This story is part of the Nerds News briefing for April 7, 2026. Watch the full episode on YouTube or read all six stories together in the main briefing. Cross-Signed Kernel Drivers Deprecated: Check Your Old Hardware This one is going to sneak up on a few businesses....
This story is part of the Nerds News briefing for April 7, 2026. Watch the full episode on YouTube or read all six stories together in the main briefing. AI-Generated Phishing Is Now Aimed Squarely at Small Businesses For years, the playbook for spotting a phishing...
This story is part of the Nerds News briefing for April 7, 2026. Watch the full episode on YouTube or read all six stories together in the main briefing. Safe Links URL Protection Lands in All M365 Business Plans You've probably seen Safe Links without realizing it —...
This story is part of the Nerds News briefing for April 7, 2026. Watch the full episode on YouTube or read all six stories together in the main briefing. Windows 11 Secure Boot Certificate Expiring: The April Patch You Can't Skip This is one of those situations where...
This story is part of the Nerds News briefing for April 7, 2026. Watch the full episode on YouTube or read all six stories together in the main briefing. Microsoft 365 Pricing: The 5–33% Hike Hitting July 1 Microsoft just confirmed another round of pricing changes —...
Starting April 1, 2026, Microsoft quietly rolled previously premium features into standard Microsoft 365 Enterprise licenses. If you've been paying extra for Places Explorer or Town Halls, you may have just gotten a price break without realizing it. Here's what...
Ever jump on a quick Teams call — no calendar invite, no agenda — and then realize afterward that nobody wrote anything down? Microsoft just fixed that. Loop-powered meeting notes now work for instant and Meet Now meetings, not just scheduled ones. Here's why that...
If your small business has been juggling multiple phone numbers across different devices and workarounds, Microsoft just made your life a whole lot easier. Teams is rolling out multi-line phone support — up to 10 numbers per user — starting late April 2026. Here's...
The phishing emails your team used to catch by spotting bad grammar and weird formatting? Those days are over. AI-powered phishing is now the fastest-growing cybersecurity threat facing small businesses, and the numbers are alarming. Here's what you need to know — and...
If you've been using Copilot features inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote without paying extra, that window is closing. Starting April 15, 2026, Microsoft is putting Copilot behind a hard paywall — and for small businesses, the math deserves a closer look...