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Subject: Product StrategyFormat: News
Own Your Software Now: The Section 174 Change Is One Reason
Our view: small businesses should start owning their core software now. The 2025 tax change for software development is one reason, and here are the questions to bring your accountant before Dec. 31.
Subject: AI & AutomationFormat: News
Winning Trades Businesses Run on AI
A1 Garage Door Service is reportedly selling to KKR for about $2 billion, roughly 20 times earnings, in a trade where small shops sell for 2 to 6 times. The difference is an office that runs on AI.
Subject: Platforms & SecurityFormat: News
Passkeys Are Replacing the Phone Number. Microsoft's Deadline Is February 1.
Microsoft stops sending text and voice sign-in codes for most work and school accounts on February 1, 2027. We think the phone number is done as a sign-in key, and we'd move your whole office to passkeys this fall, admins first.
Subject: AI & AutomationFormat: News
ChatGPT Now Builds the Calculator Your Website Used To. Give It Your Real Numbers.
GPT-6 and Intelligent UI began rolling out in ChatGPT's everyday Chat tab on Oct 7, 2026, so a cost question can come back as a comparison or a working estimator. A generated calculator still needs local prices, and we expect it to name the businesses that publish them in plain text.
Subject: Websites & UXFormat: News
Your Google Business Profile Is Becoming the Script Google's AI Reads
We think the Google Business Profile is becoming the script Google's AI reads about your business, and Google's new four-day rule for suggested edits is the latest sign. What changed in September, and the weekly check we'd run.
Subject: Apps & SoftwareFormat: News
Vibe Coding's Next Test: Proving Your Database Is Locked
UpGuard found 16,326 Supabase databases with tables anyone could read. We think vibe-coded apps will soon have to prove their data is locked, and we show how to check yours this week.
Subject: Platforms & SecurityFormat: News
A Critical Next.js Fix Is Still Coming. Your Website Won't Patch Itself.
Next.js shipped eight security fixes in eight days, and two more are coming. We moved all 130 Next.js sites we run the day after the latest release. Here's how to check yours.
Subject: AI & AutomationFormat: News
Meta's Muse Is Coming for Your Contact Form. Don't Lock It Out.
AI assistants are about to start filing quote and booking requests. Amazon blocked Meta's Muse, but a local business shouldn't. What's coming, and how to let agents in safely.
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