Solo entrepreneurship: Opus Virtual Offices says 29.8M Americans now run one-person businesses, with AI making it easier to operate at scale—while customers still expect a real address and answered calls. SMB tech for operations: Cosmos launches six pre-built Power BI dashboard packs for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, aiming to cut reporting setup time for finance, sales, inventory, AP/AR and purchasing. Wage pressure: Central Visayas wage board begins hearings on proposed minimum wage hikes, with a September decision expected and employers pushing for “minimal” increases. AI and small-business competitiveness: A new report warns many SMBs underuse their own business records as AI adoption rises, leaving them slower to decide and less ready to adapt. AI in legal processes: A guidance note links rising GenAI use in employment cases to workload, but flags risks like fabricated citations from “GenAI-dependent” users. Trade shock for SMBs: Canada-US talks collapse as 50% tariffs hit Canadian goods, with Ottawa promising dollar-for-dollar retaliation and small businesses warned to brace for disruption. Digital storefront building: Wix and Google integrate Wix Harmony website creation directly into Gemini, letting business owners generate and update sites from chat. Cyber/defense contracts: Cyabra lands deals with two European national security agencies to deploy AI narrative intelligence against coordinated manipulation. Data infrastructure demand: VPS market forecasts strong growth as SMBs seek scalable, secure hosting without big hardware spend.