smart chatbot. Something you can ask questions, have it create files or pictures, maybe draft an email. That is useful, and I get it. But agents are something complet
Cybersecurity Gap Puts Small and Midsize Manufacturers at Risk
There is a widening cybersecurity gap specifically among small and mid-sized manufacturers in the US. And honestly, that does not surprise me at all, because security is expensive and it is a hard lif
Anthropic Testing Claude Money for Bank Account Analysis
Claude has been quietly doing great AI work for a while now. Back when ChatGPT was making all the headlines, Anthropic was out there building something just as good, in many ways better, and nobody wa
NSF Launches $20M Pilot for Small Business Deep Tech Commercialization
The National Science Foundation has a $20 million pilot program designed to help small US businesses take promising technologies and turn them into commercial products. It’s open to service firms and









