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
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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
AI Agents Handle Scheduling and Data Workflows End to End for Small Biz
Happy Thursday, crew — it’s been a long week over here, but a good one, and I’ve got a solid lineup for you today: AI agents and what they actually do for a small business workflow; Microsoft Copilot’
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
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro Reach End of Support in October
This one is pretty simple, but it matters. If you are running Windows 11 24H2 on any of your machines, you need to get in there and run your updates before October. Because next month, those machines









