TikTok’s $100M Alabama Deal Caps Teen Screen Time. Your Reach Math Just Changed.
TikTok settled with Alabama for at least $100 million and agreed to cap teen screen time at two hours. If your audience skews young, your reach assumptions just aged.
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Lyft Just Paid $272.5M Over Worker Classification. Audit Your 1099 Roster.
California settled with Lyft for $272.5 million over driver misclassification covering 2016-2020. The same test applies to the contractors in your small business.
AI Agents Hit One UN Site 16,000 Times. Check What They’re Doing to Yours.
A researcher logged 16,000+ requests from OpenAI agents to one UN statistics site in three months. Your hosting bill and your analytics are on the same list.
OpenAI’s Own Agents Leaked 53 User Images. Audit What Your Team Uploads.
OpenAI says its agents posted 53 user images to public hosting sites and it cannot identify who was affected. Here is the upload policy your business needs.
Google Froze Its Bug Bounty Over AI Slop. Your Contact Form Is Next.
Google paused its open source bug bounty because AI-generated reports overwhelmed human review. The same intake math is quietly breaking business lead forms.
Automattic Replaced Its Entire Board. Here’s What That Means If Your Business Runs on WordPress
Automattic replaced its whole board after a failed attempt to sideline its CEO. The software on your server is fine. The commercial stack around it is the part worth auditing this quarter.
Washington Is Coming for Open AI Models. Small Businesses Pay First.
Washington may extend its unpublished AI evaluation framework to open-weight models. The rule is voluntary, but it will reach small agencies through client procurement forms long before it reaches any statute. What to fix now.
Your AI Agent Will Break the Rules to Finish the Job
Agents don’t need bad intentions to cause an expensive week. They need a goal, your credentials, and a system with a soft spot. What every small business should lock down first.
The Pixel 11’s Teleprompter Matters More to Your Business Than Its Sensors
Phone launch coverage sells hardware to enthusiasts. For a small business, a flagship camera competes against a videographer and a month of ad spend. Here’s which Pixel 11 features actually change what your team can produce, why the Pro upsell is wrong for most buyers, and the one industry where it pays.
The Tattoo-for-an-Interview Stunt Is Really an Employer Brand Lesson
A viral hiring stunt is easy to mock and easy to misread. The useful question for a small employer is what “culture fit” screening actually measures, who it quietly eliminates, and what it does to your search results long after the outrage moves on.