AI news for small business, Thursday, 22 October 2026
10 stories worth five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it.
HIGHLIGHT
Two AI-found flaws in PHP, the code behind most websites, took sites offline worldwide: check your host has patched
If your website runs WordPress or any PHP, ask your host today whether the fix is in.
THE VERGE|21 OCT
21 Oct
MIMicrosoft Security Blog
22 Oct
TETech Transparency Project
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Top 3 finds.
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Jotform App Builder
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22 OCT 2026
- solves
- Making a flyer, menu or post that matches your brand without a designer or hours in a template editor.
- for
- Owners and staff who write their own posts and flyers and want layouts that look finished.
- solves
- Clearing months of old chats that hold client names or figures, instead of deleting them one at a time.
- for
- ChatGPT users on a desktop computer who want to tidy their history for privacy.
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