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Microsoft is overhauling how it tests new Windows features to get feedback faster and reduce bugs in the final versions. A more stable operating system means fewer headaches for you. What is the one Windows feature you wish they would fix first?

Windows 11 testing is going back to the future with new Insider plans Microsoft is bringing back the feel-good vibes of Windows 10 with a new approach to its Insider channels as well as in-person meetups throughout the coming months.

The one Outlook rule you need to set to save yourself from awkward conversations.

It's called "delay delivery." You set it once in classic Outlook, and from that point on every email you send sits in your Outbox for a specific time (that you set) before it leaves.

If you spot a typo, realize you sent the wrong attachment, or wrote something in frustration you wish you hadn't, you can have a standard 2-minute delay to give you enough time to stop it.

Just delete the email from your Outbox before the timer runs out.

To set it up in classic Outlook:

1. Go to File > Manage Rules & Alerts

2. Click "New Rule" and pick "Apply rule on messages I send"

3. Skip past the conditions so it applies to every email

4. Check "defer delivery by a number of minutes" and set it to 2

5. Save the rule

This is better than Outlook's built-in "Recall" feature, because it works every single time.

🚨 Watch out for this fake “Microsoft” scam
If an email asks you to enter a verification code on Microsoft’s login page—don’t. That’s device code phishing, and it bypasses MFA.
Attackers trick you into approving their device, giving them access to your email and files without your password.
✅ Microsoft will never email you a code to enter
✅ Block device code flow in Entra ID
✅ Use phishing-resistant MFA (FIDO2, Windows Hello)
Stay alert.

If your business uses a generic email like info@, sales@, or support@, there's a good chance you're paying for it incorrectly.
The default approach most SMBs take is to set up a regular user mailbox, share the password between staff, and call it a day.
That setup creates two real problems.
1) There's no audit trail of who sent what.
When someone leaves, they still have the password. And shared passwords are one of the most common ways small businesses get compromised.
2) You're paying for a Microsoft 365 license on a mailbox that no human owns.
Microsoft 365 has a built-in feature that solves both: Shared Mailboxes.
A Shared Mailbox lets multiple staff access the same email address (info@, support@, etc.) using their own personal logins.
Replies appear to come from the shared address.
Every action is logged under the individual employee. And it does not require a separate license if the mailbox stays under 50 GB.
How to set one up:
1. Sign in to admin.microsoft.com
2. Go to Teams & groups > Shared mailboxes
3. Click Add a shared mailbox
4. Enter a display name and email address
5. Click Add members and choose who gets access
Members can read, send from, and manage the shared address from their own Outlook within an hour.
When an employee leaves, you remove them from the mailbox in 30 seconds.
There are no password changes, and no risk of an ex-employee still reading client emails.

E-commerce SEO is shifting in 2026 toward AI search visibility rather than just standard keyword rankings. If your business sells online, you need to be where the AI is looking. Have you adjusted your digital strategy for the age of AI search?

https://explodingtopics.com/blog/e-commerce-seo

The AI market is projected to reach $3.5 trillion by 2033. With nearly 90% of tech workers already using AI daily, the shift is real. What is the one AI tool you can no longer live without at work?

https://explodingtopics.com/blog/ai-statistics

AI tools are only as good as the data you give them. Using real data instead of well-phrased guesses is the next hurdle for business efficiency. Are you still treating AI as a separate step, or is it fully connected to your company data yet?

https://itsupplychain.com/why-semrush-one-matters-as-ai-becomes-the-first-place-people-look/

If a website ever tells you to press Windows Key + R, close the tab.

That single instruction is the giveaway for a fast-growing scam called ClickFix, which has been behind a wave of infostealer infections all year.

An infostealer is malware that scrapes every saved password, browser cookie, session token, and stored credit card...

You click a Google result that takes you to a hacked website.

A fake CAPTCHA pops up and tells you to press Windows Key + R, then Ctrl + V, then Enter to verify you're human.

The second you hit Enter, you've installed malware on your own machine.

This attack slips past most security tools because you run the command yourself.

No file was downloaded, so antivirus has nothing to scan.

The browser shows no warning.

From the operating system's perspective, you typed a command into a Windows utility, the same as any admin doing real work.

A few things you can do this week:

▶️ Tell your team that if any website prompts the user to press Win+R or paste something into the Run box, they should close the tab and report it.

▶️ Restrict PowerShell for non-IT staff using AppLocker or Windows Defender Application Control. Most office employees have no work reason to run PowerShell scripts.

▶️ Make sure your endpoint protection is doing behavioral monitoring and not just signature scanning. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and most modern EDR tools have detection rules specifically for this attack chain.

There's no shame in falling for a fake CAPTCHA. They're designed to look real. But

once your team knows the keystroke trick, this scam stops working on them.