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According to Digitimes, Intel is preparing to raise prices on its PC processors by about 10 percent starting in October, following earlier increases this year. The outlet also reports Intel may cut 5 to 10 percent of its workforce while still hiring in some areas, and could phase out its Small Core line, which mainly affects industrial and IoT devices rather than consumer PCs.
A Walmart Business survey of over 500 decision-makers at companies with 10 to 500 employees found that 37% spend four to seven hours per week on routine purchasing tasks like comparing prices, placing orders and reconciling invoices. The survey also revealed that 87% of businesses juggle two to five suppliers just for everyday supplies, from office goods to breakroom snacks to tech accessories.
PepsiCo has been building digital ordering and data tools aimed at the millions of small mom-and-pop stores that dominate Mexico's retail market, its second-largest globally after the U.S. The initiative, led by commercial transformation executive Johannes Evenblij, focuses on giving these small retailers better access to products and insights typically reserved for larger chains.
A week after its US approval for advanced pancreatic cancer, the drug daraxonrasib has shown early promise against non-small cell lung cancer, the most common form of the disease. In a small trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, tumors shrank in over 30% of patients whose cancers carried mutations in RAS family proteins and who had already failed other treatments. A larger randomized trial comparing daraxonrasib to standard chemotherapy is now underway.
Small businesses are increasingly offering retirement savings plans to employees, a benefit once considered exclusive to larger companies with more resources. This shift is driven by improved retirement plan tools, lower barriers to entry, and rising employee expectations around financial security benefits.
An Entrepreneur opinion piece argues that AI is dismantling the vendor lock-in strategy long used by enterprise software providers, including legacy banking systems and CRM platforms like Salesforce. By cutting the technical cost and effort of migrating data and integrations, AI is making it far easier for companies to switch providers than in the past.
Thryv's 2026 AI and Small Business Adoption Survey found that AI adoption among small businesses rose from 55% to 66% year over year, with 70% reporting revenue gains and 92% saying it saves time. However, 70% of respondents said they still need more AI training, even though 86% describe themselves as comfortable using the tools.
A ZDNET contributor shares how they've been using ChatGPT Work, OpenAI's agentic AI tool, to handle five recurring small-business tasks, including sorting through PR email correspondence from OpenAI and other outlets. The writer describes connecting Gmail to the tool only temporarily for large tasks and disconnecting afterward as a security precaution, while noting prompts often need refinement to get useful results.
A Harvard Business School survey found that about half of U.S. workers favor working from home, with 40% willing to accept a pay cut of at least 5% for the option to telecommute. The trend is fueling interest in launching home-based startups, with several viable small-business ideas requiring no traditional office space.
Apple TV has acquired worldwide streaming rights to Small Prophets, a comedy that became the BBC's top-rated new scripted series launch this year, months after it aired in the UK. The show will begin streaming on Apple TV on October 7 in most markets, including the US, while UK viewers will get it next year after its run on BBC iPlayer ends.
After a March 2025 executive order targeted the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund for elimination, B:Side Capital CEO faced an existential threat to the SBA-backed lender's operations. Rather than scrambling for a new strategy, the CEO relied on a previously established written code of decision-making principles to guide the organization through the weekend crisis and present a plan to staff and board by Monday.
A tech commentator reports extensive hands-on testing of GPT-5.6-Luna, a fast small AI model that processes complex tasks—like scanning thousands of emails—for only tens of cents per query. The author also notes GLM 5.3 as another efficient option now competing at the frontier of cost-versus-capability, arguing that these smaller models have quietly closed much of the gap with premium models like Fable 5.