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Microsoft Bakes AI Into Your Office Bill on July 1: What SMBs Actually Get for $23.50
Starting July 1, Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot costs $23.50 per user and Business Premium with Copilot costs $32.…
67% of Small Businesses Using AI Agents Saw Revenue Jump 20%. What Are They Doing That Others Aren’t?
New 2026 research shows 67% of small businesses running AI automation saw revenue growth exceed 20% last year. Total SMB…
Hololive Had the Most Loyal Fanbase on the Internet. Its Metaverse Still Died.
Holoearth, Cover Corporation's virtual world for Hololive VTubers, shuts down June 28, just two months after its 1.0 launch. When…
Gartner Says 40% of AI Agent Projects Will Fail by 2027. Small Businesses Should Be Encouraged.
Gartner predicts more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be scrapped by 2027, yet small and mid-sized businesses are…
Is the Metaverse Dead? Meta Moves Horizon Worlds From VR to Your Phone
Meta is moving Horizon Worlds off the headset and toward mobile and AI, after more than 80 billion dollars in…
Conflict Resolution Skills: A 3-Move SMB Playbook
A 3-move playbook for resolving team conflict fast: name the pattern, script the opening line, log the resolution. Real tools,…
Open Metaverse Academic Alliance: Why Universities Must Act
The Open Metaverse Academic Alliance (OMAA) is a University of Rochester-led initiative, announced June 15, 2026, that brings universities into…
Personal Advisory Board: Four Seats Before Big Decisions
Write down the three biggest decisions your business faces this year, then the name of someone outside it who has…
China’s Plan Forces AI Data Centers to Comply or Pay Up
China has not ordered AI data centers shut. It makes them pay: Beijing adds a power surcharge above PUE 1.35…
Blue Ocean Strategy: A Playbook to Escape Price Wars
A four-step, evidence-based process to escape price wars: map category assumptions, interview for the underserved job, visualize the gap, then…
