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Microsoft isn’t happy just boosting individual productivity. Now it’s set its sights on helping your team work better together. Watch our latest tech update to find out how. Microsoft has a new line of PC laptops that are just now arriving. They’re called Copilot+ PCs, and small business owners have good reasons to be excited about them. But not all of the marketing hype around these new machines is worth paying attention to — at least not yet. Here’s what to know. What Are Copilot+ PCs? Copilot+ PCs are Microsoft’s second-generation AI PCs, specially built with both hardware and software designs to take advantage of Microsoft's latest AI tools. They have a neural processing unit (NPU) that runs separately from the main processor and graphics chips, and there’s a dedicated Copilot key on the keyboard that instantly launches the Copilot AI assistant (Microsoft’s integrated answer to generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini). Most importantly, Copilot+ PCs are the first Win...

Why you will not be fine on this Cloud9 There’s a new online security threat circulating right now. It’s a pretty bad one, so you’ll want to make sure you and your team haven’t fallen victim to it yet — and that you don’t unknowingly do so in the future. Here’s everything you need to know about the Cloud9 threat. What Is Cloud9? Cloud9 is the name of a malicious browser extension that affects Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge (two of the most popular web browsers out there, and almost certainly what you’re using if you’re on a PC). What’s a Browser Extension, Again? Browser extensions are usually harmless and can be incredibly helpful: they let you do more with your web browser, like interact with your Google Calendar or run a grammar checker like Grammarly on any text you’re typing into a browser. Some password managers run as browser extensions, too, and we’ve told you before how much we love password managers. The problem with browser extensions is that anyone can make one. And they...