AI Tools for Small Business Get a Meta Upgrade

AI Tools for Small Business Get a Meta Upgrade

Meta rolled out a set of AI features aimed at small businesses that connect to Instagram and Facebook accounts, Meta ad campaigns, and Google Workspace. Owners can hand Meta AI their own business information, let it pull from the web, and get back decks, documents, spreadsheets, and other everyday work. The interesting part is not…

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Why Is Russia Threatening UK Military Targets? Moscow’s Warning to Britain Explained

Why Is Russia Threatening UK Military Targets? Moscow’s Warning to Britain Explained

Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned Thursday that it could strike British military targets both inside and outside Ukraine if Kyiv continues to fire long-range British cruise missiles into Russian territory, in what Reuters described as the strongest direct warning Moscow has issued to Britain since the war began. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova delivered the…

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Longtime NYC staple Barzini’s to be evicted after falling over $1M behind on rent: ‘I’m in tears’

Longtime NYC staple Barzini’s to be evicted after falling over M behind on rent: ‘I’m in tears’

They’re nearing their expiration date. An Upper West Side grocery store that defied orders to shut down over stomach-turning health violations last year is being evicted after falling more than $1 million behind on rent, records show. Barzini’s — plastered with liquidation signs for weeks — will be booted from its Broadway space next week…

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AI Visibility Is Now a Founder Problem, Not an SEO One

AI Visibility Is Now a Founder Problem, Not an SEO One

ShouldEye launched a business platform this week that tracks how leading AI models describe a company, according to Practical Ecommerce’s August 26 roundup of new merchant tools. The product reports how models evaluate and recommend a business, and flags inconsistencies or missing information along the way. Strip out the marketing language and a real question…

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Massive outbreak of ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite expands to 3 more states with more than 11K sickened

Massive outbreak of ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite expands to 3 more states with more than 11K sickened

The massive cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce and thousands of illnesses has expanded to three new states, federal health regulators announced Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the outbreak, which has been linked to hundreds of hospitalizations and two deaths since illnesses were first reported in July, has now been detected in Georgia, Tennessee…

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Strait of Hormuz Map: Which Areas Have Been Cleared of Mines and Is Shipping Safe?

Strait of Hormuz Map: Which Areas Have Been Cleared of Mines and Is Shipping Safe?

Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, said Thursday that American forces have cleared Iranian sea mines from the internationally recognized shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz, restoring free transit through one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints. “Today, international shipping lanes are open and momentum is building,” Cooper said in a…

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Return to Office Mandate Wave Hits 87% of Postings

Return to Office Mandate Wave Hits 87% of Postings

Robert Half’s analysis of 2026 job postings found that 87 percent of roles advertised in the second quarter were fully on-site. Hybrid accounted for 10 percent, and fully remote listings fell to 3 percent. Six months earlier, in the fourth quarter of 2025, on-site roles made up 65 percent of postings. If you run a…

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A Recovery-Supportive Workplace Still Needs Clear Boundaries

A Recovery-Supportive Workplace Still Needs Clear Boundaries

A manager who lets every deadline slide out of sympathy isn’t running a recovery-supportive workplace. They’re running a workplace with no workplace left. Boundaries in a recovery-supportive workplace aren’t the opposite of compassion. They’re what make compassion sustainable for everyone involved, including the employee in recovery. A culture that bends every rule for one person…

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