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IST News Desk banner reading Gemini 4 Carbon is here, mostly out of reach, with do-now and skip checklists.AI Automation

Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon: What Small Businesses Should Do While They Wait

Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon on October 28, but most businesses can't use it yet. Here's what changed, what Google claims, and what we'd do this…

IST News Brief banner saying a Magento flaw is now under attack, with cards on checking store patches and which builds are at risk.E-commerce

CISA Flags Attacks on an Adobe Commerce and Magento Flaw Patched in July

CISA says attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-48356, a critical file-upload flaw in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source that Adobe fixed in July. Here's what store owners…

IST News Brief banner saying the Brotli flaw is now under attack, with cards on what to patch and which servers are exposed.Website Development

CISA Confirms Attacks on the HTTP2Shell Brotli Flaw

CISA says attackers are now exploiting CVE-2026-111497, the Brotli decoder flaw also known as HTTP2Shell and Node2Shell. Here's who should patch now.

IntelliSolTech news brief banner reading Google Ads Gets a Standalone Child Safety Policy, enforcement starts January 11, 2027.SEO

Google Ads Replaces Its CSAE Rules With a Standalone Child Safety Policy

Google Ads will enforce a new standalone Child Safety policy from January 11, 2027. Here's what's new and who should check their ad images.

IntelliSolTech news desk banner reading Google Adds AI Review Summaries to Search Ads, with cards on what Google said and what advertisers lose.SEO

Google Adds AI Review Summaries to Search Ads: What We’re Telling Advertisers

Google now writes positive-only review summaries into Search ads in four English-language markets. Here's what changed and what we'd check this week.

IST News Brief banner reading Shopify Now Auto-Syncs Translations, with notes on the new weekly Auto-sync setting.E-commerce

Shopify Translate & Adapt Now Auto-Syncs Translations in Up to 8 Languages

Shopify's Translate & Adapt app can now update translations automatically each week for US and Canadian merchants, and it translates up to 8 languages instead of…

IST News Desk banner reading Gmail Data Can Now Shape Ads in Google Search, with notes for advertisers and teams.SEO

Google Lets Connected Gmail Data Shape Ads: What We’re Telling Advertisers

Google's October 16 privacy policy lets data from connected Gmail, Drive and Photos shape ads in Search for people who opt in to Personal Intelligence. Here's…

IntelliSolTech news brief banner: Meta delays its website crawling business terms to November 20, with checks for Facebook Page owners.Social Media

Meta Delays New Business Terms That Let It Crawl Your Website

Meta moved its updated Commercial Terms, including a clause that lets it crawl business websites, from October 30 to November 20, 2026. Here is what to…

IntelliSolTech news brief banner: Shopify moves Knowledge base for AI agent store facts into the admin, with a January 15, 2027 deadline for the old app.E-commerce

Shopify Moves Knowledge Base for AI Agents Into the Admin

Shopify Knowledge base, where merchants control the facts AI agents get about their store, now lives in the admin. The old app ends January 15, 2027.

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